WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2097/98 by Freddy BLAK to the Commission. EU resources for the trade sector
Date: 1998-07-10
Institutions: BLAK, European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, European Commission, European Union, budget, drawing up of the budget, exchange of information, intra-EU trade, social policy













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2097/98 by Freddy BLAK to the Commission. EU resources for the trade sector  


Official Journal C 135 , 14/05/1999 P. 0014 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-2097/98by Freddy Blak (PSE) to the Commission(10 July 1998)Subject: EU resources for the trade sector1. How large a proportion of EU resources in the following areas is assigned to the trade sector:(a) Budget line B3-4000, industrial relations and social dialogue(b) Budget line B3-4002, information and training measures for workers' organizations(c) Budget line B3-4003, information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings(d) Resources administered by DG XXIII for trade and support for small and medium-sized undertakings(e) The Leonardo programme.2. How and to what extent are the European social partners in trade financed by EU resources?Answer by Mr Papoutsis on behalf of the Commission(26 October 1998)The Commission's efforts to foster the social dialogue cover the creation of the political and logistical conditions permitting dialogue and the provision of prior and subsequent technical and scientific support to the various organisations involved in the social dialogue. To achieve this, the Commission has a number of financial instruments in the form of budget headings B3-4000, B3-4002 and B3-4003. It supports initiatives by the social partners at European and national levels by endeavouring to give a European slant to their actions. This covers preliminary awareness-raising (conferences, studies, preparatory meetings, working parties, training on European affairs) and support for follow-up measures resulting from the social dialogue (dissemination, monitoring and appraisal of agreements, European action, for example, on youth employment, and the setting up of an industrial relations training centre).The recipients of subsidies that can be granted under the budget headings mentioned above include professional associations representing either employers or workers. The aid is intended to provide funding for actions and not for the structures or internal operation of the social partners.The social partners in the distributive trades sector receive support matching their commitment to the Community social dialogue. By way of example, Euro-Fiet and EuroCommerce recently received funding under budget heading B3-4000 to arrange a joint seminar on the impact of Internet trading on jobs in the sector and to organise a big conference on the distributive trades and the social dialogue in the sector, which is scheduled to take place in Brussels shortly.As for the amounts that have been provided to the social partners in the distributive trades sector under the budget headings referred to by the honourable Member, it seemed useful to look at the last five years (1994 to August 1998) for headings B3-4000 and B3-4002 and the period from 1996 to August 1998 for heading B3-4003 (since the latter heading was introduced only in 1996).The honourable Member and the Secretariat-General of Parliament will receive directly from the Commission a table showing the amounts disbursed under each heading.