WRITTEN QUESTION No. 25/98 by Glenys KINNOCK to the Commission. Situation in Algeria
Date: 1998-01-15
Institutions: European Parliament, KINNOCK
Subjects: Algeria, EU aid, financial aid, humanitarian aid, technical cooperation, terms for aid

16. 6. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 187/139

3. What control mechanisms does the Commission have to make it more difficult for front organizations to
obtain subsidies under false pretences? Did the controls fail in the case of the Moholm subsidies and will the
Commission now scrutinize this case in greater detail to reclaim any subsidies paid in error?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(2 February 1998)

The  aid  to  which  the  Honourable  Member  refers  was  presumably  granted  in  the  framework  of  the  Swedish
agri-environment  programme  (cid:145)Miljo¤programmet(cid:146).  This  programme  includes  a  measure  to  support  organic
farming, if beneficiaries agree to fulfil certain undertakings, such as not to use pesticides.

The  (cid:145)Miljo¤programmet(cid:146)  implements  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2078/92  of  30  June  1992  on  agricultural
production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance
of the country (1) in Sweden and is co-financed by the Community.

Member States implement the programmes, receive applications from individual farmers, check if the applicants
fulfil the objective conditions as set out in the Regulation, make necessary controls and carry out sanctions if
needed.  The  Commission  is  therefore  not  directly  responsible  for  the  administrative  implementation  of  the
scheme and is not systematically informed on individual aid files.

The  programme  was  prepared  and  put  forward  by  Sweden  for  approval  and  the  Commission  examined  it  to
ensure its conformity with the agri-environment regulation (Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92).

(1)  OJ L 215, 30.7.1992.

(98/C 187/213)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0012/98

by Philippe Monfils (ELDR) to the Commission

(29 January 1998)

Subject: Implementation of the (cid:145)Daphne(cid:146) programme

The Commission(cid:146)s (cid:145)Daphne(cid:146) programme, launched under a budgetary item providing ECU 3 million for action
to combat abuse, lays down the criteria for projects to qualify for funding.

Can  the  Commission  provide  me  with  a  list  of  the  projects  selected,  the  name  and  addresses  of  the  bodies
responsible for these projects, and the funds allocated to each one?

Answer given by Mrs Gradin on behalf of the Commission

(26 February 1998)

In  view  of  the  length  of  its  answer,  the  Commission  is  sending  it  direct  to  the  Honourable  Member  and  to
Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(98/C 187/214)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0025/98

by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Commission

(15 January 1998)

Subject: Situation in Algeria

Would the Commission please issue a statement on the current situation in Algeria? Would it also identify what
efforts have been made, or are planned, to determine the causes of the massacres which have taken place and to
promote a political solution? What has been the response of the Algerian authorities to any such initiatives?