WRITTEN QUESTION E-0862/03 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission. Use of funds from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund by the City of Frosinone.
Date: 2003-03-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EAGGF, Latium, action programme, aid to agriculture, local government, management, project evaluation, rural development

C 268 E/156

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

7.11.2003

Directive. In Italy, a voluntary commitment signed in 1997 between the economic operators and the
Environment Ministry (and amended in 1998) foresees the achievement of a reuse and recycling rate of
90 % by 2015 (5 % higher that the target of the Directive). Sweden required reuse and recovery targets of
85 % already, to be met by 2002, anticipating the reuse and recovery targets of 95 % to be achieved by
2015.

(2003/C 268 E/170)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0862/03

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(20 March 2003)

Subject: Use of funds from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund 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 for the processing and marketing of agricultural products and for rural development, can the
Commission state:

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

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

3. whether this funding has been used?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(10 April 2003)

The question concerns the use of financing from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF) by the City of Frosinone.

The EAGGF Guidance Section is part-financing the Leader+ programme in Lazio, covered in the answer to
Written Question E-0863/03 submitted by the honourable member (1).

The EAGGF Guarantee Section, on the other hand, is part-financing the Rural Development Plan for the
Region of Lazio for 2000-2006, approved by Commission Decision No C(2000) 2144 of 20 July 2000.

It must be stressed that the granting of aid part-financed by the Community under the above programme
is the responsibility of the Italian national and regional authorities. The Commission is responsible for
monitoring and checking the programme but not for the management on the ground of the different
measures. As regards monitoring, the annual reports submitted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (2) and Commission Regulation
(EC) No 445/2002 of 26 February 2002 (3) do not indicate whether or not the City of Frosinone has
received funding for projects from the EAGGF Guarantee Section.

The Region of Lazio ‘Assessorato all’Agricoltura’, the body responsible for managing the programme, can
provide information on the various beneficiaries, on the submission deadlines for invitations to tender
planned by the Region and, more specifically, on the City of Frosinone.

(1) See page 157.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999.
(3) OJ L 74, 15.3.2002.