WRITTEN QUESTION P-2030/02 by Emilia Müller (PPE-DE) to the Commission. EU JOP programme: application from Hans Baier shoulder pad factory under facilities 2 and 3.
Date: 2002-07-02
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU programme, Germany, aid to undertakings, deadline for payment, financial aid, textile industry

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to civil society and local

initiatives (IBP
However, Tacis does have a facility to provide support
Programme). One of
this programme’s objectives is to support partnership projects between the
Community and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the area of ‘promotion of sustainable
health and social care for populations at risk’ by up to EUR 200 000 over two years. Groups working with
haemophilic children would be eligible to apply, for instance to establish an information network of NGOs
to address the health problems of haemophilic children. The next call for proposals for IBP should be
announced in December 2002 with a closing date for receipt of applications in mid March 2003. Full
details including a brochure are available on the Commission’s website at http://europa.eu.int/comm/
europeaid/projects/index_en.htm

Currently, a Directive on the quality and safety of blood and blood components is under discussion in the
Parliament and the Council, which will provide for regular meetings with competent authorities in Member
States and representatives of blood establishments. The Commission intends to take the opportunity of
these meetings to discuss issues related to improving the supply of blood and blood products in the
Community and other parts of the world, among which the countries of the former Soviet Union. The
Commission understands however that the main problem with the treatment of haemophilia in Russia
concerns a lack of diagnostic laboratory equipment and reagents, medicines and access to healthcare in
general and therefore goes beyond the specific questions of availability of clotting factors.

(2003/C 92 E/176)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2030/02

by Emilia Müller (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(2 July 2002)

Subject: EU JOP programme: application from Hans Baier shoulder pad factory under facilities 2 and 3

The Hans Baier shoulder pad factory made an application for a grant from the JOP programme, which was
still operational at that time. The firm subsequently invested in the textile industry in the Czech Republic.

The application was made on 15 December 1998 and the grant was approved by the responsible EU
authority on 13 July 1999. A number of additional questions were posed subsequently but these were all
answered satisfactorily.

Unfortunately, the Hans Baier shoulder pad factory has yet to receive any funding.

However,
Commission under the JOP programme is paid out promptly.

if the company is to continue to survive,

it is imperative that the grant approved by the

Will the Commission, therefore, say:

(cid:1) why no payments have yet been made to the Hans Baier shoulder pad factory,

(cid:1) when the first payments to the company can be expected, and

(cid:1) what it recommends to the company concerned in this case?

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(30 July 2002)

The Commission made a first payment of EUR 1 714 to the Financial intermediary (FI) (Investitions-Bank
NRW) with value date 25 September 2000; this amount covered 50 % of the eligible costs of the
Prefeasibility study as foreseen in the Specific agreement. An advance payment for the costs of the
Feasibility study was not foreseen in the Specific agreement (signed by the Financial
intermediary on
15 January 2000).

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The reason why a second, more substantial payment (maximum EUR 24 720) has not yet been made, can
be explained as follows:

(cid:1) The Specific agreement for this project has been accepted and signed by the Financial intermediary on
15 January 2000. As a consequence,
the deadline for presenting the Feasibility study and all
documentary evidence was 15 July 2000. After a number of extension requests, made by the
Beneficiary and his consultants to exceed this deadline, the Beneficiary finally made its payment
request through the Financial intermediary, Investitions-Bank NRW on 12 February 2001. This request
unfortunately was not accompanied by the necessary documentation; among others neither proofs of
payment of claimed expenses nor details about tasks executed by experts were presented. On 4 April
2001 the Commission asked the FI to provide this additional information. Only on 20 January 2002
did the Commission receive a part of the requested information. Regrettably, there was another delay
before the Commission forwarded a reminder to the Beneficiary (through the FI) on 24 June 2002 for
the remaining documentation.

(cid:1) The Commission will make a full payment regarding the preparation of the Feasibility study within
60 days after receipt of the complete documentation concerning the costs of this Study as requested in
its fax dated 24 June 2002.

(cid:1) The Commission recommends that the Beneficiary submits as quickly and completely as possible, with
the help of the Financial intermediary, the financial documentation concerning the real costs of the
Feasibility study incurred by the Beneficiary and all other information as requested in its fax dated
24 June 2002.

The text so far relates to the Facility 2 project. (J2Invschup)

Turning to the Facility 3 project (J3Invschup) whilst it was accepted by the Steering Committee on
27 March 2002 with a grant of EUR 40 825, the Commission cannot proceed with this payment before
the Facility 2 project has been finalised (see article 6.2 of the Specific Agreement).

(2003/C 92 E/177)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2040/02

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(3 July 2002)

Subject: Change in financial structures

In reference to the interesting figures given by the Commission for the differing financial structures in the
United States and the euro area for the end of 2001 for bank deposits and other variables on page 28 of
its paper (1) final on the euro area in the world economy, will the Commission please provide comparable
figures for each year back to and including 1998, to provide a comparison with the structures before
monetary union?

Will it also provide comparable figures for each year from 1998 to 2001 for the United Kingdom?

(1) COM(2002) 332.

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(1 August 2002)

The Commission is pleased to inform the honourable Member that a comparable table to the one
presented in the Commission Communication was published in the European Central Bank (ECB) Monthly
Bulletin of January 2000 (Table 2 on p. 39), with data for mid-1999 (see Annex 1 which is sent direct to
the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat). The entire publication is available from the ECB
web site (1). The ECB table allows a comparison of the financial structure at the beginning of the monetary
union with the end-2001 data in the Commission’s paper.