WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1014/98 by Wilmya ZIMMERMANN to the Commission. Problems concerning the freedom of movement in the EU for foreign children fostered by German families
C 354/50 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 11. 98 Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission (4 June 1998) The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as soon as possible. (98/C 354/89) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1001/98 by Laura De Esteban Martin (PPE) to the Commission (2 April 1998) Subject: Community competitions Why, in the Spanish version of the notice of open competition COM/A/1047 (OJ C 145 A, 13. 5. 1991), has the Commission included the requirement that applicants be holders of a áuniversityí qualification, when that same requirement does not appear in the German version of the said notice? Why, in the Spanish version of the notice of open competitions COM/A/720 and COM/A/721 (OJ C 52 A, 28. 2. 1991), did the Commission include the requirement that applicants be holders of a higher education qualification obtained after a five-year course, when that same requirement did not appear in any other language version of the said notice? Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission (4 May 1998) The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to questions E-0643 and E-0645 by Mr Herna·ndez Mollar (1), E-0725/98 by Mr Me·ndez de Vigo (2), and E-0677/98, E-0678 by Mr Gutie·rrez Diaz (3), which were identical to the above question. The proper translation of ádiploma universitarioí into German is áabgeschlossenes Hochschulstudiumí, which was used in notice of competition COM/A/1047 (97/C 145 A/02), published in the Official Journal (4). With regard to his question on competition COM/A/720 and COM/A/721, the Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the judgment given by the Court of First Instance on 3 March 1994 in Case T-82/92 Corte·s v. Commission (5). (1) See page 13. (2) See page 15. (3) See page 15. (4) OJ C 145, 13. 5. 1997. (5) OJ C 52, 28. 2. 1991. (98/C 354/90) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1014/98 by Wilmya Zimmermann (PSE) to the Commission (6 April 1998) Subject: Problems concerning the freedom of movement in the EU for foreign children fostered by German families Foreign foster children often do not have the same status as their foster parents. This is frequently the case with the children of asylum-seekers or foreign nationalsí children who have not been issued with passports by their States of origin (including some EU Member States). This commonly causes difficulties with regard to the freedom of movement (when crossing national borders). 1. How is it planned to resolve this problem within the EU? 2. To what extent will the solution take account of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Hague Convention on adoption or the proposal for a European convention on the right to family life drawn up by the European Coordination for the Right of Foreign Nationals to Family Life (25, bld de Bonne Nouvelle, F-75002 Paris)?