WRITTEN QUESTION P-1616/99 by Stanislaw Tillich (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission staff.
C 170 E/52 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 20. 6. 2000 will be considered in the context of the new regulation to be adopted, and in close cooperation with the United Nations and other actors in this area. It is currently not envisaged to hold a major international conference in the near future. (2000/C 170 E/057) WRITTEN QUESTION P-1616/99 by Stanislaw Tillich (PPE-DE) to the Commission (7 September 1999) Subject: Commission staff Can the Commission say how many auxiliary and local staff and special advisers ü in addition to the permanent and temporary posts arising from the EU budget ü it pays out of the budget and what amounts are involved? Can it provide the same details on staff not governed by the Staff Regulations and employed, for example, at the European agencies, technical assistance offices (TAOs) and international organisations (e. g. for the Balkans)? How many posts remain vacant in the end? Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (6 October 1999) On 31 August 1999, the Commission employed: Statute Number Budget heading 1999 appropriations Auxiliary staff Special advisers Local staff in the offices of the Union Local staff in the delegations 1 310 31 192 1 696 (1) A-7000 A-1113 A-1112 A-6001 36 310 000 165 000 6 850 000 37 550 000 (1) (1) Out of maintenance and safety agents under local contract (estimated up to 203 persons for a total cost of approximately € 650 000). (in euros) Some local staff for technical assistance, assigned to the delegations and financed on the B7-5 chapter of the part B of the budget, are not included in the above mentioned human resources. Their number is approximately 150 person/year. Agencies are given a large autonomy in relation to staff management. Their current statutory staff is approximately 1 200 persons. At present, the Commission does not have data concerning the number of ánon statutoryí personnel working in the agencies. This would need an ad hoc survey to each one of the 11 agencies. Meanwhile, in answer to the specific questions: According to the results of the most recent survey on technical assistance, carried out in September/ October 1998, the cost of technical assistance offices (TAOs) working for the Commission corresponds to approximately € 200 million. The number of person/year working in TAOs listed by the Commission was approximately 1 000. However the number of indicated person/year does not systematically include the support staff (secretariat, for example) employed by TAOs. Moreover, when the product of TAOs is expressed in terms of delivery of a given service (output) and not of volume of human resources used 20. 6. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 170 E/53 (input), the number of personnel employed by TAOs does not constitute a contractual criterion and is therefore not known by the Commission. A new report updating the data on TAOs is being finalised and will be submitted to the budgetary authority in the near future. At present, the Community rebuilding effort in Kosovo is coordinated by a task force of the Commission, of approximately 35 persons, comprised mainly of officials of the Commission and local agents (statutory personnel). It will be replaced in the future by a Kosovo rebuilding agency. Budgetary vacant posts at 31 August 1999, are as follows: Budget Posts Number Operation (fonctionnement) Operation (fonctionnement) Research (Indirect actions) permanent temporary permanent (administrative, scientific and technical) Office for Official Publications of the European Communities permanent 501 195 193 29 (2000/C 170 E/058) WRITTEN QUESTION P-1618/99 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission (7 September 1999) Subject: MED Programmes The resolution on the Court of Auditors Special report No 1/96 on the MED programmes (submitted pursuant to Article 188C, paragraph 4, indent 2 of the EC Treaty) together with the Commissionís replies refers to serious irregularities and significant shortcomings in the management of the financial pro- grammes (1992-1995). The same resolution notes that the funding proposals for MED-Urbs (29 July 1992), MED-Campus (14 October 1992, MED-Invest (14 December 1992) and MED-Media (18 May 1993) involved spending of ECU 78 million. Will the Commission provide a full and detailed list of all public and private bodies, undertakings, companies, firms, individuals and organisations in Member States and other countries which have received sums under the abovementioned programmes up to a total of ECU 78 million, giving details of the exact amounts concerned? Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission (8 October 1999) The ECU 78 million referred to in the Parliamentís resolution of July 1996 were spent on financing decentralised cooperation networks for the period 1992-1995, and technical assistance to them (ARTM (agency for Trans-Mediterranean networks) ü Ismeri Europa ü FRERE Consultants ü the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) ü and the Television trust for the environment (TVE)). Since the resolution, the Commission has regularly kept the Committee on Budgetary Control informed of follow-ups to the Court of Auditorsí report, and the progress of recovery orders. The Commission has sent additional information on the financing decisions for the various networks for the period 1992-1995 directly to the Honourable Member and to the Parliamentís Secretariat