WRITTEN QUESTION E-3685/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Amounts allotted under and implementation of the financial instrument for fisheries guidance (FIFG).
Date: 2000-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: FIFG, distribution of aid

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3685/00

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 2000)

Subject: Amounts allotted under and implementation of the financial

instrument for fisheries guidance

(FIFG)

Can the Commission say what aggregate amounts were allotted to each Member State under the FIFG
during the 1994-1999 programming period and what was the out-turn in each country?

Can it say what aggregate amounts have been allotted to each Member State under the FIFG in 2000 and
what has been the out-turn to date in each country?

What is its assessment of FIFG out-turn in each Member State during the 1994-1999 programming
period?

How does the Commission view FIFG out-turn so far in the year 2000 in the individual Member States?

Does it have any means of rectifying implementation of
implementing it fully or properly?

the FIFG in Member States that are not

Could unused appropriations be transferred to Member States which are making full and effective use of
the resources allocated to them?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(19 December 2000)

The table below sets out the allocation of funds from the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance
(FIFG) and their take-up under Objectives 1 and 5(a) of
the Structural Funds in the 1994-1999
programming period.

Member State

Allocation

Draw-down

(€ million at current prices)

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

27,1

133,0

151,2

147,4

1 157,4

224,2

81,6

333,9

1,1

57,2

2,1

205,3

28,4

46,2

106,6

12,1

95,2

90,9

82,2

924,8

90,2

25,5

159,1

0,1

8,6

1,8

134,6

18,6

31,7

87,0

Total

2 702,7

1 762,4

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These figures are based on programming documents and execution reports. It should be remembered that
programme execution and consequently the take-up of funds will continue until the end of 2001.

Regarding the transfer of unused funds, the Honourable Member should refer to the joint answer given by
the Commission to Written Questions E-2705/99 and E-2706/99 from Mr Hudghton. (1)

The initial allocations to Member States under the FIFG for 2000-2006 are as follows:

(€ million at current prices)

Member State

Allocation

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

36,8

205,0

216,0

211,1

1 761,0

283,7

72,4

382,4

0,0

38,0

4,8

234,8

38,9

73,5

187,4

Total

3 745,8

These figures are based on programming documents only. It is still too early to assess the implementation
of these programmes, most of which have barely started. So far the Commission has not received any
execution or evaluation reports.

(1) OJ C 330 E, 21.11.2000.

(2001/C 163 E/227)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3686/00

by Salvador Garriga Polledo (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 November 2000)

Subject: European film distribution aid

Rather than production aid, the European film industry needs subsidies to enable it to distribute and show
its films. Whereas Hollywood movies, which are handled by six or seven majors, reach all parts of Europe
at the same time, European films do not have the benefit of a unified system, even among the EU Member
States.

There is no Europe-wide distributor and consequently no EU policy providing for legislative measures in
support of European films. That is why, regrettably, American movies account for 82 % of the films that
go on release in Europe, whereas the figure 30 years ago was 35 %, and the European films which reach
the United States today account for just 1 % of film releases there.