WRITTEN QUESTION E-2306/00 by Carmen Cerdeira Morterero (PSE) to the Commission. The URBAN programme and Ceuta.
Date: 2000-07-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Ceuta, EU initiative, town planning

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In view of this, can the Commission say:

1. whether the Regional Government of the Balearics asked the EU for PTA 17 billion to invest in

purification plants;

2. whether this request was refused by the EU and if so, why?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(27 September 2000)

The national administration, not the Autonomous Communities, submits proposals for assistance from the
Cohesion Fund to the Commission. The Commission did not receive an application to part-finance the
installation of water purification plants in the Balearic Islands in 1999, nor has it received one since then.

(2001/C 103 E/124)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2302/00

by Carmen Cerdeira Morterero (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: Structural funding for Ceuta in the period 2000-2006

(11 July 2000)

What amount of structural funding does the Commission envisage for the Spanish region of Ceuta for the
period 2000-2006?

(2001/C 103 E/125)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2304/00

by Carmen Cerdeira Morterero (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: The Interreg programme and Ceuta

(11 July 2000)

Can the Commission estimate the amount of funding to be assigned to the Spanish region of Ceuta under
the Interreg programme in the next programming period?

(2001/C 103 E/126)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2306/00

by Carmen Cerdeira Morterero (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: The URBAN programme and Ceuta

(11 July 2000)

Can the Commission estimate the amount of funding to be assigned to the Spanish region of Ceuta under
the URBAN programme in the next programming period?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2302/00, E-2304/00 and E-2306/00
given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(29 September 2000)

It is impossible at present to give any precise estimate of the volume and breakdown of Structural Fund
appropriations that the region of Ceuta and Melilla will receive for the 2000-2006 programming period.
Negotiations on Objectives 1 and 2 funding with the Spanish authorities are still in progress.

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Likewise it is too early to say what amounts will be allocated to the region under the Community
Initiatives Interreg and Urban.

In the case of Objective 1 the Commission sent each Member State a proposal for distribution of the
available appropriations among the regions concerned. These proposals are based on the Commission(cid:146)s
method of distributing Objective 1 appropriations among the Member States. The Commission is sending
a copy of the proposal for Spain direct to the Honourable Member and Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

It must be stressed however that these are merely indicative proposals. The actual allocation is agreed by
the Member State and the Commission when the Community support framework or single programming
document is adopted.

(2001/C 103 E/127)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2310/00

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Council

(11 July 2000)

Subject: Community aid for hazelnuts and chestnuts

In the last three years the European Union has granted compensatory aid to nut producers in order to
mitigate the effects of competition from producers outside the Community.

Many producers in Piedmont were able to benefit from the aid in respect of hazelnuts and chestnuts,
which are among those covered.

The legislation has now expired.

In view of this, can the Council say whether it intends to renew the provisions in question and what
prospects there are of implementing Community plans for the structural
improvement of the above-
mentioned products?

Reply

(7 November 2000)

Although the Council currently has no proposals before it on the production of hazelnuts and chestnuts, it
is aware of the problems affecting this sector. Consequently, at its meeting on 17 July 2000, it invited the
Commission to propose that the payments to nut growers be continued within the budget for 2001 for
those programmes which would otherwise expire in 2000.

Moreover, in the context of the report which it will submit on the fruit and vegetables regime before the
end of 2000, the Commission will study the situation of the nut sector.

The Council would draw the Honourable Member(cid:146)s attention to Mr Fischler(cid:146)s reply, on behalf of the
Commission, to Written Question E-0524/00 (1), in which the Commission mentions the possibility of
social and environmental support measures for this sector i.e. within the framework of the regulations on
rural development.

(1) Reply not yet published in the OJ.