<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"Referring to the answer given by MrsWallström to written question E-3147/00(1) I would like to submit the following further requests of clarification:  Since the start of the preparations of the feasibility study by the Italian company SPEA Ingegneria Europea on 9 March 2000, financed within the Phare CBC facility, the public has neither been involved in nor officially informed by the respective Bulgarian authorities (Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works - MRDPW, and the CBC implementing agency - General Road Administration) about plans concerning the construction of this motorway section. The feasibility study has thus been drawn up and submitted to the Bulgarian Government and the Commission disregarding the public participation procedures as outlined in Articles 6 and 7 of the Aarhus Convention, of which Bulgaria is signatory, and at variance with the partnership principle which is required for programming and implementation procedures in the framework of the EU's social and economic cohesion policy, and which Bulgaria is supposed to transpose in view of its accession to the EU.  1.Is the Commission aware of the serious lack of public participation and information during the planning procedure for the Daskalovo-Kulata motorway section (part of the Trans-European Corridor No 4)?  2.How does the Commission under these conditions intend to ensure that the less damaging route for the environment is used, and that alternative solutions to the one through the Kresna gorge are properly taken into account and their environmental impact evaluated, given in particular that Bulgaria has not yet fully transposed the EC requirements on environmental impact assessments, though they are part of the short-term priorities outlined in the Accession Partnership 1999 with Bulgaria?  3.Has the Commission officially informed the CBC implementation agency about its concerns as expressed in its answer to question E-3147/00, which have been the terms of reference for the implementation of the CBC project E-79 by SPEA, and is the draft feasibility study submitted to the Bulgarian Government and the European Commission now available for the public and for public participation?    (1)OJ C 174 E, 19.6.2001, p. 20."
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [10]. </s>
Referring to the answer given by MrsWallström to written question E-3147/00(1) I would like to submit the following further requests of clarification:  Since the start of the preparations of the feasibility study by the Italian company SPEA Ingegneria Europea on 9 March 2000, financed within the Phare CBC facility, the public has neither been involved in nor officially informed by the respective Bulgarian authorities (Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works - MRDPW, and the CBC implementing agency - General Road Administration) about plans concerning the construction of this motorway section. The feasibility study has thus been drawn up and submitted to the Bulgarian Government and the Commission disregarding the public participation procedures as outlined in Articles 6 and 7 of the Aarhus Convention, of which Bulgaria is signatory, and at variance with the partnership principle which is required for programming and implementation procedures in the framework of the EU's social and economic cohesion policy, and which Bulgaria is supposed to transpose in view of its accession to the EU.  1.Is the Commission aware of the serious lack of public participation and information during the planning procedure for the Daskalovo-Kulata motorway section (part of the Trans-European Corridor No 4)?  2.How does the Commission under these conditions intend to ensure that the less damaging route for the environment is used, and that alternative solutions to the one through the Kresna gorge are properly taken into account and their environmental impact evaluated, given in particular that Bulgaria has not yet fully transposed the EC requirements on environmental impact assessments, though they are part of the short-term priorities outlined in the Accession Partnership 1999 with Bulgaria?  3.Has the Commission officially informed the CBC implementation agency about its concerns as expressed in its answer to question E-3147/00, which have been the terms of reference for the implementation of the CBC project E-79 by SPEA, and is the draft feasibility study submitted to the Bulgarian Government and the European Commission now available for the public and for public participation?    (1)OJ C 174 E, 19.6.2001, p. 20.