WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1814/97 by Nikitas KAKLAMANIS to the Commission. Restoration of the Holy Shrines of Christianity
C 45/106 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 2. 98 › Organizers: Projects can be submitted by private-sector organizations or associations and quasi-public or public bodies, individually or in partnership. However, individual political parties are not eligible, nor are bodies which advocate violence or fail to support universally-recognized human rights. › Special conditions: The Commission’s contribution may not exceed 80% of the estimated project budget and the other contributors must be named. Only in exceptional cases may a 100% grant be given. Administrative costs may not account for more than 6% of the budget. Projects already under way or complete do not qualify for grants, and regional projects are not eligible if they would already qualify for support under Mediterranean decentralized cooperation programmes › no project may rely on two different sources of support from the Community budget. › Submission and implementation of projects: Those seeking Community funding are required to submit an application form together with a project proposal setting out the antecedents, general and specific objectives, rationale, methodology and planned measures and specifying the duration and detailed project budget in ECU. (98/C 45/132) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1814/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission (28 May 1997) Subject: Restoration of the Holy Shrines of Christianity Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem recently announced that the restoration of the Holy Shrines of Christianity in Jerusalem was a matter of priority. These shrines include the Holy Sepulchre, Golgotha and Bethlehem, symbols of Christian faith which are in urgent need of repair work; unfortunately, however, limited funds are available, as the Patriarch of Jerusalem has pointed out. Will the Commission say what scope there is for supporting this project through some Community initiative, given its obvious importance and its urgency? Answer given by Mr Marin on behalf of the Commission (2 July 1997) The Commission supports, out of funds provided from the Community budget, a range of non-governmental institutions in Jerusalem. The Commission is ready to examine any project proposals put to it by such organisations for possible Community funding. Proposals must be adequately prepared and costed. As long as they meet these criteria, proposals from religious bodies will be treated in the same way as other funding proposals for projects in Jerusalem. (98/C 45/133) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1815/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission (28 May 1997) Subject: Inaccuracies in depictions on euro coins During a public information campaign to alert Berliners to the need to introduce the Euro, thousands of sample coins of the future Single European Currency were limited