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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels.24thApril1981«
COMMISSION REPORTTOTHECOUNCIL
ONTHELOCATION OFCOMMUNITY DEPARTMENTS
Situationattheendofthethirdquarterof1980
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Article 10oftheDecision oftheRepresentatives oftheGovernments ofthe
Member States ontheProvisional Location ofCertain Institutions and
Departments oftheCommunities (Merger Treaty )states that "theGovernments'
oftheMember States arewilling tolocate inLuxembourg ,"ortotransfer
thereto ,other Community bodies anddepartments ,particularly those concerned
with finance ,-provided that their proper functioning canbeensured .Tothis
end ,they request theCommission topresent tothem annually areport onthe
current situation concerning thelocation ofCommunity bodies anddepartments
andonthepossibility oftaking new steps togive effect tothis provision ,
account being taken oftheneed toensure theproper functioning ofthe
Communities ".
Eachyear since 1968theCommission haspresented areport totheCouncil'' "
incompliance with these provisions .
This report ,thethirteenth ,describes thesituation attheendof
October 1980 .
I. STAPP EMPLOYED IÏTBRUSSELS ~
AttheendofOctober 1980 atotal of7324officials andlocal staff
(administrative appropriations )were permanently assigned tothevarious
Commission departments inBrussels .This total wasmade upasfollows :
Category A
Laguage Service
Category B
Category C
Category D
Local staff903
947
362
408
365
339
7324
Ref.:SEC(68)3350 final
SEC(69)4897 final
SEC(70)3681 final
SEC(7l)4684 final
SEC(72)4493 final
SEC(73)4390 final
SEC (74)4771 final
SEC(75)4070 final
C0M(76)710 final ,
C0M(77)714 final ,
COM(79)47final ,
COM (79)790final .,25October 1968 ;
,17December 1969 ?
,27October 1970 :
,20December 1971 »
,4January 1973 ;
,3December 1973 :
,9December 1974 ;
,3December 1975 ;
6January 1977 ;
3January 1978 ;
12February 1979 ;
11January 1980 .

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2.Thesefiguresincludealimitednuratsrofofficialsfromdepartments
locatedinLuxembourg whohavebeenassigned 'i~rBrusselsforthepurpose
oflia.isingwithdsp&rtments there»
Theofficialsinvolvednumber55?fromthefollowingdepartments :
SOEC 21
ComputerOperationsDivision 7
Administration 9
AnalysisandProgramning
Department 4
SystemsAnalysisGroup 3
Directorate-General forScientific
andTechnicalInformation and
Information Management 11
55
H°STAFFEMPLOYEDINLUXEMBOURG
1.AsinBrussels,therewasaslight,increaseinthenumberofstaff
employedbytheCommissioninLuxembourg .
AttheendofOctober1930atotalof1921officialsandlocalstaff
(administrative appropriations )werepermanentlyassignedtothevarious
Commissiondepartments inLuxembourg ,Thistotalwasmadeupasfollows:
CategoryA 304
LanguageService 277
CategoryΒ 497
Category C 583
CategoryD 73
Localstaff 187
1921
2.ThestaffoftheDirectorates-General andotherdepartmentsofthe
CommissionlocatedinLuxembourg wasbrokendownasfollows:
(i)TheStatisticalOffice:274officials(102A,97Band75C);
(1979:275officials)(Note:afurther21officials-10A,5B
and6C-areassignedtotheBrusselsbranchoffice);
(ii)TheHealthandSafetyDirectorate (V-E)oftheDirectorate-General
forEmploymentandSocialAffairs:63officials (28A,18Band
17C)(1979:68officials);
(iii)TheDirectorate-General fortheInformationMarketandInnovation:
133officialsandlocalstaff(49A,27B,51C,4Dand2local
staff);(1979:132);

(iv)TheDirectorate-General forCreditandInvestments :75officialsandlocalstaff(28A,29B,17Cand1memberoflocalstaff)
(1.979*75officials); _
(v)TheEuratomSafeguardsDirectorate (XVTI-E)oftheDirectorate-GeneralforEnergy:154officials(36A,79Band39C)(1979:154officials);
(vi)TheCommission/EuropeanInvestmentBankLiaisonOffice,attachedto
theDirectorate-General forEconomicandFinancialAffairs:3officials
(2A,1C)(19T923officials);
(vii)TheLuxembourgInformationOffice(Directorate-General forInformation)
5officials(1A,2Band2C)(1979'3officials);;
(viii)Administrative departmentsbelongingtotheDirectorate-General for
PersonnelandAdministrations 892officialsandlocalstaff(36A,
277LA,121B,268C,57Dand133localstaff-apartfromthestaff
paidoutofthesocialserviceappropriations )(1979'842officials).
3.Anumberofdepartments locatedinBrusselshaveassignedstaffto
Luxembourgtoimprovecontactswiththedepartmentslocatedthereortotake
*updutieswithbodiesbasedthere.Atotalof25officialsarepostedonthis
basis:
Secretariat-General 7
LégalService 2
SecurityOffice 4
Directorate-General forBudgets 3
Directorate-General forFinancialControl 1
Directorate-General forDevelopment 2
ThesefiguresareincludedinthetableatII.1.
4.PursuanttothedecisiontakeninJune1978"tomoveallBrussels–based
productionunitsbacktoLuxembourgwithintwoyears,thenumberofstaff
fromtheStatisticalOfficeservinginBrusselshasbeenreducedfrom23
to21.
5*AnOfficialPublications OfficeoftheEuropeanCommunities was
establishedpursuanttoArticle8oftheDecisionoftheRepresentatives
oftheGovernmentsoftheMemberStates.UnderaDecisiontakenbythe
Communityinstitutions (includingtheISC)on16January1969,the
Publications OfficeisdirectedbyaManagingBoardconsistingof
representatives ofthefiveinstitutions .
v
TheOffice'sstaffiscurrentlymadeupasfollows:
CategoryA "14
CategoryB .118
CategoryC 101
CategoryD 12
LocalStaff 51
296
ThesefiguresarealsoincludedinthetableatII.1.

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m .COMMISSION PKEKI SES INBRUSSELS -SITUATION AND PROSPECTS
Here theCommission hasacted infull conformity with theprogramme
presented totheCouncil inApril 1975 and themedium-term building plan
prepared by .theCouncil and theCommission atthesuggestion ofand in
agreement with theBelgian Delegation .
Thecomparative stability instaff numbers hasmeant tha."t theCommission has
hadtoacquire only asmall amount ofextra space (1,49^mforrecords in
thebasement oftheSquare deMeeus building rented in1979 )*
Construction -work being hsndled bytheprivets sector inaccordance with
Commission plans (theJE/c/Ltriangle andtheBorschette Centre )isupto
schedule ;these buildings areexpected tobeoccupied in1981 .Agreement
has been reached onrelinquishing theconference rooms rented inthe
Manhattan Centre .
There have been serious delays with plans fornewbuildings which ,according
tothemedium-term building plan ,were tobeconstructed under Belgian
auspices .
Inview ofthedelays which have already occurred with respect tothe
original programme ,theCommission isplanning tostart talks immediately
with theBelgian Government toobtain assurances hat theprogramme will
gothrough according toschedule ;theCommission !illkeep theCouncil informed
of,anynewdevelopments which result from thetalks .
TheCommission hasalready reported tothebudgetary authority onthe
building situation over the last five years and the short andmedium-term
prospects (1)»
(1)Situation regarding Commission premises inBrussels -C0M(80)544 final .

COMMISSION PREMISESINLUXEMBOURG-SITUATION ANDPROSPECTS
InI98OtheJeanMonnetBuildingcameclosetocompletionanddepartments
housedelsewheremovedin.
Bytheendof1980orthebeginningofI98I,allCommissiondepartments
exceptforcentralcomputerservicesareexpectedtobehousedinthis
building.'
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Naturally,theofficesusedbyMembersoftheCommission whentheyarein
LuxembourgwillcontinuetoberentedintheEuropeanCentre,closetothe
CouncilroomsandtheParliament chamber.
/ :'''
Thechamber,whichtheLuxembourgauthorities beganbuildingin1979,^as
completedandhandedovertoParliamentinmid-1980,withtheresultthat
Parliament nowhastheproperfacilitiesforperformingtheenhancedrole
conferredonitasaresultofitsnewstatus.
Lastly,statementsinearlierreportsregardingtheEuropeanMonetary
Cooperation Fundstillapply.Itsphysicalandadministrative resourceswill
havetobeboostedassoonasadecisionistakentomoveontothenext
stageoftheEMSasenvisagedatthehighestlevel. ,
ThebuildingoccupiedbytheOfficeforOfficialPublications nearthe
stationneeds-tobeextendedtocopewithnewneedsarisingfrom,among
otherthings,successiveenlargements oftheCommunity.Aplanhasbeen
producedwiththefullsupportoftheLuxemburgauthorities ,andhasbeen
submittedtothebudgetaryauthorities.Asfinanceisavailablethe
buildingcanbereadyabout2yearsafteradecisionistakentoconstruct
it.Imaediateactiononthisplan,wouldbehighlydesirable.