Traduction de «Comité des hauts fonctionnaires » (Français → Anglais) :

What is unusual in our system in the European Union is that, when we confer such powers on the Commission, we oblige it to act in conjunction with a committee of national civil servants.

We have always found that objectionable: firstly because only committees of national civil servants and not Parliament have the right to scrutinise the Commission and refer questions back, and secondly because matters are referred back only to one branch of the legislative authority – the Council – even when the basic act has been adopted under codecision.

But to authorise a committee of senior officials working under the authority of the European Commission to 'specify' the terms of certain proposals drawn up by a directive of the European Parliament and the Council has two serious implications: firstly, that the work of the Securities Committee must be conducted with the most complete transparency and after consulting all interested parties; and, secondly, the two legislative branches - Parliament and Council - must have the right to inspect the measures drawn up by the Commission on the basis of the work of the European Securities Committee so as to check whether there has been any inf ...[+++]ringement of the original legislative framework.

Should the Commission note, when this paragraph is being applied, that major difficulties arise for a Member State with regard to the level of training indicated in paragraph 1(b), it shall take the opinion of the Committee of Senior Officials on Public Health established by Council Decision 75/365/EEC(21) and shall inform the European Parliament and the Council.

its President should consider opening disciplinary proceedings in relation to the officials concerned, in particular two senior officials;

setting up a Senior Officials Committee with a long-term mandate to advise the Commission on action to be undertaken in the field of the security of information systems.