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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3332/82

of 3 December 1982

laying down special transitional measures for the recruitment as officials of the European Communities of 56 members of the staff of the headquarters of the European Association for Cooperation

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, and in particular Article 24 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, made after obtaining the opinion of the Staff Regulations Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas under Regulation (EEC) No 3245/81 (3) a European Agency for Cooperation, hereinafter referred to as 'the Agency', was set up with the aim of taking over the activities previously carried out by the European Association for Cooperation, hereinafter referred to as 'the Association';

Whereas it is necessary to resolve the problems relating to the position of the 56 members of the staff of the headquarters of the Association;

Whereas the 1982 budget of the Communities granted 56 established posts, broken down by grade, to the Commission to enable it to recruit those staff members;

Whereas it is for the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the other institutions concerned, to take the necessary special transitional measures, by way of derogation from the Staff Regulations of officials and conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities as laid down in Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (4), as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 372/82 (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A staff member who occupies a post at the headquarters of the Association on 1 January 1982 and who may still occupy a post there at the date of entry into force of this Regulation, may be appointed a probationer official of the Commission of the European Communities and assigned to one of the posts indicated for that purpose in the Commission establishment plan for the financial year 1982.

Article 2

The appointment of the staff member referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out by way of derogation from the second and third paragraphs of Article 4, Article 28 (d) and Article 29 of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities after obtaining the opinion of an ad hoc committee set up by the appointing authority to review the qualifications and competence of the staff referred to in Article 1.

Members of the ad hoc committee must have a grade at least equal to that of the post to be filled.

Article 3

By way of derogation from Articles 31 and 32 of the Staff Regulations, officials recruited by virtue of this Regulation shall be appointed to the appropriate grade and step indicated in the table of equivalence in the Annex.

Seniority in grade shall be reckoned from the date of appointment as a probationer official.

Seniority in step shall be that acquired by the said official in the service of the Association.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 December 1982.

For the Council

The President

Ch. CHRISTENSEN

(1) OJ No C 201, 5. 8. 1982, p. 7.

(2) OJ No L 292, 8. 11. 1982, p. 93.

(3) OJ No L 328, 16. 11. 1981, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1.

(5) OJ No L 47, 19. 2. 1982, p. 13.

ANNEX

1,2.3,4 // // // Table of grades and steps (Staff Regulations) // EAC hierarchy // // 1.2.3.4 // Grade // Step // Grade // Step // // // // // A 1 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 // // // A 2 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 // // // A 3 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 13 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // A 4 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 14 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // A 5 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 15 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // A 6 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 16 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // A 7 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 // 17 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 // A 8 // 1, 2 // 18 // 1, 2 // // // // // B 1 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 21 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // B 2 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 22 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // B 3 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 23 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // B 4 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 24 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // B 5 // 1, 2, 3, 4 // 25 // 1, 2, 3, 4 // // // // // C 1 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 31 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // C 2 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 32 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // C 3 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 33 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // C 4 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 34 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // C 5 // 1, 2, 3, 4 // 35 // 1, 2, 3, 4 // // // // // D 1 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 41 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // D 2 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 42 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // D 3 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // 43 // 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 // D 4 // 1, 2, 3, 4 // 44 // 1, 2, 3, 4 // // // //