WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1374/97 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA to the Commission. Impact of the EU's agrements with third countries on fish and mollusc preserves (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
30. 4. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 134/1 I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (98/C 134/01) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0882/97 by Agnes Schierhuber (PPE) to the Commission (12 March 1997) Subject: Amount of Community funding allocated in 1996 to Austria and its individual federal states Since the referendum on Austriaís accession to the European Union in 1994, those critical of Austriaís EU membership have greatly increased in number. One of the chief subjects of criticism is the contribution Austria pays to the EU. Furthermore, it is often argued that Austria is not exploiting to the full the subsidies available within the EU. This prompts the following questions: 1. What was the total amount of payments made by the EU from all available Community sources to Austria in 1996? 2. What payments were made by the EU in 1996 to the individual federal states of Austria? Supplementary answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (14 November 1997) The Honourable Member is referred to the study on contributions to the Community budget which was transmitted to Parliament on 14 October 1997 (1). (1) SEC(97) 1918. (98/C 134/02) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1374/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (21 April 1997) Subject: Impact of the EUís agrements with third countries on fish and mollusc preserves In view of the direct influence that the signing of various agreements with third countries has on fish and mollusc preserves and the fact that many of the European firms in this sector do not know the contents of these agreements, can the Commission say what is the state of negotiations, relations or, if appropriate, the latest agreements concluded by the European Union with Turkey, the CEECs, ASEAN, the ACP and SPG countries and the Andean Pact (drugs) etc. , as regards fish and other seafood preserves?