WRITTEN QUESTION E-3684/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Amounts allotted under and implementation of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Date: 2000-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, EU regional policy, European Regional Development Fund, commitment of expenditure, regional aid

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3684/00

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

(29 November 2000)

Subject: Amounts allotted under and implementation of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Can the Commission say what aggregate amounts were allotted to each Member State under the ERDF
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 ERDF in 2000 and
what has been the out-turn to date in each country?

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

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

Does it have any means of rectifying implementation of the ERDF in Member States that are not
implementing it fully or properly?

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

Supplementary answer
given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(5 June 2001)

The appropriations allocated to each Member State from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
for the period 1994-1999 are set out in the table below. The outturn is 100 % because all the programmes
were committed in full.

Member State

Belgique-Belgiº

Danmark

Deutschland

Ellada

Espaæa

France

Ireland

Italia

Luxembourg (Grand-DuchØ)

Nederland

(cid:214)sterreich

Portugal

Suomi/Finland

Sverige

United Kingdom

European Union (various Member States)

(€)

Outturn
1994-1999

957 606 814

140 724 974

9 782 970 313

10 303 740 348

20 174 723 823

6 233 794 043

2 918 914 531

12 544 933 829

28 651 341

707 865 733

415 625 226

9 648 763 703

466 988 793

401 192 524

6 167 576 592

2 794 430 642

Total

83 688 503 229

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The appropriations allocated to each country from the ERDF for 2000 and the outturn at the end of the
year are set out in the following table.

Member State

Allocation for 2000

Outturn 2000

(€)

Belgique-Belgiº

Danmark

Deutschland

Ellada

Espaæa

France

Ireland

Italia

Luxembourg (Grand-DuchØ)

Nederland

(cid:214)sterreich

Portugal

Suomi/Finland

Sverige

United Kingdom

European Union (various Member States)

82 560 000

23 214 352

82 560 000

23 214 352

1 938 880 969

1 398 309 305

0

0

3 712 724 035

1 220 065 644

1 112 834 039

407 670 000

273 680 207

407 670 000

2 018 391 000

1 987 089 000

0

46 550 000

132 453 900

0

18 150 000

24 372 673

2 123 396 000

2 117 285 509

136 940 000

125 181 832

1 389 376 000

0

136 940 000

125 181 832

504 628 000

0

Total

13 250 172 127

8 319 146 522

The part of the appropriations earmarked for 2000 not allocated to a particular Fund in advance was not
used and will be transferred to the 2002-2006 period in accordance with point 17 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 6 May 1999.

All the programmes were committed in full as scheduled. However, the actual outturn will not be known
until the programmes have been wound up, a process which is due to start in June 2001.

As long ago as 1998, the Commission already reallocated appropriations between various programmes in
line with their importance and the scope for implementation that they afforded. The appropriations carried
over were committed at the end of 1999 and in 2000 and the rules do not allow any further reallocation
of these appropriations.

For the new period 2000-2006, Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down
general provisions on the Structural Funds (1) provides for a performance reserve so that additional funds
can be allocated to programmes of greater importance affording more scope for implementation. The
indicative allocations decided by the Commission and published in the Official Journal commit it vis-(cid:224)-vis
the Member States. It must comply with these allocations scrupulously and may amend them only by
means of a reasoned and duly substantiated decision of amendment, which must be published. At this
stage of programming, this question does not arise.

As regards the implementation of Cohesion Fund appropriations and the scope for the transfer of unused
appropriations, the Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the answer given on 5 April
2001 to Written Question E-3683/00.

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999.