WRITTEN QUESTION E-1064/01 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council. Coordination of the Sensus project.
Date: 2001-04-05
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU police cooperation, EU programme, exchange of information, fraud against the EU, secret service

C 340 E/160

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.12.2001

In pursuing its mission, the JRC will concentrate its activities on a limited number of key issues related to
the safety and security of
the European citizen where it has specific competence and can offer
a strengthened user-orientation. The JRC(cid:146)s budget proposed for the next framework programme for
support for Community policies is € 715 million and the budget for the Euratom activities is € 330
million.

(1) COM(2000) 366 final.

(2001/C 340 E/181)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1064/01

by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council

(5 April 2001)

Subject: Coordination of the Sensus project

Coordination of the Sensus project is in the hands of a certain Stephan Bodenkamp. Officially he is
employed by the Amt f(cid:252)r Auslandsfragen in Munich. A ruling from a Munich court (20 December 2000)
shows that Bodenkamp(cid:146)s real name is Christoph Kionowski and that he is an agent of the German state
security service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst, although apparently he has now been suspended.

1.
Is the Council aware that coordination of the Sensus project is in the hands of Stephan Bodenkamp/
Christoph Kionowski, an agent of the German state security service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst? If so,
does the Council support this choice of coordinator of the Sensus project?

2. Will
the Council ask the Commission to relieve Stephan Bodenkamp/Christoph Kionowski of
coordination of the Sensus project since he is an agent of the Bundesnachrichtendienst? If not, why does
the Council continue to support the Commission(cid:146)s decision to entrust him with coordination of the
project?

3. Will
the Council ask the Commission to relieve Stephan Bodenkamp/Christoph Kionowski of
coordination of the Sensus project in view of his sentencing by a Munich court for forging a contract with
a German technology firm in the context of the Sensus project? If not, why does the Council support the
Commission(cid:146)s decision to nevertheless entrust him with coordination of the project?

4. Will
the Council ask the Commission to relieve Stephan Bodenkamp/Christoph Kionowski of
coordination of the Sensus project in view of his suspension by the Bundesnachrichtendienst? If not, why
does the Council continue to support
the Commission(cid:146)s decision to nevertheless entrust him with
coordination of the project?

(2001/C 340 E/182)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1081/01

by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council

(9 April 2001)

Subject: Blurring of interests and distortion of competition with the Sensus project

The Sensus project, the successor to Aventinus, seeks to develop an information exchange programme for
the European police and intelligence services. The search for interesting language technology is an
important part of
this project. Sensus is subsidised by the Commission. The reply to Question
P-0009/01 (1) shows that Sensus and Aventinus I and II have been financed from budget line B6-6121 113
of the telematics applications programme (1994-1998). A maximum contribution of € 2 500 000 was
approved for Aventinus I, and of this € 2 341 190 was applied for and paid. A maximum contribution
of € 550 000 was approved for Aventinus II, of which his € 513 777 was applied for and paid. A
maximum contribution of € 2 250 000 was approved for Sensus, of which € 478 753 was paid on
31 December 2000.