WRITTEN QUESTION No. 731/99 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Structural Funds
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, Greece, Structural Funds, eligible region, gross domestic product, statistics, terms for aid

C 370/96

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.12.1999

Currently, only the figures corresponding to the financial years 1994, 1995 and 1996 are available.

What regions in Germany does the Commission expect not to be classed as Objective 1 regions for this
three-year period?

(1) OJ C 176, 9.6.1998, p. 1.

(1999/C 370/138)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0730/99

by José García-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission

(29 March 1999)

Subject: Structural Funds

The regions whose level of income per inhabitant is less than 75 % of that which corresponds to the
average Community inhabitant are classed as ‘Objective 1 regions’ and are entitled to substantial
Community aid.

In order to work out whether this threshold has been crossed or not, the draft Council Regulation,
COM(98) 0131 final (1), laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds, stipulates that the figures
corresponding to the last three years on which Eurostat has information will be taken into account.

Currently, only the figures corresponding to the financial years 1994, 1995 and 1996 are available.

What regions in Austria does the Commission expect not to be classed as Objective 1 regions for this
three-year period?

(1) OJ C 176, 9.6.1998, p. 1.

(1999/C 370/139)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0731/99

by José García-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission

(29 March 1999)

Subject: Structural Funds

The regions whose level of income per inhabitant is less than 75 % of that which corresponds to the
average Community inhabitant are classed as ‘Objective 1 regions’ and are entitled to substantial
Community aid.

In order to work out whether this threshold has been crossed or not, the draft Council Regulation,
COM(98) 0131 final (1), laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds, stipulates that the figures
corresponding to the last three years on which Eurostat has information will be taken into account.

Currently, only the figures corresponding to the financial years 1994, 1995 and 1996 are available.

What regions in Greece does the Commission expect not to be classed as Objective 1 regions for this
three-year period?

(1) OJ C 176, 9.6.1998, p. 1.

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0717/99, E-0718/99, E-0719/99, E-0720/99, E-0721/99,
E-0722/99, E-0723/99, E-0724/99, E-0725/99, E-0726/99, E-0727/99, E-0728/99,
E-0729/99, E-0730/99 and E-0731/99
given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission

(5 May 1999)

The Commission will decide on the list of regions eligible for Objective 1 in the period 2000-06 once the
Council has adopted the general regulation governing the Structural Funds. The proposal presented by the
Commission on 19 March 1998 states that the Objective 1 regions will be those at NUTS level II whose
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the
basis of the last three years available, is less than 75 % of the Community average. The data used for this
purpose will relate to the years 1994, 1995 and 1996.