§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the occasions on which Article 100(1) TEC has been used in the past(a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years. [143781]
§ Mr. VazArticle 100 TEC was introduced under the Maastricht Treaty as Article 103(a). On 1 May 1999, when Amsterdam came into force, it became Article 100 TEC.
It was used three times in 1997:
for Council Decision 1997/374/EC repealing a Decision on the exporting of crude oil and petroleum products from one member state to another in the event of supply difficulties.for Council Decision 1997/8/EC repealing a Directive concerning the restriction of the use of petroleum products in powers stations.for Council Decision 1997/7/EC repealing a Directive obliging the member states to maintain minimum stocks of fossil fuels at thermal power stations.It was used once in 1998:
for Council Directive 1998/93/EC amending a Directive imposing an obligation on member states of the EEC to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and petroleum products.The Government are not aware of Article 100 (1) TEC being used in any other circumstances.