WRITTEN QUESTION No. 28/98 by Nikitas KAKLAMANIS to the Commission. Strange arrangements for staffing the European Environment Agency (EEA)
Date: 1998-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, KAKLAMANIS
Subjects: EU national, European Environment Agency, European organisation, Greece, administrative autonomy, competition (EU), exchange of information, recruitment

2. 10. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 304/19

If there are any such exclusive rights as mentioned by the Honourable Member they should be evaluated in the
context of the implementation of the forthcoming directive on common rules for the internal market in gas, on the
basis of the common political position reached by the Council on 8 December 1997.

(98/C 304/27)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0028/98

by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission

(29 January 1998)

Subject: Strange arrangements for staffing the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Exercising my right as a full member of Parliament(cid:146)s Committee on Budgets to raise the question of funding for
and the use of Community resources by the EEA, I return once more to the question of the staffing of the Agency
and would ask for a clear answer in the hope that I shall not be compelled to bring the matter before plenary and
ask the Commissioner herself to make a statement.

1.  How  many  candidates  of  Greek  nationality  were  invited  to  interview  in  competitions  EEA/A/97/1,

EEA/A/97/2 and EEA/A/97/3 for the recruitment of staff and who were they?

2.  How many candidates of Greek nationality passed the interview and were ultimately recruited by the EEA

and who were they?

3.  What is the exact number of Greek officials recruited by the EEA since its inception › a criterion to establish

whether all scientists in the EEA Member States are afforded equal opportunities?

I would also point out that the Commission(cid:146)s answers hitherto have not been particularly enlightening, in contrast
to the marked clarity of its documents applying to Parliament(cid:146)s Committee on Budgets for EU funds on behalf of
the EEA.

Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission

(2 March 1998)

The  Honourable  Member  will  be  aware  that  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1210/90 (1),  which  governs  the  European
environment  agency  (EEA),  gives  the  Agency  independent  status.  The  Commission  is  represented  on  the
management board of the Agency, but is not involved in the administration, functioning or operations of the
Agency. The Commission, therefore, has no competence in the area of staff recruitment to the Agency but has
instead asked the Agency to provide the information requested.

The  European  environment  agency  has  passed  on  the  following  information  on  the  number  of  candidates  of
Greek nationality who have applied to enter competitions for recruitment to the agency.

Competition EEA/A/97/1 › 11 candidates
Competition EEA/A/97/2 › 12 candidates
Competition EEA/A/97/3 › 7 candidates.

The  Agency  takes  the  view  that  the  names  of  these  candidates  should  rest  confidential  and  should  not  be
published in answer to this question.

No candidates of Greek nationality were subsequently recruited by the Agency. Since the inception of the EEA,
one official of Greek nationality has been recruited by the Agency.

(1)  OJ L 120, 11.5.1990.