WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3581/97 by José APOLINÁRIO to the Commission. Periodic Annual Report on the implementation of Article 10 of the ERDF Regulation
C 158/156 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 5. 98 However, information does exist which points to the ecological value of the site (scientific inventories, a recent review of important areas for the conservation of birds). Furthermore, a coastal area proposed by Greece as a site of Community importance is located in the immediate vicinity. The Commission will be contacting the Greek authorities for further information regarding nature conservation at the site in question. If appropriate, it will take action under the procedure provided for in Article 169 of the EC Treaty. (1) OJ L 103, 25. 4. 1979. (2) OJ L 206, 22. 7. 1992. (98/C 158/207) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3581/97 by Jose· Apolina·rio (PSE) to the Commission (13 November 1997) Subject: Periodic Annual Report on the implementation of Article 10 of the ERDF Regulation In response to my Question E-0850/97 (1) the Commission announced that a report on the implementation of Article 10 of the ERDF would be published by the end of the summer. Has it been published yet? If not, when is it due to be published? (1) OJ C 373, 9. 12. 1997, p. 32. Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (22 December 1997) The Commission published in June 1997 an Inforegio on the mid-term assessment of operations under Article 10 of the European regional development fund regulation (1). A copy is forwarded directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliamentís Secretariat. Detailed information on innovative actions under Article 10 in 1996 is presented in the 8th annual report on the implementation of the structural funds (2), which was recently published and forwarded to the Parliament. (1) OJ L 193, 31. 7. 1993. (2) COM(97) 526 final. (98/C 158/208) WRITTEN QUESTION P-3583/97 by Alfonso Novo Belenguer (ARE) to the Commission (6 November 1997) Subject: Cut in subsidies to olive oil production The European Union Committee on Oils and Fats recently submitted a draft text in which it proposes that aid to olive oil production be reduced by 34%. The proposed aid scheme for the oil sector provides for payments to be effected at the end of the season, so that whereas the original estimates in Spain, and in the Community of Valencia in particular, set the level of aid at 235 pesetas per kilo of oil, it will be as low as 148 pesetas per kilo taking into account the cut in aid proposed by the Committee on Oils and Fats, a cut which poses a serious threat to the income of oil producers. In view of the fact that the cut in aid would affect the 1996/97 season and taking account of the loss of revenue this entails, 1. Can the Commission say on what criteria the Committee on Oils and Fats based its decision to propose a 34% cut in aid to olive oil production?