WRITTEN QUESTION P-1012/02 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Delay in answering question on funding of the Convention.
Date: 2002-04-04
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European convention, administrative expenditure (EU), budget, financing, interinstitutional agreement

17.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 92 E/35

other beneficiaries. This operation implies that some educated women will first conduct a survey to
identify the most vulnerable women, among the widows, handicapped and internally displaced people.
This kind of programme ensures the participation of women coming from a variety of socio-economic
classes, from educated to illiterate women, each of them using their knowledge and/or manual ability. The
programmes have proved successful and will be continued as they provide an immediate impact on
people’s livelihood.

(2003/C 92 E/038)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1012/02

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(4 April 2002)

Subject: Delay in answering question on funding of the Convention

the
I have received no answer from the Commission to my questions concerning the funding of
Convention on the Future of Europe within the six-week timescale laid down in the rules (Written
Question E-0337/02). Bearing in mind the importance of accountability in the Commission, shouldn’t
regard be paid to these rules?

To repeat my questions therefore: What is the attendance allowance for members of the Convention on
the Future of Europe? What basis is it calculated on and by whom?

Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(15 May 2002)

The written question E-0337/02 by the Honourable Member (1) was answered late by the Commission,
because it was considered adequate to draft a common reply to this question and to the written questions
E-0139/02 by Mr Garriga Polledo (1) and E-0419/02 by Mr Sjöstedt (1), and to update it following the
procedural developments after the adoption of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 February 2002 on
the financing of the Convention on the future of the Union.

By letter of 13 March 2002, the Secretary General of the European Convention transmitted the draft
budget of the Convention to the Parliament, the Council and the Commission. The Commission gave its
approval on 3 April 2002, and the Parliament voted its approval on 10 April 2002. The Budget of the
Convention for 2002 was adopted on 18 April 2002 by the Representatives of the Member State
Governments.

Concerning the attendance allowance of the Convention, the understanding of the Commission is that no
attendance allowance is foreseen in the Convention’s budget, except for the members of the Convention’s
Praesidium. The General Secretariat of the Convention is responsible for drafting and proposing the
Convention’s budget, and may therefore complete this information or provide further details if requested
by the Honourable Member.

(1) OJ C 28 E, 6.2.2003, p. 15.

(2003/C 92 E/039)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1077/02

by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(18 April 2002)

Subject: US pressure on the EU to restrict human rights by making changes to criminal

law and law

enforcement

1.
Can the Commission confirm the report by the British NGO ‘Statewatch’ that there is not only talk of
coordination between the Member States of the EU in the area of integration of criminal law and law