WRITTEN QUESTION E-2345/03 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL)and Alexander de Roo (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Protection of unspoiled natural and cultural landscapes with a potential for ecotourism in the mountain region in the Polish province of Dolnoslaœkie, Lower Silesia.
Date: 2003-07-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Lower Silesia province, countryside conservation, ecological balance, environmental impact, environmental policy, mining operation, mountain region, protected area, tourism, tourist region

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 88 E/79

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(13 October 2003)

The table (Annex 1) which is sent direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat, shows
for each operational directorate of the EuropeAid Cooperation office the total number of officials dealing
with each programme. Auxiliary staff has not been included in the total number reported. All figures relate
to the situation at the end of June 2003 unless otherwise stated.

A second table with the requested information from the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) (Annex 2),
a third one concerning the Delegations (Annex 3) and a fourth one concerning the Directorate General
Development (Annex 4) are sent direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat as well.

(2004/C 88 E/0087)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2345/03

by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL)
and Alexander de Roo (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(16 July 2003)

Subject: Protection of unspoiled natural and cultural

landscapes with a potential for ecotourism in the

mountain region in the Polish province of Dolnoslaœkie, Lower Silesia

Is the Commission aware that,

in the mountain region of Karkonosze and Góri Izerskie in the
1.
southwestern Polish province of Lower Silesia (województwo Dolnoslaœkie),
the beautiful natural
landscape, the historic villages and the vestiges of inhabitation by earlier peoples have not so far been
disturbed by war, industrialisation or agricultural modernisation, as a result of which the region was made
the subject of an international travelling exhibition,
‘The Jelenia Góra (Hirschberg) valley of castles and
gardens, our joint European heritage’, and possesses a potential unique within Europe for eco-, agro-,
cultural and health tourism?

2.
Is the Commission aware that ten years ago in this region local Polish farmers took the initiative to
set up the European Centre for Eco and Agro Tourism (ECEAT), which has grown into an international
organisation with sections in 15 countries and 2 000 units of sustainable tourism accommodation?

Is the Commission aware that around the town of Jelenia Góra and the national park (park narodow)
3.
Karkonoski, which has been protected since 1959, the landscapes of Doliny Bobru and Rudawski Park
have had the status of protected landscapes (parki krajobrazowe) since 1989 and that most of the
surrounding countryside has the status of a protected landscape zone (obszary krajobrazu chronionego
oraz otuliny parków krajobrazowych), although the transport zone between Jelenia Góra and Zgorzelec on
the German border is not included?

4.
Is the Commission aware that three international conferences organised by the Polish Centre for the
Preservation of Historic Landscapes with the support of the International Committee for Historic Gardens
and Cultural Landscapes (Icomos-IFLA) have recommended that the Polish Government place this region
on the Unesco world heritage list?

5.

Has the Polish Government proposed the region for Natura 2000 status?

(2004/C 88 E/0088)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2346/03

by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL)
and Alexander de Roo (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(16 July 2003)

Subject: Devastation of previously unspoiled natural and cultural landscapes and destruction of ecotourism
due to the increase in opencast mining and quarrying in the Polish province of Dolnoslaœkie,
Lower Silesia

1.
Is the Commission aware that, shortly before Poland’s accession to the EU, mining companies are
hurrying to purchase land and acquire long-term concessions for large-scale opencast mining in the