WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3384/97 by Jaak VANDEMEULEBROUCKE to the Commission. Application form for the European Environment Agency (Copenhagen)
16. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 187/7 Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (5 November 1997) The Commission would draw the Honourable Memberís attention to the fact that Declaration 39 on the 1. quality of the drafting of Community legislation, annexed to the Amsterdam Treaty, requests Parliament, the Council and the Commission áto establish by common accord guidelines for improving the quality of the drafting of Community legislation. í The reply to these questions will depend on the work referred to above. The Commission recalls that it 2. - 4. has already taken a number of measures to improve the quality of legislation in the broad sense. These measures are referred to in the annual report on Better law-making (1). The 1997 report will appear in the next few weeks. (1) Doc. CSE(96) 6007. (98/C 187/09) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3361/97 by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission (22 October 1997) Subject: Environment education What funds, if any, and under what budget line, are available for environment education in developing countries such as India, Bangladesh and Nepal? If there are any such funds, exactly what are they being used for? Answer given by Mr Marin on behalf of the Commission (6 November 1997) The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to her Written Question E-3197/97 (1). (1) OJ C 158, 25. 5. 1998, p. 55. (98/C 187/10) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3384/97 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke (ARE) to the Commission (23 October 1997) Subject: Application form for the European Environment Agency (Copenhagen) Official Journal C 294A of 27 September 1997 states that the European Environment Agency is organizing a selection procedure to recruit a deputy director. The application form attached is in English only (this is true of all the language versions of the Official Journal). If the Commission is really seeking equal treatment for all citizens throughout the European Union, does it not feel that all candidates for this selection procedure should be able to participate in their mother tongue, and does it not think that candidates whose mother tongue is English will be at a clear advantage in this particular instance? Is the Commission prepared to take effective and tangible measures to prevent any form of future discrimination, and does it have any plans to provide application forms in all the official languages for this selection procedure?