WRITTEN QUESTION E-1756/99 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Council. Murder of another Greek Cypriot in the occupied territories of Cyprus.
18. 7. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 203 E/37 4. What contribution does each Member State have to make towards the staffing costs? 5. Has the Federal Republic of Germany promised the other Member States that it will provide the majority of staff and bear the main share of staffing costs? 6. Have individual Member States indicated that they will not contribute to staffing costs? 7. How are staffing costs to be financed in the next few years? Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission (9 November 1999) The staff of the stability pact co-ordinator has only been partially constituted. Currently, 20 staff 1. members have taken up their functions: three deputy special-coordinators (1 Netherlands, 1 Finland, 1 United States); one head of cabinet (Germany); one deputy head of cabinet and spokesman (United Kingdom); one advisor (Italy); one personal assistant (Germany), one accountant (United Kingdom ü provisional); one expert (presidency: Finland ü until 31 December 1999); 8 experts (Denmark, Germany, France, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, United States); 1 secretary (Netherlands/Commission); 1 regional affairs expert (Macedonia, resident in Berlin, provided on fully funded basis). Nine other team members, including one financial affairs expert, one expert and seven secretaries are not yet appointed. 2, 3. and 4. The total personnel costs of the mission of Mr Hombach and his staff supported by the Community budget are for the period August-December 1999 foreseen to be € 168 419 (mission costs not included). This amount does not include salaries and related costs of those staff members seconded, as a contribution in kind, by Member States. The Commission is not informed of the total financial cost involved in the referred secondments and is consequently unable to provide an estimate of the total personnel costs involved. No. There is no specific provision on the number or percentage of staff members to be provided by 5. Germany or any other state. No Member State has excluded the possibility of seconding staff to the team and consequently of 6. assuming the respective salary and related costs. 7. The relevant Joint Action (1999/523/CFSP, Article 1, paragraph 3) establishes that áthe EU shall, by providing its Special Representative with the necessary human and logistical resources, make a substantial contribution to his functions also as special Co-ordinator. The European Union looks to the other participants in the Stability Pact also to make an equitable contribution to the functioning of the Pactí. The Community contribution for future financing of the stability pact structure will have to be determined both by the requirements of the Pact and by the willingness of other participants to make such an equitable contribution. (2000/C 203 E/046) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1756/99 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Council (1 October 1999) Subject: Murder of another Greek Cypriot in the occupied territories of Cyprus The appalling murder of another Greek Cypriot ü his name was Stelios Charpas ü in the occupied territories of Cyprus by Turkish settlers has caused great alarm and a climate of panic among the Greek- Cypriot population in the enclave. Given that in its resolution of 10 April 1997 (B4-0286/97) (1) the European Parliament stated that it 6condemns once again, and in the strongest terms, the serious and persistent violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms suffered by the persons in the enclave which have been committed by the illegal occupying regime, and the intransigence on the part of the latterí and ácalls for much greater awareness on the part of the UN and the bodies of the European Union, in particular the Council and the Commission, with a view to preparing and carrying out any action which they may deem necessary, including humanitarian action, aimed at improving the living conditions of the persons in the enclaveí, will the Council say: C 203 E/38 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 18. 7. 2000 What action does it intend to take in the wake of this new murder to ensure that the Greeks Cypriots in the enclave can continue to live there? Does it consider that a full-scale and permanent observation post can be set up in Rizokarpaso to ensure the security of the Greek Cypriots in the enclave? (1) OJ C 132, 28. 4. 1997, p. 226. Answer (24 January 2000) The Council has not received any official information about the incident to which the Honourable Member refers. As far as could be ascertained ü and as the question itself suggests ü Mr Stelios Charpasí violent death was not related to activities by agents of the regime in control of Northern Cyprus. On the contrary, it appears that they cooperated with the authorities of the Republic of Cyprus with a view to taking appropriate action in the wake of Mr Charpasí death. As to the question of setting up an observation post in Rizokarpaso, the Council trusts that the United Nations will fully consider all the relevant aspects and take the right decision. (2000/C 203 E/047) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1757/99 by Manuel PØrez `lvarez (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: Reorganising DGs XIV and VI (1 October 1999) Could the Commission give details of the proposal by President Prodi for a possible reorganisation of the Commissionís Directorate-General VI for Agriculture and Directorate-General XIV for Fisheries into a single Directorate-General? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (9 November 1999) The Commission is, at present, undergoing a major re-organization in order to rationalize and improve the service which it provides for the European citizen. This organisation is based on 36 directorates general (DGs) and services, including the Agriculture DG and the Fisheries DG which remain separate DGs under the responsibility of commissioner Fischler. A new Director general of the Fisheries DG was appointed on 1 October 1999, which confirms what Mr Fischler said at his parliamentary hearing in September 1999. In any future reform of the Commission, attention will of course be paid to views already expressed in the Parliament on reform matters. (2000/C 203 E/048) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1760/99 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler (Verts/ALE) to the Commission (1 October 1999) Subject: Poles of Rural Developmentí project in Cameroon implemented by DG VIII Can the Commission state its position on the following points in relation to the Poles of Rural Developmentí project: 1. What stage (planning, implementation) has the project now reached? 2. Have project assessments been conducted, and if so by whom (internally by Commission departments, or independently)?