WRITTEN QUESTION No. 635/98 by Jorge HERNANDEZ MOLLAR to the Commission. Conditions for upgrading the Spanish 'Ingeniero Técnico' engineering qualification in comparison with others
19. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 354/11 Under the MEDA Programme the Turkish authorities have submitted to the Commission a project for the evaluation and control of marine pollution and ground and air pollution along the whole of Turkeyís Mediterranean shore. Financial cooperation with Turkey as it now stands means it is impossible to say whether such a project could be financed in the near future. The Commission communication of 15 July 1997 on the further development of relations with Turkey (1) also proposed emphasising cooperation on the environment so as to trigger sustainable development in the country and integrate this sector with other economic policies. Cooperation of this kind will require funds from the Community budget. The Luxembourg European Council (December 1997) approved these policy guidelines and called on the Commission to make appropriate proposals. These were adopted by the Commission on 4 March 1998 in its communication entitled European strategy for Turkey: the Commissionís initial operation approachí (2). It proposed, in particular, that Turkish institutions working on the environment should be strengthened and human resources in this area stepped up. Training in the assessment of environmental pollution hazards and their prevention is also provided for in the communication. To do these things will require funds from the Community budget, from the MEDA Programme in particular. The Commission would also point out that Turkey is a signatory to certain international conventions for the protection of the environment, including the Barcelona Convention on the protection of the Mediterranean Sea and the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. The Secretariats of each of these Conventions have to be informed in the event of infringements. Turkey therefore has to apply the Decision of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development of 30 March 1992 on the Control of Transfrontier Movement of Wastes for Utilisation. (1) COM(97) 394 final. (2) COM(98) 124 final. (98/C 354/16) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0635/98 by Jorge Hernandez Mollar (PPE) to the Commission (9 March 1998) Subject: Conditions for upgrading the Spanish Ingeniero Te·cnicoí engineering qualification in comparison with others Is it the case that applications from holders of a Fachhochschuldiplomí are or have been accepted by the Commission for open competitions to fill category A/LA posts in the European civil service? (98/C 354/17) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0636/98 by Jorge Hernandez Mollar (PPE) to the Commission (9 March 1998) Subject: Conditions for upgrading the Spanish Ingeniero Te·cnicoí engineering qualification in comparison with others Which does the Commission consider the highest education qualification in Germany: the Fachhochschuldi- plomí, or the Hochschuldiplomí (university-level degree)? (98/C 354/18) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0637/98 by Jorge Hernandez Mollar (PPE) to the Commission (9 March 1998) Subject: Conditions for upgrading the Spanish Ingeniero Te·cnicoí engineering qualification in comparison with others Does the Commission consider the Fachhochschuldiplomí a higher qualification than that of Ingeniero Te·cnicoí? Why?