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Document 91999E000696
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 696/99 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Structural Funds
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 696/99 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Structural Funds
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 696/99 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Structural Funds
Dz.U. C 325 z 12.11.1999, p. 131
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 696/99 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL Structural Funds
Official Journal C 325 , 12/11/1999 P. 0131
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0696/99 by José García-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (26 March 1999) Subject: Structural Funds The regions whose level of income per inhabitant is less than 75 % of that which corresponds to the average Community inhabitant are classed as "Objective 1 regions" and are entitled to substantial Community aid. In order to work out whether this threshold has been crossed or not, the draft Council Regulation, COM(98) 0131 final(1), laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds, stipulates that the figures corresponding to the last three years on which Eurostat has information will be taken into account. Currently, only the figures corresponding to the financial years 1994, 1995 and 1996 are available. When will the figures corresponding to 1994 be replaced by those from 1997 in the regions which are seeking to qualify as "Objective 1 regions"? Answer given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission (19 April 1999) Estimates, for 1997, of regional gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, expressed in purchasing power standards, should be available in December 1999. (1) OJ C 176, 9.6.1998, p. 1.