91998E0736

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0736/98 by Sérgio Ribeiro (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (2 March 1998)

Subject: Application for Cohesion Fund resources for a project for cleaning up the catchment area of the rivers Lis and Seiça (Portugal)

On 6 January 1998 the Commission replied to my Question P-3932/97 ((OJ C 187, 16.6.1998, p. 94. )) on the catchment area of the rivers Lis and Seiça (Portugal)/Cohesion Fund, stating that it had received an application for cofunding the first phase of a cleaning up project and would consider this application on the basis of the technical and economic assessment of the project, the resources available under the Cohesion Fund for Portugal and the priorities fixed by the Commission and the Member State concerned.

Will the Commission say what progress has been made in assessing this application and establishing priorities and whether any decision has yet been made?

Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (30 March 1998)

The application for part-financing from the Cohesion Fund for the project for cleaning up the catchment area of the Rivers Lis and Seiça is still being examined. However, the amount requested greatly exceeds that available from the Cohesion Fund for Portugal until 1999. A final decision on the project will therefore have to await the drawing up of priorities for the Cohesion Fund in agreement with the Portuguese authorities.