WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3895/97 by Gerardo FERNÁNDEZ-ALBOR to the Commission. Payrolls in Euros
C 174/152 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 6. 98 28 June 1997. , an examining magistrate wishes investigators to visit the building. and a photo file to be established. , the Commission had agreed to the performance of all relevant judicial tasks. , the inquiry is based on statements by the parents. , the case is being investigated. , some parents have expressly requested the examining judge to exercise discretion in this inquiry for their childrenís sakeí. The Security Office reports to the President of the Commission. The unit responsible for monitoring management by the sub-contractor is the Welfare Policy Unit in DG IX, which comes under the Member of the Commission responsible for personnel and administration. (98/C 174/226) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3895/97 by Gerardo Ferna·ndez-Albor (PPE) to the Commission (11 December 1997) Subject: Payrolls in Euros Many institutions, bodies and undertakings have already adopted the practice of printing their employeesí payrolls both in Euros and their national currency, with a view to gradually accustoming them to a currency which will change the habits of Europeans. Measures of this type, alongside others such as paying local government taxes in Euros, will help all European citizens to get to grips with the Euro. Is the Commission encouraging the extension of such practices with a view to helping citizens to come to terms with mentally converting into Euros in preparation for the arrival of a new monetary system which will greatly reinforce the European Union citizensí sense of unity? Answer given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission (15 January 1998) The Commission fully shares the views expressed by the Honourable Member. It welcomes the commitment on the part of its partners in both the public and the private sector to ensuring that the euro is introduced as smoothly as possible. The manner in which the communication challenges posed by the euro are addressed by the Commission is set out in a recent communication entitled Practical aspects of introducing the euro (1). í The Commission has set up various expert consultative working groups to examine specific aspects of the communication challenges in greater detail. They are due to present their reports soon, and the Commission will then rapidly draw appropriate policy conclusions. A first group is examining the technical and cost implications of dual display, i. e. the display of prices and values in both national currency and the euro. A second group is examining how to help citizens understand prices and values denominated in euros. The Commission acknowledges that public administrations have a central role to play in the changeover to the euro, and it has requested national authorities to present changeover plans by the end of 1997. Virtually all the Member States have already presented their plans, which in most cases provide for the submission of tax returns in euros during the transitional period. In many cases, the right to submit a tax return in euros during the transitional period also covers personal income tax returns. The details of the changeover of public administrations are a matter for the national authorities. The Commission will report on the changeover plans of all Member States in the near future. (1) COM(97) 491 final