WRITTEN QUESTION No. 94/98 by Konstantinos HATZIDAKIS to the Commission. Take-up State of appropriations from the Structural and Cohesion Funds
17. 7. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 223/109 (98/C 223/138) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0094/98 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis (PPE) to the Commission (30 January 1998) Subject: Take-up State of appropriations from the Structural and Cohesion Funds Can the Commission indicate in absolute terms and percentages the total take-up of appropriations from the Structural and Cohesion Funds by each Member State: 1. 2. compared with total funds available for the entire current period (1994-1999)? Compared with funds earmarked for programmes to the end of 1997? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (3 April 1998) Because of the length of the answer, which includes a number of tables, the Commission is sending it direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliamentís Secretariat. (98/C 223/139) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0096/98 by Jose· Valverde Lo·pez (PPE) to the Commission (30 January 1998) Subject: Designation of nicotine as an addictive substance At the December 1997 part-session the Commission said that various steps were under way with a view to the EU designating nicotine as an addictive substance. Can the Commission say what specific initiatives are being taken and when it expects that it will be possible to designate nicotine as an addictive substance in the EU? Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (6 March 1998) The Parliament gave its opinion on the Commissionís communication on the present and proposed Community role in combatting tobacco consumption (1) in December 1997, and the Commission is now in the process of examining to what extent action can be undertaken on the various points in that communication and in what order such action shall be taken. In particular, priority is presently being given to revising Council Directive 90/239/EEC of 17 May 1990 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the maximum tar yield of cigarettes (2) and Council Directive 92/41/EEC of 15 May 1992 amending Directive 89/622/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the labelling of tobacco products (3) and to examining what are the possibilities for common action as regards additives to tobacco products. (1) COM(96) 609 final. (2) OJ L 137, 30. 5. 1990. (3) OJ L 158, 11. 6. 1992. (98/C 223/140) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0100/98 by Umberto Bossi (NI) to the Commission (30 January 1998) Subject: Measures against clandestine immigration in Europe The recent immigration of Albanians to Italy has given rise to heated discussions, often useless and exploited to the point of absurdity, that are starting all over again with the arrival of Kurds. According to international