WRITTEN QUESTION P-2501/99 by Giorgio Celli (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Messina territorial pact.
8. 8. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 225 E/153 ü factoring transactions; ü the rental of advertising hoardings mounted on buildings; ü the handing over of land on which a building has been constructed, in cases where both the building and the land are handed over at the same time and the handing over of the building is taxable in accordance with Article 4(3)(b) of Directive 77/388/EEC, but where a Member State has taken up the option referred to in Annex F(16)? (1) OJ L 145, 13. 6. 1977, p. 1. Joint answer to Written Questions P- 2500/99 and P-2751/99 given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission (20 January 2000) The Honourable Member raises a series of complex and difficult issues under Community VAT legislation. Their tax treatment requires a detailed analysis of Articles 9 and 13 of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/ EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes ü Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment to determine whether or not exemptions apply in each case. This question is broad in scope, highly specific in nature, and applies to a wide range of services; to answer it would require detailed case-by-case study. The Commission would point out to the Honourable Member that such a detailed response would entail long and complex research which it is currently unable to undertake and which would far exceed what could reasonably be expected in the context of an answer to a written question. (2000/C 225 E/167) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2501/99 by Giorgio Celli (Verts/ALE) to the Commission (16 December 1999) Subject: Messina áterritorial pactí By a Ministerial Decree of 20 January 1999 the project for a holiday and study centre Giardino di Siciliaí, designed to offer a combination of educational and recreational activities for the European general public, was approved in the context of the Messina áterritorial pactí (government project to promote employment). Membership of the pact was formalised with the Messina Chamber of Commerce, the authority responsible for administration, together with Sogepat (the company managing the pact), on 23 March 1999. The first instalment of funding should have been granted within two months of that date, but this has not yet happened, thereby jeopardising the whole project, which was scheduled to start in spring 2000. The lengthy procrastinations in the administration of the Messina pact are calling into question the very concept of partnership underlying the áterritorial pactsí. Can the Commission investigate the causes of these incomprehensible delays, which are creating problems for the local operators involved in the Messina pact? Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission (17 January 2000) The granting of funding under the territorial pact for the development of Messina and the relevant procedural and payment deadlines were determined under a national procedure laid down by the Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning. The Commission is not therefore in a position to reply, the matter being the exclusive responsibility of the competent national authorities