WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4066/97 by Nel van DIJK to the Commission. Poison spray used on people
C 187/118 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 6. 98 In view of the far larger amounts under the oil-for-food provisions, the Communityís future assistance will depend upon the efficiency of the implementation of the oil-for-food arangement and the possibility of increasing oil sales and subsequent purchases of medicines and foodstuffs. A proposal to increase Iraqi oil sales is under consideration by the UN Secretary general for presentation to the UN Security council. (98/C 187/182) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4060/97 by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Commission (14 January 1998) Subject: Proposed merger of Objectives 2 and 5b The Commission has proposed merging the existing Objectives 2 and 5b into a new single Objective 2 for the period post-2000 devoted to reconversion of industrial, rural, urban and fishing-dependent regions Can the Commission confirm that there will be separate ring-fenced financial allocations for each strand of the new Objective and that each strand will ensure programme funding for the full seven years of the next financial perspective? Will the Commission assure me that transitional arrangements for former Objective 2 and 5b regions are the same as those for Objective 1? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (5 February 1998) The Commission proposes in Agenda 2000 (1) that the new objective 2 áshould assist areas undergoing economic change (in industry or services), declining rural areas, crisis-hit areas dependent on the fishing industry or urban areas in difficultyí. Each of the different types of area targeted by the new objective 2 would be identified by relevant socio-economic criteria. The Commission does not, however, consider it appropriate to introduce a rigidity of the kind which would result from separate ring-fenced financial allocations for each type of area. As a unified objective, the planning period for the new programmes would be of the same duration for all areas covered. The Commission proposes that transitional arrangements for ex-objective 1 regions, on the one hand, and ex-objective 2 and 5b areas, on the other, should reflect their differing circumstances. The level of financial transfers per capita to objective 2 and 5b areas is significantly lower that those for objective 1, which, as the least developed regions, are the top priority of the Communityís structural policies. Consequently, in Agenda 2000, the Commission proposes that the former objective 2 and 5b areas should enjoy álimited financial supportí during the transitional period. (1) COM(97) 2000 final. (98/C 187/183) WRITTEN QUESTION P-4066/97 by Nel van Dijk (V) to the Commission (15 December 1997) Subject: Poison spray used on people In the village of Orgiva in the province of Granada in the south of Spain, olive-tree plantations are being sprayed from aircraft with pesticides. The pesticide concerned is the phosphoric acid ester dimethoate