WRITTEN QUESTION E-2649/00 by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Building of a marina at Porto Rafti.
Date: 2000-08-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Greece, environmental impact, environmental protection, harbour installation

C 136 E/66

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

8.5.2001

(2001/C 136 E/073)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2649/00

by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(1 August 2000)

Subject: Building of a marina at Porto Rafti

According to complaints lodged by residents and environmental organisations in Porto Rafti, there are
plans to build a marina there extending from the bay of Agios Nikolaos to the east of the Pounda
peninsula.

Given that part of the building work is to be undertaken in a special habitat protected under Directive 92/
43/EEC (1), Annex I, will the Commission say:

1. whether it has any information available regarding the building of this marina?

2. whether it is providing any funding for the project and, if so, how much?

3. whether the requisite environmental impact assessment has been carried out and published in good

time, as provided for in Directive 85/337/EEC (2)?

4. what steps it will take to prevent the building of the marina, should there prove to have been
infringements of the above directives, which represent both Community and Greek environmental
law?

(1) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40.

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

(18 October 2000)

Within the confines of subsidiarity the Commission only receives information as regards any environ-
mental impact study carried out, and its publication as part of a specific problem or complaint.

Moreover, according to the information in the Commission(cid:146)s possession, the site mentioned by the
Honourable Member is not covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation
of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.

If the Honourable Member has further information that is likely to constitute a complaint the Commission
would like to receive this in order to act accordingly.

So far the Commission has not received any request concerning any joint funding for the building of a
marina at Port Raft in Greece. According to the information in its possession moves have been made to
build that marina with private funding but the procedure is currently blocked by the Council of State.

(2001/C 136 E/074)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2650/00

by Mar(cid:237)a Sornosa Mart(cid:237)nez (PSE) to the Commission

(1 August 2000)

Subject: New data on the environmental risks of the Jœcar-Vinalop(cid:243) water diversion project (Valencia)

In my Written Question E-0819/00 (1) I drew the Commission(cid:146)s attention to the serious environmental
risks posed by the Jœcar-Vinalop(cid:243) water diversion project for protected flora and fauna in the region.
Specifically, according to the most recent report by the Spanish Ornithological Society (SEO), the work will
affect populations of European short-toed eagle, golden eagle, goshawk, Bonelli(cid:146)s eagle, booted eagle,
peregrine falcon, eagle owl and chough, which are protected under Annex I of Directive 79/409/EEC (2).