WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1407/98 by Maren GÜNTHER to the Commission. EU research aid for Upper Bavaria in general and for the Munich Technical University in particular
19. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 354/97 (98/C 354/153) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1407/98 by Maren Gu¤nther (PPE) to the Commission (11 May 1998) Subject: EU research aid for Upper Bavaria in general and for the Munich Technical University in particular Would the Commission kindly answer the following questions concerning EU research aid for Upper Bavaria: 1. What was the total amount of R&D aid for Upper Bavaria in 1997? 2. How was the aid allocated among the various contractors (large industrial undertakings and their research institutes, SMUs, Munich University, independent research institutes, etc. )? 3. What aid was allocated to the research institutes of the Munich Technical University (MTU) in Garching? What amounts were allocated to what institutes within the MTU? Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (15 July 1998) Because of the length of the answer, which includes a number of tables, the Commission is sending it direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliamentís Secretariat. (98/C 354/154) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1413/98 by Phillip Whitehead (PSE) to the Commission (11 May 1998) Subject: Timeshare Directive How many, and which, Member States have not yet implemented the Timeshare Directive? Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission (4 June 1998) Article 12 of Directive 94/47/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 October 1994 on the protection of purchasers in respect of certain aspects of contracts relating to the purchase of the right to use immovable properties on a timeshare basis (1) lays down 29 April 1997 as the deadline for transposition of the Directive for all the Member States. The Member States that so far have not incorporated the Directive in their national legislation are Belgium, Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Luxembourg. The Member States that have already notified the Commission of their national implementing measures are: › Denmark: Law No 234 of 2 April 1997; › Germany: Law of 20 December 1996 › BGB No 70 of 31 December 1996; › Ireland: SI 204 1997 › Timesharing; › The Netherlands: Law of 26 March 1997 › SB No 147 1997; › Austria: Law TNG › BGB of 27 March 1997, I No 32/1997; › Portugal: Decreto-lei No 275/93 of 5. 8. 1993 › Diario de Republica No 182 of 5 August 1993, I Series-A; › Finland: Law No 1162 of 11 December 1997 (OJ p. 4108); › Sweden: SFS 1997:218 of 3 June 1997; › United Kingdom: Timesharing regulations 1997, Consumer Protection 1997 › No 1081. (1) OJ L 280, 29. 10. 1994