WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3466/97 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL to the Commission. Agenda 2000: Spain, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic and the Cohesion Fund
16. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 187/11 Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (20 January 1998) The Commissionís statistics show that staff lodge complaints under Article 90 of the Staff Regulations and appeal to the Court of First Instance without any substantial quantitative differences regarding places of employment. It is understandable in Ispraís case that Italians would avail themselves of these facilities more than other nationalities as there is a higher representation of this nationality than any other in that organisation. (98/C 187/14) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3465/97 by Jose· Garc ·a-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (31 October 1997) Subject: Agenda 2000: Spain, the Czech Republic and the Cohesion Fund The Agenda 2000 presented by the Commission on 15 July 1997 (COM(97) 2000 final) proposes to maintain the Cohesion Fund in its present form, reaffirming thus that this Fund will continue to be the principal instrument to help the less wealthy countries to pursue their efforts at economic recovery and convergence. At the same time, however, it is stressed that the Cohesion Fund will constitute an instrument of great interest to future Member States, the investment needs of which are considerable particularly in this regard, whilst provision is made for an interim review of eligibility (at the mid-way point, i. e. in 2003) according to the criterion of a per capita GNP below 90% of the Community average. Although the meaning of the above seems to be that Member States which have major deficiencies as regards infrastructure, i. e. the peripheral regions, shall continue to receive the same level of aid which is of vital importance to enable them to approach the level of development of more central Member States, it could be interpreted in other ways. What proportion of the Structural Fund would be allocated to Spain in 2003 in the event that the Czech Republic were to be a Member State of the European Union, in view of the present macro-economic prospects of that country, of Spain and of the other Member States of the Union? (98/C 187/15) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3466/97 by Jose· Garc ·a-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (31 October 1997) Subject: Agenda 2000: Spain, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic and the Cohesion Fund The Agenda 2000 presented by the Commission on 15 July 1997 (COM(97) 2000 final) proposes to maintain the Cohesion Fund in its present form, reaffirming thus that this Fund will continue to be the principal instrument to help the less wealthy countries to pursue their efforts at economic recovery and convergence. At the same time, however, it is stressed that the Cohesion Fund will constitute an instrument of great interest to future Member States, the investment needs of which are considerable particularly in this regard, whilst provision is made for an interim review of eligibility (at the mid-way point, i. e. in 2003) according to the criterion of a per capita GNP below 90% of the Community average. Although the meaning of the above seems to be that Member States which have major deficiencies as regards infrastructure, i. e. the peripheral regions, shall continue to receive the same level of aid which is of vital importance to enable them to approach the level of development of more central Member States, it could be interpreted in other ways. What proportion of the Structural Fund would be allocated to Spain in 2003 in the event that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic were to be Member States of the European Union, in view of the present macro-economic prospects of these countries, of Spain and of the other Member States of the Union?