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# 92002E2235

**WRITTEN QUESTION E-2235/02 by Gabriele Stauner (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Contracts awarded by the Commission's legal service.** 
  
*Official Journal 137 E , 12/06/2003 P. 0057 - 0058*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2235/02

by Gabriele Stauner (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(23 July 2002)

Subject: Contracts awarded by the Commission's legal service

Can the Commission provide me with a list of the subjects of all contracts for legal opinions awarded by its legal service to outside legal advisers since 1999?

Can the Commission provide me with a full list of the advisers to whom contracts have been awarded since 1999, stating the total value of the contracts awarded to each adviser?

Can the Commission state in each case whether these contracts were awarded by a proper tendering procedure or whether they were awarded directly without first being put out to tender?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(3 September 2002)

1. Since 1999 the Commission's Legal Service has awarded to outside experts contracts dealing with the following subjects:

- respect for human rights in the applicant countries;

- intellectual property and liability in the case of emails;

- scope and protection of confidentiality;

- legal issues and the millennium bug;

- legal structure and membership of the International Doping Agency;

- right of reply in Spanish media legislation;

- legal protection against defamation and damage compensation;

- attachment of debt in international private law;

- access to disciplinary acts;

- the Member States and the Commission as amicus curiae before the US Supreme Court;

- Belgian tenancy and property law.

2. A list of the experts who have worked for the Commission's Legal Service since 1999 and the total value of the contracts awarded to them are being sent separately to the Honourable Member as the information in question has to be handled confidentially in accordance with Article 287 of the EC Treaty.

3. The contracts have been awarded properly in accordance with Article 59 of the Financial Regulation.

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