WRITTEN QUESTION E-3649/00 by David Bowe (PSE) to the Commission. Funding for fish farms.
Date: 2000-11-23
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: FIFG, Southern Aegean, environmental impact, fish farming, impact study

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3645/00

by J(cid:252)rgen Zimmerling (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(23 November 2000)

Subject: Future of the INCO-DEV research programme in the Sixth framework programme

International cooperation: Research for development (INCO) is no longer explicitly referred to in the
guidelines for the future Sixth framework programme for the period 2002-2006. Does this mean that no
more money will be provided for this sector and, if so, why?

An evaluation report on the last five years of the INCO programme was published only in May 2000. It
explicitly highlighted the success of the programme and regarded its continuation as indispensable.

The INCO-DEV research programme is the most important, and often the only, aid instrument for
developing research capacities in developing countries and for the German research institutions with a
commitment in this area. If it were to go it would represent an irretrievable loss.

Answer given by Mr Busquin on behalf of the Commission

(9 January 2001)

The (cid:145)INCO-DEV research programme(cid:146) to which the Honourable Member refers is just one out of seven
activities within the specific programme on (cid:145)Confirming the international role of Community research(cid:146)
(1998-2002), adopted on 25 January 1999 as an implementing programme of the Fifth RTD framework
programme (1).

The recent communication (cid:145)Making a reality of The European Research Area: Guidelines for EU research
activities (2002-2006)(cid:146) (2) sets out broad orientations on the (cid:145)European Research Area(cid:146) and general
guidelines in preparation of the Commission(cid:146)s proposal for the next framework programme. It does not
enter into the level of detail of specific programmes, which will have to be proposed by the Commission
and decided after the adoption by Parliament and Council of the RTD framework programme for the years
2002-2006. The recent communication does not therefore prejudge the issue, which will however be
further considered in the preparation of the Sixth framework programme, taking due account of past
experience and of the importance of the international dimension of Community research.

(1) OJ L 26, 1.2.1999.
(2) COM(2000) 612 final.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3649/00

by David Bowe (PSE) to the Commission

(23 November 2000)

Subject: Funding for fish farms

Will the Commission identify which EU funds are being used to develop or assist the development of fish
farms in the Greek Dodecanese islands?

Will the Commission make available the environmental impact assessments which preceeded the granting
of this funding?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(21 December 2000)

The Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) was used to develop aquaculture in Greece within
the framework of the fisheries operational programme (1994-1999). Nineteen projects were financed in
the region of Dodecanese for a total cost of € 10,58 million of which the FIFG contribution was € 3,69
million.

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The Commission does not have the requested environmental assessments available because since 1994
Member States are responsible for selecting individual projects which, under provision of a national
ministerial decision, should be submitted to an environmental impact assessment.

The individual environmental impact assessments should be collected and kept on files managed by the
national administrations.

(2001/C 163 E/216)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3651/00

by John Bowis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(23 November 2000)

Subject: Tuberculosis in Eastern Europe

Does the Commission know which countries in Europe (including the accession countries, Russia and
Ukraine) have laws which authorise the state to detain individuals with infectious tuberculosis?

Which countries in Europe have laws which authorise the state to detain individuals with non-infectious
tuberculosis?

Of those countries with the authority to detain, are these detention periods of limited duration, and if so to
what length are they limited?

In those countries in which the state has the authority to detain individuals:

(i) how many individuals are detained each year?

(ii)

for what periods?

(iii) where (prison, hospital, at home, other residential facilities)

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(17 January 2001)

The Commission regrets that it is unable to answer the Honourable Member(cid:146)s question for lack of
information on the matter.

(2001/C 163 E/217)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3659/00

by Andrew Duff (ELDR) to the Council

(28 November 2000)

Subject: Charter of Fundamental Rights

Why exactly is the Council opposed to giving the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
legal force? What precisely are the Council(cid:146)s reasons for not incorporating the Charter into the Treaty of
Nice? Could the Council specify what the legal status of the Charter is as a solemn proclamation?

Reply

(26 February 2001)

The Council would remind the Honourable Member that,
in accordance with the conclusions of the
Cologne European Council, it is not for the Council to reply to the questions he has put, which is why it
has so far remained silent on the subject.