WRITTEN QUESTION E-0990/01 by Emmanouil Bakopoulos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. EU delegations, representations and offices in non-member countries.
Date: 2001-03-30
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Union, appointment of staff, diplomatic representation, third country

C 318 E/172

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

13.11.2001

Accordingly, the Commission believes its proposal is in line with international law. Contacts with ICAO
representatives on this matter have given no reason to think there is any doubt as to its compatibility with
the Chicago Convention.

(1) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing common rules in the field

of civil aviation and creating a European Aviation Safety Agency (COM(2000) 595 final).

(2001/C 318 E/185)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0990/01

by Emmanouil Bakopoulos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(30 March 2001)

Subject: EU delegations, representations and offices in non-member countries

The European Union(cid:146)s Interinstitutional Directory shows that a fair number of the EU delegations,
representations and offices in third countries do not have a head. Will the Commission say why these
posts remain vacant and what it intends to do to fill them?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(8 May 2001)

Vacancies at the level of Head of Delegation appear regularly as a result of the transfer or retirement of
officials in the External Service. This is a normal feature of any administration with a rotation requirement
for its staff. At present eight Delegations are without a Head of Delegation. Seven of these posts are in the
process of being filled. This, however, takes time. The selection procedure involves in depth interviews of
candidates at Director General level. At times specific publication for particular posts is needed. Selected
candidates then have to be confirmed by the Appointing Authority. Following that the nomination is
referred to the Council and only after that can agreement be sought from the accrediting country. From
request for publication to the Head of Delegation actually arriving in post can take several months.

For four of the seven posts referred to above the new Head of Delegation has already been nominated. In
the case of the eighth Delegation, Burundi, there is no proposal to fill the post at present.

(2001/C 318 E/186)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0992/01

by Geoffrey Van Orden (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(30 March 2001)

Subject: Funding for Bulgaria

What progress has been made towards complying with the request made by the European Parliament over
five months ago in its resolution of 4 October 2000 on Bulgaria(cid:146)s application for membership of the EU
(A5-0241/2000):
(cid:145)to provide Parliament with a detailed and comprehensive breakdown of all recent
funding to Bulgaria at the earliest possible opportunity, along with an assessment of the contribution of its
assistance programmes to the achievement of substantive economic and administrative progress in
Bulgaria(cid:146)?

Answer given by Mr Verheugen on behalf of the Commission

(8 June 2001)

The Commission is sending direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat a detailed
description of the programming framework and the projects supported in Bulgaria under the Phare