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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1663/96 by Jesús CABEZÓN ALONSO to the Commission. Differences n tax rates between regions
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: CABEZON ALONSO, European Parliament
Subjects: Basque Country, Navarre, application of EU law, business location, corporation tax, investment aid, tax relief













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1663/96 by Jesús CABEZÓN ALONSO to the Commission. Differences n tax rates between regions  


Official Journal C 345 , 15/11/1996 P. 0094 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1663/96 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso (PSE) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: Differences n tax rates between regionsThe powers assigned to the Basque Autonomous Community (Spain) have enabled its institutions to establish a lower rate of company tax than that of other regions bordering the Basque country.This difference in tax rates affects businesses located in the surrounding regions (Cantabria and La Rioja) and may lead to production investment being diverted for reasons of self-interest, namely the attraction of the lower rate.Is the Commission aware of this situation? If so, has it considered whether this difference in tax rates constitutes a distortion of competition?Answer given by Mr Van Miert on behalf of the Commission (17 July 1996)The Commission has not been notified by the Spanish authorities of the tax aid referred to in the question. It is endeavouring to monitor developments, particularly through reports in the press. At all events, it is pursuing the matter with the Spanish authorities.The Honourable Member should refer also to the Commission's answer to Written Question No E-1951/94 by Mr Siso Cruellas ((OJ C 30, 6.2.1995. )) concerning tax advantages offered by certain Spanish regions.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1630/96 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. EU aid to the International Planned Parenthood Federation
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: European Parliament, HOWITT
Subjects: China, EU aid, action programme, distribution of aid, family planning, health policy, international organisation, population policy, third country, use of aid













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1630/96 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. EU aid to the International Planned Parenthood Federation  


Official Journal C 345 , 15/11/1996 P. 0089 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1630/96 by Richard Howitt (PSE) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: EU aid to the International Planned Parenthood FederationHow much money does the EU give to the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and what exactly is the money used for?Is the money used directly for population control projects in China or is it used indirectly, for example, to send officials to the Cairo and Beijing Conferences, to block moves by pro-lifers condemning China's one child per couple policy?Answer given by Mr Marin on behalf of the Commission (18 July 1996)In 1993, the Commission agreed with the International planned parenthood federation (IPPF) to support a three-year 10.5 MECU project entitled 'Support to IPPF to provide family planning to reduce fertility in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries'. This was a grant under budget heading B7-4080 'Operations promoting multilateral and regional or sub regional cooperation in the Mediterranean'.In this project family planning associations from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Gaza and the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey implement integrated activities targeting the reduction of fertility, improvement of family planning, reproductive, sexual and mother and child health services, and the empowerment of women. No further IPPF activities have been supported by the Commission nor has any of the money been channelled directly to projects in China.The Commission is not aware of any indirect use to block moves condemning China's one-child-per-couple policy.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1588/96 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Small and medium-sized undertakings (SMUs)
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, action programme, job creation, labour market, project evaluation, small and medium-sized enterprises













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1588/96 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Small and medium-sized undertakings (SMUs)  


Official Journal C 305 , 15/10/1996 P. 0112 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1588/96 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: Small and medium-sized undertakings (SMUs)The fact that an agreement in principle has been reached on the main part of the Third Action Programme for the benefit of SMUs (1997-2000) recently adopted by the Commission is to be welcomed.The Commission intends to submit the report by March 2000. Many people would like to see the submission of the programme brought forward by at least 12-13 months.In accordance with the approach adopted by Commissioner Papoutsis with regard to the financial allocation for the programme, can the Commission confirm the amount of ECU 180 m questioned by certain Member States, such as Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom, in view of the increase in the number of Member States (from 12 to 15) and the important role SMUs play in job creation?Answer given by Mr Papoutsis on behalf of the Commission (12 July 1996)The Commission welcomes the Honourable Member's positive approach to the draft third action programme in favour of SMEs (1997-2000) ((OJ C 156, 31.5.1996. )).As regards the programme evaluation procedure provided for in Article 6 of the proposal for a Decision, sufficient resources must be made available to carry out this evaluation. It may be possible to bring it forward a few months but not a whole year, as the fairly long preparation time must be taken into account.The Commission welcomes the fact that the Honourable Member shares the Commission's position on providing funding of ECU 180 million, particularly with a view to the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in job creation.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1633/96 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Handynet information system - EU Helios programme
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: European Parliament, HOWITT
Subjects: access to information, disabled person, information system, statistics













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1633/96 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Handynet information system - EU Helios programme  


Official Journal C 345 , 15/11/1996 P. 0090 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1633/96 by Richard Howitt (PSE) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: Handynet information system - EU Helios programmeIn the course of the last twelve months, what precise and quantifiable improvements have been made in the development and operation of the Handynet information system?Has the Commission any statistics on the number of individual people with disabilities in some or all Member States who have directly used the system in this period?Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (31 July 1996)In the course of the last twelve months the Handynet system has developed as follows:a) Information content:1. general qualitative improvement of the data on technical aids;2. input of data concerning technical aids manufactured outside the Community and data input on non-governmental organisations prepared by these organisations.b) Retrieval programme:1. general improvement of the retrieval programme, retrieval criteria and speed;2. installation of a tutorial allowing each user to learn how to use the CD-ROM (11 languages).c) Use of the CD-ROM by disabled people:1. seventy-seven Handynet CD-ROM have been presented to the members of the European disability forum and to the national disability councils free of charge;2. since December 1995 a programme for statistical data collection has been included in the retrieval programme. Fifty organisations including thirty-five NGOs are expected to enter their data by September 1996.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1606/96 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Staffing levels in DGI-B
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: European Parliament, HOWITT
Subjects: European official, Latin America, aid programme, coordination of aid, development aid, recruitment, report













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1606/96 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Staffing levels in DGI-B  


Official Journal C 322 , 28/10/1996 P. 0090 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1606/96 by Richard Howitt (PSE) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: Staffing levels in DGI-BDoes the Commission have any statistics on the number of Commission staff managing development aid programmes in Latin America compared with the number of staff managing Member States' aid programmes in the same countries, and compared with the size of the aid programmes concerned? If so, could it publish details in the official answer?Answer given by Mr Marín on behalf of the Commission (10 July 1996)In the interests of better coordination with Member States, the Commission recently had a report prepared on the development operations run by national administrations with a view to identifying the main thrust of bilateral cooperation activities, the aim being to prevent duplication of effort, allow efficient coordination in the field and optimize the use of the available funds.As the purpose of the report is to improve understanding of the national aid set-up in individual Member States it does deal with methodological and organizational issues, but does not actually give figures for staffing levels.The Commission would, however, point out that the 9% of Community official development assistance (ODA) going to Latin America, a total of 519 MECU in 1995, is administered by just 101 officials or other staff, split between headquarters and various delegations. Given the scale of the programmes it manages this is far lower than the comparable figure for Member States such as Germany (whose ODA to Latin America totalled 345.6 MECU in 1994), Spain (281.6 MECU), Italy (208 MECU), Netherlands (162.4 MECU) or France (150 MECU), which are major regional donors.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1695/96 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Multiannual programme to promote energy efficiency in the European Union - Save II
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, consumer information, economic and social cohesion, energy policy, energy saving, energy use, final consumption, job creation, small and medium-sized enterprises













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1695/96 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Multiannual programme to promote energy efficiency in the European Union - Save II  


Official Journal C 011 , 13/01/1997 P. 0015 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1695/96 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: Multiannual programme to promote energy efficiency in the European Union - Save IIIn adopting the Commission proposal it emerged that a specific energy title should be included in the Treaty. Energy policy initiatives should pursue two priority objectives: economic and social cohesion and employment growth and particular attention must also be paid to measures to involve SMEs in the actions planned.Does the Commission not therefore consider that it would be useful to examine:1. the possibility of concentrating on integrated measures involving various sectors and geographical areas;2. the importance of ensuring that final users are involved in studies and models with specific objectives;3. the need to specify in invitations to tender the energy saving criteria required of firms responsible for energy management;4. the importance of including in individual projects the specific objectives of reducing CO2 emissions, which should be subject to ex-post verification?Answer given by Mr Papoutsis on behalf of the Commission (5 September 1996)1. Within the Save II programme the Commission will use networks covering specific sectors and with a wide geographic coverage to disseminate energy efficiency information. Such networks might include European associations of architects or engineers or groupings of cities with common transport problems.2. Save is a programme which aims to influence the final consumer's energy efficiency behaviour. It has, therefore, always been the policy of the Commission to involve the final consumer in pilot projects as much as possible. The Save II programme includes an initiative to improve energy management capability at regional and local level which will involve consumers in the most direct fashion.3. The current guidelines for Save submissions seek to identify pilot projects having the greatest impact on energy efficiency. The energy efficiency experts of the Commission have also assisted other programmes (notably Phare, Tacis and the Community support framework) to include a mention of energy efficiency in specifications of individual projects.4. Save is a programme to improve the rational use of energy and should consequently reduce CO2 emissions. Ex-post evaluation of Save has concentrated essentially on the energy saving aspects but, in the future, a quantification of the reduction in CO2 emissions could be considered.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1571/96 by Johanna MAIJ-WEGGEN to the Commission. French payment to the Netherlands under the Rhine Salt Treaty
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: European Parliament, MAIJ-WEGGEN
Subjects: France, Netherlands, chemical salt, indemnification, polluter pays principle, pollution of waterways













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1571/96 by Johanna MAIJ-WEGGEN to the Commission. French payment to the Netherlands under the Rhine Salt Treaty  


Official Journal C 345 , 15/11/1996 P. 0085 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1571/96 by Johanna Maij-Weggen (PPE) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: French payment to the Netherlands under the Rhine Salt Treaty1. Is the Commission aware that France has still not made the payment of Fl. 9 711 million to the Netherlands to complete the French contribution to the Rhine Salt Treaty of 25 September 1991?2. Is it aware that France should have completed this payment by 1 February 1995?3. Is the Commission, which was present when the treaty was signed, prepared to request clarification from France concerning France's failure to meet its financial obligations and to request it to fulfil them?Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (19 July 1996)The Commission has been informed that payment was made to the Netherlands in June 1996.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1669/96 by Giacomo SANTINI , Antonio TAJANI to the Commission. Special aid for cattle farmers
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: European Parliament, SANTINI, TAJANI
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU aid, Italy, animal disease, cattle, livestock farming













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1669/96 by Giacomo SANTINI , Antonio TAJANI to the Commission. Special aid for cattle farmers  


Official Journal C 305 , 15/10/1996 P. 0117 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1669/96 by Giacomo Santini (UPE) and Antonio Tajani (UPE) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: Special aid for cattle farmersItalian cattle farmers account for 20% of total Community production, with 2 200 000 head. 70% of capacity is concentrated in the north east of the country and over the past few months hundreds of livestock farmers have closed down their operations because of the serious crisis.The Commission has proposed a special aid scheme under the EAGGF Guarantee Section of ECU 650 m (some Lit 1200 bn) for all the Member States.Given that this amount should be allocated on the basis of the impact on production and that the method of allocating the single production premium proposed in the price package for the 1996/7 marketing year is based on calves aged 10 months, thus perpetuating a situation which is to the advantage of German and French farmers from whom Italian, Spanish, Greek and Portuguese farmers import veal calves, why has the Commission earmarked only 6% of this amount, i.e. ECU 39 m, for Italy?Joint answer to Written Questions E-1669/96 and P-1900/96 given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (30 July 1996)The Commission would refer the Honourable Members to its answer to Written Question E-1509/96 by Mr Musumeci ((OJ C 305, 15.10.1996, p.104. )).
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1627/96 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Submission of programme proposals under Article 235
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: European Parliament, HOWITT
Subjects: action programme, elderly person, poverty, project evaluation, report, woman













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1627/96 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Submission of programme proposals under Article 235  


Official Journal C 356 , 25/11/1996 P. 0069 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1627/96 by Richard Howitt (PSE) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: Submission of programme proposals under Article 235Can the Commission state precisely the dates when programme proposals were made to the Council in relation to each of the Women, Older People and Poverty programmes and the precise date when full evaluation studies were provided to the Commission on previous programmes under each respective heading.If such studies were not undertaken or have not been completed, can the Commission indicate this, together with the expected date of completion?Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (6 September 1996)A draft Council decision on the fourth medium-term Community action programme on equal opportunities for men and women (1996-2000) ((COM(95) 381 final. )) was adopted by the Commission on 19 July 1995. The medium-term Community action programme on equal opportunities for men and women (1996-2000) was adopted by the Council on 22 December 1995 ((OJ L 335, 30.12.1995. )).The Commission has drawn up a mid-term report on the third medium-term Community action programme on equal opportunities for men and women (1991-1995) ((COM(95) 246. )). The final evaluation of this programme, which the Commission could only carry out after its completion, is currently being drawn up.A draft Council decision on Community support for actions in favour of older people was adopted by the Commission on 1 March 1995 ((COM(95) 53. )).An evaluation report on the 'Community actions for older people', 1991-1993, and the 'European year of older people and solidarity between generations', 1993, prepared by a team of independent experts, was delivered to the Commission on 28 February 1994.A draft Council decision establishing a medium-term action programme to combat exclusion and promote solidarity (1994-1999) was adopted by the Commission on 20 September 1993 ((COM(93) 435. )).The interim report on the previous anti-poverty action programme (so-called Poverty 3) was attached to this proposal. The final report for the same programme was adopted by the Commission on 27 March 1995.Several evaluations of the Poverty 3 programme were carried out by experts (The lessons of the Poverty 3 programme by Pauline Conroy; The dynamics of the programme at half-way stage, by the central unit; Developments and achievements, by the central unit; The achievements of the Poverty 3 programme, closing seminar; Evaluation of Poverty 3, various experts; Poverty 3 Evaluation: The national and local experience, various experts, ed. Séamus Ó Cinnéide).
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1681/96 by Jaak VANDEMEULEBROUCKE to the Commission. Indigenous peoples
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: European Parliament, VANDEMEULEBROUCKE
Subjects: Community budget, budgetary control, human rights, humanitarian aid, protection of minorities













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1681/96 by Jaak VANDEMEULEBROUCKE to the Commission. Indigenous peoples  


Official Journal C 305 , 15/10/1996 P. 0117 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1681/96 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke (ARE) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: Indigenous peoplesWhat projects relating to indigenous peoples were supported in 1995 under the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights?Can the Commission indicate the specific projects and the amount granted in each case?Answer given by Mr Van den Broek on behalf of the Commission (30 July 1996)In response to a request from Parliament, the Commission is currently compiling an exhaustive and detailed report on all the grants made from the headings of Chapter B-7 of the Budget in 1995.The Commission would ask the Honourable Member to consult this report, which will be forwarded to Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control once it has been finalized.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1642/96 by Mikko RÖNNHOLM to the Commission. Treatment of imports of alcoholic beverages in Chile
Date: 1996-06-24
Institutions: European Parliament, ROENNHOLM
Subjects: Chile, EU production, European Commission, alcoholic beverage, import, import tax, restriction on competition, trade agreement













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1642/96 by Mikko RÖNNHOLM to the Commission. Treatment of imports of alcoholic beverages in Chile  


Official Journal C 322 , 28/10/1996 P. 0098 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1642/96 by Mikko Rönnholm (PSE) to the Commission (24 June 1996)Subject: Treatment of imports of alcoholic beverages in ChileThe European Commission is currently involved in trade negotiations with Chile, negotiations which also cover alcoholic beverages. Chile has, among other things, imposed a 70% duty on imports of strong alcohol beverages, whereas the tax on corresponding domestic products is significantly lower.The duty in question clearly discriminates against imported alcoholic beverages and may therefore pose an obstacle to international trade. How has the Commission responded, or how does it intend to respond, to this unsatisfactory state of affairs in the negotiations with Chile?Answer given Sir Leon Brittan on behalf of the Commission (30 July 1996)In the course of the negotiations on a new co-operation agreement between the Community and Chile, the Commission delegation put the discriminatory Chilean taxation of Community spirits firmly on the agenda. As a result, the Chilean authorities have undertaken to review their draft law and change the levels of taxation on spirits.However, the final outcome on this issue is still unsure as there are differences of opinion in Chile and Congress will take the final decision. If the Commission's efforts bear no fruit, it has indicated that it reserves the right to raise the issue in the World trade organization (WTO). However, the Commission hopes that Chile will respect the spirit of co-operation which should prevail between two parties entering into a new relationship and that Chile will finally offer an acceptable solution to this problem.