WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2926/98 by Alexandros ALAVANOS to the Commission. Restoration of a historical building in Arcadia
Date: 1998-10-02
Institutions: ALAVANOS, European Parliament
Subjects: European Regional Development Fund, Peloponnese, architectural heritage, building, cultural heritage, financing, heritage protection, operational programme, tourism

C 142/58

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.5.1999

The Commission proposal does not include islands as such; however, without making innovations in
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this context in relation to the existing rules governing the Structural Funds, it includes island regions
which fall in the category of outermost regions or NUTS level II regions which meet the criterion of less
than 75 % of GDP. Islands not eligible under objective 6 may moreover benefit from structural
appropriations within the framework of objectives 2 (areas undergoing economic and social conversion)
and 3 (development of human resources).

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The Council has not yet reached a common position on the proposal.

As for the second part of the question the Council is of the opinion that the Commission would be in

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a better position to reply.

(1999/C 142/070)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2926/98

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Restoration of a historical building in Arcadia

(2 October 1998)

The ‘Sanatorio tis Manas’ maternity clinic situated in Magouliana in the Pelopponese (Arcadia), which is a
typical example of pre-war hospital architecture and has particular historical associations concerning the
outbreak of tuberculosis in the years following the Anatolian disaster, has been left in a state of disrepair
since 1938. All plans put forward by the regional and local authorities for the improvement, conservation
and restoration of the building have encountered financial problems.

Could EU funding be provided to carry out the necessary conservation and restoration works if a suitable
recommendation were made by the Greek authorities?

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

(16 November 1998)

Following an application by the Greek authorities, the European Regional Development Fund part-
financed a study under the operational programme for the Pelopponese region to examine the feasibility
and viability of creating a multi-purpose tourist centre on the site of the former clinic.

The study’s findings offer little encouragement for committing public funds to restore, maintain and use
the abandoned building, or to build the new roads needed in order to facilitate access to the site.

Clearly, part-financing of such works by Community funds could be approved only if the building, once
restored, were to be run for purposes compatible with the objectives of the operational programme.

(1999/C 142/071)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2935/98

by Christoph Konrad (PPE) to the Commission

(8 October 1998)

Subject: Compatibility of paragraph 7a of the Road Haulage Act (GüKG) with the EU cabotage

Regulation No 3118/93 and other Community legislation

Does paragraph 7a, on liability insurance for damage to goods, in the Road Haulage Act comply with

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the principles of the EU’s cabotage Regulation No 3118/93 (1)?

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If so, on what grounds?