WRITTEN QUESTION E-3213/03 by Stavros Xarchakos (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Take-up of Community funding in the cultural sector in Greece.
Date: 2003-10-30
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community support framework, Greece, Structural Funds, culture, distribution of EU funding, operational programme

C 78 E/790

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

27.3.2004

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(27 November 2003)

The following Community legislation is the most relevant that applies to the management of animal and
human health care waste:

(cid:1) Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (1);

(cid:1) Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste (2);

(cid:1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments

of waste within, into and out of the European Community (3);

(cid:1) Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging

waste (4);

(cid:1) Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (5);

(cid:1) Directive 2000/76/EC of the Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration

of waste (6);

(cid:1) Commission Decision of 16 January 2001 (7) amending Commission Decision 2000/532/EC of 3 May

2000 (8) as regards the list of wastes;

(cid:1) Council Decision 2003/33/EC of 19 December 2002 establishing criteria and procedures for the
acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 of and Annex II to Directive 1999/31/EC (9).

The implementation of the Directives on waste, on hazardous waste and on packaging and packaging
waste is described in the report
from the Commission to the Council and the Parliament on the
Implementation of Community Legislation (10). The report does not provide details on the amount of
human health care waste recovered or disposed.

Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2002 on waste
statistics (11) will, amongst other things, provide Community statistics on the production and management
of health care wastes on a regular basis. The Commission will submit the first report to the Parliament and
the Council on the statistics compiled pursuant to this Regulation by the end of 2007.

(1) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975.
(2) OJ L 377, 31.12.1991.
(3) OJ L 30, 6.2.1993.
(4) OJ L 365, 31.12.1994.
(5) OJ L 182, 16.7.1999.
(6) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000.
(7) OJ L 47, 16.2.2001.
(8) OJ L 226, 6.9.2000.
(9) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003.
(10) COM(2003) 250 final, http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/rpt/2003/com2003_0250en03.pdf
(11) OJ L 332, 9.12.2002.

(2004/C 78 E/0841)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3213/03

by Stavros Xarchakos (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(30 October 2003)

Subject: Take-up of Community funding in the cultural sector in Greece

Can the Commission indicate the precise take-up of Community funding allocated under the second and
third Community support framework (CSF) in the cultural sector in Greece? What are the principal cultural
initiatives which have received such funding in Greece and what exact amounts have been allocated to
each under the third CSF?

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C 78 E/791

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(8 December 2003)

Interventions in Greece under the Structural Funds in the cultural sector under the second and third
Community Support Frameworks (CSF) aim to protect and develop the cultural heritage, develop modern
culture and achieve a balanced development in the regional supply of, and demand for, cultural goods and
services.

In terms of allocations to the cultural sector, the position is as follows:

(cid:1) under the second CSF: EUR 208 million;

(cid:1) under the third CSF: EUR 960 million.

The projects concerned relate to improving the buildings and technological
infrastructure in existing
museums, protecting and developing monuments and archaeological sites and reinforcing modern culture
infrastructure and institutional structures.

Under the third CSF, interventions in this field are supported under the ‘Culture’ Operational Programme
and the ‘Information Society’ Operational Programme. Additional actions can also be supported within the
various regional operational programmes.

The Operational Programme for Culture has an allocation of EUR 604 million. It includes allocations for
museums (EUR 192 million), archaeological sites (EUR 165 million), cultural centres (EUR 117 million)
and the Athens and Thessalonica concert halls (EUR 114 million) and technical assistance (EUR 16 million).

The Operational Programme for the Information Society includes cultural actions with an allocation of
EUR 129 million.

Under the regional operational programmes cultural interventions are allocated some EUR 227 million.

(2004/C 78 E/0842)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3217/03

by Antonios Trakatellis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Monitoring of atmospheric pollution in Greece

(31 October 2003)

Recently-published studies show that, even if atmospheric pollution levels are limited or relatively low,
they have immediate effects on the health of urban dwellers and there have been warnings that Greece,
and in particular the Athens area, may fail to meet the requirements of the World Health Organisation
unless suitable measures are taken regarding environmental pollution.

In view of the fact that European Union limits regarding dangerous pollutants are being exceeded in
Greece:

1. What are the levels of concentration of volatile organic compounds, carcinogenic microparticles,

benzene and ozone in the Attica region?

2. What measures have been taken by the Greek Government,

in particular during summer when

temperatures are particularly high, to combat atmospheric pollution?

3. To what extent did these measures correspond to European Union action in this area?

4. Has Greece taken action to transpose Directive 96/61/EC (1) into national law following the ruling by

the European Court of Justice in case C-64/01;