WRITTEN QUESTION E-0233/00 by Luigi Vinci (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Restructuring of the group ABB Alstom Power.
C 225 E/224 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 8. 8. 2000 Does the Commission realise that the Netherlandse Spoorwegen (NS) have cancelled the Deutsche 4. Bahn VT624 train used hitherto so that the new regional rail company NordNed can take over the service but that NooordNed has not has not yet come to any agreement on a subsidy with the Netherlands Province of Groningen and the German Land of Lower Saxony and that no application for a timetable for the winter period 2000-2001 has been submitted to the rail authorities? 5. What steps does the Commission intend to take to prevent a situation in which, as a result of the withdrawal of the two national railway companies involved and insufficient regional subsidies, passenger services on this railway line do not resume on completion of the repair work in October 2000, which would mean that upgrading the TEN link had been pointless? Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission (25 February 2000) The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as soon as possible. (2000/C 225 E/260) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0233/00 by Luigi Vinci (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (4 February 2000) Subject: Restructuring of the group ABB Alstom Power The management of the group ABB Alstom Power, which is the product of a merger of 30 June 1999, has announced that it is to undergo restructuring, involving job losses in some regions where the company has branches. The group ABB Alstom Power or the companies involved in the merger have benefited from Community aid. Will the Commission give details of the amounts and conditions involved and say whether this aid was conditional on jobs being created? Should it transpire that all the relevant conditions have not been met, will the Commission demand repayment of the aid granted to the group? Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission (10 March 2000) The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as soon as possible. (2000/C 225 E/261) WRITTEN QUESTION P-0235/00 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: Educational priorities of the Portuguese Presidency (31 January 2000) the Portuguese Presidency, could the Following the publication of Commission clearly outline its interpretation of the stated aim to explore the idea of a European dimension in education? the documented Programme of How does the Commission envisage both its own role in achieving this aim and also that of the governments of individual Member States?