WRITTEN QUESTION E-2698/01 by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Funding from Health and Consumer Protection DG.
Date: 2001-10-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, Italy, consumer protection, health policy, invitation to tender, project management

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(cid:1) Regione Autonoma Val D’Aosta

Dipartimento Politiche del Lavoro (cid:1) Agenzia del Lavoro
Via Garin, 1
I-11100 Aosta
Capo Servizio FSE: dott. ssa Nadia Savoini

(cid:1) Regione Piemonte

Direzione Formazione professionale (cid:1) Lavoro
Via Pisano, 6
I-10152 Torino
Capo Servizio FSE: dott. Giuseppe De Pascale

(cid:1) Regione Liguria

Politiche Attive del Lavoro
Via D’Annunzio, 64
I-16121 Genova
Capo Servizio FSE: dott. ssa Antonella Berettieri

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2698/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2001)

Subject: Funding from Health and Consumer Protection DG

Will the Commission provide a list of the projects which, in 2000 and 2001, were submitted by the Italian
Regions of Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta for financing from the funds administered by
the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, and the names of those which were subsequently
approved?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2002)

Financial support from the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection (DG SANCO) can be
obtained from the two activity areas health and consumer protection (in addition, DG SANCO also
manages credits which mainly relate to compensations for animal disease eradication in the veterinary and
phytosanitary area; Chapter B1-33 of the budget):

(cid:1) first, financial support can be granted to organisations within the framework ofthe individual Public

Health Programmes;

(cid:1) second, in accordance with Articles 2b) and 2c) of Decision No 283/1999/EC of the Parliament and of
the Council of 25 January 1999, establishing a general framework for Community activities in favour
of consumers (1), SANCO also supports the projects and activities of consumer organisations and other
appropriate bodies.

In both cases above, the financial support is only allocated in response to a call for proposals and
following official procedures for submission and selection. The financing criteria are laid down in the
individual
In selecting the projects to be funded, the Commission is assisted by several
Programme Committees with representatives of the Member States.

legal bases.

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Public Health

There are currently eight Public Health Programmes. A new Action Programme on Public Health is
currently under discussion in the Parliament and the Council. When adopted,
the current eight
programmes will be repealed.

An annex containing information on the number of projects submitted in 2000 and 2001 from the
Regions of Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta financed or to be financed is sent direct to the
Honourable Member and to the Parliament’s Secretariat.

General information as well as information on projects financed up to 2000 under the eight individual
Public Health programmes can also be found on DG SANCO’s web pages (2)

Consumer Protection

Another annex containing information on the number of projects submitted and the projects financed in
2000 and 2001 from the Regions of Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta is also sent direct to
the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat.

General information as well as information on projects financed up to 2001 can also be found on DG
SANCO’s web pages (2)

(1) OJ L 34, 9.2.1999.
(2) http://europa. eu. int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/index_en. htm.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2701/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Council

(4 October 2001)

Subject: Sustainable tourism policy in the European Union

The European Union is one of the world’s major tourist destinations.

In 1997 the Commission initiated three studies on integrated quality management in rural, urban and
coastal tourist destinations. These studies are aimed at identifying and analysing best practice in integrated
quality management in countries belonging to the European Economic Area and contributing to exchanges
of information and knowledge transfer within Europe and serving as a guide to the public sector, in
particular local authorities, and the private sector, in particular tourist companies. These studies were also
intended to constitute a first step towards preparing sustainable development indicators for the tourist
industry (beyond the transport and energy sectors).

It would in fact be desirable to develop a policy aimed at preserving as far as possible resources and all
landscape, archaeological) from the impact of the tourist industry,
forms of environment (ecological,
guaranteeing compatibility between tourist activities and the protection of areas of great natural beauty
and biological value and drawing up directives, e.g. on the ‘load capacity’ of tourist destinations.

In this connection, will the Council state whether it is about to draw up a strategy for the improvement of
Community tourist areas, as announced?

Has the Council considered the possibility of promoting initiatives to support sustainable tourism in the
European Union, taking due account of the economic importance of this sector, as well as its impact on
regional planning and increasing international competition?