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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0099/02 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Regional GDP growth.
Date: 2002-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, economic statistics, gross regional product

C 160 E/182

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.7.2002

(2002/C 160 E/227)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0099/02

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(29 January 2002)

Subject: Regional GDP growth

Will the Commission further calculate for each region over those ten years its dispersion from the mean,
placing each region in four quartiles based on how far removed from the mean nominal GDP growth they
have been?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0098/02 and E-0099/02
given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(20 March 2002)

The information requested by the Honourable Member can be found in the tables which will be sent to
him direct and to Parliament’s Secretariat.

His attention is drawn to the following points:

/ the calculations have been made on the basis of gross domestic product (GDP) in national currencies
(€ for EUR 15) in order to avoid changes in growth rates due to variations in exchange rates and
regional populations;

/ the data have been provided since 1995, as data have been available since then in accordance with
Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European system of national and
regional accounts in the Community (1). Moreover, data over a longer period would be affected by
changes in the regional nomenclature used (NUTS 2);

/ all the basic information used for these calculations is available on the site: http://europa.eu.int/comm/
eurostat/Public/datashop/print-catalogue/EN?catalogue=Eurostat,
to which the Honourable Member
may refer; this database also contains information at a more detailed level (for example, at NUTS 3
level of the regional nomenclature).

The data for 2000 will be available in January 2003.

(1) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996.

(2002/C 160 E/228)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0100/02

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(29 January 2002)

Subject: Regional GDP figures

Will the Commission state which Member States currently provide regional price series such as to allow a
regional deflation of nominal GDP and to give regional real GDP figures?

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(25 March 2002)

The Structural Funds Regulation (1) gives statutory responsibility to the Commission for calculating the
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on a purchasing power basis at NUTS 2 level. Currently, the Structural
Funds requirements are accomplished by combining regional GDP values, which are available in the
framework of the regional National Accounts, and national Purchasing Power Parity (PPPs). The latter have
to be used in the absence of regional PPPs, which have so far never been calculated.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0116/02 by Concepció Ferrer (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Catalan television in France.
Date: 2002-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Catalonia, France, audiovisual communications policy, broadcasting, freedom to provide services, television

4.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 160 E/185

(2002/C 160 E/231)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0116/02

by Concepció Ferrer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2002)

Subject: Catalan television in France

Under Directive 89/552/EEC (1) on television without frontiers, it is legal for a television channel from one
Member State to broadcast to another Member State.

TV3-Televisió de Catalunya broadcasts to southern France and enables Catalan speakers in that area to
watch television programmes in Catalan. In so doing it promotes knowledge of one of the languages which
constitute the EU’s cultural heritage.

What action is the Commission planning to take in response to the French Higher Audiovisual Council’s
decision to ban TV3-Televisió de Catalunya from the airwaves on the grounds that it considers its
broadcasts to France to be illegal?

(1) OJ L 298, 17.10.1989, p. 23.

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(22 March 2002)

The Television without frontiers Directive (Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the
coordination of certain provisions laid down by Law, Regulation or Administrative Action in Member
States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities, as amended by Directive 97/36/EC of the
Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 (1)) provides that Member States shall ensure freedom of
reception on their territory of television broadcasts from other Member States (Article 2a (1)).

The Directive is based on one of the four fundamental freedoms laid down in the EC Treaty (the freedom
to provide services ; Article 49) and is in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, notably Article 22,
to which the Honourable Member refers.

In respect of the issue raised, the Commission is unaware of the events referred to in the Honourable
Member’s question. It will request information from the French authorities to carry out the necessary
evaluation.

(1) OJ L 202, 30.7.1997.

(2002/C 160 E/232)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0126/02

by Sebastiano Musumeci (UEN) to the Commission

Subject: Failure to adopt the airway reorganisation plan

(24 January 2002)

Europe’s existing airways were last codified in the 1950s. The code in question is insufficient to cope with
modern traffic conditions, resulting in intolerable permanent congestion and continual delays.

To tackle this critical situation, Eurocontrol has embarked on an infrastructure reorganisation plan which it
was supposed to have drawn up by 2001.

Can the Commission answer the following:

; Why has Eurocontrol not yet taken the necessary action to finalise the airway reorganisation plan?

; What steps has the Commission taken or will it take to restore safety and free-flowing air traffic?