WRITTEN QUESTION E-0252/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Secondary employment.
C 374 E/46 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 28. 12. 2000 (2000/C 374 E/053) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0252/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission (7 February 2000) Subject: Secondary employment How many Commission staff are engaged in secondary employment that required approval according to the Staff Regulations and how many were instructed to cease or refrain from specified employment of this kind? Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (24 March 2000) Article 12 of the Staff Regulations provides that officials must abstain from any outside activities which may reflect on their position. Furthermore an official wishing to engage in an outside activity whether gainful or not, or to carry out any assignment outside the Communities must obtain permission from the appointing authority. Permission shall be refused if the activity or assignment is such as to impair the officialís independence or to be detrimental to the work of the Communities. The number of outside activities for which permission has been required in the last five years is 677. They related mainly to teaching engagements in universities, appearances at conferences and seminars, participation in different kind of Boards of academic, administration or artistic foundations, societies and other organisations whose activities are not in conflict with the interests of the Commission or the Communities. There have been four occasions on which permission to engage in outside activities was sought and authorisation has been refused. (2000/C 374 E/054) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0254/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission (7 February 2000) Subject: Commissionersí cabinets Will the Commissioners list the members of their cabinet? What are the total salaries for each cabinet? Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (16 March 2000) The list of all members of the Commissionís cabinets is being transmitted directly to the Honourable Member and the General secretariat of the Parliament. It is available in published documents