WRITTEN QUESTION P-1618/99 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. MED Programmes.
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