WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2066/98 by Christof TANNERT to the Commission. Figures for conscientious objectors and those performing community service in the EU Member States and the applicant countries
18. 1. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 13/143 Reply (24 September 1998) As part of the series of measures coming under the Agenda 2000 reform, the Commission has also submitted to the Council a proposal to amend certain aspects of Council Regulation (EC) 2236/95 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks. In this connection the Commission is proposing, inter alia, to extend the current limit for Community participation in carrying out studies to 100 % of the requisite financing in certain cases. This matter is currently being examined by the Councilís subordinate bodies. As regards the specific study referred to by the Honourable Member, the Council would point out that the Commission has competence for implementing Regulation No 2236/95. (1999/C 13/202) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2066/98 by Christof Tannert (PSE) to the Commission (7 July 1998) Subject: Figures for conscientious objectors and those performing community service in the EU Member States and the applicant countries On 16 July 1997 the Commission announced the first steps towards EU enlargement in Agenda 2000í. Agenda 2000í also contains opinions on the applications of Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and Slovenia. On 4 December 1997, Parliament adopted a report on Agenda 2000í in which it declared: áthe European Union open to all European democracies that fulfill the criteria for membershipí and stressed áthe importance it attaches to progress in particular in the following areas: [. ] the ratification and implementation of legal human rights standards, the legal accountability of police, military and secret services, [. ] the acceptance of the principle of conscientious objection to military service. í Can the Commission give figures for the individual EU Member States and applicant countries, for the period 1990 to the present, providing an overview of the annual number of: › conscientious objectors to military service, › recognised conscientious objectors to military service and › those who performed alternative community service? Answer given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission (14 September 1998) The Commission does not have the information requested. (1999/C 13/203) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2069/98 by Gerardo FernÆndez-Albor (PPE) to the Commission (7 July 1998) Subject: Potential application of the Philoxenia programme on the pilgrimsí road to Santiago de Compostela One of the objectives pursued by the multiannual programme to assist European tourism, Philoxenia, is to promote Europe as a tourist destination so as to help increase the number of visitors from third countries