Translation of "Personnel de renfort " (French → English) :

I would like to state that the report submitted by Mrs Sinnott is very good; I also helped in that direction with my own amendments, so that if in the future a community mechanism is created, that is ‘injury registration operation’ it assists in the development of national prevention policies, because the systematic collection of data will reveal the causes of these injuries, namely what we call determinants of injury.

D. whereas the United Nations have withdrawn their personnel from Mitrovica and whereas NATO is in the process of sending reinforcements in to re-establish order,

- the undermanning at local level, inter alia in veterinary services, despite the significant reinforcements deployed and the help of veterinarians from third countries;

18. Notes with concern the widespread use of auxiliary staff for purposes other than covering for vacant posts or the absence of full-time officials under the provisions of the Staff Regulations (so-called 'auxiliaires de renfort'); questions whether such use of auxiliary staff could not be reduced by more effective deployment or redeployment of existing staff; welcomes the Administration's commitment to identify such expenditure by way of a separate sub-item in the 2003 budget and to subject such recruitment to stringent controls to ensure that they are duly justified; calls for a detailed analysis of such recruitment to be submitted ...[+++] before the end of the first quarter so as to enable it to take appropriate measures in the context of the 2004 estimates;

In addition, it could, if necessary, request through the EUMC, manpower for temporary augmentation from the EU Member States.

I would just like to again mention the staffing increase for which provision has been made in Budget 2000.