WRITTEN QUESTION E-0254/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commissioners' cabinets.
Date: 2000-02-07
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commissioner, European civil service, wage cost

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(2000/C 374 E/053)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0252/00

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(7 February 2000)

Subject: Secondary employment

How many Commission staff are engaged in secondary employment that required approval according to
the Staff Regulations and how many were instructed to cease or refrain from specified employment of this
kind?

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(24 March 2000)

Article 12 of the Staff Regulations provides that officials must abstain from any outside activities which
may reflect on their position. Furthermore an official wishing to engage in an outside activity whether
gainful or not, or to carry out any assignment outside the Communities must obtain permission from the
appointing authority. Permission shall be refused if the activity or assignment is such as to impair the
official(cid:146)s independence or to be detrimental to the work of the Communities.

The number of outside activities for which permission has been required in the last five years is 677. They
related mainly to teaching engagements in universities, appearances at conferences and seminars,
participation in different kind of Boards of academic, administration or artistic foundations, societies and
other organisations whose activities are not in conflict with the interests of the Commission or the
Communities. There have been four occasions on which permission to engage in outside activities was
sought and authorisation has been refused.

(2000/C 374 E/054)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0254/00

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(7 February 2000)

Subject: Commissioners(cid:146) cabinets

Will the Commissioners list the members of their cabinet?

What are the total salaries for each cabinet?

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(16 March 2000)

The list of all members of the Commission(cid:146)s cabinets is being transmitted directly to the Honourable
Member and the General secretariat of the Parliament. It is available in published documents.

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The total monthly salaries for each cabinet are as follows:

President Prodi
Vice President Kinnock
Vice President de Palacio
Commissioner Monti
Commissioner Fischler
Commissioner Liikanen
Commissioner Bolkestein
Commissioner Busquin
Commissioner Solbes Mira
Commissioner Nielson
Commissioner Verheugen
Commissioner Patten
Commissioner Lamy
Commissioner Byrne
Commissioner Barnier
Commissioner Reding
Commissioner Schreyer
Commissioner Wallstr(cid:246)m
Commissioner Vitorino
Commissioner Diamantopoulou

(in euros)

153 788
84 227
79 279
65 331
83 968
69 545
76 567
73 153
80 744
79 906
78 027
75 578
72 674
77 868
91 579
73 895
85 659
74 982
85 047
79 741

These amounts represent the net salary of officials of grades A, B, C and D and other agents who are
assigned to cabinets. The net salary is composed of the basic salary payable at the various grades and
seniority, any education and family allowance payable to those officials who qualify by having dependent
family, expatriation allowance where applicable, and the fixed cabinet allowance for the C-grade officials.
The net salary also takes into account deductions such as the contributions to the social security scheme,
the Community tax and the special crisis levy payable by officials.

(2000/C 374 E/055)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0260/00

by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(7 February 2000)

Subject: Combating alcohol consumption by pilots in civil aviation

1.
Is the Commission aware of the incident which occurred at Schiphol airport, the Netherlands, on
15 January 2000, when a pilot with Royal Air Maroc, who was on the point of departing for Tangiers
with 125 passengers on board, was intercepted at the last moment, whereupon tests indicated that he had
a blood alcohol level of 0,22 %, whereas the penalties in force are a fine and a temporary ban from flying
for 0,02 % (equivalent to less than a single glass) and withdrawal of a pilot(cid:146)s licence for 0,06 %?

2.
Is the Commission aware, furthermore, of the articles (cid:145)Piloten geregeld controleren op alcoholgebruik(cid:146)
(Regular checks on pilots(cid:146) alcohol consumption) and (cid:145)Brevet dronken vlieger ten onrechte niet ingetrokken(cid:146)
(Drunken pilot(cid:146)s licence not withdrawn, due to error) which appeared in two Dutch newspapers,
(cid:145)De Volkskrant(cid:146) and (cid:145)Trouw(cid:146) respectively, on 17 January 2000?

How often have such incidents occurred in the past five years when aircraft visited airports within

3.
the European Union?

Does the Commission agree that it is unacceptable that such incidents should still be possible at

4.
European airports?

Do adequate rules currently already exist within the European Union regarding checks on the alcohol

5.
consumption of flight staff? What effective measures exist to monitor compliance with them?