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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3695/97 by Kirsi PIHA to the Commission. Utilization of PHARE appropriations for Hungary
Date: 1997-11-19
Institutions: European Parliament, PIHA
Subjects: Austria, EU financing, EU programme, Hungary, Slovenia, accession to the European Union, cross-border cooperation, development aid, operational programme, rail transport

C 187/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 6. 98

(98/C 187/69)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3695/97

by Kirsi Piha (PPE) to the Commission

(19 November 1997)

Subject: Utilization of PHARE appropriations for Hungary

The European Union aids the countries of Central and Eastern Europe through its PHARE programme. A great
deal of aid has presumably been provided from this programme for the development of the countries which have
applied  for  membership  of  the  EU.  Can  the  Commission  provide  details  of  the  utilization  of  appropriations
granted under PHARE in 1997 for Hungary?

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

(21 January 1998)

The  Commission  informs  the  Honourable  Member  concerning  the  Phare  programme  in  Hungary  in  1997  as
follows:

1.  The  proposed  country  operational  programme  (COP)  1997  (65  MECU)  was  adopted  at  the  Phare
management  committee  meeting  of  30  October  1997.  The  table  reflects  the  proposed  overall  division  of
funds for the COP 1997:

No

9703

9703-01
9703-02
9703-03
9703-04
9703-05
9704
9705
9706
9707

COP 97
Concentration areas

European  Integration  ›  Institution  building  support  and  acquis  related  state
entities
›  Training
Justice and Home Affairs
› 
›  Enforcement of the acquis
›  Communication
›  Central finance and contract units (CFCU)
Participation in Community Programmes › Economic Restructuring
New approach to regional development
SME development
Infrastructure transport

COP 97
(MECU)

2 000
4 000
4 000
2 000
1 000
1 038
34 000
2 000
15 000

The total Phare support for Hungary in 1997 includes also 7 MECU for Tempus and 2.962 MECU for the
participation of Hungary in three Community programmes which have been agreed in separate financing
memoranda. Additionally, complementary support of 15 MECU is to provided outside the national Phare
allocation, specifically to upgrade the corridor 4 rail track section with Slovenia.

2.  Under the cross border cooperation programmes (CBC) 14 MECU have been allocated for cooperation with

Austria in 1997. The allocation of funds is as follows:

Priority/Project title

Total cost
(MECU)

Phare Contribution
(MECU)

Titles of projects

Regional planning and devel-
opment

Infrastructure

Economic development &
cooperation

Human resource development

Environment and nature
protection

Small projects fund

O.5

5.8

16.4

1.3

1.8

O.3

0.3

3.7

7.8

0.98

0.9

Planning and management

Road No 84-85, Ferto(cid:152)szentmiklo·s
By-pass road Zalaegerszeg
Road reconstruction to Sa·rmelle·k Airport

Szentgottha·rd Industrial Park
Sopron Enterprise Zone
Szombathely Innovation Zone

Studies and arts cooperation

Sewage treatments, nature park

O.3

Small projects fund

The overall Phare budget for Hungary committed in 1997 is 104 MECU.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3685/97 by Mark WATTS to the Commission. Availability of grant information on the Internet
Date: 1997-11-19
Institutions: European Parliament, WATTS
Subjects: EU Official Journal, EU publication, European Commission, computer network, dissemination of EU information, information network, invitation to tender, on line data service, public contract, telecommunications













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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3685/97 by Mark Watts (PSE) to the Commission (19 November 1997)Subject: Availability of grant information on the InternetIs the Commission aware of any proposals to provide access to grant information by way of the Internet?Does the Commission agree that this would be an effective and easy way for interested parties to seek initial information about the existence of and availability of grants?Would it be possible to set up a system whereby interested bodies could type in a relevant word and the search engine could retrieve all grant information containing reference to that word? The information could then be read from the screen or downloaded as necessary.Does the Commission agree that this would save an enormous amount of wasted time and paper sending out irrelevant claim forms?Answer given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission (17 December 1997)The Commission is indeed fully aware of the possibility to disseminate information about open calls for proposals, tenders and grant information.Information about public calls for tenders and public calls for proposals launched by the Commission is available on the Tenders electronic daily (TED) database - the electronic version of supplement S of the Official journal. This database is offered via the European Commission host organisation in all official Community languages.The service also comprises a user friendly web interface for Internet users which allows its selection of documents by keywords, by Member State, by date, etc. More than 100 000 documents are consulted from this database every month. In addition to this service the Commission operates a number of linked web servers. These servers provide free access to information about Commission initiatives in all domains. They also include the announcement of public calls for tenders and public calls for proposals as well as grant information. All these servers allow users to download the information on their personal computers.The main server of the Commission is Europa (URL:http://europa.en.int) which provides information on all services of the Commission as well as links to web servers of the other institutions.In addition the Commission operates the three web server I*M Europe (URL:http://www.echo.lu), Community research and development information service (CORDIS) (URL:http://www.cordis.lu) and information society project office (ISPO) (URL:http://www.ispo.cec.be) which serve specific target groups.