WRITTEN QUESTION E-0972/00 by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Aid from Community funds.
C 374 E/194 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 28. 12. 2000 (2000/C 374 E/227) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0972/00 by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (31 March 2000) Subject: Aid from Community funds Over 150 workers at Lisnave ü Lisbon Naval Shipyards Ltdí have been waiting for 15 years to be taken on again by this undertaking, having been forcibly dismissed a move which they have never accepted. It is now reported that Lisnaveí or Gestnave ü Industrial Services Ltdí, the successor company, received aid from Community funds. In view of the above, will the Commission say: 1. What Community funds were allocated to these undertakings? 2. In allocating Community funds, was due attention paid to the need to maintain jobs? Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission (26 May 2000) The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as soon as possible. (2000/C 374 E/228) WRITTEN QUESTION P-0976/00 by Ursula Schleicher (PPE-DE) to the Commission (22 March 2000) Subject: Continuation of the building projects in the Sintra-Cascais natural park in Portugal In the answer to my Written Question E-1977/99 (1) Mrs Wallström stated that she had registered the cases notified by me and sought clarification from the Porguese authorities. Is the Commission aware that the above building projects in particular in the Cabo Raso and Abano areas ü notwithstanding statements by the competent national authorities to the contrary ü are being continued and have already resulted in considerable damage to the natural park which is visible to all and to which the Portuguese media have repeatedly drawn attention? (1) OJ C 219 E, 1. 8. 2000, p. 57. Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission (19 April 2000) The two building projects in the Cabo Raso and Abano areas of the Sintra-Cascais park, which has been proposed as a site of Community importance by the Portuguese authorities, were registered as case No 1999/2275. Having examined the case, the Commission wrote to the Portuguese authorities on 4 January 2000 to draw their attention to the obligations laid down in Directives 92/43/EEC (Habitats) (1) and 85/337/EEC (Impact Assessment) (2). At the same time, it asked them for their assessment of the situation. No reply has been forthcoming