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| 13.3.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 65/34 |
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13.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 65/34

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(2004/C 65 E/033)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0556/03

by María Izquierdo Rojo (PSE) to the Commission

(20 February 2003)

Subject:   European funding and the banning of women from Mount Athos

Subject:

The European Parliament has recently adopted two motions for resolutions (Swiebel and Izquierdo Rojo reports) in which it opposed the banning of women from Mount Athos. It should also be borne in mind that the monastery region of Mount Athos has been granted aid to restore and renovate monasteries and preserve cultural treasures, which belong to both men and women.

Can the Commission answer the following:

| 1. | How much European funding has been allocated for this purpose? |
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How much European funding has been allocated for this purpose?

| 2. | Does the Commission not take the view that it is mandatory for the acquis communautaire to be applied, in line with the EU's fundamental principles? |
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Does the Commission not take the view that it is mandatory for the acquis communautaire to be applied, in line with the EU's fundamental principles?

| 3. | What European Economic Area funding mechanism has been used to benefit the region economically? |
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What European Economic Area funding mechanism has been used to benefit the region economically?

| 4. | Under the Community support framework for Greece, in what specific way is such aid granted through the structural funds? What criteria have been used to define the fields of structural adjustment and economic development? |
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Under the Community support framework for Greece, in what specific way is such aid granted through the structural funds? What criteria have been used to define the fields of structural adjustment and economic development?

Supplementary answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(15 May 2003)

(15 May 2003)

| 1. | The Honourable Member is referred to the table which is sent directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat, submitted by the Greek authorities, and containing a list of the projects in the monastery region of Mount Athos that have been co-funded by the Structural Funds. |
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The Honourable Member is referred to the table which is sent directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat, submitted by the Greek authorities, and containing a list of the projects in the monastery region of Mount Athos that have been co-funded by the Structural Funds.

| 2. | The Honourable Member is referred to the reply given by the Commission to Written Question No E-1055/01 by Mr Glyn Ford (1). |
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The Honourable Member is referred to the reply given by the Commission to Written Question No E-1055/01 by Mr Glyn Ford (1).

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| 3. | The Honourable Member is referred to the second table which is sent directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat, submitted by the secretariat of the European Economic Area and containing a list of the projects in the monastery region of Mount Athos that have been funded by its Financial Mechanism. |
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The Honourable Member is referred to the second table which is sent directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat, submitted by the secretariat of the European Economic Area and containing a list of the projects in the monastery region of Mount Athos that have been funded by its Financial Mechanism.

| 4. | Under the 2000-2006 Community Support Framework for Greece, projects being proposed for inclusion in Community programmes and for co-funding by the European Structural Funds, are selected by the Greek authorities in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Community Support Framework for Greece and the individual operational programmes (agreed with the Member State and adopted by the Commission), as well as those set out in the Programming Complement document and in the criteria for the selection of projects (adopted solely by the Member State). |
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Under the 2000-2006 Community Support Framework for Greece, projects being proposed for inclusion in Community programmes and for co-funding by the European Structural Funds, are selected by the Greek authorities in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Community Support Framework for Greece and the individual operational programmes (agreed with the Member State and adopted by the Commission), as well as those set out in the Programming Complement document and in the criteria for the selection of projects (adopted solely by the Member State).

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(1)  OJ C 318 E, 13.11.2001.

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