WRITTEN QUESTION P-2165/99 by Guido Viceconte (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Internal restructuring of the Commission.
Date: 1999-11-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, administration of the Institutions

24.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 303 E/31

(b) On the basis of the SCF(cid:146)s opinions on BADGE already published (2), (7), (8) and of the provisional
version of the SCF(cid:146)s preliminary statement on BFDGE, which will soon be available on the
Internet (9), the Commission cannot share the view held by the Honourable Member and the press
that these two substances are carcinogencic.

(1) Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MAFF) UK, survey of BADGE epoxy monomer in canned food (May
1997), MAFF project number FS2707. In: W. Summerfield, A. Goodson, I. Cooper. Food Additives and Contami-
nants, 1998, 15, 818-830.

(2) PIRA project on migration of monomers and overall migration. In: P.A. Tice. Food Additives and Contaminants,

1998, 5 (suppl. 1), 373-380.

(3) MAFF Food Safety Information Bulletin, 89, October 1997.
(4) Simoneau, C., Theobald A. and Anklam E.. Ispra report: results of a European survey of BADGE in canned fish in

oil. January 23, 1998.
(5) OJ L 310, 4.12.1999.
(6) Opinion of the Scientific Committee of 24 March 1999 on Food on Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ether (BADGE), http://

www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg24/health/sc/scf/out28_en.html.

(7) Clarification and explanation of the SCF(cid:146)s opinion of 7 June 1996 on BADGE. Forty fourth series of Reports, (in

press) or http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg24/health/sc/oldcomm7/out05_en.html.

(8) Opinion on Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE), June 1996. SCF (1997). Fortieth series of Reports, GT 07 97652,

Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

(9) See http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg24/health/sc/scf/.

(2000/C 303 E/026)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2165/99

by Guido Viceconte (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 November 1999)

Subject: Internal restructuring of the Commission

According to unofficial information reported in the European press, as part of the Commission(cid:146)s internal
restructuring a senior official from the President(cid:146)s private office is preparing to become Director-General of
the Enterprise Directorate-General.

Does the Commission not consider that such an appointment, in addition to conflicting with the
1.
statements made by President Prodi on a number of occasions, may trigger a process of (cid:145)nepotism(cid:146) and
(cid:145)parachuting(cid:146), which has several times been condemned by the European Parliament and which was
regarded as being one of the aspects of bad management laid at the door of the Santer Commission?

President Prodi has stressed that

2.
the abolition of national quotas for senior posts is a great
achievement; does the Commission not consider that this approach (which is, moreover, premature,
because European integration is still far from being completed) may give rise to national imbalances and
reward those countries which contribute less, politically and financially, to the process of European
integration, by introducing a system of co-option which could simply favour special interests and personal
networks?

(2000/C 303 E/027)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2213/99

by Guido Viceconte (PPE-DE), Luigi Cesaro (PPE-DE), Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE),
Francesco Musotto (PPE-DE), Umberto Scapagnini (PPE-DE), Stefano Zappal(cid:224) (PPE-DE),
Jas Gawronski (PPE-DE), Raffaele Fitto (PPE-DE), Mario Mauro (PPE-DE)
and Renato Brunetta (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Reform of the Commission bureaucracy

(29 November 1999)

According to unofficial information, also reported in the European press, in the context of the internal
reorganisation of the Commission, a senior official who is a member of the President(cid:146)s private office is
about to become Director-General of the DG for Enterprise Policy.