WRITTEN QUESTION E-0589/00 by Mark Watts (PSE) to the Commission. European sustainable transport policy.
C 46 E/16 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 13. 2. 2001 (2001/C 46 E/019) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0589/00 by Mark Watts (PSE) to the Commission (29 February 2000) Subject: European sustainable transport policy In terms of identifying the major cities along the T-TEN priority project routes, can the Commission say how such decisions were made and who was involved in this decision-making process? What criteria were used and who were the winners and losers in such decisions? Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission (13 April 2000) The Trans-European Network-transport (TEN-T) guidelines identify the key routes of trans-European importance, which include those routes covered by the TEN-T priority projects. The guidelines contain a set of maps, outlining all these key routes. Where cities are named on these maps, they are included only as reference points, and many cities have access to the TEN-T network, without appearing on the maps. Over 1990-1992, the Commission set up a number of working parties, with representatives from each Member State, which developed a set of outline plans. These plans identified the routes of trans-European importance, taking account of traffic flows and the need to link peripheral regions with the centre of the Community. The working parties did not specifically identify cities along the TEN-T routes. These outline plans were then incorporated into the TEN-T guidelines, adopted by the Council and Parliament under the co-decision procedure in 1996 (1). The Commission is currently considering how best to take forward these issues in its report on the revision of the TEN-T guidelines that will be submitted to the Council and Parliament this summer. (1) OJ C 17, 22. 1. 1996. (2001/C 46 E/020) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0592/00 by Margrietus van den Berg (PSE) and Jan Wiersma (PSE) to the Commission (29 February 2000) Subject: The Moluccas The second emergency aid programme for the Moluccas (€ 900 000) will end in late February. The Commission is now working on a third programme. Up to now this aid has been channelled through French and Belgian NGOs. Is the Commission prepared to involve Dutch NGOs which consult with Moluccan organisations in the Netherlands with diverse links with the Moluccas in order to achieve a peaceful, stabilising effect? Will the Commission also ensure that structural aid, which it has given to Novib and Oxfam UK, for example, and which cannot be spent because of the conflicts, can be spent on reconciliation and preventive action in the context of emergency aid and rehabilitation? Can the Commission inform us of the additional support for developing Indonesia? From which category will any appropriations be taken? Is it prepared to include in the aid package the possibility of contacts and exchanges between the capital, Djakarta, and the conflict regions such as the Moluccas and Aceh?