WRITTEN QUESTION E-3791/03 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission. Update on funding for the municipality of Ancona under the action programme to promote civil protection.
Date: 2003-12-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, Marches, action programme, aid to disaster victims, civil defence, environmental risk prevention, local government

3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84 E/101

(2004/C 84 E/0138)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3791/03

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(11 December 2003)

Subject: Update on funding for the municipality of Ancona under the action programme to promote civil

protection

In reply to my earlier question E-1091/03 (1) asking whether the municipality of Ancona had submitted
projects and obtained funding under the action programme to promote civil protection, the Commission
said on 22 April 2003 that the municipality had not submitted any application.

Can the Commission say whether, since that date, any projects have been submitted and what the outcome
was?

(1) OJ C 268 E, 7.11.2003, p. 144.

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-3779/03, E-3780/03, E-3781/03,
E-3782/03, E-3783/03, E-3784/03, E-3785/03, E-3786/03,
E-3787/03, E-3788/03, E-3789/03, E-3790/03 and E-3791/03
given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(26 January 2004)

The Commission refers to its joint answer given to the Honourable Member’s written questions E-0829/03,
E-0889/03, E-1091/03, E-1092/03, E-1093/03, E-1094/03, E-1095/03, E-1096/03, E-1097/03,
E-1098/03, E-1099/03, E-1100/03, E-1101/03, E-1102/03 and E-1103/03 on 22 April 2003 (1).

On 8 August 2003, a call for proposals in the field of Community cooperation as regards civil protection
was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2). Out of 25 proposals received, five have
been selected, of which one was presented by the Municipality of Rome. None of the other Italian
municipalities presented proposals to the Commission.

The next call for proposals in this context will be published at the end of February 2004. The Honourable
Member
internet page http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/funding/
intro_en.htm on which this last call under the Community action programme in the field of civil
protection will be announced.

invited to consult

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is

(1) OJ C 268 E, 7.11.2003, p. 144.
(2) OJ C 188, 8.8.2003.

(2004/C 84 E/0139)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3817/03

by Stavros Xarchakos (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Road tolls charged on the ‘Attic Highway’ in Athens

(12 December 2003)

On 30 November 2003 the Greek Prime Minister, Kostas Simitis, inaugurated (at a party political event)
the penultimate stretch of the ‘Attic Highway’ (at least that was what was announced). This Highway has
been brought into service in stretches over the last year and a half, and road tolls have been rising
continuously for private vehicles, reaching EUR 2 on 1 December 2003. It has now been announced that
they will be increased to EUR 2,8 or more after the Olympic Games.

The Greek press has very accurately described the ‘Attic Highway’ as ‘the most expensive road in Europe’,
since no other road is so expensive to use. It should also be noted that the cost is not geared to the
number of kilometres covered: thus a user who covers 40 kilometres along the ‘Attic Highway’ pays
exactly the same amount as another user who covers only three kilometres.