WRITTEN QUESTION E-1171/00 by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Support for nuclear energy and renewable energies.
6. 3. 2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 72 E/23 On 13 March 2000, the Private Office of the Secretary of State for Agricultural Markets and Food 4. Quality issued a statement on behalf of the government stating that pursuant to Article 299(2) of the TEU the Commission had been asked, within the framework of the special arrangements for ultra peripheral regions, to increase the milk quota for the Azores Autonomous Region to 125 000 tonnes, without prejudice to the current national quota laid down for Portugal. Has the Portuguese Government approached the appropriate Commission services with a view to negotiating an increase in the Portuguese quota? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (4 May 2000) Reports of an overrun of the 1999/2000 Portuguese milk quota, due inter alia to increased production in the Azores, have reached the Commission. It is unlikely however that any precise figure will be available before the time set by the rules for Member States to send the Commission 1999/2000 final figures, i. e. 31 August 2000 at the latest. The Azores are in a special situation, as the only outermost region to produce surpluses far in excess of their internal consumption that are exported to the mainland, where there is a real risk of intervention buying-in using the Communityís budget resources. All the other outermost regions are net importers and their total production does not reach one twentieth of the Azoresí. In November 1999 and March 2000 the Portuguese Government sent the Commission documents on adjustment of the Poseima arrangements and application of Article 299(2) (formerly 227) of the EC Treaty but these did not discuss milk quotas. The topic was not raised other than on the occasion of contacts with Members of the European Parliament until in early April the Commission received an official request from Portugal for an increase in the quota for the Azores. This is being examined. (2001/C 72 E/026) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1171/00 by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission (12 April 2000) Subject: Support for nuclear energy and renewable energies The Commission is requested to answer the question that was asked (Question E-2635/99 (1)). In particular, the Commission is requested to list in table form the money provided in support each year since the establishment of the Community. The original wording of the questions was: 1. Can the Commission provide details of all financial support received, firstly, by nuclear energy (including fusion) and, secondly, by renewable energies (solar and wind power) from the relevant budget titles of the general budget of the European Communities since the Communities were established? 2. If not, why not? (1) OJ C 225 E, 8. 8. 2000, p. 187. C 72 E/24 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 6. 3. 2001 Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission (15 June 2000) As already stated in its answer to PQ E-2635/99 (1) by the Honourable Member, the Commission is able to provide the Honourable Member with the information requested for the period 1990-1999. The informa- tion is hereby provided, as requested, broken down by year and presented in tabular form, as shown below. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 (€ million) JOULE I (Non-nuclear energy) (1) 89,8 26,7 6,6 JOULE II (Non-nuclear energy) (1) ü 136,4 94,6 26,5 24,9 Promotional activities (RES) (1) 4th Framework PRG (Non-nuclear energy) (1) 5th Framework PRG (non-nuclear energy) (1) Altener I B4-1030 Altener II B4-1030 313,3 163,5 266,5 260,1 5,0 10,0 13,0 10,2 8,6 211,6 (2) 11,0 15,4 Thermie B6-7151 (3) 6,6 35,7 35,0 35,2 46,6 Demonstration (Energy) (3) 2nd Framework PRG (nuclear safety/fusion) 3rd Framework PRG (fission/fusion) 4th Framework PRG (fission/fusion) 5th Framework PRG (fission/fusion) Transport of radioactive material B4-1020 (4) Training (Safeguards) 30,1 37,4 57,1 30,2 66,9 242,2 156,8 46,0 3,8 3,3 134,8 222,9 222,3 340,1 258,6 197,8 206,4 0,4 0,4 0,2 0,2 0,3 ü ü 0,7 0,9 2,0 1,3 0,7 1,8 ü 0,1 237,8 0,5 1,1 (1) (2) (3) (4) Spending on renewable energy sources forms an integral part of the budget heading covering the R&TD programme for non-nuclear i. e. not exclusively renewable, energy forms. Only in 1994 did the áresearchí budget have a distinct heading ü not linked to a programme ü for renewable energy sources. For the period 1995-1998 and for 1999, the figures mentioned include the demonstration part managed by the DG for Energy. Payment of appropriations. The figures provided concern only renewable energy sources (i. e. biomass, geothermal energy, hydroelectricity, solar, wind, renewables in buildings and integration of renewable energies) and only demonstration projects; certain dissemination activities, including the activities of the OPET network relating to renewable sources of energy, are not included in the above figures as these are not classified according to energy source. Including the SURE Programme (1999). (1) OJ C 225 E, 8. 8. 2000, p. 187. (2001/C 72 E/027) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1173/00 by Malcolm Harbour (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: Information society funding in the automotive sector (12 April 2000) In view of the restructuring taking place in the West Midlands car industry, as a result of the break up of funding for the Rover Group by BMW, could the Commission please consider providing special