WRITTEN QUESTION P-3110/03 by María Sornosa Martínez (PSE) to the Commission. Withdrawal of Community funding for the Juan XXIII project in Alicante (Spain).
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Regional Development Fund, Spain, competence of the Member States, operational programme, urban renewal

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 88 E/451

The Commission is aware of reports alleging that Israel has released quantities of hazardous waste without
treatment in the West Bank and Gaza. We are also conscious of the lack of infrastructure in the Palestinian
Territories to process hazardous waste and to separate hazardous from non-hazardous waste. The
Commission has been in contact with the United Nations Environment Programme on their Desk Study of
January 2003 on the environment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Desk Study addressed the
question of alleged dumping, but did not reach any conclusions. It recommended to conduct a field study
to collect evidence on this matter.

(2004/C 88 E/0461)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3110/03

by María Sornosa Martínez (PSE) to the Commission

(17 October 2003)

Subject: Withdrawal of Community funding for the Juan XXIII project in Alicante (Spain)

The Finance Ministry recently notified Alicante Town Council of the formal decision taken by the
Commission to suspend ERDF funding for the rehabilitation of the Juan XXIII district of Alicante.

Why has the Commission withdrawn the Community support for the project?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(11 November 2003)

The Commission can inform the Honourable Member that the project for the rehabilitation of the Juan
XXIII district of Alicante to which she refers was not included in any proposal to the Commission for part-
financing under the Structural Funds.

The Commission contacted the authorities at the Ministry of Finance responsible for the European
Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in Spain, who confirm that this project was not put forward for
Community part-financing under the local operational programme (2000-2006) for reasons relating to
compliance with the Community rules on public procurement.

The Commission would remind the Honourable Member that,
in accordance with the principle of
subsidiarity, the Member States have sole responsibility for the selection of individual projects in each
programme for part-financing under the Structural Funds and for their implementation.

(2004/C 88 E/0462)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3132/03

by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission

(17 October 2003)

Subject: Cuba (cid:1) Sakharov Initiative

On 4 September 2003, during the September part-session, the European Parliament adopted a resolution
on Cuba by an overwhelming majority. Paragraph 12 of this resolution reads:

12. Asks that Mr Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in
2002, be officially invited to Europe at the earliest opportunity in order to meet in person with the EU
Presidency, the High Representative for the CFSP, the President of the Commission and the relevant
Commissioners; supports the decision taken by its Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights,
Common Security and Defence Policy to invite Mr Sardiñas, and asks the Cuban authorities not to
prevent his presence.