WRITTEN QUESTION E-2015/99 by Helena Torres Marques (PSE) to the Commission. Organigramme of the new Commission's services.
C 170 E/138 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 20. 6. 2000 Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission (23 November 1999) It is true that certain associations representing private Italian healthcare institutions lodged a complaint with the Commission in January 1999. The complaint concerned an alleged breach of the rules on competition and the freedom to supply services by Italian legislation on public and private health care. The previous Commissioner responsible for competition policy replied by letter dated 6 April 1999 to a letter from Mr Ferri and confirmed that the Commission would do its best to investigate the case and reach a conclusion as soon as possible on whether or not there had been a breach. Since the complaint alleges a breach of several provisions of Community law, various Commission departments are having to cooperate on the case. Those with particular responsibility are the Directo- rates-General for Competition and the Internal Market. These departments have already begun their initial analysis of the information provided by the associations which lodged it. Talks were organised between Commission representatives and the complainantsí lawyer. The Competition Directorate-General has also contacted the Italian Competition Authority to obtain additional information. The Italian Government will also be asked to submit any comments it may have on the complaint. the complaint on the basis of Thus, the requisite attention has been and continues to be given to this complaint. Since the investigation has not yet been completed and neither the associations which brought the complaint nor the Italian Government have been informed of the initial findings, it would not be appropriate for the Commission to give its view here on whether or not the Italian legislation concerned is compatible with Community law. The Commission will not fail to inform the Honourable Members of its final conclusions. (2000/C 170 E/165) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2015/99 by Helena Torres Marques (PSE) to the Commission Subject: Organigramme of the new Commissionís services (9 November 1999) I should like a copy of the organigramme of the new Commissionís services, and specifically, details of the names, nationalities and gender of the heads of Directorates-General, Directorates, Services and autono- mous Units. Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (1 December 1999) A list of officials in management posts on the Commission organisation chart, showing their grade, sex and nationality, will be sent directly to the Honourable Member and to the Secretariat-General of Parliament. The electronic version of the organisation chart for the new Commission can be consulted on the Internet. (2000/C 170 E/166) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2018/99 by Jeffrey Titford (EDD) to the Commission (29 October 1999) Subject: Powers delegated to the nation states of the European Union I am aware of course of innumerable ways in which the European Union (formerly the European Community, formerly the European Economic Community and before that the Common Market) has removed powers from the nation-states of the Union in almost all aspects of their internal and external affairs