WRITTEN QUESTION E-2686/01 by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Funding from Environment DG.
Date: 2001-10-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financial instrument, Italy, environmental protection, project management

4.7.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 160 E/31

(2002/C 160 E/031)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2684/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2001)

Subject: Funding from AGRI 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 AGRI 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 Commission does not have lists of proposed and subsequently approved projects part-financed by the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund in 2000 and 2001 for the regions indicated by the
Honourable Member.

In the case of the EAGGF Guidance Section (and the other Structural Funds), the Leader II and Objective
5(b) programming documents for
the closure of national
commitments on 31 December 1999 in respect of the 1994-1999 period. New projects could not
therefore be submitted in 2000 or 2001, nor could they have been accepted in any event under those
jointly funded programmes.

in question provided for

the regions

As for the new programming period (2000-2006) in the regions concerned, the Community contribution
is provided by the EAGGF Guarantee Section under the rural development plans. The subsidiarity principle
means that the Commission does not manage individual projects.

The regions are required to submit before 30 April each year an annual report on their plans for the
preceding calendar year. The annual reports to the Commission do not have to include lists of the projects
submitted and approved, but simply monitoring and supervision information, based on common
Community indicators. The Commission will send the annual reports for 2000 on the relevant regions’
rural development plans direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat.

(2002/C 160 E/032)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2686/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2001)

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

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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4.7.2002

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2002)

The two tables that list all projects received in 2000 for the first round of the LIFE III Regulation (1) are
sent direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat. The projects retained have been
financed in 2001.

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 of the Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 concerning the Financial

Instrument for the Environment (LIFE), OJ L 192, 28.7.2000.

(2002/C 160 E/033)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2689/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2001)

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

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2002)

Requests for financial support for Trans-European Network projects in the areas of Transport and Energy
are submitted by the official authorities of Member States, not directly by Regions.

Information concerning the projects, located in the Italian Regions of Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Val
d’Aosta, submitted by the Italian authorities in 2000 and 2001 and subsequently approved, in the field of
transport and energy are directly sent to the Honourable Member and to the Parliament’s Secretariat.

(2002/C 160 E/034)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2690/01

by Mario Mauro (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2001)

Subject: Funding from EUROPE-AID Cooperation Office

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 EUROPE-AID Cooperation Office, and the names of those which were subsequently approved?

Reply given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2002)

Preliminary contacts have taken place with a number of North Italian regions in connection with
decentralised cooperation budget lines B.7.6430/B.7.6002. The requests received in 2000 and 2001 from
the Italian regions (both those selected for financing, and those which were not selected) will be
communicated directly both to the Honourable Member, and to the Parliament’s secretariat.

No written requests were received from any Italian region for funding from the NGO co-financing budget
line B.7.6000.