WRITTEN QUESTION No. 206/99 by Manuel ESCOLÁ HERNANDO Aid for Objective 1 regions in Spain
Date: 1999-02-12
Institutions: ESCOLA HERNANDO, European Parliament
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, EU financial instrument, European Investment Bank, Spain, Structural Funds, commitment of expenditure, exchange of information, regional development













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 206/99 by Manuel ESCOLÁ HERNANDO Aid for Objective 1 regions in Spain  


Official Journal C 348 , 03/12/1999 P. 0036 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0206/99by Manuel Escolá Hernando (ARE) to the Commission(12 February 1999)Subject: Aid for Objective 1 regions in SpainIn accordance with the decision taken at the Edinburgh Summit, the cumulation of commitment appropriations for Objective 1 regions under the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund should permit a doubling of Community financial assistance for Objective 1 regions in real terms.ECU 7 950 million was awarded to Spain under the Cohesion Fund between 1993 and 1999.Can the Commission give a breakdown of this amount by project?Does the Commission take the view that the Spanish Government has fulfilled the commitment to double the aid allocated to Objective 1 regions in real terms by channelling Cohesion Fund assistance to the autonomous communities concerned?Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission(10 March 1999)Article 12(3) of Council Regulation (EEC) 2081/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) 2052/88 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments(1) stipulates that "for the four Member States eligible for the cohesion financial instrument, the increase in commitment appropriations for the Structural Funds must permit a doubling of commitments in real terms under Objective 1 and the cohesion financial instrument between 1992 and 1999". This Article implements the conclusions of the Edinburgh European Council, which also stated that " for the four Cohesion Fund Member States this means about ECU 85 billion over the period 1993-99".The Commission has taken full account of these regulatory and political provisions with regard both to the Cohesion Fund and to the Structural Fund commitment appropriations allocated under Objective 1 for the four Member States concerned. Accordingly, there will be a doubling between 1992 and 1999 for these four Member States, taken as a whole. On the other hand, there is no obligation for the Member States to double the resources of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund for the regions eligible under Objective 1.The Commission is sending directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat the list of projects part-financed by the Cohesion Fund in Spain since 1993, containing the information requested.With regard more specifically to the Cohesion Fund resources actually channelled towards the Objective 1 regions, the Commission considers that this question should be addressed to the Spanish Government.(1) OJ L 193, 31.7.1993.