European Parliament 6 April 1998, WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1032/98 by Mark WATTS to the Commission. Ramsgate Ferry Tragedy: failure of Swedish companies to pay fine

Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (23 April 1998) The new Article 227(2) of the Treaty of Amsterdam, Agenda 2000 (1) and the Commission proposals on the new Structural Funds regulations all pay close, and indeed specific, attention to the most remote regions by bringing them under the new Objective 1.