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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 481/98 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Use of experts to evaluate structural fund bids and performance (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
Date: 1998-02-27
Institutions: European Parliament, HOWITT
Subjects: Structural Funds, budgetary assessment, equal treatment, invitation to tender, project evaluation, public contract, recruitment, self-employed person













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91998E0481(01)

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 481/98 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Use of experts to evaluate structural fund bids and performance (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)  


Official Journal C 354 , 19/11/1998 P. 0008 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0481/98 by Richard Howitt (PSE) to the Commission (27 February 1998)Subject: Use of experts to evaluate structural fund bids and performanceCould the Commission list the number of external experts it recruited in 1997 to advise on applications for and evaluations of structural fund programmes and break down this total by nationality and gender? What proportion of these experts received formal training on the EU's requirements concerning structural fund programmes prior to undertaking this work? What was the total cost of their work in 1997? Which recruitment measures did the Commission use to ensure openness, transparency and non-discrimination?Supplementary answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (7 May 1998)The Commission does not have data on the nationality of the consultants it uses because the nationality of tenderers and contractors is not relevant to the awarding of contracts. It also does not have data on the gender of the staff employed by the various consultancies.The Commission starts from the premise that the experts selected by public procurement procedure have the appropriate knowledge for the work assigned to them. As part of its programme to develop a culture of evaluation and of promoting good practice, the Commission has already organised three conferences attended by both experts in evaluation and public servants responsible for this type of issue.On the question of openness and transparency, it will be clear from the rules and regulations that apply that the Commission in general uses open tendering procedures, for which notices are published in the Official Journal.Regarding non-discrimination, it goes without saying that the Commission - regardless of the procedure followed - has to comply with the basic rules in Community law.The Commission has sent Parliament its evaluation report for 1997 and its work programme for 1998, together with an estimate of the cost of these evaluations. With regard to regional policy and the evaluation exercises launched by the Commission, this was about ECU 4.5 million in 1997 and the forecast for 1998 is of about ECU 2.5 million, including work on developing methodologies. With regard to rural development, expenditure in 1997 was about ECU 450 000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 486/98 of 27 February 1998 fixing the amount of the aid referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 for the private storage of butter and cream
Date: 1998-02-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, butter, cream, private stock

L 60/62

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28. 2. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 486/98

of 27 February 1998

fixing the amount of the aid referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
for the private storage of butter and cream

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 6(6)
thereof,

for

intervention on the market

Whereas Article 12(4) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 454/95 of 28 February 1995 laying down detailed
rules
in butter and
cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 895/
96 (4), provides that the aid referred to in Article 6(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 for private storage is fixed
each year; whereas it is necessary to fix the elements of
that aid before the operations concerning placing in
storage for 1998 commence;

Article 1

The aid referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 is hereby established in the following manner per
tonne of butter or butter equivalent for the contracts
concluded during 1998:

(a) ECU 24 for fixed costs;

(b) ECU 0,35 per day of contractual storage for coldstore

costs;

(c) an amount per day of contractual storage calculated
on the basis of 91 % of the intervention price for the
butter, expressed as national currency, applicable on
the day on which contractual storage commences and
based on an interest rate of 5 % per year.

Article 2

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 27 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 46, 1. 3. 1995, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 121, 21. 5. 1996, p. 1.