Resolution on the damage caused by the storms in the Canary Islands
28. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 150/387 Thursday 11 February 1999 Calls on the European Union to provide technical and financial support for the West African 5. intervention force which is responsible for peace-keeping; Asks the Commission to dispatch the required humanitarian aid and calls on all the sides in the 6. conflict to comply strictly with the relevant provisions of international law, in particular humanitarian law, and to ensure that the humanitarian organisations working in Guinea-Bissau have safe and free access to the victims of the conflict; Asks the Council to offer more active support for a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict and 7. calls on the Member States to act as one single body; 8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the OAU, Ecowas, the Co-Presidents of the ACP/EU Joint Assembly, to the Governments of Senegal and the Republic of Guinea and to the National Assembly, the Prime Minister designate and the President of Guinea-Bissau. 12. Disasters (a) B4-0128, 0163, 0193 and 0207/99 Resolution on the damage caused by the storms in the Canary Islands The European Parliament, A. whereas at the beginning of January there was a violent storm which damaged port facilities, sea front roads and other coastal infrastructure, as well as all crops, including tomato and banana production and other fruit and vegetables, B. having regard to the importance of the smooth functioning of these facilities for the life of the archipelago, C. whereas the agricultural production of the islands amounted to Ptas 105 495 million in 1997 and whereas the losses of agricultural production account for 14,4% and damage to infrastructure for 16,7% of revenue in 1997, D. pointing out that damage to the two most important crops in the Canaries, bananas and tomatoes, amounts to Ptas 5 664 million, equivalent to 19% of tomato production in 1997, and Ptas 7 393 million, equivalent to 20,5% of banana production in 1997, whilst damage to infrastructure amounts to Ptas 2 470 million, 1. Calls on the Commission to take note of the scale of the damage and to include, in the Union’s structural programmes, the Canary Islands and specific projects to remedy the damage caused to the coastal infrastructure; 2. Expresses its concern at the effects of the storm on the income of farmers for the year 1999 and hence on the economy of the Canary Islands and therefore calls on the Commission to provide the necessary aid to alleviate the damage suffered in this sector; Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Spanish 3. Government and the Government of the Canary Islands