WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1163/98 by Amedeo AMADEO , Salvatore TATARELLA to the Commission. Projects financed under LIFE II
C 13/22 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 18. 1. 1999 The criteria for distributing this amount among Member States will be eligible population, national and regional prosperity and severity of structural problems, particularly unemployment. This will allow Community aid to be concentrated on the regions in greatest difficulty, including the most remote regions. The breakdown between regions of a Member State of the amount allocated to it for a given Objective will however be decided by the Member State. (1) COM(98) 131. (1999/C 13/030) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1140/98 by JosØ ApolinÆrio (PSE) to the Commission (24 April 1998) Subject: ERDF Article 10/Azores In view of the specific nature of Portugalís Azores region (an extremely remote region which, as such, has a special status enshrined in the EU Treaty), would the Commission give details of the amount of Community support received by the region under Article 10 of the ERDF during the 1994-1999 period? What does the Commission envisage as regards support during the 2000-2006 financial period? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (27 May 1998) During the current funding period 1994-1999 the Azores region has not participated in the projects approved under Article 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) 2083/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) 4254/88 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) 2052/89 as regards the European regional development fund (1). For the next funding period 2000-2006 it is envisaged that support for innovative measures and pilot projects will continue. Under the Commissionís proposals (2), up to 0. 7 % of the structural funds would be allocated to this activity. It is not possible to say how much might go to any given region. (1) OJ L 193, 31. 7. 1993. (2) COM(98) 131 final. (1999/C 13/031) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1163/98 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) and Salvatore Tatarella (NI) to the Commission Subject: Projects financed under LIFE II (29 April 1998) In July 1997, the Commission selected 188 projects to be co-financed under the terms of the financial instrument for the environment (Life II). Could the Commission state whether the projects selected included any relating to Italy, and outline their main features? Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (16 June 1998) In 1997 28 Italian projects were jointly financed under LIFE II. Just as every other year the list of those projects has been published in the Official Journal. (1) In addition a data base containing a description of all of the projects funded under LIFE from 1992 onwards is available at the following address: http://europa. eu. int/comm/life/ home. htm