WRITTEN QUESTION E-1562/03 by Eija-Riitta Korhola (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Anomalous aspects of the new Career Development Review (CDR) system.
Date: 2003-05-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, European official, professional career, regulations for civil servants, staff assessment

C 11 E/194

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

15.1.2004

However, the Commission is also aware that the German Government intends to install a collection system
allowing the return, by 1 October 2003, of the one-way packaging to any sales point in Germany.

5.
In order to ensure that this new collection system is introduced as quickly as possible and to avoid
future infringements relating to the deposit of one-way packaging, the Members of the Commission
responsible for Environment and Internal Market wrote to the German Minister for the Environment, Mr
Jürgen Trittin,
in May 2003. With reference to the Commission’s views, as expressed in the written
observations to C-309/02 described above, the Members of the Commission have voiced their concern
about the current transitional phase of the deposit scheme in place because a satisfactory, nation-wide
return system has not been set up. In this respect, they have requested additional information on the
current situation as well as further information on the proposed new return system and have urged the
German Government to speed up the introduction of measures to bring German law in line with
Community law. They have also asked the German Government whether it had envisaged suspending the
measure until a proper return system is in place.

In his answer to the letter, the German Minister for the Environment stresses the joint efforts made by
industry and the German government in order to set up a nation-wide return system by the target date of
1 October 2003. Mr Trittin considers that there is no need to suspend the measure until that date.

The Commission is currently in the process of evaluating Mr Trittin’s reply.

At the moment the Commission does not envisage to discuss this issue at the forthcoming Internal Market
Council.

(1) OJ L 365, 31.12.1994.
(2) Council Directive 80/777/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation

and marketing of natural mineral waters, OJ L 229, 30.8.1980.

(2004/C 11 E/219)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1562/03

by Eija-Riitta Korhola (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(8 May 2003)

Subject: Anomalous aspects of the new Career Development Review (CDR) system

Does the Commission acknowledge that there is considerable disquiet among a large number of its officials
about the new Career Development Review (CDR) system which has been introduced this year?

Will the Commission explain the following anomalous aspects of the new system?

Why is a particular service of the Commission penalised, in terms of loss of priority points, if the average
for its officials in a particular grade exceeds 14,5 points (out of 20)? Does this mean that each grade has a
uniform level of performance in all of the services of the Commission?

(2004/C 11 E/220)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1563/03

by Eija-Riitta Korhola (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(8 May 2003)

Subject: Anomalous aspects of the new Career Development Review (CDR) system

Does the Commission acknowledge that there is considerable disquiet among a large number of its officials
about the new Career Development Review (CDR) system which has been introduced this year?