WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3564/98 by Nikitas KAKLAMANIS EU funding of Orthodox church proposals
Date: 1998-12-01
Institutions: European Parliament, KAKLAMANIS
Subjects: Community budget, EU Member State, EU financing, European Union, Grenada, Orthodoxy, action programme, cultural policy, heritage protection, painting

C 320/56

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.11.1999

(1999/C 320/074)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3564/98

by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission

(1 December 1998)

Subject: EU funding of Orthodox church proposals

Which proposals of those submitted by Orthodox churches (within and outside the EU) have received funding
from DG X of the Commission or under a heading in the Community budget?

Can the Commission provide details of similar proposals from churches of other faiths which have received
support from Community resources?

Answer given by Mr Oreja on behalf of the Commission

(23 February 1999)

The Commission, in the framework of its actions and programmes in 1998 in favour of the preservation of the
European cultural heritage (Raphael), co-financed one project submitted by the Centre for the diagnosis and
research of Byzantine icons of the Sacred Convent of Annunciationá in Ormylia, Chalkidiki, Greece, which
belongs to the Holy Monastery of Simonos-Petras in Mount Athos. In the framework of the structural funds,
projects for the preservation of the architectural and cultural heritage are in principle eligible and co-financed
through the different programmes. For example, the first and second Community support framework for
Greece has co-funded a number of projects throughout the Member State in favour of the preservation and
restoration of churches and monasteries which are an integral part of the heritage of Greece. A major part of
these interventions concern Mount Athos.

Several projects, directly or indirectly linked with other Christian denominations, were co-financed in 1998 in
the framework of the Raphael programme. A project on the conservation of medieval paintings on timber was
submitted by the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough cathedral and concerned paintings in the cathedrals of
Peterborough (United Kingdom), Bjorsater (Sweden) and Vestre Slidre (Norway). Another project submitted by
the Spanish authorities in the framework of European heritage laboratories, as stated in the decision
establishing the Raphael programme, concerns the preservation and enhancement of the religious monuments
situated on the itinerary of St. Jacques de Compostelle.

(1999/C 320/075)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3586/98

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Transposition by Greece of Directive 92/44/EEC

(3 December 1998)

By Presidential Decree 121/Gov. Journal A 103/15.5.98 Greece transposed Directive 92/44/EEC (1) on leased
lines into national legislation.

Given that the Commission is reportedly concerned about the proper harmonisation of the above directive,
will it say:

1. Does it consider that any problems have arisen concerning the proper and full transposition of this

directive by Greece?

2. Have any similar problems arisen in any other Member States concerning the transposition of Directive

92/44/EEC?

3. What measures has the Commission taken in respect of individual Member States to ensure that they

correctly transpose the above Directive?

(1) OJ L 165, 19.6.1992, p. 27.