91999E1901

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1901/99

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 October 1999)

Subject: Raphael Programme (1996-2000)

Will the Commission state what agencies (public or private), institutions, companies, cooperatives and individuals have been allocated funding (specifying whether payments have already been made) under Raphael, the Community action programme in the field of cultural heritage (1996-2000) (budget ECU 67 million, equal to LIT 130 billion) and how much each of them has been granted?

Has it checked how the amounts have actually been used and whether the proposed measures have been successfully implemented?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(23 November 1999)

The Commission would inform the Honourable Member that the Raphael programme was adopted at the end of 1997 by the Parliament and the Council with a global allocation of ECU 30 million and for a four year period, 1997-2000. However, in view of the adoption of the framework Culture 2000 programme, 1999 was the last year of the implementation of the Raphael programme.

In response to the first part of the question, the Commission is sending a list directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat.

As to the second part of the question, the selected projects are followed-up through intermediate and final reports and the financial contributions granted are given only after verification and acceptance of these reports by the Commission.