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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0167/04 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission's accounting systems.
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, accounting system, administration of the Institutions, audit

C 84 E/324

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

Could the Commission confirm that it has revised the summary tables for the intangible and tangible assets
to make them clearer and more readable?

(2004/C 84 E/0376)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0167/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Has DG BUDG performed a detailed inventory of all past programmes such as ECIP and JOP? If not, will
the Commission be performing such inventories, and if so when?

(2004/C 84 E/0377)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0168/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Has the Commission implemented the prudence principle for all risk capital operations? Can the
Commission confirm that the net results will be published separately in the annual financial report?

(2004/C 84 E/0378)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0169/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Could the Commission confirm that it has altered the presentation of the Guarantee Fund in the balance
sheet, to bring it more in line with the actual situation as established by the EIB?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 168/2004 of 29 January 2004 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, rice

30.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 27/41

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 168/2004

of 29 January 2004

concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the
refund

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
411/2002 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003
laying down special detailed rules for the
of 28 July 2003,
application of the system of import and export licences for
cereals and rice (3), and in particular the second subparagraph
of Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 provides,
where this paragraph is specifically referred to when an
export refund is fixed, for an interval of three working
days between the day of submission of applications and
the granting of export licences with advance fixing of
the refund and provides that the Commission is to fix a
uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if appli-
cations for export licences exceed the quantities which
may be exported. Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/
2004 (4) fixes refunds under the procedure provided for
in the abovementioned paragraph for 2 000 tonnes for
all the destinations R02 and R03 defined in the Annex
to that Regulation.

For all the destinations R02 and R03, quantities applied
for on 28 January 2004 are in excess of the available
quantity. A percentage reduction should therefore be
fixed for export licence applications submitted on 28
January 2004.

(3)

In view of its purpose, this Regulation should take effect
from the day of its publication in the Official Journal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For all the destinations R02 and R03 defined in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 33/2004, applications for export licences
for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
submitted pursuant to that Regulation on 28 January 2004
shall give rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied
for to which a percentage reduction of 5,24 % has been
applied.

Article 2

For all the destinations R02 and R03 defined in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 33/2004, applications for export licences
for rice and broken rice submitted from 29 January 2004 shall
not give rise to the issue of export licences pursuant to that
Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 January 2004.

Article 3

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 January 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 69.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3284 — Outokumpu/Boliden) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, ferrous metal, merger control, metalworking, precious metal, steel

29.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 25/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3262 — Salzgitter/Volkswagen/JV)

(2004/C 25/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 January 2004 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in German and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CDE’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 304M3262. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3284 — Outokumpu/Boliden)

(2004/C 25/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 8 December 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3284. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0168/04 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission's accounting systems.
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, accounting system, administration of the Institutions, audit

C 84 E/324

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

Could the Commission confirm that it has revised the summary tables for the intangible and tangible assets
to make them clearer and more readable?

(2004/C 84 E/0376)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0167/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Has DG BUDG performed a detailed inventory of all past programmes such as ECIP and JOP? If not, will
the Commission be performing such inventories, and if so when?

(2004/C 84 E/0377)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0168/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Has the Commission implemented the prudence principle for all risk capital operations? Can the
Commission confirm that the net results will be published separately in the annual financial report?

(2004/C 84 E/0378)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0169/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Could the Commission confirm that it has altered the presentation of the Guarantee Fund in the balance
sheet, to bring it more in line with the actual situation as established by the EIB?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0171/04 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission's accounting systems.
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, accounting system, administration of the Institutions, audit

3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84 E/325

(2004/C 84 E/0379)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0170/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

(29 January 2004)

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Could the Commission confirm that assets are classified against the relevant balance sheet heading?

(2004/C 84 E/0380)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0171/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

(29 January 2004)

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

legal assurance and professional advice on the nature of the
Has the Commission sought additional
pension receivable or contingent claim, with regard to the Member States, from an accounting perspective,
as recommended by the IAS?

(2004/C 84 E/0381)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0172/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

(29 January 2004)

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Could the Commission confirm that general rules on the valuation of stocks are applied without any
exception throughout the Commission?

(2004/C 84 E/0382)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0173/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

(29 January 2004)

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Could the Commission confirm that in future the impact of changing valuation rules will be clearly
explained in the explanatory notes to the balance sheet?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0162/04 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission's accounting systems.
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, accounting system, administration of the Institutions, audit

C 84 E/322

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

Has the Commission carried out an independent feasibility study on the re-engineering of the Commission
processes and the ‘off-the-shelf’ software solutions available on the market?

Has the Commission made available a project manager and an independent external consultant?

Could the Commission guarantee that there now exists an integrated accounting system fully compliant
with the Financial Regulations?

(2004/C 84 E/0370)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0161/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Has the Commission established a central accounting department
responsible for budget activities?

independent

from the authority

Has the Commission ensured that each DG has a separate accounting entity to analyse and evaluate the
accounting aspects of the DG’s activities? Do these entities liaise with the central accounting department?

(2004/C 84 E/0371)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0162/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Can the Commission verify that that the substantive quality assurance of its financial reporting practices
has been improved? How has this improvement been implemented in the DGs?

(2004/C 84 E/0372)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0163/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0161/04 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission's accounting systems.
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, accounting system, administration of the Institutions, audit

C 84 E/322

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

Has the Commission carried out an independent feasibility study on the re-engineering of the Commission
processes and the ‘off-the-shelf’ software solutions available on the market?

Has the Commission made available a project manager and an independent external consultant?

Could the Commission guarantee that there now exists an integrated accounting system fully compliant
with the Financial Regulations?

(2004/C 84 E/0370)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0161/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Has the Commission established a central accounting department
responsible for budget activities?

independent

from the authority

Has the Commission ensured that each DG has a separate accounting entity to analyse and evaluate the
accounting aspects of the DG’s activities? Do these entities liaise with the central accounting department?

(2004/C 84 E/0371)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0162/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Can the Commission verify that that the substantive quality assurance of its financial reporting practices
has been improved? How has this improvement been implemented in the DGs?

(2004/C 84 E/0372)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0163/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0201/04 by Herbert Bösch (PSE) to the Commission. Linguistic discrimination in job descriptions.
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU office or agency, job description, job vacancy, legal basis, linguistic discrimination, recruitment, use of languages

C 84 E/332

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

(2004/C 84 E/0389)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0201/04

by Herbert Bösch (PSE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Linguistic discrimination in job descriptions

In its replies to a number of written questions tabled between 2001 and 2003, the Commission stated its
intention to use its legal powers to combat the use of a ‘native speaker’ criterion in job advertisements
published by technical support agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and private firms
(co)financed by the European Commission.

However, between September and December 2003 alone, some 60 advertisements for posts at such firms
and organisations (www.lingvo.org/eo/2/15) were published stipulating ‘English mother tongue’ or ‘native
English speaker’.

On what legal basis can the Commission take action over job advertisements that use a ‘native speaker’
criterion? On what occasions has the Commission made use thereof?

Has the Commission made contact with the firms Intrasoft and Ogilvy, as it undertook to do in its reply to
Written Question E-2226/03 (1), and what has been the result of this contact?

(1) OJ C 33 E, 6.2.2004, p. 236.

(2004/C 84 E/0390)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0210/04

by Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(30 January 2004)

Subject: Language discrimination in job advertisements

A number of magazines repeatedly publish job advertisements seeking to recruit applicants with English as
their mother tongue, although the jobs are within EU institutions or at consultancy firms focusing on
European policy. Particular emphasis is placed on linguistic background as a criterion for recruitment
(‘English mother tongue’/‘native English speaker’: examples can be seen at www.lingvo.org/eo/2/15). These
advertisements discriminate against applicants with equivalent professional qualifications and a very good
knowledge of English, but whose mother tongue is not English.

Discrimination of this kind on the basis of linguistic background is expressly prohibited under Article 21
of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Can the Commission therefore answer the following questions:

1. What steps has the Commission taken to prevent such discrimination?

2.

Is the Commission considering including a ban on discrimination on the grounds of
linguistic
background in the Community action programme to combat discrimination (Council Decision
No 2000/750/EC of 27 November 2000)?

(2004/C 84 E/0391)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0236/04

by Miet Smet (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(2 February 2004)

Subject: Job advertisements for ‘native speakers’

The European Commission has supported the view expressed in a number of parliamentary questions on
the use of the term ‘native speakers’ in job advertisements that the use of terms such as ‘mother tongue’ or
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0164/04 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission's accounting systems.
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, accounting system, administration of the Institutions, audit

3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84 E/323

Has the Commission introduced an obligation for services to report their accounting provisions for each
activity, measure or project they propose?

(2004/C 84 E/0373)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0164/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Has the Commission imposed a high level of quality control over financial data and the accompanying
explanatory texts as recommended by the IAS?

Has the terminology used in respect of financial data been simplified as recommended by the ECA?

(2004/C 84 E/0374)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0165/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.

Has the Commission taken steps to ensure that the terminology used in the financial report clearly conveys
the data presented?

Can the Commission guarantee that quality control over the financial data presented by DGs has been
improved considerably?

(2004/C 84 E/0375)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0166/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Subject: Commission’s accounting systems

I understand the Internal Audit Service, in a report entitled ‘IAS Review of the Commission’s Accounting
Framework (cid:1) Final Report’ dated 15 April 2003, made a number of recommendations to the Commission
regarding the accounting systems.