Parliamentary questions

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3613/01

by Anna Karamanou (PSE) to the Council and Commission

(9 January 2002)

Subject: Trafficking and exploitation of children in Albania

Reply
(25/26 March 2002)

The Honourable Member is referred to the reply given to her oral question No H-0626/01 in which the Council pointed out that it was taking action against such exploitation in the territory of the European Union but was unable to do so outside that territory.

The proposal for a Council framework decision on combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography to which the Honourable Member refers is still under examination. At the Council meeting [Justice and Home Affairs and Civil Protection] on 6 and 7 December 2001, broad consensus was reached on definitions and on the acts to be made criminal offences. Work is continuing on that basis and should shortly result in a political agreement.