WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3658/97 by María IZQUIERDO ROJO to the Commission. European projects for the city of Granada and the Albayzín
Date: 1997-11-19
Institutions: European Parliament, IZQUIERDO ROJO
Subjects: Andalusia, EU financing, EU programme, European Regional Development Fund, heritage protection, town, town planning, vocational training

22. 6. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 196/9

of  the  current  system,  proposed  among  other  things  the  abolition  of  any  distinction  between  domestic  and
intra-Community transactions and a stage-by-stage programme for moving to the new common system of VAT.
The proposals to be made by the Commission within the framework of its work programme should, therefore,
resolve the problems raised.

(1)  COM(94) 515 final.
(2)  COM(96) 328 final.

(98/C 196/15)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3658/97

by Mar(cid:14)·a Izquierdo Rojo (PSE) to the Commission

(19 November 1997)

Subject: European projects for the city of Granada and the Albayz(cid:14)·n

Can  the  Commission  provide  detailed  information  on  the  projects  concerning  the  Albayz(cid:14)·n  and  Granada
approved for European co-funding, some of which are alluded to in a notice in (cid:145)Carta Local(cid:146), October 1997?

Answer given by Mr Oreja on behalf of the Commission

(3 February 1998)

In 1986 the Commission financed a conservation project in Granada for the Patio de los Leones, the Ban(cid:152)os de
Comares and the (cid:145)cubiertas planas(cid:146) in the Alhambra with a total budget of ECU 200 000.

Under the Leonardo da Vinci training programme, three projects have been granted to the Granada region: a
project  in  1995  for  a  total  amount  of  ECU  58  000  (Iliberis)  and  two  projects  in  1997  for  a  total  amount  of
ECU 234 000 (European rural network for career guidance and information, and training in agriculture and the
environment in rural areas).

In July 1997, on the basis of Article 10 of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regulation (1), the
Commission funded an urban pilot project for the Albayz(cid:14)·n including the Alhambra palace. The total eligible cost
of this project is ECU 6 051 150, and the ERDF funds available for the project are ECU 2 953 897.

(1)  OJ L 193, 31.7.1993.

(98/C 196/16)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3667/97

by John Iversen (PSE) to the Commission

(19 November 1997)

Subject: BSE

Commission Decision 97/534/EU (1) instructs all Member States to remove specified risk material (SRM) from
the food chain. This decision is based on a recommendation from the Scientific Veterinary Committee that SRM
should be removed in countries or regions where a potential risk is identified of the presence of TSE agents. The
decision concludes, without more detailed documentation, that none of the Member States may be regarded as
free from a potential risk of TSE.

There  is  a  clear  distinction  between  slaughter  in  Danish  export  slaughterhouses  and  the  situation  in  other
Member States on the following points:

›  slaughter of Danish animals only as a result of US authorization,

›  no  cases  of  scrapie  have  ever  been  recorded  and  only  one  case  of  BSE  has  been  reported  in  an  animal

imported from the UK,