Use of the ‘withheld number’ setting in EU institutions

4.6.2013

Question for written answer E-006337-13
to the Commission
Rule 117
Philippe Boulland (PPE)

Some but not all EU institutions have ‘withheld number’ as the standard setting for outgoing calls made from their office phones: at Parliament outside calls can only be made using this setting, whereas the Commission imposes no such restriction.

It is remarkable that Parliament, which ought to be setting an example in terms of transparency and accessibility, should use the ‘withheld number’ setting.

Given that this is the European Year of Citizens, would it not make sense to agree on common rules on outgoing calls applicable to all the institutions?

OJ C 46 E, 18/02/2014