WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4176/97 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA to the Commission. Cohesion policy and culture
C 196/94 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 6. 98 (98/C 196/131) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4176/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (21 January 1998) Subject: Cohesion policy and culture Can the Commission say what cultural projects were cofinanced in the context of the Community Initiative programmes during the programming periods 1989-1993 and 1994-1999, specifying the countries involved, the regional objective under which each project came, the total cost of execution and the amount cofinanced by the Community? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (6 March 1998) In view of the length of its answer, the Commission is sending it direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliamentís Secretariat. (98/C 196/132) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4177/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (21 January 1998) Subject: Cohesion policy and culture In its communication COM(96) 512 final, Cohesion Policy and Culture: A contribution to employment (page 4), the Commission states that cultural activities are only eligible for funding under the Structural Funds if they contribute to sustainable employment and form an integral part of local or regional development strategies. Can the Commission supply data concerning the contribution made to employment and regional or local development by the cultural projects cofinanced by the Structural Funds in the programming period 1989-1993 and the current programming period 1994-1999? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (17 February 1998) The Commission emphasised in the communication that there is still a lack of precise knowledge of the link between culture and regional or local employment creation. This is mainly due to the fact that the cultural sector is not homogeneous and is contained within different programme priorities or statistical categories. Moreover, there are significant variations of definition and statistical classification of culture between the Member States. The communication therefore instead gives examples of successful initiatives and their estimated employment effects. (98/C 196/133) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4185/97 by Ba·rbara Du¤hrkop Du¤ hrkop (PSE) to the Council (22 January 1998) Subject: Ban on use of driftnets and the UK Presidency Further to the decisions taken by the most recent Council of Ministers for Fisheries, what measures will the UK Presidency propose to the Council to end the use of driftnets?