WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2971/98 by Franz LINSER to the Council. Financing and implementing the Brenner tunnel project
C 118/174 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 29. 4. 1999 Bearing in mind the speech made by Mr Monti, Member of the Commission, during the debate on the functioning and future of Schengen at the European Parliamentís March 1997 part-session, and the report of the High Level Group on the Free Movement of Persons (of March 1997), which called for more cooperation between Member States, particularly in frontier regions, and stressed the need for a proper training policy for their officials, could the Commission state whether it intends to take action to protect the rights of European Union citizens, with particular reference to the frontier region between Liguria and France? Reply (7 December 1998) The Honourable Memberís question relates to application of the Schengen Agreement and is not therefore a matter for the Council. (1999/C 118/221) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2971/98 by Franz Linser (NI) to the Council (28 September 1998) Subject: Financing and implementing the Brenner tunnel project The President of the Transport Council, Dr Einem, stressed at a meeting of Parliamentís Committee on Transport and Tourism on 1 September 1998 that there was no need for the construction of the Brenner tunnel. 1. What are the Councilís reason for this position? 2. How does the Council envisage the future financing of this project? 3. (a) What progress has been achieved with the project in respect of the approach roads on Italian territory? (b) Has there been any planning activity in Italy? (c) If so, have any geological surveys or test drills etc. been carried out? (d) If not, when is the planning work likely to start? 4. (a) What progress has been achieved with the project in respect of the approach roads on German territory? (b) Has there been any planning activity in Germany? (c) If so, have any geological surveys or test drills etc. been carried out? (d) If not, when is the planning work likely to start? Reply (7 December 1998) The project entitled High speed train/combined transport North-South, Nüremberg › Erfurt › Halle/ Leipzig › Berlin, Brenner axis: Verona › Munichí is among the projects listed in Decision No 1692/96/ EC of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (1) to which the Essen European Council attached particular importance. Monitoring implemen- tation of the trans-European network and of these projects is a matter for the Commission. (1) OJ L 228, 9. 9. 1996, p. 1