WRITTEN QUESTION E-3355/00 by Robert Goebbels (PSE) to the Commission. Committee of Experts on reform of the Commission.
Date: 2000-10-27
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, access to EU information, allowances and expenses, fact-finding mission, institutional reform, self-employed person

C 163 E/98

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.6.2001

(2001/C 163 E/105)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3355/00

by Robert Goebbels (PSE) to the Commission

(27 October 2000)

Subject: Committee of Experts on reform of the Commission

I would like to thank the President of the Commission for his answer, given on 6 October 2000, to my
the task carried out by the Committee of
Question E-2645/00 (1) concerning (cid:145)the overall cost of
Independent Experts on reform of the Commission(cid:146). In its answer, the Commission arrives at a total cost
of € 176 634,05, not including the various contributions in kind provided by Parliament.

However, the Commission omits to answer my question on the allowances, travel and subsistence expenses
and other emoluments received individually by the five experts.
In the interests of the transparency
advocated by these experts, could the Commission also supply this part of the answer to the question?

(1) OJ C 113 E, 18.4.2001, p. 142.

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(11 December 2000)

The Commission has taken note of the Honourable Member(cid:146)s request for further information.

As the Commission explained in its answer to Written Question E-2645/00, the financial and practical
implications of the activities of the Committee of Independent Experts were determined by Parliament. The
Commission was involved only indirectly in covering the Committee(cid:146)s expenses, as Parliament was directly
responsible for the operational management of the contracts and all aspects of the Committee(cid:146)s operation.

For these reasons, the Commission believes that only Parliament is in a position to provide full and precise
details of the operating expenses incurred by the Committee and of the individual distribution of the
various allowances, travel and subsistence expenses and other emoluments received by the five members.

(2001/C 163 E/106)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3357/00

by Sergio Berlato (UEN) to the Commission

(27 October 2000)

Subject: Unfair taxation in the energy sector

Given that:

1. The liberalisation of the electricity market launched under the (cid:145)Bersani Decree(cid:146) has not yet been
properly implemented owing to ongoing supply-side shortages, which have led to prices rising
towards the maximum permitted market value.

2.

Electricity costs have been further increased by the rise in oil prices.

3. The system is made still more rigid by half of the already limited import capacity being earmarked for
long-term import contracts concluded by ENEL which were already in place at the start of the
liberalisation process and by the fact that in 2001 the remaining capacity will be auctioned off under
a procedure that is to include the setting of duties, which will lead to a rise in imported energy prices.

4. The new pricing structure introduced by the Energy and Gas Authority has led to a further increase in

controlled prices.