WRITTEN QUESTION P-2378/96 by Christa Randzio-Plath (PSE) to the Commission (27 August 1996)

Subject: Information on the amount of EU resources allocated to Hamburg from 1993 to date

Under what projects and funds have Community resources been allocated to Hamburg? What amounts have been earmarked to finance the following:

1. Measures to promote employment in Hamburg:

(a) under the European Regional Development Fund,

(b) under the European Social Fund,

(c) under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) or funded from other sources;

2. Measures to combat long-term unemployment;

3. Aid for research and development:

(a) for the University of Hamburg,

(b) for the Hamburg College of Advanced Technology,

(c) for the Academy of Economic and Political Science,

(d) for Hamburg firms;

4. Promotion of relations and trade with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe;

5. Measures under energy and environmental programmes;

6. Measures under youth programmes (PETRA, Youth for Europe, FORCE, etc.);

7. Measures under educational programmes (Erasmus, Lingua, Comett, etc.);

8. Women's projects;

9. Cultural projects:

(a) under the MEDIA and Kaleidoscope programmes,

(b) under other programmes or on specific occasions?

To what extent does the EU judge the above measures to have been a success?

Supplementary answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (25 October 1996)

Further to its answer of 23 September 1996 ((OJ C 356 of 25.11.1996, p. 126. )), the Commission is now able to supply the following information.

Hamburg has the highest per capita GDP of any city/region in the Union, at ECU 35 231. By comparison, the figure for the Land of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is ECU 9 636 (source: Eurostat, 1993 figures). This explains why Hamburg is given such low priority in connection with economic and social cohesion.

1 a). Since 1993, the European Regional Development Fund has helped to finance the following Community initiatives in the Land of Hamburg: Renaval (ECU 8.2 Million, 1990-93), Konver I (ECU 0.56 million, 1993) and Konver II (ECU 1.24 million, 1995-97). The breakdown of expenditure under these programmes is as follows (ECU million):

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1 b), 2, 8. European Social Fund (ESF) payments within the framework of the operational programmes and the single programming document submitted and accounted by the Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg in the period from 1993 to August 1996 by the ESF to Hamburg were (ECU million):

Objective 3/4 old (1993):

6.90Objective 3 new (period 1994-99):

11.25Objective 4 new (period 1994-99):

0.60Sum (payments 1993-8/1996):

18.74

(The final payments for the concluded period 1990-92, which were partly made after 1993, are not considered in this table.)

The following amounts in favour of long-term unemployed people from the ESF are included in the figures above:

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The following amount in favour of measures for the promotion of equal opportunities for men and women is likewise included in the figures above:

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The present reports and evaluation results make clear that with the funding of the ESF the labour market policy and employment policy of Hamburg could be intensified and developed further.

1 c). European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund

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3. Research and technological development framework programme

Participation of organizations (universities, businesses), established in Hamburg, in research contracts signed between 1 January 1993 and 31 August 1996:

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4. Relations and exchanges with central European countries

It is not possible to define the amount of funds which have been made available through the Phare programme to stimulate the relations between Hamburg and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. There have been no

specific projects with the objective of strengthening the economic ties between Hamburg and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Contractors from Hamburg are registered as German companies in the data-base on awards of contracts. However, companies from Hamburg have been active in a number of sectors, in particular transport.

5. Environment

Projects funded with LIFE in Hamburg, including the amounts of LIFE's contributions to those funded actions, were:

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The Commission does not have statistics at the level of the Bundesländer, so this listing may not be complete.

6, 7. Training, education and youth

Community funding for Hamburg in 1995:

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For figures on 1993-94, the Honourable Member is requested to refer the Commission's answer to her question No 0763/95.

9. Information, communication, culture and audiovisual matters

Information on the support given to Hamburg under the Media Programme is given in a document which has been sent direct to the Honourable Member and Parliament's Secretariat. Briefly, the figures are as follows:

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10. Enterprise policy

During the period in question, Community funding was restricted to the setting up of one Euro Info Centre, three members of the BC-Net (Business cooperation network) and one BCC (Business Cooperation centre) correspondent. In connection with the special measures for the craft sector, an additional ECU 25 000 was given to the Chamber of Handicrafts in Hamburg for the organization of the 3rd SME forum (6-8 May 1996) as part of the European craft-industry fair.