WRITTEN QUESTION E-2852/03 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Italian projects submitted in the context of the Community action programme for public health.
Date: 2003-09-26
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Italy, action programme, project evaluation, public health

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However, the Commission considers that it is the sole competence of the Member States to grant to Union
citizens permanent residence permits. As long as the right of Union citizens to be granted the residence
permits with limited duration is equally provided for, it is up to the Member State to decide if and under
which conditions it will grant permanent residence permits. The Commission therefore considers that the
Dutch legislation in question is not violating Community law.

(1) OJ L 180, 13.7.1990.

(2004/C 65 E/247)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2842/03

by Ria Oomen-Ruijten (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(25 September 2003)

Subject: Introduction of deposit system for beverage packagings in Germany

Is the Commission aware of the leaked report by the independent German institute Prognos concerning
the impact of the introduction in Germany of a deposit system for non-returnable beverage packagings
(cost: up to EUR 1,2 billion and nearly 10 000 jobs)?

Does the Commission conclude from this that even greater efforts are needed to improve or secure the
abolition of the German deposit system?

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(23 October 2003)

The Commission’s position on the German deposit system was explained in the replies given by the
Commission on 3 July 2003 to Written Question E-1549/03 by Mr Manders (1) and on 29 August 2003 to
Written Question E-2519/03 by the Honourable Member and Mrs Grossetête (2). Currently, measures are
being prepared in Germany to introduce a return and collection system for one-way packaging affected by
the German deposit system. The Commission is closely monitoring this process. The study mentioned by
the Honourable Member will be taken into account in the assessment of the German system. Based on the
results of this assessment, the Commission will not hesitate to take the appropriate action to ensure
compliance with Community law.

(1) OJ C 11 E, 15.1.2004, p. 192.
(2) OJ C 33 E, 6.2.2004, p. 267.

(2004/C 65 E/248)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2852/03

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(26 September 2003)

Subject: Italian projects submitted in the context of the Community action programme for public health

Data supplied by the Commission concerning the projects funded by the Community action programme
for public health reveal that 171 projects worth a total of approximately EUR 37 million were approved
and financed between 1996 and 2002. Only two of these were Italian projects and they accounted for only
about EUR 500 000.

Can the Commission say how many Italian projected were submitted under this programme, in order to
show whether
there were reasons for repeatedly
considering the projects unsuitable?

few Italian projects were submitted or whether

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Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(29 October 2003)

As shown in the table attached to the answer to the Honourable Member’s Written Question E-2386/03 (1),
funding was indeed provided for two Italian projects under the health promotion programme in the period
1996-2002:

(cid:1) EUR 92 387,00 to the interuniversity Experimental Centre for Health Education for the project ‘The
contribution of Southern European Countries in the elaboration of a European multilingual thesaurus
for Health Promotion and Education’, in 1996;

(cid:1) EUR 364 945,91 to the IRCCS Burlo Garofolo for the project ‘Breastfeeding Promotion in Europe’, in

2002.

Fifteen out of the 78 projects submitted under this programme in 2002 were Italian (In all, 18 projects
were approved.).

Following calls for proposals, projects are selected solely on the basis of project quality, in accordance with
strict criteria set out in the calls for proposals published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Nationality plays no part in the project evaluation.

However, the Commission would like to draw the Honourable Member’s attention to two points:

(cid:1) the coordinators for the above two projects were of Italian nationality. However, since most of the
projects selected were Community-wide, it is very likely that some of the partners in other projects
under the programme were Italian, though the Commission does not have details of the funding
allocated to all partners in all projects;

(cid:1) during the planning period 1996-2002, the Commission funded some 104 other public health
in addition to the two projects under the health promotion

projects with Italian coordinators,
programme as mentioned above:

(cid:1) four projects under the programme ‘Health monitoring (1998-2002)’;

(cid:1) four projects under ‘Injury prevention (1999-2002)’;

(cid:1) 33 projects under ‘AIDS and communicable diseases (1996-2002)’;

(cid:1) 44 projects under ‘Cancer (1996-2002)’;

(cid:1) four projects under ‘Rare diseases (2000-2002)’;

(cid:1) three projects under ‘Pollution related diseases (1999-2002)’;

(cid:1) 12 projects under ‘Drug prevention (1996-2002)’.

(1) OJ C 33 E, 6.2.2004, p. 259.

(2004/C 65 E/249)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2867/03

by Brice Hortefeux (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(26 September 2003)

Subject: Higher education lagging behind

In recent years, the difficulties encountered in ensuring that the stability and growth pact is respected have
become very obvious. The major European political and economic guidelines have failed as far as growth
is concerned.