WRITTEN QUESTION E-2720/00 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. State aid in extraction industries.
Date: 2000-09-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, mining extraction

20.3.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 89 E/217

Austria:

CPIs at the NUTS-2 level are not published but are available on request (a charge is made).

Portugal:

Regional CPIs are published at Nomenclature of territorial statistical units (NUTS)-2 level.

Finland:

Regional CPIs at NUTS-2 level are published.

Belgium, Denmark, Greece, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
do not publish regional CPIs.

(2001/C 89 E/246)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2707/00

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 September 2000)

Subject: Security features in euro notes

Will the Commission state whether any modern security features that might have been incorporated into
the design of euro notes have been sacrificed because not all of the proposed printing plants were
technically capable of producing them?

If so, which security features have been dropped?

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(29 September 2000)

The European Central Bank bears sole responsibility for deciding on the security features of euro
banknotes and overseeing their production. The Commission is therefore unable to answer questions on
the subject.

(2001/C 89 E/247)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2720/00

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 September 2000)

Subject: State aid in extraction industries

What is the Commission(cid:146)s estimate of the amount of state aid per employee in the extraction industries
(mining, etc.) in each of the Member States each year for the last five years for which figures are available?

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(29 September 2000)

Whilst data are not available for all extraction industries, according to the eighth survey on state aid in the
Community (1) published in April 2000 and reporting on the period from 1994 to 1998, the amounts of
state aid destined to current production per employee in the following coal producing Member States are
given below. It should be noted that 1997 and 1998 aid has been notified by the French Government but
is still being examined by the Commission.

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State aid to coal mining 1994-1996 and 1996-1998

Yearly average of aid destined to current production (1)

1994-1996

1996-1998

Euro per
employee

In %
of total aid (2)

Euro per
employee

In %
of total aid (2)

63 745
28 570
10 159
1 962
733

46 656

98
76
20
25
1

75

61 293
31 658
2 406
0
0

44 173

93
69
13
0
0

77

Germany (3)
Spain
France (4)
Portugal
United Kingdom

Total

(1)
(2)

(3)

(4)

In 1997 prices.
Total aid includes aid destined to current production and aid not related to current production that covered
inherited liabilities resulting for example from pit closures.
The 1994 figures for aid to current production for Germany include an exceptional financial measure of
DEM 5 350 million to clear the debts of the compensation fund as they stood at the end of 1993.
1997 and 1998 aid has been notified by France but is still being examined by the Commission.

The annual data are provided below.

State aid to the current coal production per person employed

Germany
Spain
France (1)
Portugal
United Kingdom

EU 15

1994

78 311
26 868
19 328
3 849
1 790

55 953

1995

50 119
29 872
3 804

1996

61 603
29 111
6 442

(in euro and 1997 prices)

1997

62 984
28 825

1998

59 086
38 699

37 722

45 398

43 813

43 152

(1)

1997 and 1998 aid has been notified by France but is still being examined by the Commission.

(1) COM(2000) 205 final.

(2001/C 89 E/248)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2721/00

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 September 2000)

Subject: State aid in manufacturing industries

What is the Commission(cid:146)s estimate of the amount of state aid paid per manufacturing employee in each of
the Member States each year for the last five years for which figures are available?

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(27 September 2000)

According to data provided by Member States for the Eighth Survey on State aid (1) that reported on the
period from 1994 to 1998, the annual amounts of State aid per manufacturing employee in each of the
Member States are as following: