WRITTEN QUESTION E-3504/03 by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Information on the level of EU funding granted to Rhineland-Palatinate between January 1997 and December 2002.
Date: 2003-11-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, Rhineland-Palatinate, aid system, cross-border cooperation, fund (EU), use of aid

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Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(20 November 2003)

The Commission adopted the Recommendation concerning the European schedule of occupational
diseases (1) on 19 September 2003. This Recommendation updates and replaces an existing Recom-
mendation of 22 May 1990 (2) on the same subject, because of the need to take account of data arising
from scientific and technical progress in this field, to have an up-to-date instrument in the run-up to the
European Union’s forthcoming enlargement, and to do justice to the special emphasis which the ‘new
Community strategy on health and safety at work 2002-2006’ (3) places on enhanced prevention of
occupational diseases.

The new Recommendation calls on Member States to ‘introduce as soon as possible into their national
laws, regulations or administrative provisions concerning scientifically recognised occupational diseases
liable for compensation and subject to preventive measures, the European schedule in Annex I’.

In addition to the agents and diseases linked directly to occupation and already included in the previous
Recommendation, Annex I to this Recommendation contains a further 16 diseases on whose occupational
origin there is a broad scientific consensus.

During the time since the 1990 Recommendation was issued, scientific and technical progress has led to a
the causal relationships
greater understanding of how certain occupational diseases emerge and of
involved.

The Commission would like to draw the Honourable Member’s attention to the fact that the Member
States were closely involved in the preparatory work for the adoption of the Recommendation by the
Commission, particularly in relation to Annex I, the European schedule of occupational diseases.

In addition, the experience acquired since 1990 by monitoring the above Recommendation in the Member
States has highlighted various aspects which could be improved in order to attain more fully the
Recommendation’s objectives, particularly in relation to prevention and to the collection and comparability
of data in this field. These aspects too have been included in the new Recommendation.

The Commission feels that this new Recommendation should be the preferred instrument for effective
prevention of occupational diseases in the European Union.

(1) OJ L 238, 25.9.2003.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1990.
(3) COM(2002) 118 final.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3504/03

by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(24 November 2003)

Subject: Information on the level of EU funding granted to Rhineland-Palatinate between January 1997 and

December 2002

For what measures was EU funding paid to Rhineland-Palatinate between 1997 and 2002, and what

1.
were the sums involved from the following programmes and funds:

(a)

the European Social Fund;

(b)

the Fifth Framework Programme for Research;

(c)

the European Regional Development Fund;

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(d) EU environmental and energy programmes;

(e)

the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (Guidance Section and Guarantee Section);

(f) other EU programmes?

How much was paid from the programmes and funds for cross-border projects involving Rhineland-
2.
Palatinate and, respectively, Luxembourg, Belgium, Lorraine and Alsace? What are the projects involved in
each case?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(2 December 2003)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2004/C 65 E/290)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3505/03

by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(24 November 2003)

Subject: Information on the level of EU funding granted to Saarland between January 1997 and December

2002

For what measures was EU funding granted to Saarland between 1997 and 2002, and what were the

1.
sums involved from:

(a)

the European Social Fund;

(b)

the Fifth Framework Programme for Research;

(c)

the European Regional Development Fund;

(d) EU environmental and energy programmes;

(e)

the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (Guidance Section and Guarantee Section);

(f) other EU programmes?

How much was paid from the individual programmes and funds for cross-border projects involving

2.
Saarland and, respectively, Luxembourg, Belgium and Lorraine?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(2 December 2003)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.