Jo Leinen (S&D), Nessa Childers (S&D) - Early diagnosis and cost-effective management of hereditary haemochromatosis. Question for written answer to the Commission

Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is a genetic condition marked by iron overload in the blood.

Thijs Berman (S&D) - VP/HR - Gay rights in Uganda. Question for written answer P-001831/2012 to the Commission (Vice-President / High Representative)

On Tuesday, 14 February 2012 gay activists held a workshop on the rights of sexual minorities in a hotel in Entebbe, Uganda.

Monika Flašíková Beňová (S&D). Question for written answer to the Commission : Cross-border bank charges

According to a report published by the European Commission in 2009, charges for cross-border bank transactions are opaque, incomprehensible and excessive.

Monika Flašíková Beňová (S&D). Question for written answer to the Commission: Intolerable conditions at open-air refugee reception facilities in Malta

According to the latest reports concerning open-air refugee reception facilities in Malta, the conditions are intolerable.

Christel Schaldemose (S&D). Question for written answer P-001438/2012 to the Commission: Metal artificial hips manufactured by Depuy - revision of the Medical Devices Directive

There is currently a major issue in Denmark concerning the metal artificial hips manufactured by the Depuy company.

Marc Tarabella (S&D). Question for written answer P-001311/2012 to the Commission: The Commission's publication of a study of consumer markets in the European Union

The Commission has just published a 478-page study entitled ‘Monitoring Consumer Markets in the EU’.

Marc Tarabella (S&D). Question for written answer E-001291/2012 to the Commission: Booming illegal market in pesticides

Europol has identified a growing trade in illegal and counterfeit pesticides.

Antolín Sánchez Presedo (S&D), Iratxe García Pérez (S&D), Alejandro Cercas (S&D), Carmen Romero López (S&D), Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García (S&D) and Inés Ayala Sender (S&D). Question for written answer E-001287/2012 to the Commission: Interoperability of electronic road toll systems in Europe

According to various sources, the electronic road toll device that is used to travel on Spanish motorways without the need to stop at tollbooths could also be used on Portuguese toll roads.

Judith A. Merkies and Dan Jørgensen. Question for written answer E-011420/2011. Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on animal transport

In the long-awaited report on Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, the Commission states that protection of animals has improved since the regulation entered into force on 1 January 2007.

Birgit Sippel, Claude Moraes, Carmen Romero López, Sylvie Guillaume, Tanja Fajon, Roberto Gualtieri, Rita Borsellino, on behalf of the S&D Group - Detention conditions in the EU

Following a request by the Council in the framework of the Stockholm Programme and numerous requests by the European Parliament, the Commission recently issued a Green Paper on the application of EU criminal justice legislation in the field of detention.