WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1991/97 by Joan COLOM I NAVAL to the Commission. Execution of the Structural Funds 1994-1996
10. 2. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 45/137 The Commission has sent the Council a proposal (3), now under examination by Parliament, for a Regulation on promotional action for quality beef. This provides for funding of an information campaign on the new Community labelling system. (1) OJ L 132, 29. 5. 1993. (2) OJ L 117, 7. 5. 1997. (3) COM(97) 70 final. (98/C 45/177) WRITTEN QUESTION P-1991/97 by Joan Colom i Naval (PSE) to the Commission (30 May 1997) Subject: Execution of the Structural Funds 1994-1996 The Commission replied to my written question P-1877/96 (1) with two tables giving a breakdown, by Member State and by fund, of the execution of the Community support frameworks in 1994 and 1995 with respect to programme planning. It also provided a table setting out the state of execution by Member State over those two years. Could the Commission provide the equivalent information in the same format, to facilitate comparison, for the year 1996 and the three-year period 1994-1996? (1) OJ C 345, 15. 11. 1996. p. 111. Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission (30 June 1997) The Honourable Member will find the information requested in a table which is being sent directly to him and to Parliament’s Secretariat. The Commission would also point out that a working paper analysing the utilisation of the Structural Funds over the period 1994-1996 is being prepared and will shortly be transmitted to the budgetary authority. (98/C 45/178) WRITTEN QUESTION P-1992/97 by Jose· Garc ·a-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (30 May 1997) Subject: Destruction of Spanish products by French farmers Despite the warnings issued by the Commission, French farmers are continuing to destroy Spanish agricultural products, while the French authorities are not taking effective measures to stop this. On 24 May 1997 yet another act of wanton vandalism occurred, in Brignoles (near Marseille), where some 400 farmers wrecked a warehouse of Spanish fruit and vegetables, emptying the cold stores and destroying apples, peppers, tomatoes and other fruit and vegetables intended for the French market. The same day, the French Minister of Agriculture, Mr Philippe Vasseur, asked the national Directorate-General for Competition to operate stricter quality controls for products sold on the French market, especially tomatoes › most of which come from Spain. What plans does the Commission have to take effective action to oblige the French government to put an end to this policy which distorts the Communityís competition rules, and to stop these acts of wanton vandalism which are contrary to the most elementary citizensí rights?