WRITTEN QUESTION No. 53/98 by Markus FERBER to the Commission. EU assistance for research in the Bayerisch- Schwaben region (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
Date: 1998-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, FERBER
Subjects: Bavaria, EU financing, European Regional Development Fund, research and development, research budget

19. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 354/3

(98/C 354/03)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0053/98

by Markus Ferber (PPE) to the Commission

(29 January 1998)

Subject: EU assistance for research in the Bayerisch-Schwaben region

Can  the  Commission  provide  the  following  information  on  the  level  of  EU  assistance  for  research  and
development (R&D) in the Bayerisch-Schwaben region in 1997:

1.

How much assistance was provided for R&D in Bayerisch-Schwaben in 1997?

How much Community assistance was provided for R&D in comparable regions of other Member States in

2.
1997, and for what measures?

How  much  assistance,  broken  down  by  types  of  contractor  (universities,  research  institutes,  SMEs,

3.
large-scale industry, etc.), was provided for R&D in the various German La¤nder in 1997?

How many applications for R&D assistance, broken down by types of programme and EU Member States,

4.
were received in 1997?

For  what  percentage  of  the  applicants  for  R&D  assistance  did  SMEs  account  in  the  Community  and

5.
Germany in 1997?

Supplementary answer
given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission

(13 May 1998)

1,3,4 and 5.
Since the answer to these points includes tables, and details on the research funds granted by the
European  Regional  Development  Fund  (ERDF),  it  is  being  sent  directly  to  the  Honourable  Member  and  to
Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

2.
The Commission considers it invidious to make comparisons between regions as such data do not reflect
the real benefits a region can draw from Community research programmes. The main advantage of participation
in multi-partner and transnational programmes is that each partner has access to all the results of the project in
which it is involved, whatever funding it receives from the Community. A further major benefit is the creation
and development of research infrastructure at European level (e.g. networks).

(98/C 354/04)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0075/98

by Florus Wijsenbeek (ELDR) to the Commission

(30 January 1998)

Subject: Checks on persons at internal borders

1.
Is the Commission aware that since Italy joined the Schengen Agreement border controls are no longer
carried out between Italy, its neighbouring countries and Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg, whereas checks
are still carried out between the Netherlands and Italy (Schiphol)?

Does  the  Commission  take  the  view  that  since  the  internal  borders  between  the  Netherlands  and  its

2.
neighbouring countries have been abolished the checks in Schiphol serve little purpose?

Does the Commission not think that, since the Schengen Agreement is to be incorporated in the third pillar,

3.
it should make another attempt to have pointless and unnecessary internal border controls done away with?

4.

If so, how does the Commission intend to do this and what steps will it take to bring it about?