§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the Communities budget lines frozen following the ECJ ruling of 12 May 1998 (C-106/96); and if he will make a statement on the planned unblocking of these. [86729]
§ Ms HewittFollowing the ECJ ruling of 12 May 1998, the Commission suspended a number of budget lines which lacked, or were thought to lack, a legal basis for expenditure on the activities to which they related. Efforts were made to free up certain lines—for example, action against illegal and harmful content on the Internet—quickly, in order that the appropriations entered on these lines in the 1998 budget could continue to be accessed.
Legal bases for a number of other budget lines, or parts of other budget lines, have now been identified by the Commission and funding for these activities has now resumed under a proper legal basis.
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Budget article Description B2–5122 Enhancing public awareness of the Common Agricultural Policy B2–706 Action programme to promote the combined transport of goods B2–910 Specific operation in favour of small-scale fisheries and small-scale coastal fishing B3–1006 Promotion and safeguard of regional and minority languages and cultures B3–1011 European voluntary service B3–2003 European cultural development policy B3–2012 European multilingual networks: cinema, television, radio B3–2020 Sport in Europe B3–4005 European Centre for Industrial Relations B3–4101 Co-operation with charitable associations B3–4106 Co-operation with non-governmental organisations and associations formed by people with disabilities and support for their activities B3–4108 Measures in favour of the family and children B3–4114 Measures to combat racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism B3–4116 Co-operation with non-governmental organisations and associations formed by the socially excluded and the elderly B3–4304 Health and well being B3–4310 Health protection, hygiene and safety at work, including a subsidy for the European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety B3–4312 Assistance for victims of accidents in the coal and steel sector and orphans allowances B3–4313 Action for safety at work in Europe (SAFE) B3–440 Combating drugs—Global aspects B4–1031 SAVE II (Promotion of energy efficiency) B4–1040 European Energy Observatory B5–100 Measures in favour of consumers with regard to products and services B5–103 Measures to improve consumer health B5–300 Strategic programme on the internal market B5–303 Customs 2000 B5–321 Measures in the social economy sector (co-operatives, mutuals, associations and foundations) B5–324 Action to encourage transfrontier provision of equity capital for small and medium-sized enterprises B5–336 Action against illegal and harmful content on the Internet B5–600 Policy on statistical information concerned with non-member countries B5–7210 Networks for the interchange of data between administrations (IDA) B7–4034 Financial co-operation with Turkey B7–535 Co-operation with the countries of central and eastern Europe and the New Independent States under the Euratom Treaty B7–544 Customs assistance missions in relation to Bosnia-Herzegovina B7–6000 Community contribution towards schemes concerning developing countries carried out by non-governmental organisations B7–611 Integrating gender issues in development co-operation B7–643 Decentralised co-operation in the developing countries B7–6602 New Transatlantic Agenda B7–661 Community co-operation in action concerning anti-personnel mines B7–662 Community participation in the enforcement of economic sanctions and trade embargoes imposed by the international community B7–70 European Initiative for Democracy and the Protection of Human Rights B7–851 Promotion of European Union exports to Japan B7–852 Access to the markets of non-Community countries