91999E0802

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0802/99

by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission

(6 April 1999)

Subject: EU buildings

Varying information appears from time to time in the press about the buildings owned by the EU institutions.

I should therefore like to ask the Commission:

1. Which buildings in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg are in the sole ownership of the EU institutions or the Commission?

2. What is the value of these buildings (broken down by individual building)?

3. Which buildings are partly owned by the EU?

4. What is the value of these buildings and what is the EU's share in their ownership?

5. By what contractual arrangements has the EU obtained the use of additional buildings which are not in the ownership of the EU but in which EU institutions' offices are situated?

6. How much is the EU required to pay in respect of these buildings (broken down by building and institution occupying it)?

7. Are there buildings owned by the EU which are used by other institutions? If so, what is the value of such buildings and what income does the EU gain from them?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(5 May 1999)

In response to the Honourable Members'question, most of the information he has requested is available in Volume 1 "Total revenue" of the budget for 1999 in Part D Buildings of the European Union (tables 1 + 2).

The Commission in Brussels fully owns:

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It is also acquiring over time (normally 27 years - however, in the case of Breydel II full ownership will occur in 1999) the following buildings (the value in brackets is that of the outstanding payments to be made):

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For its other needs in Brussels, the Commission rents buildings on a contractual basis under Belgian law, generally for periods of 3, 6, 9 or 12 years. Three buildings are, however, rented on a 27 year lease. The total rental budget for 1999 is [fmxeuro] 91 036 633.

It should be noted that the Commission continues to pay the rent for the Berlaymont (included in total) in exchange for the provision of 10 buildings for which the Belgian Régie des Bâtiments pays the rent.

These buildings are:

- Belliard 28

- Belliard 68

- Science 14

- Trèves 120

- Beaulieu 1, 5 and 9

- Beaulieu 24

- Triomphe

- Genève 12

- Genève 1 (A + D)

- Nerviens 85

The Commission in Brussels does not occupy any buildings which are the property of another Institution.

The Commission in Luxembourg does not own buildings.

The following buildings are rented in some case partially by the Commission (see % in brackets) and other institutions located in Luxembourg:

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