WRITTEN QUESTION P-4156/00 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission. Environmental impact assessment procedure in respect of the Via Sacchi car park in Rome.
Date: 2001-01-09
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU law, Italy, Latium, administrative procedure, environmental impact, impact study, parking area

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(2001/C 235 E/087)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4153/00

by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission

(16 January 2001)

Subject: EU law

A Mr Grantham, who lives in Bristol, UK, was employed by GEA Canzler as a sales representative in June
1997. As GEA Canzler does not have an operational company in the UK, Mr Grantham organised his own
tax, national insurance, pension, etc.

In October 2000, GEA terminated Mr Grantham(cid:146)s contract with immediate effect. This was done despite
there being a 3-year notice period on each side. In addition, GEA Canzler has not met many of its
obligations to Mr Grantham, and a total of almost GBP 20 000 in unpaid commission and expenses is
owed to Mr Grantham.

Would the Commission indicate if this summary cancelling of Mr Grantham(cid:146)s contract and failure to fulfil
obligations contravenes EU law?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(6 March 2001)

It is not the Commission(cid:146)s task to intervene in individual disputes between employees and their employers.
The question of the termination of employment relationships has been however under consideration
within the Commission for a number of years. In 1997 the Commission published a report entitled
(cid:145)Termination of employment relationships (cid:129) legal situation in the Member States of the European Union(cid:146).
A copy of this report will be forwarded direct to the Honourable Member and to the Secretariat General of
the Parliament. However, there is no European legislation in this area as regards individual dismissals.
Therefore, the case mentioned by the Honourable Member must be analysed and settled in the light of the
relevant national legislation and by the competent national authority.

(2001/C 235 E/088)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-4156/00

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(9 January 2001)

Subject: Environmental impact assessment procedure in respect of the Via Sacchi car park in Rome

Aware that:

(cid:129) Rome municipality granted the Soc. Paladino Srl. company permission (No 1048/1998) to build an

underground car park in Via G. Sacchi in Rome.

(cid:129) the Lazio Region, in the exercise of its environmental protection responsibilities under Article 10 of
Law 72/1991, identified a number of specific hydrogeological risks and decided, by Order of the
Chairman of the Regional Administration No 23 of 16 November 1999, that the work should be
suspended.

(cid:129) the Paladino company appealed to the Regional Administrative Court for a suspension of this order.

(cid:129) on 22 March 2000 the court rejected the appeal, calling on the municipal authorities simply to check
whether the project was likely to affect the stability of the surrounding land but stating that the
building work did not require an environmental impact assessment.

(cid:129) in November the municipality decided that the work should resume.

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In view of the above and, in particular, the fact that, given its nature and scale, the project must be
considered as subject to the provisions of Directives 85/337/EC (1) and 97/11/EC (2), Class 10(b), will the
Commission:

1. Check whether the procedure followed by the Rome Municipality was acceptable?

2.

State its position on this matter?

(1) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40.
(2) OJ L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 5.

Answer given by Mrs Wallstr(cid:246)m on behalf of the Commission

(20 February 2001)

As regards the general issue concerning car parks under the Community legislation on environmental
impact assessment (Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of
certain public and private projects on the environment, as modified by Council Directive 97/11/EC, of
3 March 1997), the Honourable Member is kindly requested to refer to previous answers given by the
Commission to the Honourable Member(cid:146)s Written Questions E-2858/99 (1) and 243/00 (2).

As regards the specific case, information given by the Honourable Member is not sufficient to demonstrate
that the car park project mentioned is an urban development project under Annex II of Directive 85/337/
EEC, which is applicable to this case, and, therefore, that the specific project is covered by the Community
legislation on environmental impact assessment.

Therefore, on the basis of the information given by the Honourable Member, due to a lack of grounds of
complaint on the application of Community law, no breach of it can be identified at present.

(1) OJ C 303 E, 24.10.2000.
(2) OJ C 330 E, 21.11.2000.

(2001/C 235 E/089)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4162/00

by Gorka Kn(cid:246)rr Borr(cid:224)s (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(16 January 2001)

Subject: The Vic-Olot road axis

The (cid:145)Vic-Olot axis(cid:146) road project in the north-east of Spain is causing concern to large sections of the
population and most of the political groups in the Autonomous Region of Catalonia.

The reasons for this concern are:

1. The environmental and socio-economic impact in the district of Garrotxa in the province of Gerona;

2. The legality of the process for dealing with the project, the fact that the initial project is split into
three parts, the environmental impact study carried out and the project(cid:146)s compatibility with Council
Directives 92/43/EEC (1)
(environmental
impact);

(wild birds) and 97/11/EC (3)

(habitats), 79/409/EEC (2)

3. The fact that the project is being (cid:145)sold(cid:146) as part of the (cid:145)Catalonia transverse axis(cid:146) (C-25), although this is

a completely different project.

Does a road have to form part of the Trans-European Road Network in order to qualify for Cohesion
funding? Is a general application sufficient to obtain Cohesion funding or is it necessary to specify what
project the funding is for? Is the European administration aware of the fact that the Vic-Olot axis, whose
code number is C-37, is different from the (cid:145)Catalonia transverse axis(cid:146), whose code number is C-25? Does
the (cid:145)Catalonia transverse axis(cid:146) (the LØrida-Vic-Girona road link) form part of the Trans-European Road
Network? And does the Vic-Olot axis? Has Cohesion funding been requested for the Manlleu-Torell(cid:243)
section of the Vic-Olot axis? If so, is the European administration aware of the environmental impact study
carried out on the project and whether it complies with Directive 85/337/EEC (4)?