GroenLinks in the EP Press officer Hein Verkerk P R E S S R E L E A S E DISCORD IN EUROPE OVER AVERAGE LENGTH MALE PRIVATE MEMBER Nel van Dijk , MEP for GroenLinks, NL, has asked the European Commission to intervene in the ongoing bickering on the EC norm for condoms. The week the german weekly Der Spiegel (Oct. 17th nr 42) brought a story on the since two years ongoing discussion in the commission for European Norms about EN 600, the european norm for condoms. Der Spiegel refers to a recent published study in the British Medical Journal that is putting questions on the compromise on the more or less agreed average measures of the european private member, estimated at 17 cm length and 5,6 cm width. The british research results indicate that these measures won't fit to the english male. Van Dijk is asking if the European Commission is not of the opinion, that in view of the sensitiveness that among other things is linked to the fixation of the average length of the private member of the european male, it should consider to settle the matter with application of the often praised prin- ciple of subsidiarity. Or even to solve this question by issuing a European Charter for the Condom. The Member States could opt out if the estimated average of 17 cm length and 5,6 cm should not suit them. " And if the gentlemen really get stuck in this burning mat- ter, may be the male member itself should be 'normalized'. I am curious to know what kind of solutions the red-tapers in Brussels will present in that case." so Nel van Dijk Information: Hein Verkerk, Press Officer GroenLinks in the EP, ++ 31 20 6202212