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# 91998E0053(01)

**WRITTEN QUESTION No. 53/98 by Markus FERBER to the Commission. EU assistance for research in the Bayerisch- Schwaben region (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)** 
  
*Official Journal C 354 , 19/11/1998 P. 0003*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0053/98 by Markus Ferber (PPE) to the Commission (29 January 1998)

Subject: EU assistance for research in the Bayerisch-Schwaben region

Can the Commission provide the following information on the level of EU assistance for research and development (R& D) in the Bayerisch-Schwaben region in 1997:

1. How much assistance was provided for R& D in Bayerisch-Schwaben in 1997?

2. How much Community assistance was provided for R& D in comparable regions of other Member States in 1997, and for what measures?

3. How much assistance, broken down by types of contractor (universities, research institutes, SMEs, large-scale industry, etc.), was provided for R& D in the various German Länder in 1997?

4. How many applications for R& D assistance, broken down by types of programme and EU Member States, were received in 1997?

5. For what percentage of the applicants for R& D assistance did SMEs account in the Community and Germany in 1997?

Supplementary answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (13 May 1998)

1,3,4 and 5. Since the answer to these points includes tables, and details on the research funds granted by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), it is being sent directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat.

2. The Commission considers it invidious to make comparisons between regions as such data do not reflect the real benefits a region can draw from Community research programmes. The main advantage of participation in multi-partner and transnational programmes is that each partner has access to all the results of the project in which it is involved, whatever funding it receives from the Community. A further major benefit is the creation and development of research infrastructure at European level (e.g. networks).

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