WRITTEN QUESTION No. 999/98 by Laura DE ESTEBAN MARTIN to the Commission. Community competitions
Date: 1998-04-02
Institutions: DE ESTEBAN MARTIN, European Parliament
Subjects: European official, Germany, Spain, administrator, civil service, competition (EU), diploma, engineer, equivalence of diplomas, recruitment

C 386/70

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

11.12.98

(98/C 386/090)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0999/98

by Laura De Esteban Martin (PPE) to the Commission

(2 April 1998)

Subject: Community competitions

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 Fachhochschuldiplom,
or the Hochschuldiplom (university-level degree)?

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

Why does the Commission assert that the situation vis-(cid:224)-vis the Spanish Ingeniero TØcnico 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 386/091)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1000/98

by Laura De Esteban Martin (PPE) to the Commission

(2 April 1998)

Subject: Community competitions

Is it true that the Commission has expressed its concern to the Spanish authorities that making holders of the
Spanish (cid:145)Ingeniero TØcnico(cid:146) 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 (cid:145)Ingeniero TØcnico(cid:146) qualification?

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 › all of which are obtained after three years › but not from holders of
the Spanish (cid:145)Ingeniero TØcnico(cid:146) 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 (cid:145)Ingeniero TØcnico(cid:146)? Why?

Joint answer to Written Questions
E-0999/98 and E-1000/98
given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(30 April 1998)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the answer to written questions E-635/98 by
Mr Hernandez Mollar, E-724/98 by Mr MØndez de Vigo, and E-669/98 by Mr GutiØrrez Diaz, (1) which were
identical to the question put by the Honourable Member.

The Commission would also refer the Honourable Member to the answers to written questions E-2749/97 by
Ms Garcia Arias (2) on access by Spanish technical engineers to category A of the European public service and
question E-4186/97 by Ms D(cid:252)hrkop D(cid:252)hrkop (3) on the qualifications which give access to the A/LA categories
of the European public service. In these answers, the Commission made a full statement on the qualifications it
accepts for category A of its public service.

(1) OJ C 354, 19.11.1998.
(2) OJ C 82, 17.3.1998.
(3) OJ C 304, 2.10.1998, p. 15.