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# 91998E3447

**WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3447/98 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. European textile industry** 
  
*Official Journal C 207 , 21/07/1999 P. 0066*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3447/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(24 November 1998)

Subject: European textile industry

With reference to the Commission Communication to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions relating to a plan of action to increase the competitiveness of the European textile and clothing industry (COM(97) 454 final), will the Commission channel a substantial part of the future research and development framework programme towards support for innovation, creation and the use of information technologies (CRAFT and Eureka innovation procedures)? The textile and clothing sector should also be eligible for the new "Growth and Employment" financial engineering measures established at the Luxembourg Summit in order to promote cooperation amongst businesses, the establishment and take-over of businesses and the introduction of new technologies.

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