WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1791/96 by Gerhard BOTZ to the Commission. Article 8 of EEC Regulation No 4256/88
Date: 1996-07-03
Institutions: BOTZ, European Parliament
Subjects: EAGGF Guidance Section, EU financing, common agricultural policy, environmental protection, policy on agricultural structures, project evaluation, rural region, technical cooperation













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1791/96 by Gerhard BOTZ to the Commission. Article 8 of EEC Regulation No 4256/88  


Official Journal C 356 , 25/11/1996 P. 0097 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1791/96 by Gerhard Botz (PSE) to the Commission (3 July 1996)Subject: Article 8 of EEC Regulation No 4256/88Innovative measures for rural areas are increasingly important in the context of the debate on the future development of the CAP. Article 8 of EEC Regulation No 4256/88 ((OJ L 374 of 31 December 1988, p. 25.)) provides for the funding of pilot projects in this sector.Would the Commission answer the following questions:1. Since when has the Commission funded projects under Article 8 of EEC Regulation No 4256/88?2. In connection with what kind of project are most applications for funding submitted?3. How does the Commission publicise the results of such pilot projects throughout the Union?4. How many applications for funding have been received to date (broken down by Member State)?5. How many projects have been funded to date (broken down by Member State)?6. What is the Commission's assessment of the probable future development of funding under Article 8?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (30 July 1996)1. Implementation of Article 8 began in 1989.2. Between 1989 and 1995, 52 general studies and projects on the evaluation of Community programmes were launched on the Commission's own initiative. (A Table on these has been sent direct to the Honourable Member and Parliament's Secretariat.) Some of these measures were executed in a particular Member State and included technical assistance measures mostly involving aid for implementing and monitoring Community regulations.There were 78 pilot and demonstration projects in various agricultural and rural sectors. In agri-environment the measures involved the demonstration of more environmentally friendly techniques and the setting up of pilot farms. A large proportion of the projects relating to agricultural diversification and turning to account of the resulting products involved non-food products, but in some the aim was to promote traditional quality products. Developing activities linked with forests, farm-tourism and land-use planning were among the other main topics covered by pilot and demonstration projects financed between 1989 and 1995.Most of the (eight) dissemination projects involved financing leaflets and organizing seminars aimed at disseminating information about the Community's rural development policy.3. The work schedule for each project includes dissemination to potential users of the results obtained. Also under consideration is a specific measure to give more publicity to the results by summarizing the most representative projects.4 - 5. Proposals submitted under Article 8 (1989-1995)>TABLE>Projects financed under Article 8 (1989-1995)>TABLE>Proposals submitted in 1995 under Article 8 following calls for proposals published in Official Journal No C 303 of 29 October 1994.>TABLE>This included projects selected with a possible view to financing from the 1996 budget.>TABLE>6. In the interests of ensuring that more and better information on measures to be financed is provided, the plans for the future are to use more calls for tender specifically for priority topics.