WRITTEN QUESTION E-0132/01 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Employees.
Date: 2001-01-31
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU institution, European Commission, European official, Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union, full-time employment, part-time employment, servant (EU)

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There are two versions of ESA. The new ESA (ESA 95) applies from 1999 and replaces the previous
version (ESA 79) ranging from 1970 to 1997. It extended the concept of financial services: the production
of insurance other than life insurance now includes income from the investment of insurance technical
reserves.

The value added in this sector is composed of commissions and fees explicitly invoiced to the customers
and the difference between interests charged on loans and interests paid on deposits, called Financial
Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM). Measuring the commissions and fees is rather easy
because it is based on accounting, while measuring the FISIM is somewhat more complex.

The data for the United States and Japan are consistent with ESA 79 and are sent directly to the
Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(2001/C 261 E/045)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0132/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(31 January 2001)

Subject: Employees

How many full time and part-time employees have been employed by the Commission in each year

1.
for the last ten years?

How many self-employed people held short-term contracts with the Commission in each year for the

2.
last ten years?

3. What proportion of the total complement of the EU institutions(cid:146) staff was constituted by Commi-
ssion staff in each year for the last ten years?

4. What proportion of Commission staff were involved in interpretation and translation (specifying each
separately) in each year for the last ten years?

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(26 March 2001)

On December, 31 of each year, the Commission employed:

Year

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Full time employees
(officials and temporay staff)

Part-time employees
(officials and temporary staff)

15 542

15 910

16 260

16 833

17 607

18 315

18 903

19 218

19 065

19 075

515

547

594

636

627

679

767

825

923

1 074

Total (1)

16 057

16 457

16 854

17 469

18 234

18 994

19 670

20 043

19 988

20 149

(1)

Total of employed persons (officials and temporary staff) = full time + part-time employees.

The table comprises the officials and temporary staff in active employment, all budgets mixed (Adminis-
tration, Research and Technological Development, Office for Official Publications and the European Anti-
Fraud Office (OLAF)).

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This question relates to a multitude of different types of contracts covering situations and tasks that are not
comparable and the management of budget lines that permit the contracting of experts for short-term
missions is decentralised to Directorates General. Such contracts could include short-term consultancy
assignments, technical support for evaluations of proposals, conference assistance as well as many other
types of technical assistance ranging from a few days to several months. Most of such assignments are
carried out outside of Commission offices. Further clarifications of the specific types of contract which the
Honourable Member has in mind are therefore required before any precise answer can be given.

Since the Commission does not have access to the exact staff numbers of the other Institutions, the share
of posts in the Commission(cid:146)s establishment plan in relation to the total number of posts in the
establishment plans of all the Institutions is given below:

Year

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Commission
(permanent
and temporary posts)

Total Community institutions
(permanent
and temporary posts)

17 175

17 952

18 576

19 027

20 143

20 831

21 190

21 495

21 603

21 703

24 629

25 567

26 359

26 984

28 868

29 651

30 048

30 384

30 599

30 819

%

69,73

70,22

70,47

70,51

69,78

70,25

70,52

70,74

70,60

70,42

Commission: all budgets (Administration, Research and Technological Development, Office for Official
Publications, OLAF, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and the European
Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions)

Institutions: Commission, Parliament and European Ombudsman, Council, Court of Justice, Court of
Auditors, Economic and Social Committee and Committee of
the Regions and Joint organisational
structure.

The proportion of Commission staff involved in interpretation and translation is as follows:

Year

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Commission staff
(officials
and temporary staff)

Joint Interpreting
and Conference service
(officials and temporary staff)

Translation service
(officials and temporary staff)

16 057

16 457

16 854

17 469

18 234

18 994

19 670

20 043

19 988

20 149

472

486

479

478

528

544

604

610

623

585

%

2,94

2,95

2,84

2,74

2,90

2,86

3,07

3,04

3,12

2,90

1 636

1 662

1 662

1 639

1 737

1 779

1 867

1 871

1 864

1 849

%

10,19

10,10

9,86

9,38

9,53

9,37

9,49

9,33

9,33

9,18

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The table comprises the officials and temporary staff in active employment, all budgets mixed (Adminis-
tration, Research and Technological Development, Office for Official Publications and OLAF).

(2001/C 261 E/046)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0140/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(1 February 2001)

Subject: Legislative discussions

Does the Council see any problem in separating the items of a legislative and those of an executive nature
discussed within the Council?

(2001/C 261 E/047)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0141/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(1 February 2001)

Subject: Open debates

What is the Council(cid:146)s objection to the opening up of its meetings to the public and the press whenever
items of a legislative nature are discussed and put to the vote?

(2001/C 261 E/048)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0142/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(1 February 2001)

Subject: Secrecy of national legislatures

Is the Council aware of any EU Member State which has a chamber of its legislature that meets in secret
when discussing legislation?

(2001/C 261 E/049)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0143/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(1 February 2001)

Subject: Democratic criteria

If a Member State decided that its national legislature should henceforth meet in secret, would the Council
believe that such a Member State continued to meet the criteria set out in Article 6 of the Treaty on
European Union?

(2001/C 261 E/050)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0144/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(1 February 2001)

Subject: Council secrecy

Will the Council seek the advice of its Legal Service so as to ascertain whether the continued practice of
meeting in secret, even when discussing legislation, is consistent with:

(a)

the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and

(b)

the constitutional traditions common to the Member States?