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GENERAL RULESOFORGANIZATION
iof20April1960'
THEHIGHAUTHORITY , TITLEI
Departmental administration
Article4HavingregardtoArticle16oftheTreaty;
HavingregardtotheGeneralRulesofOrganization
of5November1954(OfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCoalandSteelCommunityof24November
1954,page515);asamendedon21June1956(Offi­
cialJournaloftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCom­
munityof24September1956,page255),TheHighAuthorityshalldeterminetheorganization
andtheareasofresponsibilityofdepartments .Sub­
jecttheretoandinaccordancewiththedirectivesof
theHighAuthority,thePresidentshallorganizeand
apportionthework.
HASADOPTEDTHEFOLLOWING RULES
OFGENERALORGANIZATION :Article5
Article1
TheHighAuthorityshall,inaccordancewiththe
TreatyandwithitsownRulesofProcedureandwith
theseRules,makeallappropriatearrangements for
theattainmentoftheobjectiveslaiddowninthe
Treatyandfortheoperationofitsdepartments .ThePresidentshallpreparethedraftbudgetestimates
providedforinArticle78(3)oftheTreaty.
ThePresidentshallalsopreparethedraftestablish­
mentplan,determiningthenumberofstaffposts,
providedforinArticle78(3).
Astaffchartshallperiodicallybecirculatedtomem-,
bersoftheHighAuthority.
Thedraftsreferredtointhefirsttwoparagraphsof
thisArticleshallbeapprovedbytheHighAuthority
beforebeingtransmittedtotheCommitteeofPresi­
dentsprovidedforinArticle78oftheTreaty.
ThePresidentshallberesponsibleforimplementing
thebudgetestimatesadoptedbytheCommitteeof
Presidents .Article2
ThePresidentoftheHighAuthorityshallberespon­
siblefortheadministration ofitsdepartmentsand
shallseethatdecisionsoftheHighAuthorityare
carriedoutinaccordancewiththeseRules.
TheVice-Presidents shallassistthePresidentinthe
performanceofhisdutiesinaccordancewiththe
provisionsoftheRulesofProcedureandoftheRules
ofOrganization .Article6
Article3ThePresidentshallberesponsiblefortheadministra­
tionofthestaffoftheHighAuthority.Toassisthim
theHighAuthoritymaydecidetosetupanadminis­
trativecommitteeconsistingofnotmorethanfour
membersoftheHighAuthority.ThePresidentshall
periodicallyreporttotheHighAuthorityonhisad­
ministrativefunctions.
However,thepowersconferredontheappointing
authoritybytheStaffRegulationsofOfficialsofthe
CommunityandtheAnnexestheretoshallbeexer­
cisedbytheHighAuthority,actingcollectively ,in
respectof:SaveasotherwisedecidedbytheHighAuthority,
actingcollectively,thechairmenofworkinggroups
shallrepresenttheHighAuthoritybeforetheEuro­
peanParliament,unlessthePresidentoroneofthe
Vice-Presidents doesso.
ThesameshallapplyatmeetingsoftheCouncilof
Ministers,oftheConsultativeCommitteeandofthe
committeesoftheEuropeanParliament .

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Article11 -Directors-General ,Advisers,DeputyDirectors­
General,DirectorsandDeputyDirectors;
-PersonalstaffofmembersoftheHighAuthority.
Article7TheHighAuthorityshallsetupworkinggroups.The
groupsshallincludetwomembersoftheHighAu­
thority,oneofwhomshallbechairmanofthegroup.
TheHighAuthorityshalldeterminethenumber,
termsofreferenceandcompositionofsuchworking
groups.MembersoftheHighAuthoritymayattend
meetingsoftheworkinggroups.Agenda,minutes
andotherdocumentssubmittedtoworkinggroups
mustalsobecirculatedatthesametimetotheother
membersoftheHighAuthority.
Theworkinggroupsshallpreparep'roposalsfordeci­
sionbytheHighAuthorityinaccordancewith'rules
ofprocedureofworkinggroupsoftheHighAuthor­
ity'laiddownbytheHighAuthority .
fTherecruitmentofDirectors-General ,Advisers,Dep­
utyDirectors-General ,DirectorsandDeputyDirec­
torsshallconformtothefollowingprocedure :
1.OnaproposalfromitsPresident,theHighAu­
thorityshalldeterminetheprofessionalqualifica­
tions,experienceandotherconditionsrequired
forapostwhichistobefilled.
2.TheHighAuthorityshallalsodeterminethepro­
cedurewherebyexternalcandidatesmaybecon­
sidered.Aninvitationforapplicationsmustinall
casesbecirculatedinternally.
3.Foreachposttobefilledaselectioncommittee
shallbesetupconsistingofatleastthreemem­
'bersoftheHighAuthority.
4.Theselectioncommitteeshallreviewallapplica­
tionsreceivedwithinthetimelimitsetbythe
HighAuthorityandinvitetoLuxembourgfor
interview,asappropriate,candidates "whoare
worthyofconsideration .
5.Theselectioncommitteeshallsubmititsreport
andrecommendations totheHighAuthority .
6.TheHighAuthorityshallchoosethecandidateto.
whomthepostwillbeofferedandshalldeter­
minehisgrading.Theserulesshall,inparticular,determine :
-theformofdocumentstobesubmittedbydepart­
mentsandthetimelimitsforsubmission;
-representation ofmembersoftheHighAuthority
atmeetingsofworkinggroups;
-attendanceofofficialsatmeetingsofworking
groups.
TheChairmenofworkinggroupsshallensurethat
departmentsfollowthedirectivesoftheHighAu­
thorityoroftheworkinggroup.Thechairmenof
workinggroupsshallberesponsibleforbringing
beforetheHighAuthorityanyquestionswithinthe
termsofreferenceoftheirparticulargroup.The
reportoftheChairmanoftheworkinggroupshall
openthediscussionintheHighAuthority;itshallset
outtheviewsbothofmembersoftheHighAuthority
andofthedepartments .Article8
PersonalstaffofmembersoftheHighAuthorityshall
beappointedbytheHighAuthorityonaproposal
fromthememberwhomtheywillserveandmaybe
dismissedbytheHighAuthorityonaproposalfrom
thatmemberorfromthePresident,aftertheopinion,
whereappropriate,ofthecommitteereferredtoin
Article6hasbeenobtained .Article12
WithoutprejudicetoArticle11,thePresidentshall
coordinatethepreparationofproposalsfordecision
bytheHighAuthority.Sinceheisresponsibletothe
HighAuthorityfortheimplementation ofdecisions,
heshallalsoperiodicallysubmittoitareport
thereon.Article9
Article13ThePresidentshallpreparedraftsofadministrative
rulesof-ageneralnaturerelatingtotheoperationof
thedepartmentsoftheHighAuthority,inparticular
financialandstaffregulations .Suchrulesshallbe
submitted,whereappropriate,fortheopinionofthe
committeereferredtoinArticle6andsubsequently
fordecisionbytheHighAuthority.ThePresidentshallberesponsibleforliasionwith
theEuropeanParliament,theCouncilofMinisters
andtheConsultativeCommittee,inaccordancewith
decisionsordirectivesadoptedbytheHighAuthority.
TITLEII Article14
Preparationandimplementation ofdecisionsofthe
HighAuthority
Article10SubjecttothedirectivesissuedbytheHighAuthor­
ity,eachDirector-General shallberesponsiblefor:
-theoperationofhisDirectorate-General andthe
performanceofdutieswithinhiscompetence,
-liaisononthepartofhisDirectorate-General with
thePresidentandmembersoftheHighAuthority
andwiththeworkinggroups.TheHighAuthorityshallissuedirectivesonhow
workistobecarriedoutbyitsstaffandshalltake
thenecessarydecisions.

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TITLEIII Article17
Appointment ofactingPresidentanddelegationof
thePresident'spowers
Article15ThePresidentmay,foratemporary,terminablepe­
riod,delegatethepowersconferredonhimunderthe
thirdparagraphofArticle16oftheTreatytoDirec­
tors-General ,DeputyDirectors-General ,Directors,
DeputyDirectors,andinspecialcases,tootheroffi­
cialsoftheHighAuthority.
Suchdelegationofpowersshallbegivenonlyafter
theChairmanofanyworkinggroupconcernedand
anyDirector-General concernedhaveexpressedtheir
opinion.
ThePresidentshallinformtheHighAuthorityofany
delegationofhispowers.WherethePresidentisunabletoperformhisduties,
theyshallbeperformedbytheVice-President .Where
boththePresidentandtheVice-President areunable
toperformthoseduties,theyshallbeperformedby
thesecondVice-President ;wherethePresidentand
theVice-Presidents areallunabletoperformthose
duties,theyshallbeperformedbytheoldestmember
present.
WhereanactingPresidentisappointedinpursuance
oftheprecedingparagraph,anydelegationofpow­
ersbythePresidentundertheconditionslaiddown
inArticle16shallremainvalidunlessotherwise
decidedbytheactingPresident.Article18
Article16TheGeneralRulesofOrganizationof5November
1954,asamendedon21June1956,areherebyre­
pealed.
TheseRuleswerediscussedandadoptedbytheHigh
Authorityatitsmeetingon20April1960.ThePresidentoftheHighAuthoritymaydelegate
hispowerstotheVice-Presidents andtotheChair­
manofaworkinggrouporhisdeputy,withinthe
termsofreferenceofthegroup.
ThePresidentmayalsodelegatetomembersofthe
HighAuthorityapartofhisadministrative functions.
MembersoftheHighAuthoritymay,inaddition,be
empoweredbythePresidenttosignanydeedsor
documentsdealingwithfinancialmatters.FortheHighAuthority
ThePresident
PieroMALVESTITI