WRITTEN QUESTION E-0547/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Corpus Juris and staff.
C 374 E/102 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 28. 12. 2000 (2000/C 374 E/117) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0547/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission (28 February 2000) Subject: Corpus Juris and staff Further to the reply given to my Written Question E-2596/99 (1), will the Commission indicate the positions currently held by the authors of the reports on Corpus Juris? (1) OJ C 280 E, 3. 10. 2000, p. 79. Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission (13 April 2000) The group of researchers working on the Corpus Juris were chosen for this purpose because they are well- known experts in criminal law in their respective Member States. As far as the Commission is aware, these researchers are still working in their respective Member States, where they hold independent posts in universities and higher education and are recognised as authorities in jurisprudence. Some of them hold other national posts (as judges). Mrs Mireille Delmas-Marty, who was given the task of drawing up the summary report on the Corpus Juris follow-up study, was recently appointed, on the basis of a joint agreement between Parliament, the Council and the Commission (1), as a member of the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). (1) OJ C 220, 31. 7. 1999. (2000/C 374 E/118) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0549/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: Current situation in the European milk sector (28 February 2000) In the light of the information forwarded to the Commission by the Member States in the first four months of the current milk year (April to July) and the Commissionís forecasts on the basis of that information, which were published in November, it appears that several Member States will exceed their allocated milk quotas. With a view to forming a picture of the situation in the European milk sector now that the current milk year is drawing to a close, can the Commission report on the most recent data available on the quantities of milk produced by the various Member States during the current milk year (1999/2000) and the level of quotas used up on the reference date? In particular, can the Commission say, on the basis of its end-of-year forecasts, which Member States are expected to exceed their quota and by how much? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (27 March 2000) First of all, the official data concerning the quotas has to be communicated to the Commission, by the Member States before 1 September of each year following the end of the reference period (April-March) by the questionnaire in annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 536/93 of the Commission, from 9 March levy in the sector of milk and of the (1) milk 1993, products according to the forecasts of the fourth indent of Article 8. For this reason, the data referring to reference period 1999/2000 will be known only after this date. This questionnaire constitutes the base for the payment of the additional levy. laying down the detailed rules of the additional