WRITTEN QUESTION E-2649/99 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission. Update on the URBAN programme in Rome.
16. 5. 2002 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 115 E/1 I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (2002/C 115 E/001) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2649/99 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission (12 January 2000) Subject: Update on the URBAN programme in Rome With reference to my previous question E-0568/99 (1) and to the answer given by Commissioner Wulf- Mathies on 3 May 1999: 1. Can the Commission say whether, as a result of the accumulated delays, there have been reductions in allocations from the Commission? 2. Has the municipality of Rome made up ground since the end of April and reached the commitment level of 70 % forecast by the Commission? 3. Can it provide a comparative table of the other Member States? 4. What is the final budget? (1) OJ C 370, 21. 12. 1999, p. 63. Supplementary answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission (31 October 2001) There were no reductions in appropriations for the Community Initiative programme for urban areas (Urban) in Rome in 1994-1999. The latest information provided by the Italian authorities shows that by 31 December 1999 the municipality of Rome had committed all the appropriations available under that Initiative. Since the competent authorities had until 31 December 2001 to complete payments from the Structural Funds for that programming period, a final budget for Urban cannot yet be provided. The present state of implementation of Urban in the various Member States over that period is given in the table below: Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Spain France (In euro) Commitments Decommitments Payments 16 310 343 0 10 773 350 1 382 000 − 156 000 948 000 98 793 000 − 63 000 78 492 000 34 117 000 218 147 000 0 0 6 868 429 160 074 400 68 440 647 − 512 245 47 649 453 C 115 E/2 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 16. 5. 2002 Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Austria Portugal Finland Sweden United Kingdom Commitments Decommitments Payments 12 574 617 120 368 000 0 0 10 059 694 99 828 800 429 000 − 122 000 214 500 21 735 190 12 968 260 44 951 788 0 0 0 15 474 153 10 374 608 38 936 653 5 858 340 − 246 108 4 359 200 3 284 000 93 321 000 0 0 2 627 200 54 308 400 (2002/C 115 E/002) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0862/01 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission (22 March 2001) Subject: Foot and mouth disease 1. Will the Commission state which countries that are trading partners of the EU currently have clear evidence of the existence of foot and mouth disease among cloven-hooved animals? 2. What action is taken to ensure that infected meat is not imported into the EU? At what point was the Commission first aware of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in South 3. Africa, and at what point did it introduce measures to deal with the threat of contagion? 4. What accounts for the delay? Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission (18 July 2001) Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972, on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, meat and meat products from third countries (1) lays down the basic animal health import conditions. On this basis a number of specific Commission Decisions laying down the specific animal health conditions and veterinary certification for these animals and products have been adopted following advice from the Standing Veterinary Committee. Council Decision 79/542/EEC of 21 December 1976 lays down a list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of bovine animals, swine and fresh meat (2) and other products in accordance with Directive 72/462/EEC. As regards foot and mouth disease (FMD), only South American and Southern African countries are relevant with regard to meat and meat products. Specific rules are laid down for imports from the listed countries which either experience outbreaks of foot and mouth in parts of the country, and/or where vaccination is practised. Imports of domestic animals from these countries into the Community is not permitted. The animal health conditions and veterinary certification are laid down for these countries in Commission Decision 93/402/EEC of 10 June 1993 concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from South American countries (3) and Commission Decision 1999/283/EC of 12 April 1999 concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain African countries (4),