WRITTEN QUESTION No. 726/98 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

C 354/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19. 11. 98

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 354/40)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0726/98

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 does the Commission assert that holders of the Ingeniero Te·cnico qualification are not eligible to study for
doctorates, when some Member States allow them to do so?

Is it true that the Commission has expressed its concern to the Spanish authorities that making holders of the
Spanish Ingeniero Te·cnico qualification eligible for A/LA category posts will mean having to do the same for
holders of qualifications obtained from three-year courses in other Member States? Does that justify rejecting
applications from holders of the Spanish Ingeniero Te·cnico qualification?

(98/C 354/41)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0727/98

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  are  applications  accepted  from  holders  of  the  British  (cid:145)Bachelor  of  Arts(cid:146),  (cid:145)Bachelor  of  Science(cid:146)  and
(cid:145)Bachelor of Engineering(cid:146) qualifications (cid:150) all of which are obtained after three years (cid:150) but not from holders of the
Spanish Ingeniero Te·cnico qualification?

Does the Commission take the view that the British (cid:145)Bachelor of Arts(cid:146), (cid:145)Bachelor of Science(cid:146) and (cid:145)Bachelor of
Engineering(cid:146) qualifications rank higher than that of the Spanish Ingeniero Te·cnico? If so, why?

(98/C 354/42)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0728/98

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

What  has  led  the  Commission  to  require  that  Mr  Vicente  Alonso  Morales,  holder  of  the  Spanish  Ingeniero
Te·cnico 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?

Joint answer to Written Questions
E-0635/98, E-0636/98, E-0637/98, E-0638/98,
E-0639/98, E-0640/98, E-0641/98, E-0642/98, E-0643/98, E-0644/98, E-0645/98, E-0669/98,
E-0670/98, E-0671/98, E-0672/98, E-0673/98, E-0674/98, E-0675/98, E-0676/98, E-0677/98,
E-0678/98, E-0679/98, E-0724/98, E-0725/98, E-0726/98, E-0727/98 and E-0728/98
given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(21 April 1998)

The Commission feels that most of the information requested by the Honourable Member is contained in its
answers to written questions E-2749/97 by Ms Garcia Arias (1) and E-4186/97 by Ms Du¤hrkop Du¤hrkop (2). The
Commission would accordingly refer the Honourable Member to these answers, where it gave a full statement of
its  general  approach  to  qualifications  giving  access  to  A/LA  posts  in  the  European  public  service  and  more
specifically to qualifications held by Spanish technical engineers.