WRITTEN QUESTION E-0040/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission. Cuts in the Poseima budget.
28. 12. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 374 E/19 Thus the Regional Development Plan presented by the Portuguese authorities on 13 October 1999 proposed allocating to the autonomous region of the Azores, under the regional operational programme to be applied, a total of EUR 848 million from the Structural Funds, plus a sum still to be determined for aid from Cohesion Fund. The Commission has no objection to the Portuguese proposal. As requested by the Cologne European Council, the Commission will submit to the Council a report on measures to implement the new Article 299(2) (ex Article 227) of the EC Treaty concerning the outermost regions. This report should be submitted to the Council during the Portuguese Presidency and will also be forwarded to Parliament. (2000/C 374 E/022) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0040/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission (19 January 2000) Subject: Cuts in the Poseima budget In its letter of amendment No 4 to the PDB for 2000, the Commission increases the appropriations for other programmes to the detriment of Poseima, claiming that budgetary requirements for the latter are declining. However, according to the report on the outermost regions which it adopted on 22 December 1999, spending on Poseima in 1999 exceeded the initial budget. What are the Commissionís grounds for cutting this budget? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (7 March 2000) The Honourable Member is asked to refer to the Commissionís answers to his Written Question E-0038/00 (1) and to Written Question E-2403/99 by Mrs Fiqueiredo (2). (1) OJ C 303 E, 24. 10. 2000. (2) OJ C 225 E, 8. 8. 2000, p. 125. (2000/C 374 E/023) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0059/00 by Avril Doyle (PPE-DE) to the Commission (20 January 2000) Subject: The relationship between the Structural Funds and the non-implementation of EU environmental legislation by a Member State Given that, on 23 June 1999, Mrs Wulf-Mathies and Mrs Bjerregaard, then Commissioners, wrote to Member State governments warning them of possible delays in approval of programmes and projects if, in particular, notifications of protected sites under the Habitats and Wild Bird Directives had not been received, that Court proceedings had been started against Ireland in February 1999 because of unsatisfac- tory notification and delays in Irelandís designation of protected sites under the Habitats Directive and that the Commission was also considering infringement proceedings against Ireland under the Wild Birds Directive, what is the likelihood that the Commission will not proceed with the approval of plans and operational programmes from Ireland, and/or what is the likelihood that EU funding will be suspended, in part or in whole, as a result of Irelandís perceived non-compliance on these issues?