WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3658/97 by María IZQUIERDO ROJO to the Commission. European projects for the city of Granada and the Albayzín
22. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 196/9 of the current system, proposed among other things the abolition of any distinction between domestic and intra-Community transactions and a stage-by-stage programme for moving to the new common system of VAT. The proposals to be made by the Commission within the framework of its work programme should, therefore, resolve the problems raised. (1) COM(94) 515 final. (2) COM(96) 328 final. (98/C 196/15) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3658/97 by Mar ·a Izquierdo Rojo (PSE) to the Commission (19 November 1997) Subject: European projects for the city of Granada and the Albayz ·n Can the Commission provide detailed information on the projects concerning the Albayz ·n and Granada approved for European co-funding, some of which are alluded to in a notice in Carta Localí, October 1997? Answer given by Mr Oreja on behalf of the Commission (3 February 1998) In 1986 the Commission financed a conservation project in Granada for the Patio de los Leones, the Baños de Comares and the ácubiertas planasí in the Alhambra with a total budget of ECU 200 000. Under the Leonardo da Vinci training programme, three projects have been granted to the Granada region: a project in 1995 for a total amount of ECU 58 000 (Iliberis) and two projects in 1997 for a total amount of ECU 234 000 (European rural network for career guidance and information, and training in agriculture and the environment in rural areas). In July 1997, on the basis of Article 10 of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regulation (1), the Commission funded an urban pilot project for the Albayz ·n including the Alhambra palace. The total eligible cost of this project is ECU 6 051 150, and the ERDF funds available for the project are ECU 2 953 897. (1) OJ L 193, 31. 7. 1993. (98/C 196/16) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3667/97 by John Iversen (PSE) to the Commission (19 November 1997) Subject: BSE Commission Decision 97/534/EU (1) instructs all Member States to remove specified risk material (SRM) from the food chain. This decision is based on a recommendation from the Scientific Veterinary Committee that SRM should be removed in countries or regions where a potential risk is identified of the presence of TSE agents. The decision concludes, without more detailed documentation, that none of the Member States may be regarded as free from a potential risk of TSE. There is a clear distinction between slaughter in Danish export slaughterhouses and the situation in other Member States on the following points: › slaughter of Danish animals only as a result of US authorization, › no cases of scrapie have ever been recorded and only one case of BSE has been reported in an animal imported from the UK,