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| 3.4.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 84/793 |
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3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 84/793

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(2004/C 84 E/0890)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0452/04

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(23 February 2004)

Subject:   INFO 2000 programme

Subject:

The multiannual Community programme INFO 2000, covering a period of four years, aimed to encourage the development of the European multimedia content industry and to contribute to the professional, social and cultural development of European citizens.

Can the Commission indicate what actions to support the programme have been initiated, giving details of the sums allocated?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(11 March 2004)

(11 March 2004)

The INFO 2000 programme to stimulate the supply and use of multimedia was adopted in 1996 (1) and ended in 1999. A final evaluation of the programme and its impact assessment was carried out in the year 2000. The results were communicated to the Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions in May 2001 (2). The evaluation report is available at: (http://www.cordis.lu/econtent/studies/studies.htm). In the four years of the programme implementation, 149 actions were supported for EUR 68,6 million, broken down as follows:

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Expenditure under the INFO 2000 Programme (1996-1999)

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| Action line 1:
  Stimulating demand and raising awareness | 15,6 |
| Action line 2:
  Exploiting Europe's public sector information | 13,8 |
| 2.1 | Developing policies to access and exploit European public sector information |

(million euros)

Expenditure

Action line 1:

Stimulating demand and raising awareness

15,6

Action line 2:

Exploiting Europe's public sector information

13,8

2.1

Developing policies to access and exploit European public sector information

0,9

| 2.2 | Linking directories to public sector information |
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2.2

Linking directories to public sector information

3,2

| 2.3 | Making use of content resources in the public sector |
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2.3

Making use of content resources in the public sector

9,6

Action line 3:

Triggering European multimedia potential

34,2

| 3.1 | Catalysing high-quality multimedia content |
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3.1

Catalysing high-quality multimedia content

31,2

| 3.2 | Trading multimedia intellectual property rights |
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3.2

Trading multimedia intellectual property rights

3,0

| Action | line 4: Support actions |
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Action

line 4: Support actions

5.0

| 4.1 | Observing and analysing the multimedia content market |
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4.1

Observing and analysing the multimedia content market

2,9

| 4.2 | Spreading the use of multimedia content standards |
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4.2

Spreading the use of multimedia content standards

0,6

| 4.3 | Encouraging skills development at European level |
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4.3

Encouraging skills development at European level

1,5

Total

68,6

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(1)  Council Decision 96/339/EC of 20 May 1996 adopting a multi-annual Community programme to stimulate the development of a European multimedia content industry and to encourage the use of multimedia content in the emerging information society (INFO 2000), OJ L 129, 30.5.1996.

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(2)  COM(2001) 276 final.

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