do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 726/99 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Structural Funds
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Denmark, EU aid, Structural Funds, eligible region, gross domestic product, statistics, terms for aid

C 370/94

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 Luxembourg 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 370/132)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0724/99

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 Great Britain 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 370/133)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0725/99

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 Ireland 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 370/134)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0726/99

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.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 749/99 by Anita POLLACK Cryptosporidium
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: European Parliament, POLLACK
Subjects: AIDS, animal disease, genetics, infectious disease, medical diagnosis, medical research, water pollution

21.12.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 370/99

More particularly, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and crafts businesses will continue to receive
processing and marketing aid and may also be eligible for aid under the measures for the adjustment and
development of rural areas. This will cover a significant proportion of the areas of activity in which such
firms are active and should have a particular impact in mountain areas due to the particularly acute
demand for such assistance.
the draft Commission guidelines on the Structural Funds
programmes for the period 2000-06 (1) give priority to SMEs as the vehicle for regional economic
development and employment.

In addition,

(1)

SEC(99) 103 final.

(1999/C 370/142)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0745/99

by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission

(29 March 1999)

Subject: Fisheries and sustainability

Does the Commission ensure that PESCA funding is used to support nature conservation objectives? If not,
why not?

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(23 April 1999)

Funding from the PESCA operational programme is not provided directly for nature conservation schemes,
as that is not its goal, but a number of PESCA measures have positive repercussions on the conservation of
natural resources.

These include the protection of overexploited species and marine ecosystems through support for schemes
to channel fishing effort towards new species and new fishing zones and for pilot projects for monitoring
the impact of fishing effort and the mapping of the sea bed, alongside support for improvements in and
facilities for extensive fishfarming and for environmentally-friendly fishfarming methods (new waste
recycling processes and extensive sea bed mussel farming)and training for fishermen in sustainable fisheries
management.

PESCA represents therefore an important source of funding for innovative projects which seek to combine
the goal of an economically viable sector with the safeguarding of fish stocks and marine ecosystems and
to test new strategies for the sustainable management of sea fisheries and fishfarming.

(1999/C 370/143)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0749/99

by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission

(29 March 1999)

Subject: Cryptosporidium

Does the Commission have any research (or is there any in progress) on the infectivity of type 1
cryptosporidium as distinct from that of type 2?

Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission

(30 April 1999)

The Commission is funding, within the Biomed 2 programme, a project on cryptosporidiosis (1) which
started on 1 May 1997 with a duration of 36 months.

Although cryptosporidium infection in people with intact immune function is asymptomatic or self-
limited, infants and immunodeficient individuals are at severe risk from infection. Transmission takes place
person-person or animal-person, often via contaminated water. At present, there are no effective diagnostic
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 748/99 by Anita POLLACK EC development aid to countries of South Asia
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: European Parliament, POLLACK
Subjects: EU aid, European Commission, South Asia, development aid, exchange of information

12.11.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 325/131

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0657/99, E-0658/99, E-0659/99, E-0660/99, E-0661/99,
E-0662/99, E-0663/99, E-0664/99, E-0665/99, E-0666/99, E-0667/99, E-0668/99,
E-0669/99, E-0670/99, E-0671/99, E-0672/99, E-0673/99, E-0674/99 and E-0675/99
given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission

(23 April 1999)

The Commission is sending direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat a table
containing the information requested.

(1999/C 325/193)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0696/99

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

(26 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.

When will the figures corresponding to 1994 be replaced by those from 1997 in the regions which are seeking
to qualify as ‘Objective 1 regions’?

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

Answer given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission

(19 April 1999)

Estimates, for 1997, of regional gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, expressed in purchasing power
standards, should be available in December 1999.

(1999/C 325/194)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0748/99

by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission

(29 March 1999)

Subject: EC development aid to countries of South Asia

Will the Commission please provide a list of total EC development aid to the following countries for each of
the last five years:

India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives?

Can it also provide a list for the same countries of the EC development aid for each of the last five years on a per
capita basis?

Answer given by Mr Marín on behalf of the Commission

(29 April 1999)

The Commission is sending the information requested direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s
Secretariat.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 740/99 by Alessandro DANESIN Electoral participation in Italy
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: DANESIN, European Parliament
Subjects: Italy, competence of the Member States, electoral law, electorate, national election, parliamentary election, postal vote, residence, right to vote

C 341/140

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

29.11.1999

As some of these pensioners awaiting the outcome are now dying before the result of their appeals are known,
can the Commission put pressure on the European Court of Justice to come to a decision in the very near
future?

Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission

(1 April 1999)

The case referred to by the Honourable Member which is pending before the Court of Justice is case C-78/98
(Preston and Others), which reached the Court in March 1998 and was heard on 23 March 1999.

The case concerns the application of Article 119 of the EC Treaty as interpreted by the Court of Justice in the
Barber judgment of 17 May 1990 (1) and subsequent interpreting judgments, particularly those of 28 Sep-
tember 1994 in cases C-57/93 (Vroege) (2) and C-128/93 (Fisscher) (3). The UK court has consulted the Court
of Justice in order to establish the actual scope of the two judgments in question, i.e. the right of part-time
workers, the majority of whom are women, to join an occupational pension scheme as from 8 April 1976
(date of the Defrenne judgment (4)).

The Commission is unable to approach the Court of Justice in the manner requested by the Honourable
Member.

(1) C-262/98, ECR 1990, I-1889.
(2)
ECR 1994, I-4541.
(3)
ECR 1994, I-4583.
(4) C-43/75, ECR 1976, 455.

(1999/C 341/199)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0740/99

by Alessandro Danesin (PPE) to the Commission

(29 March 1999)

Subject: Electoral participation in Italy

On 25 July 1998, the Italian Parliament rejected a bill which would have given Italian voters living abroad the
chance to vote when parliamentary elections are held in Italy.

The aim of the bill was to amend part of the Constitution so as to make a ‘postal vote’ possible, as it is for
Spanish citizens, for example.

The question of Italians voting abroad has been discussed for thirty years but has never been resolved.

Recently, the Italian Assembly began to reconsider the bill, which requires dual approval by Parliament. The
Regulation is divided into two parts: the first provides for suitable structures under ordinary law that will allow
citizens to vote; the second part lays down the detailed rules governing voting.

Is the Commission able to take measures which could clear up a situation that goes against the principles

1.
of democracy that EU Member States should respect?

2.

Does it know which Member States allow their citizens to vote by post?

Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission

(15 April 1999)

The Commission has no jurisdiction to deal with the question asked, which is a matter solely for the national
authorities concerned.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 723/99 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Structural Funds
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, Luxembourg, Structural Funds, eligible region, gross domestic product, statistics, terms for aid

21.12.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 370/93

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

What regions in France 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 370/129)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0721/99

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 Belgium 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 370/130)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0722/99

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 the Netherlands 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 370/131)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0723/99

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.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 727/99 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Structural Funds
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, Structural Funds, Sweden, eligible region, gross domestic product, statistics, terms for aid

21.12.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 370/95

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

What regions in Denmark 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 370/135)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0727/99

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 Sweden 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 370/136)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0728/99

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 Finland 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 370/137)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0729/99

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.
2004/282/Euratom: Commission Decision of 29 March 1999 concerning the conclusion of a cooperation Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of nuclear safety
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Kazakhstan, cooperation agreement (EU), nuclear safety

L 89/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.3.2004

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 March 1999

concerning the conclusion of a cooperation Agreement between the European Atomic Energy
Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of nuclear safety

(2004/282/Euratom)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the
second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,

Having regard to the approval of the Council,

Whereas the Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Kazakh-
stan in the field of nuclear safety should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the
field of nuclear safety is hereby approved on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 29 March 1999.

For the Commission

Hans VAN DEN BROEK

Member of the Commission
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 720/99 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Structural Funds
Date: 1999-03-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, France, Structural Funds, eligible region, gross domestic product, statistics, terms for aid

C 370/92

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 Spain 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 370/126)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0718/99

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 Portugal 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 370/127)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0719/99

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 Italy 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 370/128)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0720/99

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.