WRITTEN QUESTION No. 201/97 by Gianni TAMINO to the Commission. Use of Community funds for the conservation of protected areas in Sardinia, Italy
Date: 1997-02-05
Institutions: European Parliament, TAMINO
Subjects: Italy, Sardinia, Structural Funds, application of EU law, environmental policy, environmental protection, national park, operational programme, protected area













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 201/97 by Gianni TAMINO to the Commission. Use of Community funds for the conservation of protected areas in Sardinia, Italy  


Official Journal C 319 , 18/10/1997 P. 0037 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0201/97 by Gianni Tamino (V) to the Commission (5 February 1997)Subject: Use of Community funds for the conservation of protected areas in Sardinia, ItalyThe region of Sardinia comes under Objective 1 of the Structural Funds to protect areas of high environmental and scenic value through the creation of nature-reserves under regional law No 31/89, the framework law which provides for the creation of a system of 9 regional parks, 59 nature reserves and 24 natural monuments, but so far none has been created. In 1996 some communes in Sardinia apparently requested funding for the MCP three-year (1996-1999) nature park system and earmarked it for various environmental protection projects such as roads and the creation of a museum (communes of Cabras, Scano Montiferro etc.)Has the region of Sardinia, to which Structural Funds were granted, adopted law No 31/89? How many and which applications for Structural Fund Objective 1 aid have Sardinia and its communes submitted to the Commission? Is it possible to grant funds so closely linked to implementation of a law even if the law has not been adopted? How does the Commission plan to ascertain that EU funding for the creation of parks and protected areas in Sardinia has been used to implement regional law No 31/89?Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (20 March 1997)As mentioned in the Commission's reply to written question E-2323/96 by Mr. Ripa di Meana ((OJ C 72, 7.3.1997. )), the structural fund regional programme for Sardinia contains a measure to support natural parks in the region.According to the information available to the Commission, regional law No. 31/89 has not been fully activated and consultations on its application continue in the region.Individual applications for projects under structural fund programmes are not submitted to the Commission. The projects are selected by the implementing bodies on the basis of agreed criteria. The monitoring committee for the programme, on which the Commission is represented, is informed about the application of the criteria and the projects selected.Although law 31/89 provides a general framework for the development of natural parks in Sardinia, the measure in the regional programme is not directly dependent on it. Some projects of limited dimension linked to the protection of the environment have been financed under the measure. According to the information available to the Commission, there is no conflict between the projects and the law.The Commission will continue to monitor closely the implementation of the measure in the monitoring committee for the programme.