WRITTEN QUESTION No. 637/98 by Jorge HERNANDEZ MOLLAR to the Commission. Conditions for upgrading the Spanish 'Ingeniero Técnico' engineering qualification in comparison with others
Date: 1998-03-09
Institutions: European Parliament, HERNANDEZ-MOLLAR
Subjects: European official, Spain, administrator, competition (EU), diploma, engineer, equal treatment, equivalence of diplomas, recognition of studies, recruitment

19. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 354/11

Under  the  MEDA  Programme  the  Turkish  authorities  have  submitted  to  the  Commission  a  project  for  the
evaluation  and  control  of  marine  pollution  and  ground  and  air  pollution  along  the  whole  of  Turkey(cid:146)s
Mediterranean shore. Financial cooperation with Turkey as it now stands means it is impossible to say whether
such a project could be financed in the near future.

The Commission communication of 15 July 1997 on the further development of relations with Turkey (1) also
proposed emphasising cooperation on the environment so as to trigger sustainable development in the country
and  integrate  this  sector  with  other  economic  policies.  Cooperation  of  this  kind  will  require  funds  from  the
Community budget. The Luxembourg European Council (December 1997) approved these policy guidelines and
called on the Commission to make appropriate proposals. These were adopted by the Commission on 4 March
1998  in  its  communication  entitled  (cid:145)European  strategy  for  Turkey:  the  Commission(cid:146)s  initial  operation
approach(cid:146) (2).  It  proposed,  in  particular,  that  Turkish  institutions  working  on  the  environment  should  be
strengthened and human resources in this area stepped up. Training in the assessment of environmental pollution
hazards and their prevention is also provided for in the communication. To do these things will require funds
from the Community budget, from the MEDA Programme in particular.

The  Commission  would  also  point  out  that  Turkey  is  a  signatory  to  certain  international  conventions  for  the
protection of the environment, including the Barcelona Convention on the protection of the Mediterranean Sea
and the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.
The  Secretariats  of  each  of  these  Conventions  have  to  be  informed  in  the  event  of  infringements.  Turkey
therefore has to apply the Decision of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development of 30 March
1992 on the Control of Transfrontier Movement of Wastes for Utilisation.

(1)  COM(97) 394 final.
(2)  COM(98) 124 final.

(98/C 354/16)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0635/98

by Jorge Hernandez Mollar (PPE) to the Commission

(9 March 1998)

Subject: Conditions for upgrading the Spanish (cid:145)Ingeniero Te·cnico(cid:146) engineering qualification in comparison with

others

Is  it  the  case  that  applications  from  holders  of  a  (cid:145)Fachhochschuldiplom(cid:146)  are  or  have  been  accepted  by  the
Commission for open competitions to fill category A/LA posts in the European civil service?

(98/C 354/17)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0636/98

by Jorge Hernandez Mollar (PPE) to the Commission

(9 March 1998)

Subject: Conditions for upgrading the Spanish (cid:145)Ingeniero Te·cnico(cid:146) engineering qualification in comparison with

others

Which does the Commission consider the highest education qualification in Germany: the (cid:145)Fachhochschuldi-
plom(cid:146), or the (cid:145)Hochschuldiplom(cid:146) (university-level degree)?

(98/C 354/18)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0637/98

by Jorge Hernandez Mollar (PPE) to the Commission

(9 March 1998)

Subject: Conditions for upgrading the Spanish (cid:145)Ingeniero Te·cnico(cid:146) engineering qualification in comparison with

others

Does  the  Commission  consider  the  (cid:145)Fachhochschuldiplom(cid:146)  a  higher  qualification  than  that  of  (cid:145)Ingeniero
Te·cnico(cid:146)? Why?