<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"Knowing that:      1.      Letter No003411 of 18 March 2003 sent by the Director-General of OLAF to the Paris Public Prosecutor under the reference """"""""CMS No10120021510"""""""" stated that:      (a)    fraudulent activities detrimental to the Community budget and which could be qualified as criminal had been carried on;      (b)    the investigation has revealed that these activities were carried on by the managers of the company Planistat Europe SA, whose head office is in Paris, with the active complicity of European officials;      (c)    all the evidence […] would suggest that OLAF is faced with a vast operation for plundering Community funds; and that      (d)    with reference to this case, MrYves Franchet, the director of Eurostat, and MrDaniel Byk, head of unit at Eurostat, both of whom are officials of the European Commission based in Luxembourg and who are likely to have orchestrated this system in whole or in part, are French nationals.        2.    Press release IP/03/703 of 16 May 2003 stated that the Commission was """"""""only in receipt of preliminary information relating to the file sent to the Paris Public Prosecutor"""""""".      3.      Press release IP/03/723 of 23 May 2003 stated that the Commission had:      (a)    decided to help (Franchet and Byk) defend their reputations and safeguard their rights of defence;      (b)    and was """"""""also keen to emphasise that everyone has the right to be presumed innocent and points out that the information in its possession at this stage does not enable any conclusions to be drawn as to the accountability of individual officials"""""""".        4.    Press release IP/03/979 of 9 July 2003 stated that """"""""disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against three Commission officials"""""""".      In the light of the above, could the Commission indicate:      —    whether the preliminary information relating to the file sent to the Paris Public Prosecutor, which the Commission received from OLAF, included the assessments regarding Mssrs Franchet and Byk;      —    what charges have been levelled at the three Commission officials against whom disciplinary proceedings have been launched, what measures have been taken in their regard and whether OLAF had informed the Paris Public Prosecutor of their names;      —    how it actually intends to help Mssrs Franchet and Byk defend their reputations and to safeguard their rights of defence and whether, if the assessment of them sent by OLAF to the Paris Public Prosecutor proves to be hasty and erroneous, it intends to take action against OLAF, and if so what action?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [12]. </s>
Knowing that:      1.      Letter No003411 of 18 March 2003 sent by the Director-General of OLAF to the Paris Public Prosecutor under the reference """"""""CMS No10120021510"""""""" stated that:      (a)    fraudulent activities detrimental to the Community budget and which could be qualified as criminal had been carried on;      (b)    the investigation has revealed that these activities were carried on by the managers of the company Planistat Europe SA, whose head office is in Paris, with the active complicity of European officials;      (c)    all the evidence […] would suggest that OLAF is faced with a vast operation for plundering Community funds; and that      (d)    with reference to this case, MrYves Franchet, the director of Eurostat, and MrDaniel Byk, head of unit at Eurostat, both of whom are officials of the European Commission based in Luxembourg and who are likely to have orchestrated this system in whole or in part, are French nationals.        2.    Press release IP/03/703 of 16 May 2003 stated that the Commission was """"""""only in receipt of preliminary information relating to the file sent to the Paris Public Prosecutor"""""""".      3.      Press release IP/03/723 of 23 May 2003 stated that the Commission had:      (a)    decided to help (Franchet and Byk) defend their reputations and safeguard their rights of defence;      (b)    and was """"""""also keen to emphasise that everyone has the right to be presumed innocent and points out that the information in its possession at this stage does not enable any conclusions to be drawn as to the accountability of individual officials"""""""".        4.    Press release IP/03/979 of 9 July 2003 stated that """"""""disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against three Commission officials"""""""".      In the light of the above, could the Commission indicate:      —    whether the preliminary information relating to the file sent to the Paris Public Prosecutor, which the Commission received from OLAF, included the assessments regarding Mssrs Franchet and Byk;      —    what charges have been levelled at the three Commission officials against whom disciplinary proceedings have been launched, what measures have been taken in their regard and whether OLAF had informed the Paris Public Prosecutor of their names;      —    how it actually intends to help Mssrs Franchet and Byk defend their reputations and to safeguard their rights of defence and whether, if the assessment of them sent by OLAF to the Paris Public Prosecutor proves to be hasty and erroneous, it intends to take action against OLAF, and if so what action?