WRITTEN QUESTION E-0667/01 by Philip Bushill-Matthews (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Lisbon European Council and agreed indicators.
Date: 2001-03-06
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European social policy, exchange of information, marginalisation

13.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 318 E/97

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched its (cid:145)Innovation 2000 Initiative(cid:146) with the objective of
strengthening research funding and venture capital. The EIB has doubled the reserve set aside to cover
capital investment to € 2 billion until 2003.

Finally, three potential fields for collaboration and joint action between the Commission and the EIB in the
fields of research and innovation have been identified: research infrastructure, near-market industrial
research and development, and venture capital to fund start-ups and business incubators. The objective is
to create a framework for collaboration to capitalise more fully on the complementary strengths and
synergies between these two institutions.

(1) COM(2001) 94 final.

(2001/C 318 E/100)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0667/01

by Philip Bushill-Matthews (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Lisbon European Council and agreed indicators

(6 March 2001)

invited (cid:145)the Council and the Commission to promote a better
The 2000 Lisbon European Council
understanding of social exclusion through continued dialogue and exchanges of information and best
practice, on the basis of commonly agreed indicators.(cid:146) Have these indicators been established, and if so
what are they?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(30 April 2001)

The Lisbon European Council invited the Council and the Commission to promote a better understanding
of social exclusion through continued dialogue and exchanges of information and good practice, on the
basis of commonly agreed indicators, and agreed that the Social Protection Committee should be involved
in establishing these indicators. To this end, the Social Protection Committee has established a subgroup
on indicators to assist it in the selection and development of indicators. This subgroup, which met for the
first time on 20 February 2001, will prepare at technical level the deliberations of the Committee in this
area. The progress achieved in developing indicators in the field of social exclusion will be presented in
a report to the Laeken European Council at the end of 2001.

(2001/C 318 E/101)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0674/01

by Johan Van Hecke (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Guidelines for land use planning around EU airports

(6 March 2001)

With reference to the Communication on Air Transport and Environment of 1 December 1999, in which
the European Commission affirmed its intention to draw up guidelines for land use planning around EU
airports and the Resolution on the Commission Communication on Air Transport and the Environment,
adopted by the European Parliament on 7 September 2000, the Commission is asked:

(cid:129) Will an initiative be taken on drawing up guidelines for land use planning around EU airports?

(cid:129) What is the timetable?

(cid:129) When will the consultation process start?

(cid:129) Is it already known who will be involved in this consultation process?