WRITTEN QUESTION E-1785/03 by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission. Structural Funds.
Date: 2003-05-28
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Social Fund, Structural Funds, dissemination of EU information

C 33 E/170

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

6.2.2004

(2004/C 33 E/170)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1785/03

by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission

(28 May 2003)

Subject: Structural Funds

What is the current procedure for making public the amounts and timing of Structural Funds to regions?
the Euro constituencies of MEPs or parts of Euro
Are there breakdowns available for
constituencies?

regions,

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(29 July 2003)

the Directorate general

The Commission collects and publishes financial information according to the nature of the intervention
concerned. For interventions that are delivered at regional level under Objectives 1 and 2 of the Structural
Funds, financial data are available at the level of each regional programme. These data are published on the
website of
for Regional Policy (http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/
index_en.htm). For specific information on the interventions supported by the European Social Fund,
financial data can be found on the website of the Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs
(http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/esf2000/member_states-en.htm).
sup-
ported by the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG), data can be found on the website of
the Directorate General for Fisheries (http://europa.eu.int/comm/fisheries/policy_en.htm). Finally, for rural
development programmes supported by the European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF),
data can be found on the website of the Directorate General for Agriculture (http://europa.eu.int/comm/
agriculture/rur/index_fr.htm).

interventions

For

the management of Structural Funds is highly
In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity,
level are responsible for the
decentralised and the managing authorities at Member State and regional
selection of individual projects for support. In conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/
2000 on information and publicity measures to be carried out by the Member States concerning assistance
from the Structural Funds (1), these authorities are required to inform the general public as well as possible
beneficiaries about Structural Funds programmes, resources allocated and application procedures.

(1) OJ L 130, 31.5.2000.

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WRITTEN QUESTION P-1798/03

by Wolfgang Ilgenfritz (NI) to the Commission

(21 May 2003)

Subject: Refunds for sugar-processing operations

In accordance with the Brussels Agreement (2002/C 152/05) (1), the firm Agrar Invest Tatschl imports
sugar from Serbia and Croatia. Tatschl’s customers use the sugar imported from Serbia or Croatia in the
manufacture of juices, chocolate, etc. and then export the finished products to third countries.

The current intervention price for sugar is approximately euro 699 per tonne. The world market price, on
the other hand, is only about euro 250. The sugar-processing operations should therefore receive a refund
of approximately euro 450 per tonne for sugar imported for processing from Serbia and Croatia when the
finished products (juices, chocolate) are subsequently exported to third countries (export of Non-Annex I
products from the Union’s customs-free territory with application for an export refund).

The refund in question works without any problem in Germany and Italy. I do not understand why
Austrian sugar-processing operations have so far been placed at a disadvantage by the refusal to grant
them refunds.