WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2228/97 by Alexandros ALAVANOS to the Commission. Cofinancing of refugee reception centres in Greece
C 76/80 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 3. 98 The team in charge of the project has prepared, in consultation with the authorities, an action plan to be implemented if the mortality again begins to affect the colony. The causes of this mortality are not yet completely known. The cause could be a toxin caused by a planktonic algae group, or a virus. Further analyses continue to determine the real causes of this mortality. (98/C 76/168) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2224/97 by So¤ren Wibe (PSE) to the Commission (19 June 1997) Subject: Regional aid as a reason for the relocation of business activity Have the SCJ System and Solectron plants in Scotland been developed with the help of regional aid from the European Union? Swedish newspapers claim that they have, and that Ericsson is now cutting its workforce in Norrko¤ping and shifting production to those plants. Have the aforementioned companies in Scotland recently received regional aid from the EU? If so, in what form and how much? Is it reasonable to assume that such aid was the reason for the relocation of business activities? If so, is this not a case of unfair competition? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (16 July 1997) The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to Written Question P-1679/97 by Mrs Eriksson (1). (1) OJ C 391, 23. 12. 1997, p. 119. (98/C 76/169) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2228/97 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (2 July 1997) Subject: Cofinancing of refugee reception centres in Greece The Greek Government has adopted a law committing itself to set up reception and temporary-stay centres for refugees who enter Greece by a variety of means. Is the setting up of such centres eligible for European Union cofinancing? From which programmes? Answer given by Mrs Gradin on behalf of the Commission (4 September 1997) The Honourable Member is certainly aware that the Parliament has created a new budget line in 1997 containing 3. 75 MECU in the reserve, which is mainly intended to cover pilot projects on the reception of asylum seekers and displaced people. Since this is a new budget line, and there has not previously been any concrete action by the Community in this field, the Commission intends to proceed by means of pilot projects. Following the Article K. 8 agreement and the release by the Parliament of 2. 25 MECU from the reserve, the way is open for Member States, international organisations and non-governmental organisations to submit pilot projects in the field of the reception of asylum seekers and displaced people. The Commission has invited Member States to submit concrete projects in these areas