WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1449/99 by Rainer WIELAND Breakdown of Commission staff by grade and Member State
29. 1. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 27 E/75 (2000/C 27 E/091) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1449/99 by Rainer Wieland (PPE-DE) to the Commission (1 September 1999) Subject: Breakdown of Commission staff by grade and Member State Is the Commission aware that on 27 April 1999 the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) published a table showing the breakdown of Commission staff by grade and country? The source given is European Commission, position on 1 March 1999í. The statistics published in the FAZ contain a number of inaccuracies, in particular in the following areas: A figure of 275 instead of 273 for Austria, 3 884 instead of 4 074 for Belgium, 517 instead of 1 326 for Germany (!), 1 882 instead of 2 069 for Italy etc. This gives a total of 15 696 instead of the figure indicated: 16 861. Adding up the last column gives a figure of 14 966 instead of the 16 861 shown. What is the Commissionís attitude towards the figures published in the FAZ and towards the obvious inaccuracies in the light of the source quoted by the FAZ? Can the Commission make available the original on which the publication is allegedly based? Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission (15 September 1999) The Commission had not been informed that the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung would be publishing the table to which the Honourable Member refers. The table is indeed taken from the monthly statistical bulletin on the Commissionís staff, produced by the Commission, which is being forwarded directly to the Honourable Member and to the Parliament Secretariat. The table shows the officials and temporary staff paid from the administrative budget. Without knowing the source of the data proffered by the Honourable Member, the differences between the two figures could be explained by the fact that those provided by the Honourable Member do not include the officials in the language services. The correct figure for staff of German nationality is 1 581 (517 refers to Danish staff). (2000/C 27 E/092) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1451/99 by Herbert Bösch (PSE) to the Commission (1 September 1999) Subject: Financing of projects in Ischia (Italy) Three projects on Ischia ü two in the port of Ischia and one to do with the untapped medicinal spring of Nitrodi outside the town of Ischia ü are to be supported by the European Union. Construction has not yet started. Can the Commission explain: 1. In what form are these projects being supported by the European Union? 2. How is the overfall financing being planned and what system will be used for the breakdown of funding between the EU and the region? 3. What is the timescale envisaged for completion of these projects?