WRITTEN QUESTION E-0469/00 by Isabelle Caullery (UEN) to the Commission. European Union measures in the?le-de-France region.
Date: 2000-02-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, EU initiative, EU programme, Ile-de-France, labour market, management, regional authority

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Are reports to that effect accurate?

Could the Commission provide, as soon as possible, the most recent data at its disposal concerning
commitments and payments by region and by objective?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(29 February 2000)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2000/C 225 E/265)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0427/00

by Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(23 February 2000)

Subject: Distribution by the Spanish Government of ERDF Objective 1 resources earmarked for Galicia

In his reply of 21 December 1433/99) (1) on the above subject, Commission Barnier said that, during the
1994-1999 period, Spain allocated to Galicia ERDF resources amounting to EUR 553,86 million.
According to the information provided by the Commissioner, this is equal to 12,09 % of the total amount
allocated to Objective 1 autonomous communities in Spain, given that Galicia accounts for 11,67 % of the
population of those territories.

The Commission(cid:146)s reply only seems to take account of the funds which the Spanish Government was
allocated for direct administration by the autonomous communities. However, given that these resources
only account for 45 % of the total amount allocated to Spain by the European Union, my question referred
in particular to the use of the 55 % set aside by the Spanish Government for centralised policies which, in
many cases, have nothing to do with Objective 1.

Will the Commission therefore state what proportion of the remaining 55 % of ERDF Objective 1 funds
received by the Spanish Government were allocated to Galicia in the 1994-1999 period? To what extent
will this information be taken into account in approving the Community support framework for the
2000-2006 period?

(1)

See page 2.

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(10 March 2000)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2000/C 225 E/266)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0469/00

by Isabelle Caullery (UEN) to the Commission

(24 February 2000)

Subject: European Union measures in the?le-de-France region

Can the Commission provide synoptic tables and comprehensive statistical information concerning the
various aids and subsidies received by the ˛le-de-France and each of its departments for the period
1994-1999 from the various European funds (ESF, ERDF, EAGGF, etc.), from the EIB, from urban policy
resources and other financial instruments and from other sources?

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Can it indicate the extent to which these numerous measures have affected employment levels in the ˛le-
de-France region and give estimates or, if possible, precise figures, by sector of activity concerning the
number of jobs directly or indirectly created or saved as a result?

(2000/C 225 E/267)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0470/00

by Isabelle Caullery (UEN) to the Commission

(24 February 2000)

Subject: Programmes, Community projects and European initiatives in the ˛le-de-France region

Can the Commission draw up an exhaustive list of the various European programmes and projects or
Community initiatives of which the ˛le-de-France region is a beneficiary (cid:129) indicating to what extent (cid:129) by
virtue of its associate status?

Can it also give a full list of European programmes and initiatives organised for the various bodies situated
in the ˛le-de-France region, that is to say research centres, associations, universities, municipalities and
other bodies organisations, indicating to what extent each of them benefit?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0469/00 and E-0470/00
given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(8 March 2000)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2000/C 225 E/268)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0475/00

by Charles Tannock (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 February 2000)

Subject: Member State violations of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and the

consolidated Treaty establishing the European Community

Is the Commission aware that as of this moment more than 180 Members of the European Parliament
have signed the following motion:

Mindful of the provisions of Article 3 of Protocol No 4 to the Convention for the Protection of
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950) as amended by Protocol No 11 (cid:145)requiring that no-
one shall be expelled, by means either of an individual or of a collective measure, from the territory of
the State of which he is a national(cid:146) and that (cid:145)no-one shall be deprived of the right to enter the territory
of the State of which he is a national(cid:146), and mindful of the incorporation of those rights under Article 6
of the Common Provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam, the following undersigned Members of the
European Parliament call upon the Governments of Austria, Greece and Italy to honour their Treaty
commitments by restoring to the former royal houses of their respective countries full civil rights,
including the right to enter freely without let or hindrance their countries of origin, without any
further delay, and request that where such rights have not been restored by 1 January 2000 the
European Court initiate proceedings against any offending state?

Given that under the terms of the Treaty there is no basis for discrimination against individual families,
having regard to the provisions of Articles 39 and 43 of Title III of the consolidated version of the Treaty
establishing the European Community dealing respectively with the free movement of persons, services
and capital and the right of establishment, given that Prince Victor Emmanuel has not been permitted to
visit his homeland for 53 years or his son ever to set foot on Italian soil, and given that although the
aforementioned rights are not conditional Otto von Habsburg was required to sign away fundamental civil