WRITTEN QUESTION No. 919/98 by Carlo SECCHI to the Commission. Complaint 97/4230/SG(97)A/4867 and the letter of formal notice subsequently sent to the Italian State because of its infringement of the Directive on public contracts in connection with the company Infomont of Borgotaro
Date: 1998-03-12
Institutions: European Parliament, SECCHI
Subjects: Italy, award of contract, confidentiality, disclosure of information, infringement of EU law, infringement procedure (EU), public contract

22.12.98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 402/45

In reaction to repeated delays, the Commission also recently decided court applications against seven Member
States (Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands and Finland) for missing or
incomplete national lists for the Natura 2000 network.

The Commission would nonetheless point to the substantial progress achieved lately in a number of Member
States, e.g. the fact that sites (including marine ones) amounting to 8 % of the European territory of the
Community have been proposed already under the Habitats Directive.

To avoid further delay in setting up the Natura 2000 network, the Commission plans to adopt Community lists of
sites by biogeographical region. The list for the Macaronesian region could be decided as early as this year.

(1) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992.

(98/C 402/054)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0918/98

by Hon(cid:243)rio Novo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(26 March 1998)

Subject: Community funding for Yazaki Saltano Ltd. of Portugal

Yazaki Saltano Ltd. of Portugal, which produces electrical components for motor vehicles and is based in Estrada
da Rainha › Praia da Granja › Vila Nova de Gaia, is a Japanese company which became established in Portugal
ten years ago; in 1996 it employed over seven thousand workers.

I assume that this company received Community cofunding from either the first or second CSF to meet
establishment and/or development and modernization costs.

Will the Commission say whether Yazaki Saltano Ltd. of Portugal received cofunding of this kind, which
programme or programmes were involved, what partial or overall funding it received and what general
contractual obligations it had to agree to in order to qualify for such Community funding?

Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission

(15 May 1998)

According to information provided by the Member State, there has been no support for this company in either of
the two Community support frameworks for Portugal.

(98/C 402/055)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0919/98

by Carlo Secchi (PPE) to the Commission

(12 March 1998)

Subject: Complaint 97/4230/SG(97)A/4867 and the letter of formal notice subsequently sent to the Italian State
because of its infringement of the Directive on public contracts in connection with the company
Infomont of Borgotaro

The local press has reported that the Italian State has been sent a letter of formal notice because of the case of the
company Infomont of Borgotaro (PR), which was apparently awarded a service contract without the procedure
laid down in Directive 92/50 (1) being observed.

Can the Commission say:

› what the main facts justifying the formal notice procedure were, in the light of the investigations carried out;