European Parliament 23 July 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2236/02 by Gabriele Stauner (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Award of Commission contracts to audit firms.

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;