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Document 92001E001038
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1038/01 by Isidoro Sánchez García (ELDR) to the Commission. Development cooperation policy for Latin America (the environment).
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1038/01 by Isidoro Sánchez García (ELDR) to the Commission. Development cooperation policy for Latin America (the environment).
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1038/01 by Isidoro Sánchez García (ELDR) to the Commission. Development cooperation policy for Latin America (the environment).
JO C 318E, 13.11.2001, pp. 191–192
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
- Date of document:
- 03/04/2001; data transmiterii
- Date of dispatch:
- 03/04/2001
- Date of reply:
- 21/05/2001; răspuns scris
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- Parlamentul European, Not available
- Form:
- Întrebare scrisă
- Addressee:
- Comisia Europeană
- Parliamentary term:
- a cincea legislatură
- Political group:
- Greupul Partidului European al Liberalilor, Democraţilor şi Reformatorilor
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92001E1038
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1038/01 by Isidoro Sánchez García (ELDR) to the Commission. Development cooperation policy for Latin America (the environment).
Official Journal 318 E , 13/11/2001 P. 0191 - 0192
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1038/01 by Isidoro Sánchez García (ELDR) to the Commission (3 April 2001) Subject: Development cooperation policy for Latin America (the environment) What guidelines will be followed by the Commission in its development cooperation policy for the countries of Latin America, particularly with reference to the environment? Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission (21 May 2001) The Commission takes great care to ensure that its development cooperation policy with Latin America is in line with the major international conventions on the environment such as those on climate change, biodiversity or desertification, and with international processes on the conservation and sustainable management of forests such as the United Nations Forum on Forests. A new Regulation was adopted in November 2000: Regulation (EC) No 2493/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 November 2000 on measures to promote the full integration of the environmental dimension in the development process of developing countries(1), concerning operations financed by budget heading B7-6200. Even before this Regulation existed, every operation to assist Latin America, where necessary, included an environmental impact assessment. Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 of 25 February 1992, on financial and technical assistance to, and economic cooperation with, the developing countries in Asia and Latin America(2) stipulates that 10 % of funding should be set aside for the environment and, in particular, protecting tropical forests. This objective is fully met. Latin America is one of the main areas that benefits from environmental projects on tropical forests and both European and Latin American non-governmental organisations are very active in the field of environmental protection, at the same time paying particular attention to the local population. The Commission is the second biggest donor (after Germany) to the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forests (PPG7). (1) OJ L 288, 15.11.2000. (2) OJ L 52, 27.2.1992.
