WRITTEN QUESTION E-0166/03 by Stavros Xarchakos (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Use of Community funds in the health sector in Greece.
Date: 2003-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, Greece, aid recipient, aid system, health policy, public institution, public investment, public sector, use of aid

C 161 E/188

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

10.7.2003

(2003/C 161 E/195)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0166/03

by Stavros Xarchakos (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Use of Community funds in the health sector in Greece

(29 January 2003)

During the debate in the Greek Parliament on the adoption of the national budget for 2003, the Greek
the Public Investment
Government produced data according to which, during implementation of
Programme in the health and welfare sector for 2002, EUR 5,9 million were granted from EU Funds for
‘Greek Government participation in the share capital of public enterprises and organisations’ and a further
EUR 11 million for ‘other expenditure’.

Does the Commission know to which enterprises and organisations those EUR 5,9 million were given?
What amount was invested per company and from which Union Fund did the resources come in each
case? Of which Community programme or initiative did these investments form part and when exactly
were they incorporated? For what expenditure were the EUR 11 million of Community appropriations
announced by the government made available?

Answer given by Ms Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(5 March 2003)

According to the information that the Commission has received from the Greek authorities, the amounts
concerned are payments made by these authorities to the final beneficiaries of the various projects financed
under the operational programmes of the second and third Community Support Frameworks in the area of
health.

The sum of EUR 5,9 million concerns increases in the capital of public limited companies, which are final
beneficiaries under the programmes in question. Indeed, where the final beneficiary is a public limited
company, payments are made by increasing the company’s capital. In the area of health in Greece, this
mainly concerns the Depanom limited liability company, of which the Greek State is the sole shareholder
and which is responsible for building facilities in the area of health.

The EUR 11 million allocated to other expenditure are payments made by the Greek authorities to final
beneficiaries other than public limited companies for the implementation of a large number of projects
financed by these programmes.

The Commission has asked the Greek authorities to provide a breakdown of
this expenditure by
programme and, if possible, by final beneficiary. As soon as it has received this information, it will not fail
to forward it to the Honourable Member.

(2003/C 161 E/196)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0167/03

by Nirj Deva (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2003)

Subject: Healthcare of the elderly (cid:1) arrangements between Member States

1.
Is it acceptable that when an elderly and ill EU resident has to relocate from one Member State (UK)
to another (Spain) in order to obtain any acceptable level of nursing care (cid:1) which should be subject to a
predetermined contribution to fee costs if the care was given/obtained in the UK (cid:1) one EU state (UK) can
withhold all or part of such financial help from that person?