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Parliamentary question - E-005238/2012Parliamentary question
E-005238/2012

Funds from the EU budget and forced sterilisation in South Africa

Question for written answer E-005238/2012
to the Commission
Rule 117
Konrad Szymański (ECR) and Martin Kastler (PPE)

In 2010, 12 women were planning to take the South African Government to court, claiming they had been forcibly sterilised. In 2009, South Africa received funds under the Seventh Framework Programme (budget line 08 02 01, ‘Cooperation and Health’). The recipient of the grant was EquitAble, a four-year programme designed to provide universal and equitable access to healthcare for vulnerable people in poor-resource settings. In addition to receiving this grant, the South African Government has also received bulk grants, with no specifications, from the Commission under budget line 21 06 02, ‘Relations with South Africa’.

OJ C 173 E, 19/06/2013