WRITTEN QUESTION No. 868/99 by Joan VALLVÉ URBAN Initiative subsidies and municipal projects in Valencia
Date: 1999-04-07
Institutions: European Parliament, VALLVE
Subjects: EU programme, Spain, heritage protection, historic site, road services department, town planning, urban renewal

C 370/132

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.12.1999

States, which retain sovereign authority for the maintenance of law and order, eliminate forthwith the
serious threat to freedom of movement that is caused by such actions on the part of private individuals.

The Commission is closely monitoring events during the current marketing year for fruit and vegetables
and is determined, where necessary, to apply the above instruments to ensure that the French authorities
take adequate and appropriate action to guarantee that the principle of the free movement of goods is
observed, and thus complying with their obligations in this area.

(1) OJ L 337, 12.12.1998.

(1999/C 370/182)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0868/99

by Joan Vallvé (ELDR) to the Commission

(7 April 1999)

Subject: URBAN Initiative subsidies and municipal projects in Valencia

The Valencia City Council has voted to adopt a ‘Special Plan for the Protection and Internal Reconstruc-
tion’ of
the Cabanyal-Canyamelar district of Valencia, a former sea-side village which includes the
extension of Blasco Ibánèz Avenue to the shore. The scheme involves dividing the district in two, and
demolishing over 1500 private houses in a popular art-nouveau style. The whole district has been declared
to be a Valencian Community historical site.

Does the Commission believe that the aid received by the Valencian City Council under the URBAN
programme is compatible with a redevelopment plan so damaging to the urban fabric of one of Valencia’s
most outstanding and characterful districts?

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

(30 April 1999)

Under the programme ‘Urban-España’ for 1994-1999, the Commission is part-financing in Valencia the
project ‘Revitalizacion del barrio de Velluters’ in the historical centre ‘Ciutat Vella’. The aim of the project
is the integrated development of
the district via the implementation of measures to improve the
infrastructure and the environment, develop the economic fabric and provide social and training facilities.

Information available to the Commission indicates that the urban plan referred to by the Honourable
Member,
‘Plan especial de protection y reforma interior del barrio de Carbanyal-Canyamelar’, is a quite
different measure, in both its location and its content, from that concerned by the Urban project.

(1999/C 370/183)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0869/99

by Honório Novo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Loss of income by fishermen in Madeira

(7 April 1999)

The very low level of tuna stocks which have been affecting Madeira since August 1998 have had a very
serious effect on local fishing communities.

The shortage of tuna stocks has serious repercussions on the economies and the households in many parts
of Madeira, such as Caniçal and Machico, which are already greatly weakened as communities and have no
alternative forms of employment.

The seriousness of the situation is such that it deserves the Commission’s full attention.