do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2237/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Language of first draft documents.
Date: 1999-12-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU publication, European Commission, official language

18.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 203 E/155

(2000/C 203 E/198)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2237/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Language of first draft documents

Please indicate the language of the first draft of Commission working documents in each of the last five
years.

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(14 January 2000)

The Commission is sending direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat a table
containing the information requested.

(2000/C 203 E/199)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2238/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Support for dyspraxia victims

Please indicate the official support and help offered to the victims of dyspraxia and their families in each of
the Member States.

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(20 December 1999)

The Commission is aware of the importance of this disability. However, there is no Community action
programme in the area of public health at the moment, which could support the sufferers of dyspraxia and
their families.

Support and help to victims of dyspraxia and their families is a responsibility of the Member States.
Information on support programmes of the Member States in favour of sufferers and their families is not
made available to the Commission.

(2000/C 203 E/200)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2241/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Employees of the central banks of the Member States

Please state which authority in each case is responsible for approving the budget of each Member State(cid:146)s
central bank, the number of people serving on that authority, their term of office, whether it is renewable
and who appoints them.

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(21 December 1999)

The Commission considers that a proper reply to this question would require long research. This would
not be justified in the light of the following statement, which is included in its convergence report 1998
(report prepared in accordance with Article 121(1) of the EC Treaty (ex Article 109j)): (cid:145)An NCB (national
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2538/1999 of 1 December 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-12-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

2. 12. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 307/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2538/1999

of 1 December 1999

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

in compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
last
import arrangements
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98 (2), and in particular
Article 4 (1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto;

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 December 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.

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2. 12. 1999

to the Commission Regulation of 1 December 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50,
0805 20 70, 0805 20 90

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999
052
204
999
052
204
999
052
204
999

052
999
052
528
600
999
039
052
060
400
404
999
052
064
400
999

87,2
68,5
77,8
94,9
83,7
89,3
90,4
141,9
116,2
34,0
59,6
46,8

61,8
61,8
56,5
77,3
64,0
65,9
90,7
65,1
34,4
80,5
71,4
68,4
148,2
64,2
78,0
96,8

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/98 (OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 22). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2223/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Regional living standards.
Date: 1999-12-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU statistics, gross domestic product, gross regional product, regional statistics

C 203 E/150

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

18.7.2000

(2000/C 203 E/191)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2223/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Regional living standards

Please tabulate the real per capita gross domestic product and real per capita gross regional (i.e. equivalent
to national) product (at purchasing power parities) for each standard region of the EU (EU-15) using the
most recent figures, and those for one, two, three, four and five years previously.

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(14 January 2000)

The regional data which the Commission calculates and publishes on gross domestic product are given at
current prices in euros,
in purchasing power standards (PPS), and as a percentage of the Community
average.

The data for 1992 to 1996, at NUTS level 2 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics; 211 regions),
are being sent directly to the Honourable Member and to the Secretariat-General of the Parliament.

The 1997 data will be available in a few weeks time, and will be made available to users in Eurostat(cid:146)s
NewCronos database.

(2000/C 203 E/192)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2224/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Nationality of Commission employees

Please state the proportion of employees by nationality in each of
Commission establishment plan.

the top ten grades within the

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(10 December 1999)

A table concerning the distribution of the personnel of the Commission by nationalities and by categories
is sent direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat. The table comprises the officials
and temporary staff, under all budgets, on 1 November 1999.

The salient
personnel has been on the internet (1) since 6 October 1999.

information relating to the distribution by grade and nationality of senior Commission

(1)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/staff/nationalities/.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2232/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Publication of the econometric model.
Date: 1999-12-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: access to EU information, economic model

C 203 E/154

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

18.7.2000

Updated information on the total number of infringement proceedings oustanding against each Member
State is available on the European website at the following address: http://europa.eu.int/comm/sg/sgb/
infringements/pdf/ms_n.pdf. This information is updated monthly.

(1) OJ C 250, 10.8.1998.
(2) OJ C 332, 3.11.1997.
(3) OJ C 303, 14.10.1996.
(4) OJ C 254, 29.9.1995.

(2000/C 203 E/196)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2232/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Publication of the econometric model

Is the Commission willing to make available to interested researchers its econometric model of the EU and
the eurozone, stripped, where necessary, of all assumptions?

(2000/C 203 E/197)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2243/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Maintenance and publication of econometric models

Please state, for each finance ministry and central bank in the Member States and for the Commission,
whether an econometric model of their own economy and of the eurozone economy is maintained and
whether the model is made available to interested parties on a regular basis and, if so, how regularly.

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2232/99 and E-2243/99
by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(20 December 1999)

Models in the public sector of Member States are not always developed by ministries of finance or central
banks (e.g. in Belgium and the Netherlands, they are developed by their planning bureau). The existence of
such models varies through time, is of course not under the control of the Commission and is not always
publicised.
their availability should thus be requested from the Member States
authorities.

Information about

As far as the Commission is concerned, it has been a constant policy to transfer its multinational macro
model QUEST to all universities and public sector research units that request it. The transfer is made under
the following conditions. The user cannot modify the structure and equations of the model in any way and
simulations made with the model should always state that they only represent the views of the authors and
in no way those of the Commission. The model has been developed in a specific software package that is
not the property of the Commission. The user must thus provide the same software, acquired under his
own responsibility. The Commission cannot provide any technical help to the user. It is the responsibility
of the latter to entrust the model to a fully qualified econometric team having a proven experience of
running macro-economic models.

The model covers all Member States and a description of it could be found on the Internet at the address;
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg02/document/ecopap/ecp/123en.htm.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2541/1999 of 1 December 1999 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 18th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999
Date: 1999-12-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

2. 12. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 307/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2541/1999

of 1 December 1999

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 18th partial invitation to tender issued
within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1489/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets
in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subpara-
graph of Article 18(5) thereof,

and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to
tender in question;

(3)

(4)

following an examination of the tenders submitted in
response to the 18th partial
invitation to tender, the
provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted;

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999 of 7 July
1999 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2),
requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the
export of this sugar;

pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1489/
1999 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the
case may be, account being taken in particular of the
state and foreseeable development of the Community

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 18th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999 the maximum
amount of the export refund is fixed at EUR 53,045/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 December 1999.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 172, 8.7.1999, p. 27.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2242/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Wage bill and employees of the EU institutions.
Date: 1999-12-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU institution, size of business, wage cost

C 203 E/156

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

18.7.2000

central bank) must of course, be financially accountable. However, a right to control ex ante the budget
may, depending on the context, create a situation where an NCB is unable to fulfil its European System of
Central Banks (ESCB)-related tasks independently(cid:146).

(2000/C 203 E/201)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2242/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Wage bill and employees of the EU institutions

Please state the number of employees of the European Commission, European Parliament and European
Council at the end of each year for the last five years, together with the total wage bill for each institution,
and the average paid per employee.

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(10 December 1999)

For the Commission, the figures are as follows:

Number of employees

14 082

1994

1995

14 922

1996

15 573

1997

16 061

1998

16 405

Total pay bill

Average cost

(1)
(2)

in euro millions
in euro

974 429 (1)

985 602 (1)

1 146 805 (1)

1 187 481 (1)

1 227 625 (1)

69 197 (2)

66 050 (2)

73 641 (2)

73 936 (2)

74 832 (2)

These figures represent the number of staff, including staff posted outside the Community, covered by the
establishment plan and paid on 31 December of each of the past five years. The total pay bill relates to
those posts paid from the general budget (part A), and therefore does not include research, or agency staff.

The Commission does not have the information sought in respect of the other institutions.

(2000/C 203 E/202)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2253/99

by Cristiana Muscardini (NI) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Italy and the European area of justice

The Presidency conclusions of the European Council in Tampere state that (cid:145)in a genuine European area of
justice individuals and businesses should not be prevented or discouraged from exercising their rights by
the incompatibility or complexity of legal and administrative systems in the Member States(cid:146). In order to
achieve this objective an information campaign is proposed, together with the publication of appropriate
(cid:145)user guides(cid:146) on judicial cooperation within the Union and on the legal systems of the Member States. Will
the information provided include details of the serious cases of injustice which have occurred in Italy? The
sense of insecurity spreading through the country, together with the growing feeling that offenders are
going unpunished, is borne out by statements made by judges that (cid:145)the code of criminal procedure is
inadequate(cid:146) and that (cid:145)the Italian legal system is bankrupt and on the verge of paralysis(cid:146). These words of
warning are backed up the alarming fact that in 1998 alone the statute of limitations was exceeded in
130 000 cases, a trend that seems to be on the increase.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2225/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Institutions' employees discharged.
Date: 1999-12-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, administrative sanction, civil service, employment statistics, servant (EU)

18.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 203 E/151

(2000/C 203 E/193)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2225/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Institutions(cid:146) employees discharged

Please state the number of employees and the proportion of employees asked to leave the service of the
Commission, Parliament and Council in each of the last five years and compare this with the number and
proportion in the civil services of the five largest Member States.

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(7 December 1999)

The Commission has dismissed eleven people in the past five years.

This breaks down by year as follows:

(cid:129) 1995: 4

(cid:129) 1996: 0

(cid:129) 1997: 1

(cid:129) 1998: 3

(cid:129) 1999: 3 (up to November)

The Commission does not have any information about dismissals of staff by the Council or by the
Parliament. This question should be addressed to the administrations of the Council and the Parliament
respectively.

The Commission has no statistics relating to civil servant dismissals in Member States and no legal
authority to require provision of such figures.

(2000/C 203 E/194)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2227/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Purchasing power parities

Using the latest available Eurostat data, what are (a) the GDP purchasing power parities in euros for each
of the EU Member States and (b) the tradeable sector purchasing power parities in euros for each of the EU
Member States (using, if no better measure is available, the PPP figures for manufacturing).

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(20 December 1999)

The purchasing power parities (PPPs) resulting from price comparison between the Member States and
other participating countries are finally expressed in such a way that the total Gross domestic product
(GDP) of the 15 Member States, or of whichever sub-GDP aggregate is being compared,
is the same
whether it is expressed in euro or in standardised parities. The standardised parities reflect the price level
differences in relation to the average of the 15 Member States.

PPPs are calculated on the basis of the classification of final expenditure. Consequently, there is no set of
PPPs available particularly for the tradable sector or for the manufacturing sector but the PPPs for
individual household consumption expenditure and for gross fixed capital expenditure may give an
indication of the magnitude of the PPPs for these sectors.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2234/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Pressure against offshore centres.
Date: 1999-12-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: financial institution, money laundering, tax avoidance

C 219 E/128

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

1.8.2000

(2000/C 219 E/159)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2234/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Pressure against offshore centres

What are currently the direct and indirect measures applied against offshore centres suspected of
inadequate implementation of the money-laundering provisions (for example, administrative guidance
given by G7 banking supervisors or other authorities to stop banking transfers to certain jurisdictions)? Is
there any reason of principle why similar measures might not be applied against centres which failed to
implement a withholding tax or enter into reporting agreements on non-resident investments?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(17 January 2000)

The Commission is not aware of any cases in which banking supervisors of the Group of seven most
industrialised countries (G7) or other authorities have actually stopped banking transfers to offshore
centres considered to have inadequate defences against money laundering. There have, however, been cases
where administrative guidance has been given.

The Financial action task force on money laundering (FATF), the foremost world body active in this area,
can publicly call on financial institutions to give special attention to business relations and transactions
with people, companies and financial institutions, from countries which do not or insufficiently apply the
relevant standards.

Such action was taken in 1996 against the Seychelles, whose Economic Development Act appeared to
provide a safe haven for criminal money. As a result of this, and diplomatic action, the Act was not
implemented.

In April 1999 both the United States and United Kingdom authorities issued a formal notice to financial
institutions warning them about financial transactions involving Antigua and Barbuda.

On a more general level, the FATF is currently engaged, on the basis of a mandate from the G7, in a major
initiative to identify those countries and territories which provide insufficient co-operation in the global
fight against money laundering.

(2000/C 219 E/160)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2239/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(1 December 1999)

Subject: Cost of translation and interpretation

Please indicate the cost of translation and interpretation in the EU in 1999 and estimate the cost in each
case, assuming the continuation of present language policies, if one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten or eleven languages were added to the existing official languages.