WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3297/97 by Nikitas KAKLAMANIS to the Commission. Attempts to circumvent environmental legislation in Greece
C 187/4 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 6. 98 The initial allocations are given in the CSF adopted on 13 July 1994, particularly on pages 32 (by sector) and 126-129 (by programme). This document is being transmitted directly to the Honourable Member and to the Secretariat of Parliament. In the mean time, adjustments have been made inside many of the operational programmes following the procedures laid down by the Structural Funds regulations and the CSF. The current situation regarding the take-up of appropriations by programme is shown in the table which is also being sent directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliamentís Secretariat. The interim assessment currently underway and the mechanisms for amending operational programmes under the CSF should to ensure that all the appropriations will be taken up before the end of the period, i. e. before 31 December 2001 for payments. (98/C 187/04) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3264/97 by Mar ·a Estevan Bolea (PPE) to the Commission (20 October 1997) Subject: Petroleum coke and cement works Petroleum coke is the final waste product remaining after crude oil has been refined. Does the Commission believe petroleum coke to be just a fuel or does it regard it as waste? Should the cement works which burn petroleum coke be licensed in the same way as waste treatment plants? Answer given by Mr Papoutsis on behalf of the Commission (26 January 1998) Petroleum coke does not presently figure on the list of waste established by Commission Decision of 20 December 1993 (1) in application of the Article 1a of the Council Directive 75/442/EEC. However, petroleum coke is listed in Commission Regulation No 1734/96 of 9 September 1996, (Code NC 2713) on tariff and statistical nomenclature. The list of waste established under Directive 75/442/EEC is currently under review by the Member States, and the question of whether petroleum coke should figure on it will be discussed in the near future. (1) OJ L 5, 7. 1. 1994. (98/C 187/05) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3297/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission (20 October 1997) Subject: Attempts to circumvent environmental legislation in Greece The highly reputable Greek Ornithological Society recently announced that environmental legislation in Greece › and by extension the protection of the natural environment in that country › was under attack because the Greek Government was tabling a large number of amendments to various bills with the aim of áloosening upí environmental provisions so as to overcome obstacles to the take-up of funds for major projects. The same organisation states that áthe countdown for environmental legislation began with the abolition of the publication of ministerial decisions approving the environmental conditions of projects of major economic importanceí