WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1910/98 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA to the Commission. The European Spatial Development Perspective and regional policy
Date: 1998-06-16
Institutions: European Parliament, VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA
Subjects: EU policy, Structural Funds, competitiveness, economic and social cohesion, sustainable development, town and country planning

C 50/112

Official Journal of the European Communities

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22.2.1999

Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat. It should be noted that comparisons of the data on employment are
hampered by differences in definitions used in the Member States. The fact that most of these data are concerned
with the quota system also reduces the basis for comparisons.

It may be noted that the number of requests to the Commission for statistical data in the disability field is
constantly increasing.

(1999/C 50/161)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1907/98

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission

Subject: EU policy on regional planning and the Structural Funds

(16 June 1998)

Can the Commission provide a list of all the pilot projects relating to regional planning cofinanced by the
Commission to date under Article 10 of the ERDF, as well as those which are to be funded up to the end of the
current programming period, specifying the beneficiary regions, the total cost of implementation and the level of
Community cofinancing?

(1999/C 50/162)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1908/98

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission

Subject: EU policy on regional planning and the Structural Funds

(16 June 1998)

Can the Commission provide information on all the projects relating to regional planning cofinanced by the
Commission to date under the Community initiatives, as well as those which are to be funded up to the end of the
current programming period, specifying the beneficiary regions, the total cost of implementation and the level of
Community cofinancing?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-1907/98 and E-1908/98
given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission

(24 July 1998)

Because of the length of the answer, which includes a number of tables, the Commission is sending it direct to the
Honourable Members and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(1999/C 50/163)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1910/98

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission

(16 June 1998)

Subject: The European Spatial Development Perspective and regional policy

As is evident from the Commission(cid:146)s analytic studies, in particular (cid:145)Europa 2000(cid:146) and (cid:145)Europa 2000+(cid:146), and from
its first report on economic and social cohesion (COM(96) 0542), and as has been corroborated subsequently by
Parliament in its recent report A4-0206/98, the various Community policies (especially the CAP, the Structural
Funds and Cohesion Fund, the trans-European networks, environmental policy, R & D policy and competition
policy) in some cases have contradictory effects on the territorial distribution of social and economic activities,
giving rise to uneven development within the Union. The Commission has stressed the need to develop a regional
planning policy at EU level to ensure the complementarity and coherence of the various Community policies,
with the aim of achieving harmonious, balanced and sustainable regional development in the Community, thus
strengthening and improving economic and social cohesion and the Union(cid:146)s competitiveness. The first concrete
step in this respect has been the initial official draft of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP),