WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1014/98 by Wilmya ZIMMERMANN to the Commission. Problems concerning the freedom of movement in the EU for foreign children fostered by German families
Date: 1998-04-06
Institutions: European Parliament, ZIMMERMANN
Subjects: Germany, adopted child, border control, children's rights, foreign national, free movement of persons, legal cooperation

C 354/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19. 11. 98

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(4 June 1998)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as
soon as possible.

(98/C 354/89)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1001/98

by Laura De Esteban Martin (PPE) to the Commission

(2 April 1998)

Subject: Community competitions

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?

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?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(4 May 1998)

The  Commission  would  refer  the  Honourable  Member  to  its  answer  to  questions  E-0643  and  E-0645  by
Mr Herna·ndez  Mollar (1),  E-0725/98  by  Mr  Me·ndez  de  Vigo (2),  and  E-0677/98,  E-0678  by  Mr  Gutie·rrez
Diaz (3), which were identical to the above question.

The proper translation of (cid:145)diploma universitario(cid:146) into German is (cid:145)abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium(cid:146), which
was  used  in  notice  of  competition  COM/A/1047  (97/C  145  A/02),  published  in  the  Official  Journal (4).  With
regard  to  his  question  on  competition  COM/A/720  and  COM/A/721,  the  Commission  would  refer  the
Honourable Member to the judgment given by the Court of First Instance on 3 March 1994 in Case T-82/92
Corte·s v. Commission (5).

(1)  See page 13.
(2)  See page 15.
(3)  See page 15.
(4)  OJ C 145, 13.5.1997.
(5)  OJ C 52, 28.2.1991.

(98/C 354/90)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1014/98

by Wilmya Zimmermann (PSE) to the Commission

(6 April 1998)

Subject: Problems  concerning  the  freedom  of  movement  in  the  EU  for  foreign  children  fostered  by  German

families

Foreign foster children often do not have the same status as their foster parents. This is frequently the case with
the children of asylum-seekers or foreign nationals(cid:146) children who have not been issued with passports by their
States  of  origin  (including  some  EU  Member  States).  This  commonly  causes  difficulties  with  regard  to  the
freedom of movement (when crossing national borders).

1.

How is it planned to resolve this problem within the EU?

2.
To what extent will the solution take account of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Hague
Convention on adoption or the proposal for a European convention on the right to family life drawn up by the
European Coordination for the Right of Foreign Nationals to Family Life (25, bld de Bonne Nouvelle, F-75002
Paris)?