Where can I find the European Commission on the net?
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This article is from the European Union FAQ, by Roland Siebelink & Bart Schelfhout with numerous contributions by others.
Where can I find the European Commission on the net?
EMAIL CONNECTIVITY
NOTE: This section contains information that is no longer up-to-dat
e. It will be updated in the next version of the FAQ
Most people working at the European Commission should now be reachable
though the Internet at the address <given_name_initial.surname@mhsg.cec.be>.
The example of <J.Santer@mhsg.cec.be> is purely fictional because this
address system applies only to the Commission's staff (civil servants),
rather than the Commissioners (politicians). Indeed, rumour goes that the
authors of the Bangemann Report (on the information society) used faxes (not
e-mail) to exchange drafts and comments ;-)
Some of the DG's have their own Internet domain as well, but their users
should still be reachable under the scheme described above.
DATABASES AND INFOSYSTEMS
As of March 1995, the European Commission has set up its own general
WorldWideWeb-server under the name of +Europa;, in addition to some specific
WWW servers that had already been developed before. It was announced as
follows:
On 25 February 1995, during the +G7 Conference on the Information S
ociety;, the European Commission introduced a new on-line database of
information about the European Union, intended for the general publi
c and known as +Europa;. The main function of Europa, which can be fo
und on the World Wide Web with the URL http://www.cec.lu/[4] is to p
rovide information and guidance in clear everyday language on topics
of interest to consumers within the single market. However, it also c
ontains basic information about the European Institutions, and a coll
ection of some of the more grotesque so-called +euro-myths; put about
by eurosceptics, explaining how they arose and the reality behind th
em. Initially, Europa will be available in English only, but the EC p
lans to provide versions in other EU languages in due course.
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