WRITTEN QUESTION E-0834/03 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission. Use of funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) by the City of Frosinone.
Date: 2003-03-18
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Regional Development Fund, Latium, eligibility criteria, eligible region, exchange of information, industrial conversion, local government, project evaluation, use of aid

C 280 E/96

Official Journal of the European Union

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21.11.2003

In total, the payments made amounted to ECU 118 575,83.

In September 1998, the members of the task force were invited to an additional meeting, where they were
given the opportunity to give their views on the draft Action Plan that the Commission had prepared
following the report by the task force. For this meeting, the members were reimbursed for their travel
expenses and were entitled to a daily allowance of a maximum of ECU 221,84.

In total, the payments made amounted to ECU 6 308,36.

(1) This maximum daily allowance, which was double the usual rate, was authorised by the Director-General
responsible, applying the conditions of Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Rules concerning the reimbursement of travel
and subsistence expenses of experts from outside the Commission. In order to take account of the very tight time
schedule under which the members of the taskforce were obliged to work.
(2) On the basis of contracts established between the Commission and the members.

(2003/C 280 E/103)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0834/03

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(18 March 2003)

Subject: Use of funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) by the City of Frosinone

In September 2002, the monitoring committee of the Italian Ministry for Economic Affairs issued a report
on the spending of EU funds.

The report reveals the alarming slowness and inefficiency with which EU funds are allocated to projects by
some regional authorities.

The grave concerns about the inadequate use of European funds by local authorities have frequently been
echoed by the Commission.

Bearing in mind that some local authorities, such as the City of Frosinone, urgently need to use European
funds to regenerate areas in industrial decline and to reduce imbalances in social and economic
development, can the Commission state:

1. whether the City of Frosinone has submitted projects for the ERDF?

2. whether the City of Frosinone has secured funding for these projects?

3. whether this funding has been used?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(16 April 2003)

The municipality of Frosinone is partially eligible for assistance from the European Regional Development
Fund (ERDF) under the Lazio SPD (single programming document) for 2000-2006.

The Lazio SPD was approved by a Commission decision (1) and provides for ERDF finance totalling
EUR 371,5 million towards public expenditure totalling EUR 845,5 million.

Since the Lazio SPD is a programme whose management is decentralised, the authority responsible for
implementing the assistance is the region of Lazio, which set out (cid:1) in the programme complement (cid:1) the
criteria for selecting projects and which is responsible for considering applications. It is therefore from that
administration that the Honourable Member should seek precise information on the projects submitted
and financed for the municipality of Frosinone.

(1) COM(2001) 2118 final.