WRITTEN QUESTION E-2705/99 by Ian Hudghton (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Fisheries ‐ Reallocation of FIFG.
Date: 2000-01-12
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: FIFG, Structural Funds, United Kingdom, common fisheries policy, financial management, regulation (EU)

C 330 E/42

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.11.2000

Given this clear legal commitment by the Council and the EP to increase substantially the targets in a
proposal to be published by the end of 1999 or early 2000, when will the Commission present its
proposal for a revision of the Directive to the EP and the Council?

With more specific respect to the targets, will the Commission include a common objective for recycling
and reuse?

(1) OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10.

Answer given by Mrs Wallstr(cid:246)m on behalf of the Commission

(16 March 2000)

The obligation to revise substantially the recovery and recycling targets is provided in Article 6.3(b) and
Article 6.1(c) of Directive 94/62/EC of the Parliament and the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging
and packaging waste. The compromise reached by the Parliament and the Council, after lengthy
discussions in the conciliation committee, consisted of a first range of quantified targets for recovery and
recycling, to be achieved by mid-2001 and a commitment by the Community legislator to significantly
increase these targets in a second phase to be concluded by mid-2006.

Many people and organisations are involved in the packaging chain including economic operators,
consumers, environmental organisations and authorities. They have a wide variety of different interests.
This makes it necessary to set up a framework for dialogue in order to ensure a balanced approach. This
process is enabling the Commission to evaluate the situation correctly and to develop possible solutions to
make the Directive more effective. Several options have been presented to and discussed with interested
parties and the Member States, but the measures to be finally proposed by the Commission are still under
consideration internally.

The revision process is taking more time than initially foreseen. However the Commission intends to
present a formal proposal for the revision of the Directive to the Council and the Parliament, in order to
for them to adopt the measures in due time.

(2000/C 330 E/046)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2705/99

by Ian Hudghton (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(12 January 2000)

Subject: Fisheries (cid:129) Reallocation of FIFG

If a Member State does not use its entire allocation of FIFG funds, can the Commission confirm whether
than Member State has the discretion to reallocate the funds under a different programme in sectors other
than fisheries? If so, can the Commission provide examples of where this practice has been followed?

(2000/C 330 E/047)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2706/99

by Ian Hudghton (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(12 January 2000)

Subject: Fisheries (cid:129) FIFG and the UK

Could the Commission provide statistics as to the availability of funds under the FIFG for the United
Kingdom in 1998 and 1999 and the extent of their utilisation, specifying in particular any (cid:145)unused(cid:146)
amounts?