WRITTEN QUESTION E-1548/01 by Emilia Müller (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Development of yacht marinas in Greece.
Date: 2001-05-28
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Regional Development Fund, Greece, eligibility criteria, harbour installation, investment aid

20.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 364 E/143

amending Directive 91/630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (1), following
the opinion of the Parliament, the Council has recently amended the minimum standards on protection of
pigs laid down in Council Directive 91/630/EEC of 19 November 1991 (2). The new Directive will provide
for further space for sows and gilts. In any case Member States may adopt more rigorous standards than
the ones adopted at Community level, if deemed suitable.

4.
The Commission is not aware of any studies on the subject referred to by the Honourable Member.
Nor does it have all the information needed for its departments to carry out such a study, as several factors
which would have to be taken into account do not fall within its area of responsibility.

5.
The Commission is involved in establishing sustainable development indicators for the agricultural
sector. On this subject, the Honourable Member is referred in particular to the working document on
sustainable development indicators (3) and the Communication from the Commission to the Council and
the European Parliament on the statistical information needed for indicators to monitor the integration of
environmental concerns into the common agricultural policy (4). However, the Commission would remind
the Honourable Member that the introduction of tax bonuses is not at present a Community matter.

(1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001.
(2) OJ L 340, 11.12.1991.
(3) SEC(2001) 266.
(4) COM(2001) 144 final.

(2001/C 364 E/157)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1548/01

by Emilia M(cid:252)ller (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(28 May 2001)

Subject: Development of yacht marinas in Greece

1.
Are there regional development or other EU funds available to help build yacht marinas (including
the necessary tourism infrastructure and development) in prime (cid:129) but, in tourism terms, underdeveloped
(cid:129) sailing locations in Greece?

If assistance for such investment were available, what conditions would be attached? What conditions

2.
would apply to a German investor?

3. Where can information be obtained and applications made?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(23 July 2001)

The part-financing of pleasure port infrastructure (marinas) can be eligible under the (cid:145)Competitiveness(cid:146)
operational programme in the Community support framework for Greece for the 2000-2006 program-
ming period.

Investment aid is granted under Greek law No 2601/98 (aid scheme), which lays down the procedures and
conditions for granting it. Construction of the infrastructure in question is exclusively part-financed as
private investment, with the European Regional Development Fund part-financing only a part of the public
expenditure provided under this law. Any proposal from private investors may, after evaluation, be taken
into consideration for possible part-financing. The selection of individual projects is a matter for the
competent national authorities, not the Commission.

In this respect, more detailed information can be obtained from the Managing authority for the
Competitiveness operational programme Semitelou Street 6, Athens.