WRITTEN QUESTION E-0481/00 by Alejandro Cercas (PSE) to the Commission. Funding under the URBAN Community initiative.
C 374 E/86 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 28. 12. 2000 Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (6 April 2000) The Commission is examining the compatibility of the measure in question (Law No 30 of 26 October 1998) with Community law. It will shortly arrive at a decision, taking special note of the additional information sent it by the Italian authorities on 28 December 1999. (2000/C 374 E/100) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0481/00 by Alejandro Cercas (PSE) to the Commission (24 February 2000) Subject: Funding under the URBAN Community initiative Could the Commission indicate the amount of funding the Spanish region of Estremedura is likely to receive under the URBAN Community initiative? Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission (24 March 2000) The guidelines for the URBAN Community initiative are expected to be approved by the Commission by end of March 2000 or early April 2000. Member States are invited to present programme proposals to the Commission within six months after publication in the Official journal. The Community initiative will be financed jointly by the Member States from national resources and by the Community from the European regional development fund (ERDF). The total contribution by ERDF to URBAN during the programming period 2000-2006 is fixed at € 700 million, at 1999 prices. The appropriation for each Member State is allocated on the basis of urban population, the number of people out of work and the number of long-term unemployed in the urban areas involved. The indicative allocation of the commitment appropriation for Spain amounts to € 106 million. Furthermore, the guidelines specify an indicative number of urban areas to be covered by the Community initiative, which is eight in the case of Spain. The guidelines do not specify any regional allocation of the funds. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, it is the role of Member States to propose the urban areas for support under URBAN, provided that the proposed programmes comply with the conditions, criteria and priorities set out in the guidelines and that they remain in the limits of the financial allocation. (2000/C 374 E/101) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0484/00 by Alejandro Cercas (PSE) to the Commission (24 February 2000) Subject: Funding under the Leader+ Community initiative Could the Commission indicate the amount of funding the Spanish region of Estremedura is likely to receive under the Leader+ Community initiative?