WRITTEN QUESTION P-2315/99 by Pat Gallagher (UEN) to the Commission. Financial aid to Mali and, in particular, to the Itema company.
C 225 E/96 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 8. 8. 2000 ü the amounts exported by each of those companies to the European Union; ü a list of Community companies which buy tuna imported from Thailand, indicating the Member State in which they are based? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (21 January 2000) The Commission is not able to provide the information asked for by the Honourable Member, since it involves the commercial activities of private businesses. Such data are not forwarded to the Commission by the customs administrations in the Member States. The Commission is sending a list of the establishments in Thailand authorised to export fishery products to the Community directly to the Honourable Member and Parliamentís Secretariat. (2000/C 225 E/096) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2315/99 by Pat Gallagher (UEN) to the Commission (29 November 1999) Subject: Financial aid to Mali and, in particular, to the Itema company Will the European Commission inform the European Parliament as to the exact amount of financial aid that has been given to the Government of Mali under any of the EU-backed development aid programmes and the LomØ Conventions over the past five years and, more specifically, whether any of these monies were given directly or indirectly to a company called Itema in which the Malian Government is a substantial holder? Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission (21 December 1999) The attached table provides a breakdown of European development fund (EDF) and Community budget funding to Mali since 1986. None of these funds were given either indirectly or directly to Itema. 1. National Indicative Programme 137 158 189 LomØ III (1986-1990) LomØ IV (1991-1996) LomØ IV(a) (1997-2001) 2. Other EDF resources FED ü Structural Adjustment Facility (SAF) ü Stabex ü Refugees ü Risk capital (EIB) ü Sysmin 3. Community Budget Resources ü Food aid security ü (NGOs) ü Democracy & Human Rights ü Decentralised cooperation ü Tropical forests ü Fight against AIDS ü ECHO 20,3 14,8 9,7 6,7 61,45 0,9 0,7 21,9 7,75 9,1 0,279 0,73 0,80 1,0 29,4 (1) 10 15 0,25 2,65 0,233 0,28 0,07 7,6 4. TOTAL (1 + 2 + 3) 188,5 262,6 254,4 (1) A new SAF programme of an amount of € 37 million is under approval