WRITTEN QUESTION E-3995/03 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Projects relating to the information society.
Date: 2004-01-07
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU programme, dissemination of EU information, eligibility criteria, research project

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Concerning the final question, as said above, no negotiations took place. The cabinet member responsible
for Eurostat at the time has since left the cabinet.

(1) See page 327.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3994/03

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(7 January 2004)

Subject: Culture and languages programme

The framework programme for culture and languages, with a total budget of EUR 39 million, includes
among its objectives the promotion of cultural dialogue and of mutual awareness, on the part of the
peoples of Europe, of each other’s culture and history.

Can the Commission enumerate and identify the projects funded in 2002, and provide information on
their success?

Answer given by Ms Reding on behalf of the Commission

(11 February 2004)

The Commission would draw the Honourable Member’s attention to the fact that a full, detailed list of all
projects supported by the Culture 2000 programme in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 (together with the
beneficiaries, partners and amounts granted)
is available on Internet at the following address: (http://
europa.eu.int/comm/culture/eac/index_en.html).

(2004/C 84 E/0326)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3995/03

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(7 January 2004)

Subject: Projects relating to the information society

An action was proposed, under the fifth framework programme for research, relating to measurements and
tests, with five calls for proposals over the period July 1999 to March 2002, to be covered by a total
budget of EUR 46 million.

Can the Commission supply the names and nationalities of the successful candidates, and state the number
of projects rejected and the grounds for rejection? Can it also state whether the results obtained have been
verified?

Answer given by Mr Busquin on behalf of the Commission

(16 February 2004)

The ‘Competitive and sustainable growth’ specific programme (5th Framework Programme for Research
and Technological Development (RTD) 1998-2002) generated over 2 400 contracts of which 245 were in
the Generic Activity Measurements and Testing.

The Honourable Member’s question relates to the five dedicated calls published in the Generic Activity
Measurements and Testing with an indicative budget of EUR 47 million.

In total, 75 projects with a total Community contribution of EUR 56 million have been funded as a result
of the five consecutive dedicated calls of the 5th Framework Programme for RTD. Details of all the
projects are given in the projects database on the Cordis website (http://www.cordis.lu).

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Sixty proposals have not received funding either because the independent evaluators judged them to be of
insufficient quality or because a competing proposal for the same topic was judged to be of better quality.

Most of the contracts are still active and the outcome will be included in an on-going exercise that is
examining the results and the socio-economic impact of finished projects from the Competitive and
Sustainable Growth programme.

(2004/C 84 E/0327)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3996/03

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(7 January 2004)

Subject: New work methods and development of e-commerce

The key action relating to the creation of new work methods and the development of e-commerce
provided for under the fifth framework programme for research included a number of calls for proposals
for the period 1999-2001.

Can the Commission state how many such calls were published, with the names of the successful
candidates and the sums allocated to each project approved? Has action been taken to verify the success of
the actions?

Answer given by Mr. Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(17 February 2004)

During the period indicated (1999-2001), there were nine calls for proposal related to key action II: new
working methods and development of electronic commerce.

The information related to the projects resulting from these calls can be found on the Cordis website (1),
where it is possible to carry out research by key action, by country, by contract type and by partner type.

Another address (2) provides access to another document giving an overview of the activities of key action
II during the period concerned.

The impact assessment of the activities of the Information Society Technologies (IST) taken as a whole,
including the key action II, is underway and the corresponding report will be available at the end of April
2004 in a preliminary form and at the end of October 2004 in the final version.

(1) http://www.cordis.lu/ist/projects/projects.htm
(2) http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka2/report.htm#ar2001

(2004/C 84 E/0328)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4003/03

by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

Subject: Draught in the Vilshofen-Straubing section of the Danube

(7 January 2004)

The Van Miert report calls for a draught of 2,5 metres throughout the whole year in the Vilshofen-
Straubing section of the Danube but this cannot be achieved without damming stages that would destroy
the most important water meadow ecosystem in southern Germany,

What is the Commission’s assessment of the following points:

1. Damning stages on the Vilshofen-Straubing section of the Danube are incompatible with both the
Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive and are in breach of the ‘no deterioration’ clause in the EU
water framework directive;