WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1019/98 by Freddy BLAK to the Commission. Alcohol consumption amongst young people in Denmark
C 386/72 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 11. 12. 98 An announcement on the exact amount of the Community grant to the European City of Cultureí will be made, as usual, at the beginning of the budget exercise for the year in question. In view of the financial perspective for the culture budget, however, it is important to bear in mind that the Communityís contribution to this event will necessarily be largely symbolic. (98/C 386/094) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1019/98 by Freddy Blak (PSE) to the Commission (6 April 1998) Subject: Alcohol consumption amongst young people in Denmark Is the Commission aware that young people in Denmark are amongst the worldís heaviest drinkers? What steps has it taken to combat alcohol abuse amongst young people in the Member States? Will it take specific action to remedy the situation in Denmark, where the problem is seemingly more acute than in the other Member States? Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (11 May 1998) The Commission is well aware of the alcohol consumption figures in the Member States, including the situation in Denmark. Alerted by the increasing problems of alcohol abuse amongst children and young people in many Member States, especially in relation to alcopops, the Commission has been discussing with Member States a code of practice on sales, marketing and advertising of alcohol to address the problem of underage drinking. This is considered as the soundest way to deal with the problem at this stage. The Commission has no competence to take specific measures in individual Member States. (98/C 386/095) WRITTEN QUESTION P-1022/98 by JosØ ApolinÆrio (PSE) to the Commission (26 March 1998) Subject: Structural Funds and the outermost regions The text of the new Treaty on European Union › the Treaty of Amsterdam › refers to the concept of the outermost regions. An analysis of Agenda 2000 and the information available on the new Structural Fund regulations shows that this provision of the Treaty has not been taken into account in the texts proposed by the Commission. This being the case, can the Commission say what specific approach it will take to the outermost regions, in particular the Azores, and whether, with the prospect of the Regis initiative coming to an end, it does not take the view that the treatment of the outermost regions in the proposed regulations is insufficient and incomplete?