WRITTEN QUESTION No. 757/99 by Nikitas KAKLAMANIS Funding by the Commission
C 348/128 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 3. 12. 1999 Under the current structural programming period 1994-1999 the overall size of the Community fishing fleet has decreased by approximately 13 % in tonnage and 11 % in power as can be seen in the yearly reports from the Commission to the Parliament and the Council on the multiannual guidance programmes. In its proposal for structural assistance in the fisheries sector (1), which is currently being discussed in the Council and the Parliament, the Commission is proposing a continuation of the permanent cessation scheme and additional conditions for granting assistance to the renewal of the fleet. Furthermore, the Commission proposes that Member States must demonstrate that public aid is necessary with regard to the objectives pursued and in particular that without public aid the fishing fleet concerned could not be renewed or modernised and that the planned measures will not jeopardise the long-term equilibrium of fishery resources. In addition, permanent arrangements for controlling fleet renewal must be established in all Member States. Community assistance is granted in the framework of national structural programmes, which are presented by Member States and approved by the Commission. Moreover, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity these programmes can contain additional provisions in favour of locally appropriate management of marine resources. (1) OJ C 16, 21. 1. 1999. (1999/C 348/173) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0756/99 by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission (29 March 1999) Subject: Funding by the Commission Can the Commission say whether it has ever provided funding, through any channel whatsoever, for ‘organisations’ engaged in the ‘protection of the rights’ of the Muslim minority in Western Thrace? If so, exactly how much money was allocated? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (27 April 1999) According to the information delivered by the Member State to the Commission during the meetings of the monitoring committee for the operational programme ‘Eastern Macedonia and Thrace’, no organisation for the protection of the rights of the Muslim minority in Western Thrace has been funded up to now by this programme. (1999/C 348/174) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0757/99 by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission (29 March 1999) Subject: Funding by the Commission Can the Commission say whether since 1995 it has provided funding, through any channel whatsoever, for ‘organisations’ or ‘foundations’ based in the occupied part of Cyprus? If so, what are they, when were the payments made and exactly how much money was involved? Answer given by Mr van den Broek on behalf of the Commission (15 April 1999) The Commission acting on the invitation of the Council, as stated in the Council conclusions of the 6 March 1995, launched a series of activities to inform the Turkish Cypriot community on the advantages deriving from accession to the Community