WRITTEN QUESTION E-2371/01 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission. EU budget for fisheries cooperation.
Date: 2001-08-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, European Development Fund, cooperation policy, fisheries policy, fishing agreement, third country

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Will the Commission say against which Member States the proceedings are being prepared or initiated and
when they will begin?

Will the Commission give details of any information so far available on the extent to which each
individual Member State has complied with MGP IV?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(8 October 2001)

The Commission is currently preparing the launch of infringement procedures against several Member
States for non-compliance with the objectives of
the multi-annual guidance programmes (MAGP).
However, regarding the information requested (1), the confidentiality of these infringement procedures
must be respected until such time that they are the subject of a final Commission Decision.

Details of the extent to which each of the individual Member States has complied with the MAGP IV are
given annually in the report to the Council and to the Parliament on the results of the MAGP, as required
by Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down the detailed
sector (2). The
rules and arrangements
Commission has prepared the report on the results of the MAGP IV at the end of 2000, which will be
submitted to the Council and to the Parliament in the coming weeks.

regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries

(1) OJ C 121, 24.4.2001.
(2) OJ L 337, 30.12.1999.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2371/01

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: EU budget for fisheries cooperation

(8 August 2001)

Will the Commission give details of the annual EU budget earmarked for development cooperation with
third countries and the percentage of that budget allocated to each country each year for the period from
1994 to 2002?

Will it say what amount was allocated each year from the European Development Fund (EDF) for fisheries
cooperation during the period from 1994 to 2001?

What amount will be allocated from the EDF for fisheries cooperation during the period from 2002 to
2007?

Reply given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(24 October 2001)

Most of the EU’s international fisheries agreements include support for targeted projects, financed under
the relevant budget heading (B7-8000). In general, the aim of these projects is to strengthen activities
relating to the fisheries sector of the parties’ country, including control, monitoring, research, small-scale
fisheries, study grants and training, statistics, and so forth.

As regards annual allocations for fisheries cooperation from the European Development Fund for the
1994-2001 period, according to the information in the OLAS database (OECD classification code 313),
over the whole 1994-August 2001 period, fisheries activities in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)
countries received EUR 45 518 000. Of this total, almost EUR 11.5 million was used to support fisheries
policy and administrative management, while almost EUR 24.7 million (including EUR 3 million of debt
forgiveness in 1999) was for fisheries development. The other sub-sectors which received funds were
education/training, research and services.

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The yearly amounts allocated were as follows:

A 1994: EUR 10 678 000 (EUR 6.3 million for sectoral development; EUR 4.2 million for research;

EUR 0.15 million for policy and administrative management support);

A 1995: EUR 13 518 000 (EUR 12.4 million for sectoral development; EUR 1.1 million for policy and

administrative management support);

A 1996: EUR 5 000 0000 (research);

A 1997: EUR 20 200 (policy and administrative management support);

A 1998: EUR 447 000 (EUR 347 000 for development; EUR 100 000 for policy and administrative

management support);

A 1999: EUR 3 112 000 (policy and administrative management support);

A 2000: EUR 14 866 000 (EUR 6.07 million for policy and administrative management support;

EUR 8.7 million for fisheries development; EUR 0 042 million for services);

A August 2001: EUR 877 000 (policy and administrative management support).

The amount of EDF funds that will be allocated to fisheries cooperation for the period 2002-2007 is not
yet known, as programming is still being carried out for this period. The Commission will be able to reply
to this question once programming has been completed.

(2002/C 93 E/145)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2374/01

by Olivier Dupuis (TDI) to the Commission

(8 August 2001)

Subject: China

Mr Huang Qi, a Chinese citizen and creator of the website www.6-4tianwang.com’ has been held in
detention without trial since 3 June 2000 for disseminating ‘subversive information’ on the Internet.
Mr Huang Qi has been accused of publishing information on the Tiananmen massacre in June 1989 on his
website, as well as articles by Chinese dissidents.

Mr Huang Qi’s trial, which began in February 2001 and had already been postponed indefinitely on one
occasion owing to his precarious state of health (his wife and his lawyer have claimed that he has been
beaten during his detention), was to have taken place on 27 June 2001. However, the official in charge of
the Chengdu court (Sichuan province) announced that the trial had again been postponed indefinitely
owing to celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Chinese Communist Party.

Does the Commission have any information on Mr Huang Qi’s state of health? Does it know what new
date has been set for the trial? Will it send a member of the Beijing delegation to the trial? Does the
Commission have any information on other Chinese citizens imprisoned for similar reasons? More
generally, will the Commission point out to the Beijing authorities that the proceedings against Mr Huang
Qi violate the spirit and the letter of international conventions signed by the People’s Republic of China?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(1 October 2001)

The Commission is committed to strengthening respect for human rights everywhere in the world. They
represent a central issue in the Union’s relations with third countries. The Commission is following the
human rights situation in China very closely.

A bilateral dialogue on human rights was established between the Union and China in 1996 and in this
framework, freedom of expression and detention conditions are important issues which are raised firmly
and regularly.