WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1198/98 by Concepció FERRER to the Commission. Forestry aid programmes
5. 2. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 31/23 (1999/C 31/028) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1198/98 by Concepció Ferrer (PPE) to the Commission (24 April 1998) Subject: Forestry aid programmes In recent years the forestry sector has been the subject of a range of EU programmes including the Fair Programme, the programme to protect Community forests against fire and Leader II. In view of the commercial and environmental importance of forests, the diversity of forests within the EU and the need to combat desertification, what is the Commissionís view to date of the European Unionís forestry policy? What are the Commissionís plans for the existing forestry programmes for the 2000-2006 period? Joint answer to Written Questions E-1196/98 and E-1198/98 given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (16 June 1998) The Commission is aware of the important role of forests in the context of rural development, employment, the safeguarding of ecological balance, the fight against erosion and desertification in rural areas. The Commission intends to respect the deadline of 31 January 1999 in Parliamentís resolution and to submit a communication on the Communityís forestry strategy before the end of 1998. The Commission, moreover, has already responded to the request by Parliament to integrate forestry measures in a more coherent way in Community policies by devoting special attention to sylviculture within rural development policy in Agenda 2000 (1). (1) COM(97) 2000. (1999/C 31/029) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1224/98 by Roberta Angelilli (NI) to the Commission (29 April 1998) Subject: Further information on the subway and high-speed tramway and application of Directive 85/337/EEC in Italy With reference to my previous Written Questions: P-0141/97 (1) on the construction of the Casaletto/ Largo Argentina high-speed tramway by Rome City Council, E-1273/97 (2) seeking further information, E-1270/97 (3) on Rome City Councilís project to build a subway under the Castel Santí Angelo and Directive 97/11/EC (4), E- 2632/97 (5), E-3001/97 (6), P-3740/97 (7) and E-3409/97 (8) on the same subject, E-1971/97 (9) and, in particular, E-3410/97 (10) seeking clarification on the application of Directive 85/337/EEC (11) on the Environmental Impact Assessment of the works in question, will the Commission say: 1. Whether it is aware that construction of the subway has been cancelled in favour of a different and far inferior scheme for an áunderpassí? 2. Whether it intends to use the same EIB funding for this scheme which is different from the first one? 3. Whether the Environmental Impact Assessment has been completed for this project?