WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1809/98 by Peter TRUSCOTT to the Commission. Structural Fund
5. 2. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 31/85 (1999/C 31/113) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1809/98 by Peter Truscott (PSE) to the Commission (11 June 1998) Subject: Structural Fund Could the Commission please state its opinion as to the likely breakdown of the share of structural funding between the proposed new Objectives 2 and 3? Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (20 July 1998) Appropriations cannot be allocated to Objectives 2 and 3 until the Council has agreed on financial guidelines for the period 2000-06. As in 1989 and 1993, a Commission decision on allocation will follow adoption of the Structural Fund Regulations. The Commissionís decision would have to be taken in line with Article 7 of the proposed Regulation laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds (1). This stipulates that: › the resources available for commitment for Objective 1 regions shall be about two-thirds of the total Fund appropriation; › the Commission shall, using transparent procedures make indicative breakdowns by Member State of 90 % of the commitment appropriations available for programming; › 5 % of the commitment appropriations for the Funds will be devoted to the Community Initiatives and 1 % to innovative measures and technical assistance. (1) COM(98) 131 final. (1999/C 31/114) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1810/98 by Peter Truscott (PSE) to the Commission (11 June 1998) Subject: Structural Fund Could the Commission please state to what extent projects under the new Objective 3 will be required to meet criteria for sustainable development, especially in terms of environmental sustainability? Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (3 September 1998) Article 1 of the proposed general regulation on the structural funds (1) and Article 1 of the proposed European social fund (ESF) regulation1 set out the mission of the ESF and make specific reference to sustainable development as well as to protection and improvement of the environment, alongside other policy concerns, as part of the policy context in which the ESF must operate. The guidelines on objective 3, which are required under Article 9. 4 of the general regulation, will therefore take this legal requirement into account. The precise form which this requirement will take will be determined once the regulations have been adopted and in the light of the exact provisions laid down in those regulations. (1) OJ C 176, 9. 6. 1998