WRITTEN QUESTION E-2223/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Regional living standards.
C 203 E/150 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 18. 7. 2000 (2000/C 203 E/191) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2223/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission (1 December 1999) Subject: Regional living standards Please tabulate the real per capita gross domestic product and real per capita gross regional (i. e. equivalent to national) product (at purchasing power parities) for each standard region of the EU (EU-15) using the most recent figures, and those for one, two, three, four and five years previously. Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission (14 January 2000) The regional data which the Commission calculates and publishes on gross domestic product are given at current prices in euros, in purchasing power standards (PPS), and as a percentage of the Community average. The data for 1992 to 1996, at NUTS level 2 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics; 211 regions), are being sent directly to the Honourable Member and to the Secretariat-General of the Parliament. The 1997 data will be available in a few weeks time, and will be made available to users in Eurostatís NewCronos database. (2000/C 203 E/192) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2224/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission (1 December 1999) Subject: Nationality of Commission employees Please state the proportion of employees by nationality in each of Commission establishment plan. the top ten grades within the Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (10 December 1999) A table concerning the distribution of the personnel of the Commission by nationalities and by categories is sent direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliamentís Secretariat. The table comprises the officials and temporary staff, under all budgets, on 1 November 1999. The salient personnel has been on the internet (1) since 6 October 1999. information relating to the distribution by grade and nationality of senior Commission (1) http://europa. eu. int/comm/staff/nationalities/