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Den 21. november 1997 gav det flamske miljøministerium tilladelse til opførelse af et forbrændingsanlæg i Drogenbos (flamsk Brabant).
Kinnock, Glenys (PSE). -1 thank the Commissioner for a very comprehensive answer.
Med opførelsen af dette forbrændingsanlæg overtrædes bl.a. nærhedsprincippet, forsigtighedsprincippet og direktiv 80/779/EØF (') om grænseværdier for luftkvaliteten med hensyn til svovldioxid og svævestøv og 85/337/EØF (2) om vurdering af visse offentlige og private projekters indvirkning på miljøet.
Could the Commissioner say what formula the Commission will be using to allocate Structural Fund resources to the Objective 1 areas for the period 2000 to 2006?
Finder Kommissionen den klage, som de omkringboende har indgivet, berettiget, og hvilke skridt vil den i pågældende fald tage?
In the interests of transparency - and far be it from me to suggest that the Commission would not always want to be transparent on these issues -would the Commission do us the favour of publishing the formula it intends to adopt?
Fru Wulf-Mathies, De bedes besvare fru Kestelijn-Sierens' spørgsmål.
It believes that in future this should comprise three forms of cooperation.
Wulf-Mathies, medlem af Kommissionen. - (DE) Hr. formand, Kommissionen undersøger for tiden flere klager i forbindelse med forbrændingsanlægget i Drogenbos, som er genstand for dette spørgsmål.
Wulf-Mathies. - (DE) I should gladly like to do that, be cause we do in fact agree on the principle of transparency.
På grundlag af disse klager har Kommissionens tjenestegrene i slutningen af august anmodet den belgiske regering om oplysninger.
We should like to make it clear that the basis of calculation and the indicators are transparent and can be under stood by everyone.
Kommissionen gennemgår for øjeblikket svaret fra de kompetente belgiske myndigheder. Bekræfter den igangværende undersøgelse, at der er tale om en overtrædelse af Fællesskabets miljøret, afgør Kommissionen, om sa gen i henhold til artikel 169 skal indbringes for Domstolen. len.
We are therefore currently in the process of preparing a paper which will be made available to the Council and of course to the appropriate committee.
Wulf-Mathies, medlem af Kommissionen. - (DE) Hr. formand, hr. McCartin, de bekymringer angående de lokale partnerskaber, De nævner, er set med vores øjne ubegrundede.
Lindqvist (ELDR). - (SV) I have two supplementary questions, the first of them on Objective 6 areas. I am keen to discover how much headway has been made with regard to Sweden and Finland.
Kommissionen har hverken planer om en om programmering euer om en nedskæring af bevillingerne.
The matter was raised during the accession negotiations in 1992.
Det gælder navnlig i be tragtning af muligheden for, at dé bevillinger, der er op ført til de enkelte projekter, først bruges helt op året efter.
The criteria agreed upon then still hold good, and I wonder whether they will apply unchanged with the transfer to Objective 1.
Kestelijn-Sierens (ELDR). - (NL) Fru kommissær, jeg takker for svaret, men jeg vil gerne vide nøjagtigt, hvorr når der kan forventes en beslutning fra Kommissionen.
Firstly, cooperation between neighbouring border regions with a view to developing integrated cross-border economic and social areas, as well as close cross-border co operation in all other areas.
Det drejer sig trods alt om et meget vigtigt problem, der haster meget, fordi det drejer sig om en forbrændingsovn, der opføres i et område, hvor der er samlet 1,5 millioner mennesker, og hvor grænseværdierne for støvpartikler og kadmium allerede er nået.
Secondly, transnational coop eration between regional and national authorities with a view to promoting the economic integration of peripheral regions, and closer European integration, as well as deep ening cooperation in regional development.
Jeg anmoder Kommissionen om at undersøge denne sag som en hastesag. Måske kan De i det mindste oplyse, inden for hvilken frist Kommissioen træffer en beslutning.
Thirdly, in terregional cooperation with a view to exchanging practical knowledge and proven methods, as well as promoting the transfer of know-how between the regions in question.
Kommissionen ville hilse det velkomment, hvis de nationale myndigheder ville medtage forslag i deres plan for den regionale udvikling til, hvorledes fremme af den integrerede udvikling kan fortsættes inden for rammerne af programplanlægningen for den næste planlægningsperiode.
In the run-up to the elections to the European Parliament, it would also be useful to iron out any uncertainties as to what is going to happen in the various Member States with regard to the Structural Funds.
McCartin (PPE). - (EN) Jeg vil gerne takke kommissæren for hendes meget fuldstændige svar.
As you know, only measures within the Member States can be financed under Interreg.
En af mine be kymringer går rent faktisk hverken på dette år eller næste år men på det nye program, der begynder i år 2000.
However, Interreg measures in the regions bordering on the applicant countries are linked to the PHARE cross-border measures, under which cross-border cooperation is financed in the PHARE countries.
Dette begyndte ikke med det nuværende strukturfondsprogram, for der var en forsinkelse med at få det sat i gang, og navn lig i Irland.
This includes a large number of measures in areas such as economic cooperation, environmental protection, infrastructure, policies for small and me dium-sized enterprises, tourism, and so on.
Wulf-Mathies. - (DE) Fru Kestelijn-Sierens, vi er klar over, at der her er tale om et ømtåleligt emne.
Wulf-Mathies. - (DE) You know that, should there be delays, it is not because of the Commission, and I still hope that we will also manage through a joint effort to bring the discussions on the Structural Funds to a close in May, that is, before you begin the election campaign.
Derfor har vi også anmodet den belgiske regering om oplysninger, og dem modtog vi i oktober.
The Commission already submitted its proposals in March this year, and in this respect, more concrete results could have been achieved had they been wanted.
De må ikke nu forvente af mig, at jeg helt konkret kan sige Dem, hvor længe under søgelsen varer.
However, it is now up to the Council, and I hope that the Council will ultimately remain loyal to the decisions it made in Cardiff.
Anden del Spørgsmål til fru Wulf-Mathies
The Commission has embarked upon reform of the PHARE-CBC regulation.
Folk er først nu begyndt at at finde ud af, hvad det drejer sig om og er ved at få deres program i gang, og nu er de bekymrede over, at det måske ikke fortsætter efter udgangen af 1999.
As far as Objective 6 is concerned, the principles applying to Finland and Sweden, which were laid down in their treaties of accession, are being retained; the one exception is a region in Finland which is going to be a genuine Ob jective 1 area, and which will be improved in accordance with this status.
Vil De fremsætte forslag, for at det fortsættes i det nye program, således at de har endnu seks år?
However, as was already said, this· is the Commission's proposal, and the Council and Parliament still have to agree to it.
Formanden. - Spørgsmål nr. 47 af John McCartin (H-0945/98):
President-Question No 50 by Reinhard Rack (H-1011/98)
Om: Lokalsamfundsbasefede partnerskaber i Irland
Subject: Future substance of the Community's Interreg initiative
Wulf-Mathies. - (DE) Hr. formand, jeg forstår bekym ringen.
The question which is always asked in this connection, of course, is the question of how much.
Ad 1: Det gælder kun om at gennemføre alle for pligtelsesbevillinger inden udgangen af 1999, og det be tyder, at der stadig kan finansieres foranstaltninger i 2000.
Interreg was previously one of 15 Community initiatives, and funds were therefore not abundant, at least in the previous support period. How does the situation look for the next support period, as far as you can tell?
Er Kommissionen klar over, at de lokale partnerskaber (der modtager støtte under det operationelle program for lokal udvikling i byer og landdistrikter i for-
The details of the future framework conditions for the new objectives 1, 2 and 3 are now beginning to emerge very clearly.
Ad 2: Principielt er Kommissionen interesseret i også at støtte lokale partnerskaber i den næste programperiode. Det ville blot være at gå for vidt allerede nu, hvor den ir-
Wulf-Mathies. - (DE) Mr President, Mr Rack, the funds are being extended in any case because, as you know, In-
Wulf-Mathies ske regerings forslag til programmer endnu ikke er kendt, at sige, at de også kommer til at indgå i fremtidige programmer.
The Commission does not believe that it is desirable or useful to focus on differences in the presentation of the understanding on investment disciplines.
Kontrollen med projekterne i form af stikprøver muliggør imidlertid endnu ikke udpegningen af bestemte projekter.
I can only ask Parliament to now also oppose a whittling away of Community initiatives.
Derfor fremsatte det fælles stående udvalg, som også repræsentanter for Kommissionen er medlem af, det forslag - som de græske myndigheder accepterede - at kvalitetskontrolløren fra den 1. juli 1998 ikke længere skulle kontrollere projekterne ved hjælp af stikprøver, men skulle kontrollere dem systematisk og grundigt.
In addition, the Commission has always believed that Interreg should be the most important of these three, and this could mean that around 50 % of the funds for Community initiatives - that is, from the Community initiatives' total 5 % slice of the cake - should be given to Interreg.
Formanden. - Spørgsmål nr. 48 af Konstantinos Hatzidakis (H-0973/98):
Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (PPE). - (ES) Commissioner, I would be grateful for further clarification on two points.
Resultaterne af anden ESPEL-kontrolrunde skal fremlægges om to dage, nemlig den 19. november, på det næste møde i kontroludvalget for Fællesskabets støtteplan.
The day after the General Affairs Council at which the terms of the Transatlantic Summit's declaration on extra territorial legislation, and more specifically, the Helms-Burton Act, were noted, you appeared before this Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and De fence Policy.
Disse ekstra udgifter skal afregnes med de på gældende virksomheder.
Were this to prove the case, you did not rule out the possibility of again initiating proceed ings in some way before the bodies of the World Trade Organisation.
Den tredje kategori: Projekter med alvorlige fejl, som ikke kan udbedres, skal gås efter af virksomhederne for egen regning.
Since we have no more time for questions to Mrs Wulf-Mathies, Question No 51 by Mr Schröder will receive a written answer. (')
Disse oplysninger kom for dagens lys efter offentlig gørelsen af en rapport fra ESPEL (instans for kvalitetskontrol, som er nedsat af den græske stat), der havde konstateret, at i alle de kontrollerede vejprojekter forekom der byggesjusk i et omfang fra 26 % til 95 %.
President. - Question No 52 by José Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (H-0923/98)
Der foreligger ingen oplysninger for Kommissionen, som kunne gøre det muligt for den at foretage en sammenlignende bedømmelse af kvalitetsproblemer i de enkelte medlemsstater.
The question I should like to put to you, Commissioner, is as follows: what, in the Commission's opinion, is area sonable period of time to allow the United States to amend Title IV of the Act?
Kommissionen bifalder imidlertid den øgede uafhængige kvalitetskontrol i Grækenland, og den er i tæt kontakt med de græske myndigheder.
Is President Clinton's term of office a reasonable period? Or what about the present Commission's term of office?
Den vil gen nemgå resultaterne af den anden ESPEL-kontrolrunde og sammen med de ansvarlige nøje følge udviklingen, for så vidt angår afhjælpningen af mangler ved projekterne.
Or perhaps the term of of fice of the next President of the United States is the appro priate period of time? What exactly do you have in mind?
Da disse projekter er blevet gennemført med fællesskabsbevillinger, bedes Kommissionen oplyse, om den mener, at et så stort antal tilfælde af byggesjusk er naturligt, og navnlig i sammenligning med forholdene i de øvrige medlemsstater?
Is the Commission aware of the letter of 3 August sent by Mrs Albright, United States Secretary of State, to Mr Helms, Chairman of the US Senate's Foreign Af fairs Committee, which was published by newspapers and other media?
Fru Wulf-Mathies, De bedes besvare hr. Hatzidakis' spørgsmål.
Does the Commission intend to respond to this letter or take a stance on this matter?
Wulf-Mathies, medlem af Kommissionen. - (DE) Hr. formand, hr. Hatzidakis, i henhold til gældende fælles skabsret påhviler gennemførelsen af de projekter, der medfinansieres af strukturfondene, udelukkende med lemsstaterne, det vil sige, at efter gældende ret skal med lemsstaterne sikre den foreskrevne kvalitet.
Moving on to my second point, Commissioner, I would like you to confirm that you did have the opportunity of meeting with the Chairman of the Congressional Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Gilman, and also with Con gressman Bob Menéndez during your latest visit to Washington. Also, I would like you to state whether or not it is true that you - or the European Commission - were asked to put in writing your position with regard to the content of Mrs Albright's letter to Senator Helms.
Tilsynet med dette arbejde er derfor underlagt nationale retsforskrifter.
Finally, Com missioner, I would like to know whether you are in receipt of any communication from the United States' Congress on this matter, requesting the Commission to state its po sition on the content of the letter in question.
På det tidspunkt, da Fællesskabets plan for støtte til Grækenland i perioden 1994-1999 blev godkendt, lovede den græske regering Kommissionen at træffe foranstaltninger til at afhjælpe de svage punkter, som ved tidligere lejligheder gentagne gange var dukket op i forbindelse med gennemførelsen af offentlige arbejder.
Does the Commission consider that the interpretation placed on the terms of the declarations of 18 May by the US Secretary of State is in keeping with the spirit of the remarks made to the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs in May by the Com missioner responsible?
Det var navnlig vigtigt for Kommissionen på baggrund af det stærkt øgede antal af nye projekter.
Does the Commission agree that this agreement repre sents an extraordinary reaffirmation of the principles underlying the Liberty Act?
Hatzidakis (PPE). - (EL) Hr. formand, jeg ved ikke, hvor jeg skal starte, for emnet er for bredt til blot et minut.
I should like to welcome Sir Leon and give him the floor to answer Mr Salafranca's question.
Jeg siger Dem, fru kommmissær, selvom De udmærket er klar over, at alle vi EU-parlamentarikere kæmper for vo res områder og for en rigtig anvendelse af den anden fællesskabsstøtteramme, for at få flest muligt penge til San ter-pakken, som den følger, så sker der faktisk ikke en rig tig anvendelse, og det fordømmer vi.
Brittan, Sir Leon, Vice-President of the Commission. -The Commission is aware of the letter from Secretary Albright to Senator Helms regarding the understanding on investment disciplines, We discussed it with Secretary Albright during the ministerial meeting in Vienna in September and the Commission informed her that there were
Der er tale om en skandale.
We have not set a deadline.
I den kan man bemærke byggesjusk i meget stort tal : kvalitet af inaktive armèringsmaterialer 77 %, kvalitet af inaktivt underfundamenteringsmateriale 91 %, kvalitet af fundamenteringsmateriale 95 % og så fremdeles.
I had a number of meetings with Congressional leaders in cluding Mr Gilman during a recent visit to the United States in which I put our position and the United States seemed more prepared to understand it.
Der er tale om en skandale, fru kommissær, og jeg havde op rigtigt talt ventet en klarere svar. I forbindelse med det skriftlige spørgsmål, som jeg stillede for et stykke tid si den, om anlægsarbejdet Patra-Athen-Thessaloniki, svarede De mig, at skaderne ikke er blevet repareret, skønt De havde bedt herom, og at forsinkelsen var foruroligende.
Above all, the reasons we have not concerned ourselves to set a deadline is that, for the moment, under the agreement, the United States is taking no action against any European company under either Title 3 or Title 4 and has indicated that not only does Total get a waiver agreement but anybody else who invests in Iran on comparable terms will similarly get a waiver.
Har De overskridelser, har De sådanne problemer af størrelsesordenen 95 % i andre lande?
They are not implementing their law and we are not subject to iL
Blot skal jeg først kende fakta, før jeg begynder at bringe strafferetten ind i billedet.
Subject: The World Trade Organisation and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment
om et mere konkret svar, for det er et emne af første prioritet for mit land.
Will the Commissioner ensure that equal weight is given to responsibilities of investors under such an agreement as to rights vis-à-vis nation states?
Jeg vil således benytte denne drøftelse til endnu en gang at tilskynde Kommissionens repræsentanter til at bruge den som udgangspunkt på mødet i tilsynsudvalget den 19. november.
In these circumstances, will there not come a time when, although no deadline has been set, further action will have to be taken to protect European businessmen from the effects of this situation.
Spørgsmål nr. 49 af Glenys Kinnock
I give the floor to Sir Leon to answer Mr Howitt's question. tion.
For øjeblik ket er vi imidlertid godt på vej til nu at få virkelig sikre data.
What changes does the Com mission wish to see made to the agreement that was negotiated in spring?
Fru Wulf-Mathies, De bedes besvare fru Kinnocks spørgsmål.
I give the floor to Sir Leon to answer Mr Sjöstedt's question. tion.
Trakatellis (PPE). - (EL) Hr. formand, fru kommissær, for det første ville jeg gerne høre fra Dem præcis, hvad det er for nogle arbejder, vi debaterer, hvem er entreprenørerne, og hvem er de ansvarlige i de forskellige tjenester i den græske stat, som skulle holde opsyn med disse arbejder.
Brittan, Sir Leon, Vice-President of the Commission. -As I said in the debate I referred to in answer to the previous question, I have always believed that the WTO is the best place in the long term to create a predictable frame work of investment rules.
Det er umuligt for os at få konkrete detaljer.
I am glad we have made some progress in starting down that road at the WTO ministerial meeting in Singapore.
For det andet vil jeg gerne bede Dem fortælle mig hvilke tiltag der er blevet taget til straffesanktioner for forsømmelser, for i et svar, som De gav mig skriftlig, nævner De, at det vil komme til straffesanktioner, men jeg har intet hørt om noget tiltag hertil.
It is important that at the meet ing next autumn we should continue to press the case for negotiation and ultimate agreement on investment in the WTO.
Påtænker De noget i den forbindelse? For det tredje, hvis disse forsømmelser, som er meget store, viser sig at være sande, vil pengene så blive krævet tilbagebetalt?
Meanwhile, there have been the negotiations on the MAI in the framework of the OECD.
Er der altså mulighed for, at mit land bliver nødsaget til at returnere summer til EU og til Kommissionen? onen?
So we need to consider what would be the best way forward now in order to deal with the situation and get negotiations going in the WTO in any event.
Det Europæiske Råd i Cardiff har om dette emne sagt, at der senest i marts 1999 skal være politisk enighed om de samlede foranstaltninger.
Brittan, Sir Leon, Vice-President of the Commission. -This is, of course, a complicated question.
Kommissionen har med til fredshed taget til efterretning, at det tyske rådsformand skab vil overholde tidsplanen fra Cardiff, således som det kom til udtryk i forbundskansler Schröders regeringserklæring den 10. oktober.
Since it was ta bled I made a Commission statement in the plenary ses sion of 20 October.
Den en delige vedtagelse ville så kunne ske i maj 1999.
That remains an accurate statement of the current position, and I would refer to it.
I henhold til Kommissionens forslag skal fortegnelsen over mål 1- områder udarbejdes umiddelbart efter vedtagelsen af forordningen.
Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL). - (SV) I should like to extend sincere thanks to the Commission for that answer, which was brief and to the point.
Jeg har jo netop gjort opmærksom på, at vi nu har indledt en helt konkret undersøgelse, og resultaterne af den skal drøftes i tilsynsudvalget den 19. november.
I am very pleased that the British Government, as reported on 13 November in the Guardian, has said that Ministers have decided the way forward is to include labour standards and environmental concerns from the outset.
Jeg beder Dem forstå, at jeg ikke her og nu vil foregribe mødet i tilsynsudvalget.
Lhope that the Commission will take that view in its relations with the WTO.
Men jeg har gjort det klart, hvad konsekvenserne bliver, hvis der entydigt kan påvises mangler.
It now looks probable that new negotiations will be started up within the framework of the World Trade Or ganisation.
Det er så i første omgang ikke noget, som Kom missionen kræver af virksomhederne, men noget, med lemsstaterne er forpligtet til, fordi det er medlemsstaten, der skal føre kontrol.
I wonder if the Commission believes that the draft agreement produced at OECD level would constitute a sound basis for these WTO negotiations.
Vi kan ikke blande os i en medlems stats måde at regere på. Og det vil vi heller ikke.
Or would it be preferable to begin again from scratch, given that the situation has now changed?
Hvad angår mål 2, kan fortegnelsen over de områder, der er berettiget til støtte, vedtages af Kommissionen i tredje kvartal af 1999, fordi drøftelsen her vil tage længere tid på grund af den indførte fleksibilitet.
I should also like to ask the Commissioner if he will en sure that as far as the WTO is concerned, there is full con sultation with civil society and NGOs and that labour is sues are taken into account?
I tredje kvartal af 2000 kan Kommissionen udarbejde programplanlægningsdokumenterne for mål 2 og træffe af gørelser om fondenes deltagelse.
Brittan, Sir Leon. - As I explained in the debate, the po sition is that we favoured an agreement in the OECD.
Derfor er det efter min me ning meget vigtigt, at Parlament og Råd udsender et klart signal om, at de agter at overholde denne tidsplan.
If we had had an agreement in the OECD, or if we have one, that seems to me to be a good prelude to negotiation in the WTO, which has not yet been agreed but which we have argued in favour of.
Jeg håber meget, at i det mindste Parlamentet i morgen ved før stebehandlingen af strukturfondsreformen vil sørge for, at det sker.
If there is no agreement in the OECD, I still think that the right thing to do is to commence negotiation in the WTO.
De kan være forvisset om, at det er Kommissionen meget magtpåliggende at opfordre alle til, at de nu
So that is the course we would favour, irrespective of what happens in the OECD.
Wulf-Mathies helt konkret overholder deres forpligtelser, for at de regi oner, der har brug for vores støtte, ikke kommer til at lide under, at der her er opstået én flaskehals.
Brittan, Sir Leon well as others concerned, yesterday in Brussels on the whole range of WTO negotiations.
syn til fællesskabsinitiativerne.
serious attention.
Hvilken form for foranstaltninger vil ifølge Kommissionen kunne modtage støtte som et led i fremme af regionerne ved EU's ydre grænser til de central- og østeuropæiske lande?
But the proper procedure would have to be gone through and I could not begin to anticipate what the outcome would be.
Kinnock, Glenys (PSE). - (EN) Jeg takker kommissæren for et meget omfattende svar.
President. - As Mr Barton is not present, Question No 55 lapses.
Vil Kommissionen i åben hedens interesse - og det falder mig meget fjernt at hævde, at Kommissionen ikke altid ønsker åbenhed om kring disse spørgsmål - gøre os den tjeneste at offentlig gøre den opskrift, den har i sinde at gøre brug af?
President - Question No 57 by Graham Watson (H-1035/98) Subject: China-Taiwan relations
Fru Wulf-Mathies, De bedes besvare hr. Racks spørgs mål.
Question No 56 by David Bowe (H-1034/98) Subject: Steel