WRITTEN QUESTION E-0863/03 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission. Use of funds from the Leader+ programme by the City of Frosinone.
Date: 2003-03-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, Latium, action programme, eligibility criteria, local government, management, project evaluation, rural development

7.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 268 E/157

(2003/C 268 E/171)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0863/03

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(20 March 2003)

Subject: Use of funds from the Leader+ programme 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 support innovative rural development measures aimed at enhancing the cultural and natural
heritage, creating new jobs by strengthening the local economy and improving the organisational capacity
of rural communities, can the Commission state:

1. whether the City of Frosinone has submitted projects for the Leader+ programme?

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

(9 April 2003)

The Honourable Member’s question concerns the use of funds from the Leader+ programme by the
the Leader+
municipality of Frosinone and whether
programme, whether it obtained finance for those projects and whether those funds were used.

that municipality submitted projects under

The documents in the Commission’s possession show that the municipality of Frosinone is not included in
the territory participating in the Leader+ CIP for Lazio, which the Commission approved by its Decision
C(2001) 3626 of 26 November 2001.

As a result, Frosinone could neither submit projects nor obtain finance under the Leader+ programme for
Lazio.

It should be noted that the Commission does not decide on specific projects or on the selection of the
LAGs. It decides to contribute to a programme which includes criteria for selecting the groups on the basis
of procedures which guarantee the Leader approach. The final selection of the groups and projects part-
financed is made by the Member State or the regional authority responsible in accordance with the
conditions laid down in the programme.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0869/03

by Joaquim Miranda (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(20 March 2003)

Subject: Self-handling in Community ports and ILO Convention 137

On 25 June 1973, in view of changes identified in the port sector thanks to the introduction of new
techniques and increased mechanisation, the ILO’s General Conference adopted Convention 137 on dock
work, supplemented by Recommendation R145 and ratified by various Member States; the objective is to
guarantee that
income essentially depends on dock work are
safeguarded.

the rights of workers whose annual