European Parliament 18 February 2003, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0441/03 by Teresa Almeida Garrett (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Closure of the C. & J. Clark footwear factory in Castelo de Paiva (Portugal).

What political measures will the Commission take in order to prevent, and, ultimately, penalise actions of this nature, as frequently perpetrated by companies which establish themselves in the EU, receive Community funding and then, having exhausted its advantages and benefits (above all on the human level), relocate their operations?