WRITTEN QUESTION E-0181/00 by Michl Ebner (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Reintroduction of wolves, bears and lynx.
28. 12. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 374 E/31 The banks would also like to see the weekly fixed-rate auctions replaced by variable-rate auctions, so as to eliminate the incentive for over-bidding. Does the Commission feel it should propose that account be taken of the request of the Spanish banking institutions by satisfying their wish for official announcements to be made concerning bids submitted previously? Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission (1 March 2000) The question of the Honourable Member concerns the way in which the European system of central banks (ESCB) implements the monetary policy of the euro zone. This is one of the basic tasks of the ESCB listed in Article 105 of the EC Treaty. The Commission is not competent in the matter. (2000/C 374 E/037) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0181/00 by Michl Ebner (PPE-DE) to the Commission (31 January 2000) Subject: Reintroduction of wolves, bears and lynx Further to Written Question E-2432/99 (1) can the Commission provide more precise information on the projects to reintroduce wolves, bears and lynx referred to in its answer? What was the main goal of these projects, how much did each project cost and through what bodies were they funded? Can the Commission provide as detailed as possible an answer? (1) OJ C 219 E, 1. 8. 2000, p. 161. Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission (6 April 2000) The Commission, in its reply to Written Question E-2432/99 (1) by the Honourable Member, answered that under the financial instrument LIFE-Nature and its predecessors many projects had been financed aiming either directly or indirectly at the conservation of the wolf (21 projects), the lynx (14 projects) and the brown bear (17 projects). In the light of the Honourable Memberís new question the Commission would point out that only two of these LIFE-Nature projects include specific actions for the re-stocking of the brown bear, while no project has ever been financed for the re-stocking or re-introduction of the wolf and the lynx. Full details of these two projects are sent direct to the Honourable Member and to the Secretariat general of the Parliament. (1) OJ C 219 E, 1. 8. 2000, p. 161