WRITTEN QUESTION E-0385/01 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. EU funds.
Date: 2001-02-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, regions of the United Kingdom

C 81 E/4

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.4.2002

Within the context of police cooperation, initiatives have been taken to combat hooliganism in football.
This has led to more effective cooperation between Member States(cid:146) police services. Examples include the
possibility of sending police officers to another Member State in order to track supporters and cooperate
with local authorities; the establishment of common (cid:145)standards(cid:146) for safety measures in countries hosting
international sporting events; and Council recommendations on the prevention and control of disorder at
football matches. A recent example is the Dutch-Belgian project (cid:145)Police Expertise Euro 2000(cid:146), which
evaluates the police involvement in the Euro 2000 soccer championship. It aims at drawing conclusions
on how to further improve measures and cooperation for future similar events. The project was financed
by the Union(cid:146)s (cid:145)OISIN(cid:146) programme for police and customs cooperation.

The Commission would also inform the Honourable Member that, under the aegis of the Council of
Europe, the Member States of the Union cooperate within the framework of the (cid:145)European Convention on
Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in Particular at Football Matches(cid:146) (2).

Finally, the Commission would point out that there is no specific support programme for sport.

(1) Report from the European Commission to the European Council with a view to safeguarding current sports
structures and maintaining the social function of sport within the Community framework (cid:129) Helsinki Report on
Sport (cid:129) COM(1999) 644 of 1.12.1999.

(2) European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in Particular at Football

Matches (cid:129) No 120 in the European Treaty Series (cid:129) 19 August 1985.

(2002/C 81 E/006)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0385/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(15 February 2001)

Subject: EU funds

What is the total of EU grants and funding spent in or allocated to the south-east region of the United
Kingdom for each of the last five years for which figures are available?

Supplementary answer
given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(28 November 2001)

Further to its answer of 23 March 2001 (1), the Commission is sending the information requested direct to
the Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(1) OJ C 174 E, 19.6.2001, p. 262.

(2002/C 81 E/007)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0430/01

by Raffaele Lombardo (PPE-DE) to the Council

(20 February 2001)

Subject: Regulation of civil and military air traffic in Europe

There have recently been a number of extremely serious cases of military aircraft encroaching on civilian
air space over Italy. In view of the very real danger posed by breaches of the rules in force on safety
distances and, more generally, by the lack of supranational rules governing air navigation, and in order to
ensure the safety of users and to reconcile this with the needs of the military,