WRITTEN QUESTION E-0419/02 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Costs of the Convention on institutional reform.
Date: 2002-02-21
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Parliament, European convention, budget, interinstitutional agreement

6.2.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 28 E/15

(2003/C 28 E/016)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0337/02

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(12 February 2002)

Subject: Budget and costs of Convention on the Future of Europe

In the light of recently published information relating to high foreseen costs for the Convention on
Europe’s future, can the Commission confirm what the budget for this Convention will be? Further can the
in particular: how much of it will be
Commission provide details on the breakdown of this budget,
dedicated to translation services, publications, expenses for the chairman and members of the Convention,
and salary for the Convention chairman?

From which part of the European Union budget will this money be allocated?

(2003/C 28 E/017)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0419/02

by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Costs of the Convention on institutional reform

(21 February 2002)

What is known of the estimated total cost under various budget headings for the Convention on the future
of Europe and what proportions will be funded by the Council, the Commission, the European Parliament
and the Member States?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0139/02, E-0337/02 and E-0419/02
given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(15 May 2002)

the Council and the Commission have concluded on 28 February 2002 an inter-
The Parliament,
institutional agreement organising their contribution to the financing of the Convention on the future of
Europe. This agreement is based on estimates for the Convention’s budget amounting to EUR 4 million for
the first budgetary year, running from March to December 2002.

This amount will be transferred from the general budget of the Union to a specific Fund outside the
Community general budget, and will be shared as follows:

(cid:1) EUR 1 million from section I (Parliament);

(cid:1) EUR 0,4 million from section II (Council);

(cid:1) EUR 2,6 million from section III (Commission) (cid:1) Part A.

These amounts represent 0,1 % of the administrative expenditure of each institution, excluding pensions.

An amending budget has been adopted on 28 February 2002 by the budgetary authority, creating the
necessary lines and transferring the necessary appropriations to allow the implementation of
these
contributions.

According to the rules agreed by the three institutions, the Convention’s budget should be adopted ‘on the
proposal of the Secretary-General of the Convention and with the agreement of the Parliament, the
Council and the Commission.’

In principle, the Convention’s budget does not include the costs of travels and accomodation of members
of the Convention (other than its Praesidium), covered by the Parliament, Member States and candidate
countries where the members come from, the salaries of members of the Convention’s Secretariat when
they are seconded from Union institutions and some infrastructure costs (including interpretation,
translation, buildings and personnel) covered by the three institutions hosting the Convention’s meetings.