WRITTEN QUESTION E-1291/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Project for construction of a water purifying plant in Gondomar in the context of the integrated improvement project for the Ria de Vigo financed by the Cohesion Fund.
Date: 2000-04-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, Galicia, hydraulic works, water treatment

28.12.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 374 E/215

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(16 May 2000)

Experts were commissioned to carry out a rehabilitation study of the initial objectives of the Euro-Arab
Management School (EAMS) and its achievements to date.

The conclusions of this assessment show that there is a substantial difference between the initial objectives
and what has been achieved.

At this stage the EAMS project is being evaluated carefully to work out the best plan of action for the
School(cid:146)s future.

The Commission is aware of the School(cid:146)s financial difficulties and of the importance of the project and will
do its best to judge objectively and make decisions in the best interests of all concerned.

(2000/C 374 E/254)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1291/00

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

(19 April 2000)

Subject: Project for construction of a water purifying plant in Gondomar in the context of the integrated

improvement project for the Ria de Vigo financed by the Cohesion Fund

The decision of the Commission to grant Cohesion Fund aid to the set of integrated clearance projects for
the Ria de Vigo (Galicia) (Commission Decision 95/11/61/035) provides, in one of its paragraphs, for a
specific action for integrated improvement for Gondomar and the river Miæor. This specific project was
costed at ECU 4 836 036 in total. In the case of Gondomar, the first stage consists of the construction of a
water purifying plant and a number of collectors; the construction work has terminated, but the plant is
not yet officially in operation. The project has given rise to a major controversy in the local community,
and has even been the subject of a complaint lodged with the regional ombudsman for Galicia: the plant
has been built on privately-owned land belonging to a single proprietor, and the contract of sale was
drawn up in a secret and irregular fashion. It further appears that the transaction has been highly
profitable for the owner, who has now filed a request for the land to be reclassified with a view to using
it for property development. In addition, the access road to the plant (linking the Ramallosa-Gondomar
road to the parish of Dornas, in the municipality of Gondomar) runs through this person(cid:146)s land and has
not yet been completed: access to the plant is thus not at present possible.

Can the Commission call for an inquiry into these circumstances, as well as for the assessment and
monitoring of this project, which has been suspended for some time and which appears to exhibit
operational irregularities?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(7 June 2000)

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

(2000/C 374 E/255)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1302/00

by Andrew Duff (ELDR) to the Commission

(12 April 2000)

Subject: Statement by the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council

Does the President of the Commission, in his capacity as a member of the European Council, agree with
the statement made to the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on 3 April by Mr Philippe de Boissieu,
Deputy Secretary-General of the Council, that the European Council never read the Presidency(cid:146)s Conclu-
sions and could not explain them?