WRITTEN QUESTION E-2721/00 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. State aid in manufacturing industries.
Date: 2000-09-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, processing industry

C 89 E/218

Official Journal of the European Communities

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20.3.2001

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:

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State aid per person employed in the manufacturing sector

(In euro and 1997 prices)

1994

(cid:129)
1 432
1 102
2 419
605
447
(cid:129)
1 007
734
2 230
1 345
628
446
(cid:129)
274

1 357

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
Finland
France
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Portugal
Sweden
United Kingdom

EU 15

(1) COM(2000) 205 final.

1995

632
1 324
1 246
1 850
1 187
1 077
1 015
771
806
2 760
1 441
704
172
415
318

1 338

1996

676
1 373
1 406
1 553
983
781
840
908
1 188
2 269
1 414
775
170
426
358

1 182

1997

761
879
1 501
1 448
1 188
675
1 046
1 457
1 122
1 930
1 500
709
213
401
341

1 151

1998

720
1 028
1 392
1 302
820
617
990
1 029
2 065
1 666
1 515
721
180
495
304

1 007

(2001/C 89 E/249)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2741/00

by Theresa Villiers (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(1 September 2000)

Subject: Cost of the changeover to the euro

Has the Commission made any estimation of

1.
joining the single currency to the
11 countries which are currently part of the eurozone and the expected costs to Greece when it joins in
2001? Could the Commission provide a breakdown of these figures?

the cost of

Has the Commission make any estimation of the cost of joining the euro to Denmark, Sweden and

2.
the United Kingdom, if these countries expressed a wish to join?

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(29 September 2000)

In the Commission(cid:146)s view, it is impossible to assess the (cid:145)cost(cid:146) of the changeover to the euro and existing
estimates should be taken with a pinch of salt. Most of these estimates fail to take account of the positive
effects of the creation of the euro.

(2001/C 89 E/250)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2743/00

by Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(1 September 2000)

Subject: Sewage plant in Sarroch, Sardinia

In 1993 the region of Sardinia delegated responsibility to the municipality of Sarroch for building a
sewage treatment plant at Perd(cid:146)e Sali Porto Columbu with funding from the Envireg Community
programme (1). After the project had been assigned to a firm (2), the work was suspended on 26 February
1996 for an expert(cid:146)s report to be drawn up on relocating the sewage plant, because the engineer