Investigation by OLAF and the Bari Public Prosecutor's Office into the use by the Puglia Regional Council of  funds earmarked for professional training

22.1.2003

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0202/03
by Maurizio Turco (NI)
to the Commission

The answer to Question P-0656/01[1] indicates, with regard to the use by the Puglia Regional Council of funds earmarked for professional training, that:

 

- OLAF opened an investigation on 28 July 2000;

 

- the Commission has given its authorisation for one of its officials, an expert in European Social Fund financial procedures, to be interviewed by the Bari Public Prosecutor's Office.

 

1. Has OLAF interviewed the lawyer Giuseppe Di Donna, former member of the Puglia Regional Executive with responsibility for professional training?

 

2. Has the OLAF investigation been completed? If so, what were its findings?

 

3. Has the judicial investigation by the Bari Public Prosecutor's Office been completed? If so, what were its findings?

 

• [1]  OJ C 235 E, 21.8.2001, p. 234.

OJ C 242 E, 09/10/2003