WRITTEN QUESTION E-2695/01 by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Funding from Regional Policy DG.
Date: 2001-10-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU programme, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Structural Funds, Valle d'Aosta, regional aid

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20.6.2002

the Enterprise DG grants subsidies to a number of European Information Centres (EICs),
However,
including EICs located in the regions mentioned by the Honourable Member. The list of beneficiaries in
these regions has been sent directly to the Honourable Member and to the General Secretariat of the
Parliament.

The Commission paid an operating subsidy of € 25 000 for each of these EICs in 2000. This subsidy was
renewed in 2001.

In the field of research, and more specifically the ‘Innovation and small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs)’ programme, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at Ispra received twelve instalments of Community
funding amounting to a total of € 3 364 545, and the University of Pavia received € 681 400. A list of this
funding has been sent directly to the Honourable Member and to the General Secretariat of the Parliament.

With regard to applications for funding, three proposals have been received under the ‘Follow-up of the
Go digital initiative’ project (and are currently being evaluated).

(2002/C 147 E/039)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2694/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2001)

Subject: Funding from Fisheries 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 Fisheries Directorate-General, and the names of those which were subsequently approved?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2002)

The Member States are responsible for managing structural programmes, including the scrutiny and choice
of projects. The Commission is informed of the projects chosen for funding after their selection through
programme progress reports submitted to it before 30 April each year, in accordance with Commission
Regulation (EC) No 366/2001 of 22 February 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing the
measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 (1).

The progress reports for 2000 submitted to the Commission in April 2001 reveal that Italy has not
selected or approved any projects.

The progress reports for 2001 will be submitted only in April 2002.

(1) OJ L 55, 24.2.2001.

(2002/C 147 E/040)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2695/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2001)

Subject: Funding from Regional Policy 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 Regional Policy Directorate-General, and the names of those which were subsequently approved?

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Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2002)

The Regional Policy Directorate-General does not part-finance projects but regional and multiregional
development programmes.

Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds (1),
the evaluation and selection of the projects is not a matter for the Commission but for the regional and
national managing authorities, to which these projects should in any case be submitted. These authorities
are required to keep data available for the Commission for inspection purposes.

The Commission therefore invites the Honourable Member to ask the authorities of the regions concerned
for a list of projects submitted and approved during 2000 and 2001.

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999.

(2002/C 147 E/041)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2703/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Council

(4 October 2001)

Subject: G8 meeting in Genoa

The European Community, as created by De Gasperi, Adenauer and Schuman, was intended as a means of
overcoming the selfishness of states and of encouraging solidarity with the world’s poorer regions.

At the G8 meeting, the democratically elected leaders of some of the most advanced countries of the world
held their periodic discussions on a few of the innumerable serious problems affecting the life of the
planet. For the first time, representatives of the European Union, the UN and a number of poor countries
were invited to the meeting. A number of measures were adopted with respect to the poorer countries
which, without resolving the problems, at least represent a small step towards cancellation of the debt and
a possible improvement in health conditions.

In the light of the above, how does the Council intend to follow up the conclusions of the Genoa Summit
over the coming months?

Reply

(1 March 2002)

The Council attaches the utmost importance to the conclusions of G8 meetings, which are attended not
only by the Member States represented in G8 but also, at the invitation of the G8 Presidency, by the
Presidency of the EU Council and the Presidency of the Commission.

While it is not bound by the conclusions of G8 meetings, the Council will certainly take the results of the
July meeting of the G8 in Genoa into account. It welcomes the fact that this meeting was essentially
devoted to development problems and provided an opportunity to discuss certain questions at the centre
of
the Union’s development cooperation policy, notably the fight against poverty, market access,
indebtedness and public health issues.