WRITTEN QUESTION E-1904/99 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. URBAN (1996-1999).
20. 6. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 170 E/121 (2000/C 170 E/143) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1904/99 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission (29 October 1999) Subject: URBAN (1996-1999) The total amount allocated to Italy from the Communityís structural funds for the URBAN Community initiative on urban areas for the period 1996-1999 is ECU 298,4 million (equal to approx. LIT 580 billion). Will the Commission state what agencies (public or private), institutions, companies, cooperatives and individuals have been allocated funding under URBAN (specifying whether payments have already been made) and how much each of them has been granted? Has it checked how the amounts have actually been used and whether the proposed measures have been successfully implemented? Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission (1 December 1999) For the current programming period 1994-99, the Community contribution planned for the Urban Community initiative in Italy amounts to € 136,7 million, including € 120,4 million from the European Regional Development Fund and € 13,3 million from the European Social Fund. According to the relevant legislation, the Commission disburses the assistance granted under Urban direct to the national authorities responsible for the operational programmes and their implementation. Detailed information concerning the final beneficiaries may be obtained from the Italian Ministry of Public Works. The monitoring committees, which are composed of representatives of the Commission and of the Ministries and regions concerned, see to it that the programmes are properly executed. (2000/C 170 E/144) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1908/99 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission (29 October 1999) Subject: Fourth medium-term action programme on equal opportunities for men and women (1996-2000) Will the Commission state what agencies (public or private), institutions, businesses, cooperatives and individuals have been allocated funding (specifying whether payments have already been made) under the fourth medium-term action programme on equal opportunities for men and women (1996-2000) (funds available for the period from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2000: ECU 30 million, equal to LIT 58 billion) and how much each of them has been granted? Has it checked how the amounts have actually been used and whether the proposed measures have been successfully implemented? Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission (9 December 1999) The Commission would inform the Honourable Member that the information requested can be found in the lists of projects funded in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and on the recapitulative list for 1999. The Commission will send copies directly to the Honourable Member, and to the Secretariat-General of the Parliament