European Parliament
President.
Question No 43 by Bart Staes 
Subject: Evaluation of Regulation (EC) n° 485/2005  Transfer of European vessels to the Indian Ocean
Council Regulation (EC) n° 485/2005
(1)
, consideration 3, stipulates that 'it is appropriate to extend the possibility of withdrawal of fishing vessels from the Community fishing fleet with public aid to vessels which are transferred to the countries affected by the tsunami for the benefit of the fishing communities concerned.'
Since this Regulation requires the Member States to inform the Commission on a regular basis, could the Commission tell me how many demands to deliver such vessels came from which countries that are victims of the tsunami, how many vessels have been offered from the Member States and how many vessels actually have been sent to which countries in the Indian Ocean?
OJ L 81, 30.3.2005, p. 1.

