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Mr President, I will say firstly that I very much regret the storm that has taken place in the Azores. Unfortunately, there have recently been various climatological disasters in different parts of the European Union, but I would like to point out that some of the measures in the regional operative programme of the Structural Funds provides for aid which can alleviate the damage caused by the bad weather conditions referred to by the honourable Member.
I would like to point out that the problems suffered on 11 and 12 April in the Azores – which the honourable Member has mentioned – do not in principle allow for the allocation of supplementary sums from the effective reserve. As the honourable Member knows, this is an instrument intended to promote the efficiency of operative programmes. Its allocation is based on indicators defined by the Member State, in agreement with the Commission, which reflect the efficiency, management and financial execution of programmes and allow the results to be measured, in relation to the objective defined by the programme. In other words, they are intended to stimulate the different European regions of the different countries of the European Union to manage the Structural Funds available to them in the best and most efficient way possible.
However, by allocating the programming reserve proposed by the Member State at the time of the programming of the Community support programme, the special needs of the agricultural sector in the Azores can be taken into account. This would provide a margin for the reallocation of funds. Portugal can therefore propose that the bad weather conditions referred to by the honourable Member be taken into account, but, I would insist, by means of the programming reserve
With regard to the possibilities of aid to farmers, certain measures may be adopted, at the request of the Member State in question, within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy, although, as the honourable Member knows, the Commission has not so far received any communication or request for intervention from the Member State or the regional authorities in relation to the events in the Azores.
If the Commission is consulted in this regard, it will of course study the measures which may be adopted in order to deal with the consequences of this bad weather within the framework of the legislation in force."@en1
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