Mr Vella’s answer of 5 February 2015 on behalf of the Commission to Written Question E-009275/2014, tabled by Lola Sánchez Caldentey MEP, on the abandonment of work to decontaminate the urban site of El Hondón (Cartagena) states that the Commission ‘will seek information from the Spanish competent authorities to assess compliance with EC law requirements’.

However, in response to a written question on the same subject (reference number 184/4361), tabled on 11 November 2016 at the Spanish Congress of Deputies, the Spanish Government answered that neither it nor the autonomous community of Murcia were aware of such a request for information.

1.Can the Commission therefore state when and to whom it made the request for the information to which it refers in its answer to Question E-009275/2014?

2.Precisely what information was requested, and what reply was forthcoming from the competent Spanish authorities?

3.Has the Commission approved any budget line under the Cohesion Fund for decontaminating the site of El Hondón, which lies within the urban area of the city of Cartagena?