WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4075/98 by Werner LANGEN EU aid to Rheinland-Pfalz from 1994 to 1998 (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
29. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 341/35 Furthermore, the reference interconnection offer of Telefonica recently approved by the Spanish government determines that the same termination charges for calls originating from fixed network operators will apply also for calls originating from mobile network operators, which should reduce significantly the charges applied to the latter. However, the Commission cannot anticipate to what extent or when those reductions of the prices for final consumers would take place, as those depend on the competitive pressure in the market and are decided by the companies offering those services. (1999/C 341/051) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4075/98 by Werner Langen (PPE) to the Commission (14 January 1999) Subject: EU aid to Rheinland-Pfalz from 1994 to 1998 Will the Commission state the amounts of aid from the EU budget to Rheinland-Pfalz in the period between 1994 and 1998, its recipients and the number of jobs created thereby, and in what areas? In particular, what funds were paid out under the programmes in the following fields: 4 KONVER, 4 agriculture, 4 EAGGF, 4 education, 4 youth, 4 culture, 4 research and technology, 4 higher education, 4 industry, 4 regional development/Structural Funds and 4 the social sector? Supplementary answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (16 April 1999) In view of the length of its answer, the Commission is sending it direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat. (1999/C 341/052) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4098/98 by John McCartin (PPE) to the Commission (14 January 1999) Subject: National concessions on taxation Given that regional economic disparities in most Member States lie at a ratio of about 2:1, can the Commission confirm that national concessions on taxation, made as a regional policy incentive, are still acceptable within the single market?