WRITTEN QUESTION E-1746/01 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Completion of construction of hospitals at Katerini, Pyrgos and Corfu.
Date: 2001-06-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community support framework, Greece, building industry, co-financing, medical institution, project management

27.3.2004

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Could the Commission therefore specify:

(cid:1) the overall budget balance (net contributors and recipients) for each of the Member States from 1994

to 2001 (estimated), at constant prices; and

(cid:1) the financial balance for the same period, offset against the gains/losses in trade flows within the

Community and with non-Community partners (imports and exports) for each Member State?

Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(17 July 2001)

The Commission would inform the Honourable Member that the Member States’ overall budgetary
balances for the years 1993-1999, determined according to the standard method used by the Commission
(net operational balance after UK correction), can be found in terms of current prices and percentage of
GDP in the statistical annex to the report ‘Allocation of 1999 EU operating expenditure by Member State’,
table 6 (last table in the report) (1).

The report for 2000 should normally be ready before August 2001 (1).

These reports are based on actual
Member States’ future net balances.

implementation. The Commission does not publish simulations for

For details of the method of calculating net balances, please refer to point 4.1. of Annex 3 to the report
‘Financing the European Union’, which is available at the same site.

With regard to your second question concerning net balances ‘offset against the gains/losses in trade flows
within the Community and with non-Community partners’, the Commission would point out that it does
not carry out such calculations.

Nevertheless, in the context of enlargement, its departments commissioned two studies (2) on the effects of
enlargement on two existing Member States, Germany and Austria, which also seek to take account of the
effects of trade flows in an enlarged Community.

(1) http://europa.eu.int/comm/budget/en/agenda2000/a2000rp.htm
(2) http://europa.eu.int/comm/budget/en/financementbudget/elargissement_etude.htm

(2004/C 78 E/0359)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1746/01

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(15 June 2001)

Subject: Completion of construction of hospitals at Katerini, Pyrgos and Corfu

In its answer to my question No E-3160/00 (1) concerning the delay in the construction of the hospitals at
Katerini, Pyrgos and Corfu, the Commission states that it is ‘disappointed that projects of such importance
for Greece’s socio-economic development should be so far behind schedule.
It will ask the Greek
authorities to supply detailed information on the reasons for the delay and the prospects for completing
the projects and it will not shirk from taking corrective financial measures, if necessary.’ It continues ‘as the
various OPs are currently being negotiated, it is not yet possible to state whether these projects will be
part-funded under the CSF for the current programming period (2000-2006)’.

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Has the Commission been informed by the Greek authorities of the reasons for the delay and the

1.
prospects for completing the projects?

2. What funds were spent from 1994 to 1999 on each of these three projects?

3. Will these projects finally be completed by means of funding from the 3rd Community Support
Framework?

(1) OJ C 151 E, 22.5.2001, p. 84.

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(7 August 2001)

In a letter dated 19 October 2000 under Article 24 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 of 20 July
1993 (1), the Commission asked the Greek authorities for further information about the time lost in the
construction of the three hospitals referred to by the Honourable Member and the outlook for their
completion.

According to information received from them on 19 January 2001, the construction of the Pirgos hospital
is behind schedule because of geological complications while the hold-ups affecting the Katerini and Corfu
hospitals should be blamed on the co-contracting party of the public undertaking in charge of building
them. The Commission is currently considering what action to take in this matter.

The Community contribution to the construction of the three hospitals in the 1994-99 programming
period amounts to EUR 16,6 million for Corfu, EUR 13 million for Katerini and EUR 14,1 million for
Pirgos.

Responsibility for selecting the three projects for part-financing under the Community Support Framework
(CSF) for the 2000-06 programming period rests first of all with the management authority for each
Operational Programme. According to information received from those authorities, there is provision in
the CSF for 2000-06 for part-financing to complete all three hospitals.

(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 laying down
provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different
Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other
existing financial instruments, OJ L 193, 31.7.1993.

(2004/C 78 E/0360)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1897/01

by Charles Tannock (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(27 June 2001)

Subject: The legal basis for the Commission’s proposals on the setting-up and funding of pan-European

political parties

Could the Commission state which articles in the Consolidated Treaties constitute the legal basis for the
Commission’s proposals on the setting-up and funding of pan-European political parties?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(11 July 2001)

The Commission proposal is based on Article 308 of the EC Treaty.