WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2242/97 by Laura GONZÁLEZ ÁLVAREZ , Pedro MARSET CAMPOS , María SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ to the Commission. Siting of a waste tip in a 100-year-old oak forest in Villamartin de Don Sancho (León, Spain)
Date: 1997-07-02
Institutions: European Parliament, GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, MARSET CAMPOS, SORNOSA MARTINEZ
Subjects: EU control, disclosure of information, domestic waste, ecology movement, environmental impact, environmental protection, forest, impact study, storage of waste

C 60/114

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25. 2. 98

To these amounts must be added ECU 3.64 million from the EAGGF approved for the forest sector under the
Interreg II Community Initiative (external frontiers).

2.
The Greek programme for afforestation of agricultural land approved by the Commission on 27 April 1994
under  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2080/92 (1)  schedules  expenditure  of  ECU  43.5  million  chargeable  to  EAGGF
Guarantee for the period 1994-97. Actual expenditure to 30 April 1997 was ECU 30.9 million.

Under the Community aid scheme for protection of forests against fire (Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 (2))
3.
ECU 13 million was granted for 57 Greek projects over the period 1992-96. Some 17 projects, accounting for
ECU  6.8  million,  have  already  been  completed.  Under  the  aid  scheme  for  protection  of  forests  against
atmospheric pollution (Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 (3)) ECU 710 029 was granted, for the period 1992-96, for
12  projects  presented  by  Greece  for  the  annual  inventory  of  forest  damage  and  forest  soil  condition  and  for
continuous intensive ecosystem monitoring. Expenditure on these projects amounts to ECU 364 775.

Both schemes fall under budget heading B2-515 (cid:145)Forestry(cid:146) (non-EAGGF agricultural appropriations) and have
been  renewed  for  a  further  five-year  period  (1997-01)  by  Council  Regulations  (EC)  Nos  307/97  and  308/97
amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 3528/96 and 2158/92 respectively (4).

(1)  OJ L 215, 30.7.1992.
(2)  OJ L 217, 31.12.1992.
(3)  OJ L 326,21.11.1986.
(4)  OJ L 51, 21.2.1997.

(98/C 60/195)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2234/97

by Katerina Daskalaki (UPE) to the Commission

(2 July 1997)

Subject: Turkish interference in minority schools in Istanbul

According to reports in the Turkish newspaper (cid:145)Milliyet(cid:146), the Istanbul Directorate for Education, which comes
under the Turkish Ministry of Education, called in the Turkish deputy directors of the Greek minority schools
and asked them to (cid:145)observe(cid:146) Turkish teachers who (cid:145)collaborate(cid:146) with their Greek colleagues.

Bearing in mind that (as (cid:145)Milliyet(cid:146) also points out) in Istanbul (cid:145)the number of Greek schools left can be counted
on the fingers of one hand(cid:146) and that such a practice will end up intimidating the Turkish teachers and further
isolating the Greeks, and bearing in mind that it constitutes an infringement of intellectual freedom and the right
to education and that Turkey is associated with the EU through special agreements, will the Commission respond
and, if so, how?

Answer given by Mr Van den Broek on behalf of the Commission

(4 September 1997)

The Commission has been in touch with the Turkish authorities and the Turkish Human Rights Foundation and
has not obtained any evidence to corroborate the information published in (cid:145)Milliyet.(cid:146)

(98/C 60/196)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2242/97
by Laura Gonza·lez A· lvarez (GUE/NGL), Pedro Marset Campos (GUE/NGL)
and Mar(cid:14)·a Sornosa Mart(cid:14)·nez (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(2 July 1997)

Subject: Siting of a waste tip in a 100-year-old oak forest in Villamartin de Don Sancho (Leo·n, Spain)

Plans  to  site  a  tip  for  solid  urban  waste  from  the  city  of  Leo·n  in  Villamartin  de  Don  Sancho  have  aroused
considerable concern among the inhabitants of this district, leading to serious clashes between the public and the