WRITTEN QUESTION E-0535/00 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Europa 2000 programme.
C 303 E/202 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 24. 10. 2000 (2000/C 303 E/229) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0531/00 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission (28 February 2000) Subject: Possible contributions to the Italian CGIL, CISL and UIL trade unions Could the Commission state whether financial contributions have ever been made, and if so to what extent and on what grounds, to the CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labour), CISL (Italian Confederation of Workersí Unions) and UIL (Italian Union of Labour) or to associations or organisations connected with them in some way? Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission (23 March 2000) The Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), the Italian Confederation of Workersí Unions (CISL) and the Italian Union of Labour (UIL), as organisations representing workers, are eligible for Community co-financing under budget headings B3-4000 (social dialogue and industrial relations), B3-4002 (informa- tion and training measures for workersí organisations) and B3-4003 (information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings) for eligible measures, principally for the organisation of including for the purposes of implementing the results of the transnational meetings and seminars, European social dialogue. Calls for proposals setting out the eligibility conditions and co-financing possibilities are published on the Europa site (http://europa. eu. int/comm/dg05/soc-dial/social/index- en. htm). In the last three years these three trade union organisations have received around 30 Community grants under these budget headings. (2000/C 303 E/230) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0535/00 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission (28 February 2000) Subject: Europa 2000 programme What are the 55 projects selected by the Commission for the Europa 2000 programme? Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission (18 April 2000) The Commission does not have sufficient details of the matter to be able to investigate the problem raised and is not therefore in a position to answer the question at the moment. It would ask the Honourable Member to provide more details. (2000/C 303 E/231) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0536/00 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission (28 February 2000) Subject: Standards of care in rest-homes What provisions exist at European level to regulate and harmonise standards of care in rest-homes?