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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3670/01 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Budgetary status of the northern dimension in 2002.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3670/01 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Budgetary status of the northern dimension in 2002.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3670/01 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Budgetary status of the northern dimension in 2002.
ĠU C 301E, 5.12.2002, p. 19–20
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
92001E3670
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3670/01 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Budgetary status of the northern dimension in 2002.
Official Journal 301 E , 05/12/2002 P. 0019 - 0020
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3670/01 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (PPE-DE) to the Commission (14 January 2002) Subject: Budgetary status of the northern dimension in 2002 The northern dimension is an important political initiative. What steps has the Commission taken with a view to creating a special heading for the northern dimension in the EU budget for 2003? How will it cover the northern dimension when it draws up the 2003 budget? Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission (26 February 2002) The Commission strongly supports the Northern Dimension initiative. It aims at enhancing cooperation between the Union and the countries of Europe's northern region through, inter alia, better coordination of the Community programmes operating in the region. It has been clear from the beginning that the Northern Dimension initiative would not involve creation of new specific sources of Community funding. The Commission believes that more is to be gained by improved coordination of existing programmes than could be made available by another small budget line and, therefore, the Commission does not foresee proposing a separate heading for the Northern Dimension. The Commission is in general against the creation of small thematic or specialised small budget lines, which hinder effective management of the Community budget. Activities within the Northern Dimension continue to benefit from the existing budget lines, the TACIS programme for actions in Russia, from the PHARE and ISPA programmes for the candidate countries and from Interreg in the Member States concerned. For example, the budget line (B7-521) for Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) is used predominantly in the Northern Dimension area; its subsidiary line for the Baltic Sea (B7-5211) is of course entirely aimed at the Northern Dimension area. This is also the case as regards the PHARE CBC programme in the region (B7-0311). In addition, the Commission intends to be a major contributor to the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership Support Fund once this Fund is set up.