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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)5 final .
Brussels .19February 1982
!
COMMISSION REPORT TOTHE COUNCIL
ONTHE LOCATION OFCOMMUNITY DEPARTMENTS
Situation atthe endofthethird quarter of1981
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C0M(82 )5final .

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Article 10oftheDecision oftheRepresentative aoftheGovernments ofthe
Member States ontheProvisional Location ofCertain Institutions andDepartments
oftheCommunities (Merger Treaty )states that wtheGovernments ofthe
Member Statea arewilling tolocate inLuxembourg 'sor transfer thereto ,other
Community bodies anddeparisaents ,particularly those concerned with finance ,
provided that their proper functioning canbeensuredo Tothis end ,they
request the Commission topresent tothem annually areport onthecurrent
situation concerning thelocation ofCorosrcaiity bodies anddepartments and
onthepossibility oftaking new steps togive effsfct tothis provision ,
account being taken oftheneed toensure theproper functioning ofthe
Communities ". '
Eachyear since 1968theCommission haspresented areport tothe0c%meil *in
compliance with these provisiona »
This report ,thefourteenth ,describes th©situation attheendof
September 1981 .
I. STAFF EMPLOYES INBRUSSELS
loAttheendofSeptember 1981 atotal of7551officials andlocal staff
(administrative appropriations )war® p®3man®atlj assigned tothevarious
Commission departments inBruesslso This tote.1 wassad® ap®sfollows !!
CategoryA 1946
Language Service 987
Category B 1392
Category C 2502
CategoryD 424
Local staff 300
7551
Ref sSEC(68)3350 ,final ,25October 1968 *
SEC(69)4897 final ,IfDecember 1969 ?
SEC(70)3681 final ,27October 1970 ?
SEC(7l)4684 final ,20December 1971 ?
SECf72)4493 final ,4January 1973 ?
SEC(73)4390 final ,3December 1973 ?
SECf74)4771 final ,9December 1974 ?
SEC(75)4070 final ,3December 1975 3
COMf76)710 final ,6January 1977 ?
COM(77)714 final ,3January 1978 ?
C0M (79)47 final ,12February 1979 ?
COM!79)790 final |11January 1980 ?
COM(8l)l26 final ,26April 1981#

2»Thesefiguresincludealimitednumberofofficialsfromdepartments
loca-cedinLuxembourg whohavebesnassignedtoBrusselsforthepvu-uose
ofliaisingwithdepartmentsthee*
Theofficialsinvolvednumber64,fromthefollowingdepartments ?.
SOEG 21
Directorate-General fortheInforms*ionMarketandInnovation U,
Directorate-General forPersonnel andAdministration ?
ComputerOperations 8
Data-Processing PlanningandMministration 11
AnalysisandFrogramming 6
SystemsAnalysisGroup 4
64
KB:DGIXpriortoreorganization ofrirso+'Cret® 7.X/V~
HoSTAFFEMPLOYED INLUXEMBOURG
1.AttheendofSeptember1981atctalof2002.officialsandlocalstaff
(administrative appropriations )werspermanentlysissignsdtothevarious
CommissiondepartmentsinLuxembourg Thistotalw&ero^.deupesfollows?
CategoryA 310
LanguageService 278
CategoryB 548
CategoryC608
CategoryD 99
Localstaff loi
2002
2.ThestaffoftheDirectorate–General andotherdepartments ofthe
CommissionlocatedinLuxembourg wasbrokendownasfollows?
(i)theStatisticalOffices283officials(102A,102Band79C);
(1980s274officials)(Notesafurther21officials-10A,4B
and7C–areassignedtotheBrusselsbranchoffice);
(ii)theHealthandSafetyDirectorate (V–E)oftheDirectorate–General
forEmploymentandSocialAffairs?64officials(27A„20Band
17C)(198O;63officials);
(iii)theDirectorate–GeneralfortheInformationMarketandInnovation ?
131officialsandlooalstaff(48A,27B,514Eand1memberof
localstaff);(1980s133)J

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(iv)theBireetajpft'fce-GsmaFal £©?Srsdit m&Jsv#gts>®»t§s 76official# and
local staff (29A,28Bf17Cand2local staff )(1980s 75officials )}
(v)theEuratom Safeguards Directorate (XvII-P )oftheDirectorate-General
forEnergy !155officials (35A,82Band38C)(1980s 154officials );
(vi)theCommission /European Investment Bank Liaison Office ,attached to
the Directorate-General forEconomic and Financial Affairs :2officials
(lA,1C)(1980s 3officials )}
(vii)theLuxembourg Information Gffice (Directorate-General forInformation )s
4officials (lA,2Band 1C)(1980s 5officials );
(viii )administrative departments belonging totheDirectorate-General for
Personnel andAdministration ?937officials andlocal staff (45 ■&?
282LAS131D?288 C,78Dand113local staff –apart fro® ,thestaff
paid outofthesocial service appropriations )(1980s 892officials)#
3»Anumber ofdepartments located inBrussels have assigned staff to
Luxembourg toimprove contacts with thedepartments located there orto'take
upduties with bodies based thereoAtotal of25officials areposted onthis
basis ?
These figures areincluded inthetable atlid#
4°Pursuant tothedecision taken inJune 1978 towove allBrussels –based
production units back toLuxeafbovcrg within twoyears ?thenumber ofstaff
from theStatistical Office serving inBrussels hasremained at21.
5° «^nOfficial Publications Office ofib.eEuropean Communitiesvsb
established pursuant toArticle 8oftliaDecision oftheRepresentatives of
theGovernment softhe Me.®foer .States *Un&sr aDecision taken bythe
Coramunity institutions on16January 19^9 ;toePublications Office is
directed byaManaging Board consisting ofrepresentatives ofthesix .
institutions .
TheOffice 'sstaff iscurrently made upasfollows 3Secretariat –General
Legal Service
Security Office
Directorate-General forBudgets
Directorate –General for Financial Control
Directorate-General forDevelopment7
2
4
3
8
1
25
Category A 14
149
104
17
51Category B
Category C
Category D
Local Staff
335
These figures arealso included inthetable atII«1 «
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COMMISSION PREMISES INBRUSSELS -SITUATION MP PROSPECTS
Having considered theaccommodation situation over the last five years
andtheshort andmedium –term prospects (communication from theCommission
tothebudgetary authorities ,COM(80)544 final ),theBudget Committee of
the Council hasrecommended that thePermanent Representatives Committee
approve thedirect purchase throixgh theCommunity Budget oftheplanned
extension to120 ,ruedelaLoi 0TheCouncil conveyed itsagreement in
principle byletter dated 16December 1981 ,Theproject wasincluded inthe
medium-term accommodation plan prepared bytheCommission andtheCouncil in
1976 .
Construction work bythaprivate sector ontwoother buildings -the
Triangle (JCLextension )andtheAlbert Borschette Conference Centre -has
been completed outside andahead ofthe piano The Commission departments
concerned followed thedifferent stages ofthework closely ,and itwas
completed according toschedule .Asintended ,th9 leasst ontheconference
rooms intheManhattan Centre hasnotbeen renewed® !
The space which hasbecome available with these newbuildings isimlikaly
tomeet theCommission 'sneeds inBrussels ,since ithasbeen found in
the meantime that :
(i)theJCLcomplex requires renovation andthis work islikely to
make alarge area ofoffice space fatleast asmuch asthat inthe
Triangle ,unavailable for atleast twoyears }
(ii)thefloors aresinking inArchimfede 5» "theproblem isbeing studied
closely bytherelevant departments oftheCommission tofind out
what decisions will have tobetaken andwhat will bethelikely
consequences fortheCommission 'sshort –term accommodation plans in
Brussels *

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COMMISSION PREMISES INLUXEMBOURG -SITUATION AND P)ASPECTS
InLuxembourg ,allthedifferent departments ofthe "ommissioa (except for
central computer services )were finally brought together into asingle ,
purpose-built block (Jean Monnet )inApril 1981 .Thaoffices used by
Members oftheCommission when they areinLuxemboux.j v11continue tobe
rented intheEuropean Centre ,close totheCouncil rooms andthe
Parliament chamber .
TheOffioial Publications Office occupies thegeneral-purpose building
putupfor itnear theP<W andthe station .Theaddition ofaseventh
official language hasmeant that some departments have had tobemoved
from there toother office buildings inthe area ofthe station .During
1981 aninstitutional investor based inLuxembourg started work ona
project forexpending thetechnical andadministrai earea ofthe
Publications Office ,which will take account oftheOffice *svarious
storage ,dispatching anddata-processing needs .
Lastly ,asstated inearlier reports ,physical andadministrative measures
will become necessary astheEuropean Monetary System progresses andthe
European Monetary Cooperation Fund issetup.