WRITTEN QUESTION No. 873/99 by James NICHOLSON KONVER II initiative - Northern Ireland
21. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 370/133 In view of the above, would the Commission provide the following information: 1. Has the Commission been informed of this alarming state of affairs by the Portuguese Government or the Madeira Regional Government? 2. Is there any budgetary provision or specific programme within the common fisheries policy which could be used to compensate for the drastic loss of income by the fishing communities in question and alleviate the serious situation effecting entire families in Caniçal and Machico? If so, has the Madeira Regional Government and/or the Portuguese Government already asked the Commission to implement such provisions or programmes? 3. Is there any possibility outside the common fisheries policy of making funding available in order to remedy the situation promptly and, if so, what is it? Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission (3 May 1999) The available data on the general state of tuna stocks in the Atlantic do not indicate a collapse in stocks. However, the Commission is seeking more precise data on the stock situation in the Madeira zone. 1. Without checking with the Portuguese authorities, the Commission is not aware that they informed it of this state of affairs. The common fisheries policy does not have a specific programme or budget facility to compensate 2. for possible losses of income resulting from the situation described. The Commission does not know of any way that funding could be provided outside the CFP to 3. compensate promptly for possible losses of income. (1999/C 370/184) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0871/99 by James Nicholson (PPE) to the Commission (8 April 1999) Subject: URBAN initiative 7 Northern Ireland How much funding has been granted in Northern Ireland under the URBAN initiative in the current programming period? (1999/C 370/185) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0872/99 by James Nicholson (PPE) to the Commission (8 April 1999) Subject: PEACE Programme 7 Northern Ireland How much funding has been granted in Northern Ireland under the PEACE programme in the current programming period? (1999/C 370/186) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0873/99 by James Nicholson (PPE) to the Commission (8 April 1999) Subject: KONVER II initiative 7 Northern Ireland How much funding has been granted in Northern Ireland under the KONVER II initiative in the current programming period?