WRITTEN QUESTION E-2410/99 by Cristina Gutiérrez Cortines (PPE-DE) to the Commission. The Interreg II Community Initiative: Spanish-Moroccan cooperation.
Date: 1999-12-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU initiative, Morocco, Spain, aid recipient, cooperation policy, development aid, distribution of aid, financial control, management, modernisation aid, project evaluation

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2408/99

by Linda McAvan (PSE) to the Commission

(16 December 1999)

Subject: Reviews of the Animal Transport and the Pig Directives

It is my understanding that the European Commission is due to come forward with a review of the Animal
Transport Directive as well as a long overdue review of the Pig Directive.

Could the Commission give me some indication of the stage it has reached in preparing substantial new
proposals in these areas and when we can expect to see them.

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(19 January 2000)

Community legislation on the protection of animals during transport is drawn up on the basis of the
results of scientific research and practical knowledge, both of which indicate that animal transport is
feasible if specific animal protection conditions are met. Concerning future activities the Commission will
work to consider a proposal on the basis of the specific opinion of the scientific committee on animal
health and animal welfare, setting up standards for mechanical ventilation in vehicles transporting
livestock. This proposal is foreseen for the beginning of 2000.

A working group of the standing veterinary committee has recently been established to consider particular
the enforcement of Council Directive 95/29/EC on the protection of animals during
problems of
transport (1) in respect of long-distance transport operations including the import of horses from third
countries. During the next year the Commission may consider putting forward proposals to amend current
Community legislation on the basis of the conclusions of this working group.

Council Directive 91/630/EC of 19 November 1991 laying down minimum standards for the protection of
pigs (2) provides for a report from the Commission on the keeping of pigs in intensive rearing systems with
particular regard to the welfare of sows reared in varying degrees of confinement and in groups. The
Commission asked the scientific veterinary committee on animal health and animal welfare to make such a
report. The scientific committee adopted the report on 30 September 1997. A copy of the report is
available on the Internet at the web site of the Health and consumer protection Directorate general. The
draft Commission proposal will include in particular provisions for the keeping of sows in groups and
their normal behaviour pattern. The Commission
establishing separate areas for the performing of
proposal will be submitted to the Council and the Parliament
for approval during this year. The
Commission will propose to apply these updated provisions as soon as possible on newly built farms.
The application of the new requirements in existing systems is a matter of discussion between experts
taking into consideration in particular the social-economic implications.

(1) OJ L 148, 30.6.1995.
(2) OJ L 340, 11.12.1991.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2410/99

by Cristina GutiØrrez Cortines (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(16 December 1999)

Subject: The Interreg II Community Initiative: Spanish-Moroccan cooperation

Within the Interreg Community Initiative there is a Spanish-Moroccan cooperation programme which
covers four areas, namely socio-economic development measures, cultural heritage and environmental
measures, improving cross-border communications and management and monitoring of the programme
itself.

Will the Commission provide details of each and every subsidy paid out in each of these four areas, stating
the respective value of the sums paid out and to whom they were paid?

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Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(17 January 2000)

The aid granted under the Community initiative programme Interreg Spain-Morocco for the period
1994-1999 amounts to € 104,1 million.

The breakdown by subprogramme is as follows:

Support for socioeconomic development

Cultural heritage and environment

Improvement of cross-border communications

Management and monitoring

(in million euro)

38,78

10,85

54,40

0,07

Projects are managed by the following bodies: Administraci(cid:243)n Central; Junta de Andalucia; Ayuntamiento
de CÆdiz; Ayuntamiento de MÆlaga; Ciudad Aut(cid:243)noma de Ceuta; Ciudad Aut(cid:243)noma de Melilla; Mancomu-
nidad de Municipios del Bajo Guadalquivir; Diputaci(cid:243)n Provincial de MÆlaga; Diputaci(cid:243)n Provincial de
CÆdiz; Red ElØctrica; Telef(cid:243)nica; Autoridad Portuaria de la Bah(cid:237)a de CÆdiz; Autoridad Portuaria de la Bah(cid:237)a
de Algeciras; Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta; Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla.

Details of the projects part-financed by these four subprogrammes as well as the final recipients and the
amounts which were granted to them can be obtained from the body responsible for chairing the
monitoring committee, in this case the Spanish Ministry for Economic Affairs and Finance.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2411/99

by Cristina GutiØrrez Cortines (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(16 December 1999)

Subject: The Murcia region and the ERDF

By Decision C(94) 2587 the Commission approved a global subsidy for modernising the production and
marketing structures of companies working in the Murcia region, raising the region(cid:146)s human resources
standards and hence promoting the creation of long term employment.

Will the Commission provide full details of:

1.

the subsidies and funding paid out to date pursuant to this Decision, and

2.

a list of the recipients of these monies?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(17 January 2000)

The global grant allotted to the region of Murcia by decision C(94) 2587, under the European Regional
Development Fund for the current 1994-1999 programming period, amounts to € 76,16 million.

By 31 December 1998, the body responsible for managing the grant ((cid:145)Instituto de Fomento de la Regi(cid:243)n
de Murcia(cid:146)) had granted aid to 4 434 enterprises in the region for a total amount of € 62,02.