WRITTEN QUESTION E-1563/99 by Lucio Manisco (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Parliamentary assistants employed by DG XII.
20. 6. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 170 E/35 Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission (11 October 1999) Following the adoption of the new Structural Fund regulations (i. e. Council Regulation (EC) 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds (1), Regulation (EC) 1261/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 June 1999 on the European Regional Development Fund (1) and Regulation (EC) 1262/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 June 1999 on the European Social Fund (1), the Commission decided on 1 July 1999 how the commitment appropriations would be divided up among the Member States under Objectives 1, 2 and 3 of the Structural Funds and the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance outside Objective 1 regions in the period 2000-2006. These Commission decisions cover € 183 564 million of the € 195 010 million overall appropriation for the Structural Funds, at 1999 prices. Of that amount, Luxembourg will receive 0,04 %, which is the smallest share of the 15 Member States. (1) OJ L 161, 26. 6. 1999. (2000/C 170 E/036) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1563/99 by Lucio Manisco (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (1 September 1999) Subject: Parliamentary assistants employed by DG XII How many MEPsí assistants were employed by DG XII and the JRC during the last parliamentary 1. term, what type of contract did they have and what were their duties? Have any administrative or legal proceedings been initiated, or concluded, by the relevant Com- 2. mission departments, by OLAF or by other competent bodies, against individuals employed by DG XII with the above professional background? If so, and without prejudice, of course, to the rights of those in question and to any other relevant 3. provision, what type of charges were brought and what is the current status of the proceedings? Answer given by Mr Busquin on behalf of the Commission (14 October 1999) A certain number of the persons recruited by the former Directorate General for Science, Research 1. and Development (DG XII) and the Joint research Centre (JRC) during the most recent legislative period had already been employed in the service of other institutions under different sets of staff rules, including those for MEPs assistants. The Commission is able to state, more particularly, that it is aware that former MEPís assistants (seven in the case of DG XII and one in that of the JRC) were recruited during the most recent legislative period as officials, contract staff members or auxiliary staff members by means of the administrative procedures providing for this (competitions, selections, tests), and in line with the rules in force 2. and 3. MEPís asistants recruited by DG XII or by the JRC over the last five years. No administrative or legal proceedings are in progress or have been brought against former