WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1910/98 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA to the Commission. The European Spatial Development Perspective and regional policy
C 50/112 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 22. 2. 1999 Member and to Parliamentís Secretariat. It should be noted that comparisons of the data on employment are hampered by differences in definitions used in the Member States. The fact that most of these data are concerned with the quota system also reduces the basis for comparisons. It may be noted that the number of requests to the Commission for statistical data in the disability field is constantly increasing. (1999/C 50/161) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1907/98 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission Subject: EU policy on regional planning and the Structural Funds (16 June 1998) Can the Commission provide a list of all the pilot projects relating to regional planning cofinanced by the Commission to date under Article 10 of the ERDF, as well as those which are to be funded up to the end of the current programming period, specifying the beneficiary regions, the total cost of implementation and the level of Community cofinancing? (1999/C 50/162) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1908/98 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission Subject: EU policy on regional planning and the Structural Funds (16 June 1998) Can the Commission provide information on all the projects relating to regional planning cofinanced by the Commission to date under the Community initiatives, as well as those which are to be funded up to the end of the current programming period, specifying the beneficiary regions, the total cost of implementation and the level of Community cofinancing? Joint answer to Written Questions E-1907/98 and E-1908/98 given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (24 July 1998) Because of the length of the answer, which includes a number of tables, the Commission is sending it direct to the Honourable Members and to Parliamentís Secretariat. (1999/C 50/163) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1910/98 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (16 June 1998) Subject: The European Spatial Development Perspective and regional policy As is evident from the Commissionís analytic studies, in particular Europa 2000í and Europa 2000+í, and from its first report on economic and social cohesion (COM(96) 0542), and as has been corroborated subsequently by Parliament in its recent report A4-0206/98, the various Community policies (especially the CAP, the Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund, the trans-European networks, environmental policy, R & D policy and competition policy) in some cases have contradictory effects on the territorial distribution of social and economic activities, giving rise to uneven development within the Union. The Commission has stressed the need to develop a regional planning policy at EU level to ensure the complementarity and coherence of the various Community policies, with the aim of achieving harmonious, balanced and sustainable regional development in the Community, thus strengthening and improving economic and social cohesion and the Unionís competitiveness. The first concrete step in this respect has been the initial official draft of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP),