WRITTEN QUESTION E-0751/02 by Caroline Lucas (Verts/ALE) to the Council. Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) in the UK.
Date: 2002-03-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: United Kingdom, award of contract, financial institution, financing, private sector, public contract

C 229 E/132

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

26.9.2002

Commission has no authority in such matters, it nevertheless continues to hope that airline operators will
recognise the significance and the necessity of travel to and from Strasbourg as one of the seats of the
European Parliament and will consequently seek to ensure increased convenience of travel to and from the
city at reasonable prices.

(1) OJ C 203 E, 18.7.2000.
(2) OJ C 280 E, 3.10.2000.
(3) Written reply, 4.10.2000.

(2002/C 229 E/150)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0751/02

by Caroline Lucas (Verts/ALE) to the Council

(19 March 2002)

Subject: Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) in the UK

Is the Council aware of the PFI approach in the UK and does the Council consider it to be in line with
existing public procurement legislation? Furthermore, does the Council judge that such practices are in line
with the Commission’s proposal for a new directive on the coordination of procedures for the award of
public supply contracts, public service contracts and public work contracts (1), particularly with regard to
Articles 1.7 and 32? Finally, what would the Council’s evaluation be of the consequences were the
Directive to be amended according to the amendments passed by the European Parliament, in particular
Amendment 24?

(1) COM(2000) 275 final 8 OJ C 29 E, 30.1.2001, p. 11.

Reply

(26 June 2002)

It is not the Council’s habit to give its views on a text which is undergoing the legislative procedure
leading to its adoption. It invites the Honourable Member to put her question to the Commission as
regards compatibility of the methods referred to with the proposal for a new Directive.

(2002/C 229 E/151)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0755/02

by Jorge Hernández Mollar (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Interreg III A programme (Almería)

(19 March 2002)

The exclusion of the Province of Almería (autonomous community of Andalusia) from the Interreg III A
programme of funding, which focuses on cross-border cooperation with Morocco, has given rise to much
concern among the inhabitants of the province owing to the fact that its proximity to Morocco means that
the two areas have many common interests deriving from the constant flow of persons and goods through
the province’s port and the large number of Moroccan citizens who have been drawn into the province by
its agricultural development.

Given the above, why does the Province of Almería not come within the scope of the Interreg II

1.
programme which was adopted in 1992?

In view of the fact that the province was again left out of the Interreg III A programme in 1999
2.
(covering the period 2000 to 2006), what likelihood is there of it being included in the next Interreg
programme which will be drawn up at the end of the current programme?

Is there any possibility of the province being able to benefit from the programme during the 2003 to

3.
2006 financial years, and if so, what procedures should be followed?