WRITTEN QUESTION No. 724/98 by Iñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO to the Commission. Access of Spanish Technical Engineers to Grade A/LA in the European civil service
Date: 1998-03-18
Institutions: European Parliament, MENDEZ DE VIGO
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 354/15

(98/C 354/35)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0677/98

by Antoni Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(10 March 1998)

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

others

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?

(98/C 354/36)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0678/98

by Antoni Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(10 March 1998)

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

others

What  has  led  the  Commission  to  require  that  Mr  Vicente  Alonso  Morales,  holder  of  the  Spanish  (cid:145)Ingeniero
Te·cnico(cid:146) qualification and candidate for open competition COM/A/1047 (OJ C 145 A, 13.5.1997), should have
successfully completed the equivalent of a full-length Spanish degree course, given that such a requirement does
not appear in the text of the notice of competition?

(98/C 354/37)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0679/98

by Antoni Gutie·rrez D(cid:14)·az (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(10 March 1998)

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

others

Why, in the Spanish version of the notice of open competition COM/A/1047 (OJ C 145 A, 13.5.1997), has the
Commission included the requirement that applicants be holders of a (cid:145)university(cid:146) qualification, when that same
requirement does not appear in the German version of the said notice?

(98/C 354/38)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0724/98

by In(cid:152) igo Me·ndez de Vigo (PPE) to the Commission

(18 March 1998)

Subject: Access of Spanish Technical Engineers to Grade A/LA in the European civil service

Is it true that the Commission is accepting or has accepted applications from persons holding a Fachhochschul-
diplom for open competitions to fill category A/LA posts in the European civil service?

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

Does the Commission consider the Fachhochschuldiplom a higher qualification than that of Ingeniero Te·cnico?
If so, why?

Why does the Commission assert that the situation vis-a‘-vis the Spanish Ingeniero Te·cnico diploma is similar to
that of the diploma obtained at a Fachhochschule, when the latter is accepted for the majority of category A/LA
open competitions?

(98/C 354/39)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0725/98

by In(cid:152) igo Me·ndez de Vigo (PPE) to the Commission

(18 March 1998)

Subject: Access of Spanish Technical Engineers to Grade A/LA in the European civil service

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 (cid:145)university(cid:146) qualification, when that same
requirement does not appear in the German version of the said notice?