WRITTEN QUESTION E-3274/00 by Vittorio Sgarbi (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Air services to and from Pantelleria.
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Sicily, air freight rate, air transport, airline, intra-EU transport

6.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 163 E/71

(2001/C 163 E/073)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3274/00

by Vittorio Sgarbi (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(20 October 2000)

Subject: Air services to and from Pantelleria

Given that:

(cid:129) in view of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 (1) the Italian state is to make provision for the establishment,
subject to public service obligations, of scheduled air services between Pantelleria and Palermo and
Pantelleria and Trapani, as these are vital for the economic development of the island;

(cid:129) in the course of the (cid:145)Conferenza di Servizi(cid:146) (consultation of bodies concerned) duly held on 21 June
1999, a project for the establishment of adequate scheduled air services was approved which mainly
concerned the standards to be met by carriers in terms of regularity and pricing.

Does the Commission consider that it would be appropriate for it to look into the delay in implementing
the projected introduction of adequate scheduled air services, given that such services are absolutely
essential for the island(cid:146)s inhabitants and for tourists?

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 8.

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(12 December 2000)

The scope offered to the Member States to impose public service obligations as laid down by the
provisions of Article 4 of Council Regulation No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air
carriers to intra-Community air routes (1) is left entirely to the discretion of the Member States concerned
provided that these follow the procedures provided for by those provisions and their scope. It is therefore
not for the Commission to examine or to state any views on the duration of the prior internal procedures
chosen by a Member State wishing to invoke those provisions article.

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992.

(2001/C 163 E/074)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3275/00

by Adriana Poli Bortone (UEN) to the Commission

(20 October 2000)

Subject: Taranto

Given that:

(cid:129) Taranto Sviluppo has been singled out by the EU as the intermediary body responsible for adminis-

tering the overall allocation of funds for the Taranto crisis area;

(cid:129) after the launch of measure 2 (Aid for investment in production), Taranto Sviluppo brought to the
attention of the EU and the Ministry of the Treasury the high casualty rate of projects that had been
declared eligible to receive funding, given the excessively short deadlines within which undertakings
were supposed to submit the copious documentation specified in calls for tenders;

(cid:129) Taranto Sviluppo has moved on to the next projects on the list while, with the approval of the Italian
Ministry of the Treasury, the EU has insisted that this procedure should be followed only up to
a maximum of 20 % of the overall funding for the measure in question, with the result that Taranto
Sviluppo will be able to draw on only part of the funds potentially available.

Does the Commission intend to authorise Taranto Sviluppo to continue processing the projects listed until
all the funds originally allocated for the communes of Taranto, Massafra, San Giorgio Jonico and Statte
have been committed?