WRITTEN QUESTION E-2301/00 by Carlos Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Water treatment plants in the Balearics.
Date: 2000-07-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, Spain, water treatment

3.4.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 103 E/111

(2001/C 103 E/122)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2295/00

by Jaime Valdivielso de CuØ (PPE-DE) to the Council

(11 July 2000)

Subject: Trade

In May this year a proposal to establish definitive anti-dumping rights over specific TV camera parts from
Japan was put forward in the Council of Europe. After more than 2 years of research by the Commission
with the assistance of European manufacturers of these products, the former proposed introducing these
anti-dumping measures.

After the Council(cid:146)s Working Party on Trade Questions met on 8 May this year the proposal was rejected.

Can the Council state the reasons for this decision?

Reply

(9 November 2000)

At its meeting on 11 April 2000, the Working Party on Trade Questions noted that:

(cid:129) six delegations could support the Commission proposal to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on

imports of certain parts of television camera systems originating in Japan,

(cid:129) eight delegations opposed this proposal because they were of the opinion that in this case there was

no evidence that:

(cid:129) Japan was dumping these camera parts on the Community market,

(cid:129) there was injury to the Community industry,

(cid:129) there was a causal link between the allegedly dumped imports and the alleged injury,

(cid:129) and finally, the Community interest called for intervention,

(cid:129) one delegation did not take a position.

At its meeting on 8 May 2000, the Council confirmed the absence of a simple majority in favour of the
Commission proposal, which therefore could not be adopted.

(2001/C 103 E/123)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2301/00

by Carlos Ripoll y Mart(cid:237)nez de Bedoya (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Water treatment plants in the Balearics

(11 July 2000)

Mr Joan Mateu Horrach, Director of the Institut Balear de Sanejament (Ibasant), a body answerable to the
environment office of the Government of the Balearics, told the local press on 21 June 1999 that the
Balearic Regional Government had asked the EU for PTA 17 billion to invest in purification plants and that
the EU replied that it would not receive any money from the Cohesion Fund, since major investment was
not needed in view of the fact that a large number of such plants had already been built in the Balearics.

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3.4.2001

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.