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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM( 8 3)  796 final
Brussels, 10 January 1984
COMMISSION REPORT TO THE COUNCIL 
ON THE LOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEPARTMENTS
Situation at the end of September 1983
COM(83)  796 final

Article 10 of the Decision of 8 April 1965 of the Representatives 
of the Governments of the Member States on the provisional location 
of certain institutions and departments of the communities reads 
as follows:
"The governments of the Member States are willing to locate in 
Luxembourg, or to transfer thereto, other Community bodies and 
departments, particularly those concerned with finance, provided 
that their proper functioning can be ensured.
"To this end, they request the Commission to present to them annually 
a report on the current situation concerning the location of Community 
bodies and departments and on the possibility of taking new steps 
to give effect to this provision, account being taken of the need 
to ensure the proper functioning of the Communities."
Each year since 1968 the Commission has presented a report to the 
Council in compliance with these provisions.
This report, the sixteenth, describes the situation at the end 
of September 1983.
I. STAFF EMPLOYED IN BRUSSELS
1. At the end of September 1983 a total of 7 919 posts (administrative 
appropriations) were permanently assigned to the Commission's departments 
in Brussels. This total was made up as follows:
Category A 2075
Language Service 1033
Category B 1464
Category C 2660
Category D 442
Local staff 245
7919
2. These figures include a small number of officials from departments 
located in Luxembourg who have been assigned to Brussels for the 
purpose of liaising with departments there.
The officials involved number 34, from the following departments:
SOEC 18
Directorate-General for the
Information Market and Innovation 16
34

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II. STAFF EMPLOYED IN LUXEMBOURG
1. At the end of September 1983 a total of 2 097 posts (administrative 
appropriations) were permanently assigned to the Commission's departments 
in Luxembourg. This total was made up as follows:
Category A 323
Language Service 291
Category B 558
Category C 639
Category D 140
Local staff 146
2 097
2. The posts assigned to the Directorates-General and other departments 
located in Luxembourg were broken down as follows:
1. The Statistical Office: 296 posts (105 A, 105 B and 86 C);
(1982 :  293 posts) (Note :  a further 18 officials - 7 A,
5 B and 6 C - are assigned to the liaison office in Brussels).
2. The Health and Safety Directorate (V-E) of the Directorate-General 
for Employment, Social Affairs and Education :  63 posts
(29 A, 17 B and 17 C); (1982 :  62 posts).
3. The Directorate-General for the Information Market and Innovation :
133 posts (46 A, 28 B, 54 C, 5 D); (1982 :  137 posts).
4. The Directorate-General for Credit and Investments :  85 posts 
(32 A, 33 B, 20 C); (1982 :  78 posts).
5. The Euratom Safeguards Directorate (XVII-F) of the Directorate-General 
for Energy :  162 posts (38 A, 84 B and 40 C); (1982 :  160 posts).
6. The Commission/European Investment Bank Liaison Office, 
attached to the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial 
Affairs :  2 posts (1 A and 1 C); (1982 :  3 posts).
7. The Luxembourg Information Office (Directorate-General for 
Information) :  4 posts (1 A, 2 B and 1C); (1982 :  5 posts).
8. Administrative departments belonging to the Directorate-General 
for Personnel and Administration :  968 posts (47 A, 291 LA,
126 B, 301 C, 118 D and 85 local staff - including staff
paid out of the social service appropriations); (1982 :  949 posts).

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3. A number of departments Located in Brussels have assigned staff to 
Luxembourg to improve contacts with the departments Located there or to 
take up duty with bodies based there. A totaL of 31 officials are posted 
on this basis:
These figures are included in the table in II.1.
4. Since all Brussels-based production units have been moved back to 
Luxembourg, the number of Statistical Office posts in Brussels has remained 
at 18.
5. Pursuant to Article 8 of the Decision of the Representatives of the 
Governments of the Member States an Official Publications Office of the 
European Communities was located in Luxembourg. Under a Decision taken 
by the Community institutions on 16 January 1969, the Publications Office 
is directed by a Managing Board consisting of representatives of the six 
institutions and bodies.
The posts currently allocated to the Office break down as follows:Secretariat-General 
Legal Service 
Security Office
Directorate-General for Budgets 
Directorate-General for Financial Control 
Directorate-General for Development 
Directorate-General for the Internal Market 
and Industrial Affairs1 0
3
4 
3 
8 
2 
1
31
Category A 
Category B 
-Category C 
Category D 
Local staff15
154
106
17
61
353
These figures are also included in the table in II.1.

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COMMISSION PREMISES IN BRUSSELS - SITUATION AND PROSPECTS
At the end of 1983 a delicate balance had been established between 
requirements and premises thanks to the renting of a small additional 
building to cater for the most pressing needs. The Commission had 
intended to rent a building with 400 to 450 offices to meet requirements 
in 1983 and 1984, but no premises of the right size were available. 
Consequently, some administrative units are still housed relatively 
far from the Berlaymont or in small buildings.
The Joyeuse Entree/Cortenberg/Loi complex built in 1962 is being 
renovated at present. The first phase is already completed and departments 
have returned to modernized, functional offices. Renovation will 
continue until 1985. While it is in progress a quarter of the complex 
is out of commission, which is why the Marie de Bourgogne building 
had to be rented in 1982.
During 1983 the Commission succeeded in renegotiating the lease of 
a large building on more favourable terms reflecting the current 
situation on the property market. In association with the other 
institutions, it is conducting a study on the future of the Early 
Childhood Centre (crèche and after-school child-minding service) 
and endeavouring to find a solution to the problem of access to the 
sports complex at Overijse.
As part of the Commission's centralization policy, the plans for
an extension to the 120 rue de la Loi building were submitted to
the budgetary authority which earmarked the first two instalments of
the necessary funds. Mr Burke, the Member responsible for Personnel
and Administration, has signed all the documents relating to purchase
of the existing building, transfer of the specifications and acquisition
of the site for the extension on the Commission's behalf. The specifications
were checked during the first half of 1983 and the first invitations
to tender were published in the Official Journal. The first building
contracts should be signed before the end of 1983 and work should
start during the first half of 1984.
In addition, technical discussions continued with an organization 
which is planning to build a large complex near the Rond-Point-Schuman.

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COMMISSION PREMISES IN LUXEMBOURG - SITUATION AND PROSPECTS
All the Commission's departments in Luxembourg have been housed in 
two buildings since April 1981:
the Jean Monnet building, comprising three blocks (one floor of 
block C is currently sub-let to the Court of Justice) and an 
annex housing the new Computer Centre;
the building previously occupied by the data-processing departments.
Plans for converting the second building to house the Euratom Safeguards 
Directorate are being studied at present.
The main Publications Office building is close to the railway station 
and the Central Post Office. Built in 1973 it was designed to house 
departments for a six-language Community. The 1981 enlargement 
and expansion of the Official Journal led to a number of annexes 
being rented. The sales department was relocated in 1981. Decentralized 
storage arrangements were made in 1983 and new premises were fitted 
out for the dispatch department. To counteract this trend which 
makes the Office even more difficult to run, the local authorities 
took a decision in 1982 to increase the capacity of the main building.
The new offices, which will take account of the growing role of computers 
in publishing, production and management, will probably be available 
early in 1985.
Lastly, as indicated in earlier reports, physical and administrative 
measures will become necessary as the European Monetary System progresses 
and the European Monetary Cooperation Fund is set up.