do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2208/99 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Ariane programme.
Date: 1999-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing arrangements, EU programme, cultural transmission, literature, translation

18.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 203 E/149

(2000/C 203 E/189)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2196/99

by Anna Karamanou (PSE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: Combating world hunger

The first report recently published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) paints a bleak
picture of the world situation since the target set in 1996 to halve the numbers suffering from hunger by
the year 2015 does not seem to be materialising. 204 million people in India, 164 million in China, half
the population of North Korea and Mongolia, one third of the peoples of Cambodia, Laos and sub-Saharan
Africa are suffering from hunger, while two in every five children are undernourished. Bearing in mind
that the UN had decided that the developed countries should spend 0,7 % of their GDP on humanitarian
aid to the developing countries, will the Commission say whether that decision is being implemented and
by which Member States of the European Union?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(21 December 1999)

The Commission is convinced of the need to increase international official development aid, which has
fallen to its lowest level for decades. In the United Nations(cid:146) work on development finance, the Community
has reaffirmed its commitment to cooperation and its readiness to work towards the objective of devoting
0,7 % of Gross National Product (GNP) to development aid. Several Member States (cid:129) Denmark, the
Netherlands and Sweden (cid:129) have achieved or exceeded the target. The Community average is 0,34 % of
GNP.

Support for food security policies is an integral part of Community development policy.

(2000/C 203 E/190)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2208/99

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: Ariane programme

In the 15 October issue of the weekly information bulletin for local and regional authorities entitled
(cid:145)Europa Regioni(cid:146), it was reported that the 291 projects which are to receive EU financial assistance under
the 1999 Ariane programme have now been selected.

Can the Commission publish a list of all the public and private bodies, firms, businesses, private citizens
and organisations in countries both within and outside the European Union that have been deemed eligible
for such assistance, together with the amounts allocated in each case?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(13 January 2000)

In view of the length of its answer, the Commission is sending it direct to the Honourable Member and to
Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2515/1999 of 29 November 1999 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands
Date: 1999-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, EU production, aid system, rice, supply

30. 11. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 305/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2515/1999

of 29 November 1999

setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary
Islands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15
June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect of certain
agricultural products for the benefit of the Canary Islands (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 3 thereof,

(1) Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
1601/92, the requirements of the Canary Islands for rice
are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and quality
by the mobilization, on disposal terms equivalent to
exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which
involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community
origin; whereas this aid is to be fixed with particular
reference to the costs of the various sources of supply
and in particular is to be based on the prices applied to
exports to third countries;

(2) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1620/1999 (4),
lays down common detailed rules for implementation of

the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agri-
cultural products, including rice, to the Canary Islands;

(3) Whereas, as a result of the application of these detailed
rules to the current market situation in the rice sector,
and in particular to the rates of prices for these products
in the European part of the Community and on the
world market, the aid for supply to the Canary Islands
should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the
amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community origin
under the specific arrangements for the supply of the Canary
Islands shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1999.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 November 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 320, 11.12.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 296, 17.11.1994, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 19.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 11. 1999

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1999 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products
from the Community to the Canary Islands

(EUR/t)

Product
(CN code)

Milled rice

(1006 30)

Broken rice
(1006 40)

Amount of aid

129,00

28,00
WRITTEN QUESTION P-2315/99 by Pat Gallagher (UEN) to the Commission. Financial aid to Mali and, in particular, to the Itema company.
Date: 1999-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Lomé Convention, Mali, development aid, distribution of aid, financial aid, financial control, management

C 225 E/96

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

8.8.2000

(cid:129) the amounts exported by each of those companies to the European Union;

(cid:129) a list of Community companies which buy tuna imported from Thailand, indicating the Member State

in which they are based?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(21 January 2000)

The Commission is not able to provide the information asked for by the Honourable Member, since it
involves the commercial activities of private businesses. Such data are not forwarded to the Commission
by the customs administrations in the Member States.

The Commission is sending a list of the establishments in Thailand authorised to export fishery products to
the Community directly to the Honourable Member and Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(2000/C 225 E/096)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2315/99

by Pat Gallagher (UEN) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: Financial aid to Mali and, in particular, to the Itema company

Will the European Commission inform the European Parliament as to the exact amount of financial aid
that has been given to the Government of Mali under any of the EU-backed development aid programmes
and the LomØ Conventions over the past five years and, more specifically, whether any of these monies
were given directly or indirectly to a company called Itema in which the Malian Government is a
substantial holder?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(21 December 1999)

The attached table provides a breakdown of European development fund (EDF) and Community budget
funding to Mali since 1986. None of these funds were given either indirectly or directly to Itema.

1. National Indicative Programme

137

158

189

LomØ III
(1986-1990)

LomØ IV
(1991-1996)

LomØ IV(a)
(1997-2001)

2. Other EDF resources FED

(cid:129) Structural Adjustment Facility (SAF)
(cid:129) Stabex
(cid:129) Refugees
(cid:129) Risk capital (EIB)
(cid:129) Sysmin

3.

Community Budget Resources

(cid:129) Food aid security
(cid:129) (NGOs)
(cid:129) Democracy & Human Rights
(cid:129) Decentralised cooperation
(cid:129) Tropical forests
(cid:129) Fight against AIDS
(cid:129) ECHO

20,3

14,8

9,7
6,7

61,45
0,9
0,7
21,9

7,75
9,1
0,279
0,73
0,80

1,0

29,4 (1)

10
15

0,25
2,65
0,233
0,28

0,07
7,6

4.

TOTAL (1 + 2 + 3)

188,5

262,6

254,4

(1) A new SAF programme of an amount of € 37 million is under approval
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2198/99 by José Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (PPE-DE) to the Commission. AL-Invest Programme.
Date: 1999-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU programme, Latin America, inter-company cooperation

24.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 303 E/33

The Commission has publicly made clear that the highest premium is given to merit and that balanced
representation of all nationalities of the Union at all levels of the institution(cid:146)s staff hierarchy is essential in
order to reflect the cultural richness and the cohesion of the multinational public service of the Union.
Any serious, lasting imbalance affecting any particular nationality must therefore be avoided.

The Commission can reassure the Honourable Members of its determination to ensure that the process of
European integration is fair and transparent.

(2000/C 303 E/028)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2198/99

by JosØ Salafranca SÆnchez-Neyra (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: AL-Invest Programme

The European Parliament has received various complaints concerning the operation of the AL-INVEST
Programme over recent years. On each occasion the Commissioner responsible has been informed.

On 23 September the LAADC committee approved a new financial framework for this programme for the
next five years.

Will the Commission confirm whether organisations representing the European private sector and the
other economic operators which co-finance the programme were consulted when this programme was
being drawn up in order to try to rectify the shortcomings identified in its implementation?

(2000/C 303 E/029)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2199/99

by JosØ Salafranca SÆnchez-Neyra (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: AL-Invest Programme

Will the Commission itself (rather than the technical secretariat) provide information with a view to
establishing a constructive dialogue with programme users in order to simplify and improve the way the
programme operates at present?

(2000/C 303 E/030)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2200/99

by JosØ Salafranca SÆnchez-Neyra (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: AL-Invest Programme

Will the Commission provide details of cases in recent years where payments of EU contributions already
committed have been made after the 60-day time limit laid down in the rules governing administration of
the programme?

Is the Commission aware of the problems caused to the programme operators by the delays in payments?

How does the Commission intend to compensate them?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2199/99 by José Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (PPE-DE) to the Commission. AL-Invest Programme.
Date: 1999-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU programme, Latin America, inter-company cooperation

24.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 303 E/33

The Commission has publicly made clear that the highest premium is given to merit and that balanced
representation of all nationalities of the Union at all levels of the institution(cid:146)s staff hierarchy is essential in
order to reflect the cultural richness and the cohesion of the multinational public service of the Union.
Any serious, lasting imbalance affecting any particular nationality must therefore be avoided.

The Commission can reassure the Honourable Members of its determination to ensure that the process of
European integration is fair and transparent.

(2000/C 303 E/028)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2198/99

by JosØ Salafranca SÆnchez-Neyra (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: AL-Invest Programme

The European Parliament has received various complaints concerning the operation of the AL-INVEST
Programme over recent years. On each occasion the Commissioner responsible has been informed.

On 23 September the LAADC committee approved a new financial framework for this programme for the
next five years.

Will the Commission confirm whether organisations representing the European private sector and the
other economic operators which co-finance the programme were consulted when this programme was
being drawn up in order to try to rectify the shortcomings identified in its implementation?

(2000/C 303 E/029)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2199/99

by JosØ Salafranca SÆnchez-Neyra (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: AL-Invest Programme

Will the Commission itself (rather than the technical secretariat) provide information with a view to
establishing a constructive dialogue with programme users in order to simplify and improve the way the
programme operates at present?

(2000/C 303 E/030)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2200/99

by JosØ Salafranca SÆnchez-Neyra (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: AL-Invest Programme

Will the Commission provide details of cases in recent years where payments of EU contributions already
committed have been made after the 60-day time limit laid down in the rules governing administration of
the programme?

Is the Commission aware of the problems caused to the programme operators by the delays in payments?

How does the Commission intend to compensate them?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2183/99 by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Commission. Committees and working parties in the field of law.
Date: 1999-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Union, area of freedom, security and justice, committee (EU)

C 26 E/2

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

26.1.2001

The aid provided by the structural funds is administered in accordance with competition policy. For
example aid can be given to investments but not to operational aid, there are special rules for supporting
small and medium sized enterprises and there are restrictions in terms of eligible areas.

Furthermore, the funds are managed in a decentralised way in accordance with national and Community
rules on financial management and control.

With regard to the actions supported by the structural funds the Member States have agreed that the
promoting of new productive investments is a priority in order to generate incomes and new jobs in the
weaker regions.

Finally,
in order to maximise the effects of the structural fund interventions the Member States have
decided to lay down provision for the kind of assistance the individual regions can receive. These
provisions prevent objective 2 funding (which Denmark has received in the period 1994-1999 in regions
of North Jutland and Lolland) to be used for co-financing investments in basic education infrastructures
because the objective 2 regions are relatively well equipped in this regard already. Basic educational
infrastructure can therefore only be co-financed by the structural funds in the weakest regions of the
Community (objective 1 regions).

(2001/C 26 E/002)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2183/99

by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: Committees and working parties in the field of law

Will the Commission say what committees, working parties etc. have been set up in the field of law in the
EU?

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(3 March 2000)

The Commission understands,
concerns justice and home affairs committees and working parties.

following a contact with the Honourable Member,

that this question

The existing programmes in the fields of justice and home affairs (OISIN (1), Falcone (2), STOP (3), Grotius (4)
and Odysseus (5)) are implemented through committees managed by the Commission. These committees
have their legal basis in the joint actions adopted by the Council which established the programmes
themselves. Their aim is to assist the Commission in carrying out the measures provided for in the joint
actions. They consist of one representative from each Member State and are chaired by the Commission.

So far as the Honourable Member(cid:146)s question concerns committees and working parties set up by and
assisting the Council, these are not within the competence of the Commission, and the Honourable
Member is invited to address his question to the Council.

(1) OJ L 7, 10.1.1997.
(2) OJ L 99, 31.3.1998.
(3) OJ L 322, 12.12.1996.
(4) OJ L 287, 8.11.1996.
(5) OJ L 99, 31.3.1998.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2196/99 by Anna Karamanou (PSE) to the Commission. Combating world hunger.
Date: 1999-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, aid system, hunger

18.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 203 E/149

(2000/C 203 E/189)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2196/99

by Anna Karamanou (PSE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: Combating world hunger

The first report recently published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) paints a bleak
picture of the world situation since the target set in 1996 to halve the numbers suffering from hunger by
the year 2015 does not seem to be materialising. 204 million people in India, 164 million in China, half
the population of North Korea and Mongolia, one third of the peoples of Cambodia, Laos and sub-Saharan
Africa are suffering from hunger, while two in every five children are undernourished. Bearing in mind
that the UN had decided that the developed countries should spend 0,7 % of their GDP on humanitarian
aid to the developing countries, will the Commission say whether that decision is being implemented and
by which Member States of the European Union?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(21 December 1999)

The Commission is convinced of the need to increase international official development aid, which has
fallen to its lowest level for decades. In the United Nations(cid:146) work on development finance, the Community
has reaffirmed its commitment to cooperation and its readiness to work towards the objective of devoting
0,7 % of Gross National Product (GNP) to development aid. Several Member States (cid:129) Denmark, the
Netherlands and Sweden (cid:129) have achieved or exceeded the target. The Community average is 0,34 % of
GNP.

Support for food security policies is an integral part of Community development policy.

(2000/C 203 E/190)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2208/99

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 1999)

Subject: Ariane programme

In the 15 October issue of the weekly information bulletin for local and regional authorities entitled
(cid:145)Europa Regioni(cid:146), it was reported that the 291 projects which are to receive EU financial assistance under
the 1999 Ariane programme have now been selected.

Can the Commission publish a list of all the public and private bodies, firms, businesses, private citizens
and organisations in countries both within and outside the European Union that have been deemed eligible
for such assistance, together with the amounts allocated in each case?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(13 January 2000)

In view of the length of its answer, the Commission is sending it direct to the Honourable Member and to
Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2518/1999 of 29 November 1999 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable

L 305/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 11. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2518/1999

of 29 November 1999

on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1926/1999 (3)
fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of
export licences other than those requested in the context
of food aid;

(2) Whereas, in the light of information now available to
the Commission,
the indicative quantities have been
exceeded in the case of hazelnuts in shell, walnuts in
shell, table grapes and apples;

(3) Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied
for between 16 September and 15 November 1999, a
rate of refund which is lower than the indicative rate

should be fixed for hazelnuts in shell, walnuts in shell,
table grapes and apples;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The percentages for the issuing of system B export licences, as
referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, and
applied for between 16 September and 15 November 1999, by
which the quantities applied for and the rates of refund applic-
able must be multiplied, shall be as fixed in the Annex hereto.

The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences applied for
in connection with food-aid operations as provided for in
Article 10(4) of
the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 November 1999.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 November 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 238, 9.9.1999, p. 20.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 305/11

ANNEX

Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied for between 16
September and 15 November 1999

Product

Destination
or group
of destinations

Percentage for the
issuing of
licences

Rate of refund
(EUR/tonne net)

Tomatoes

Shelled almonds

Hazelnuts in shell

Shelled hazelnuts

Walnuts in shell

Oranges

Lemons

Table grapes

Apples

Peaches and nectarines

A01

A01

A01

A01

A01

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

F01, F02, F05

100 %

A01

A01

F01

F02

F03, F04

A21

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

20,0

50,0

45,5

114,0

69,1

50,0

35,0

23,4

37,2

28,8

46,2

27,0