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Article10of"theDecisionoftheRepresentatives oftheGovernments ofthe
*"•MemberStatesontheProvisional LocationofCertainInstitutions and
DepartmentsoftheCommunities (MergerTreaty)statesthat"theGovernments
oftheMemberStatesarewillingtolocateinLuxembourg ,ortotransfer
thereto,otherCommunitybodiesanddepartments ,particularly thoseconcerned
withfinance,providedthattheirproperfunctioning canbeensured.To
thisend,theyrequesttheCommissiontopresenttothemannuallyareport
onthecurrentsituationconcerningthelocationofCommunitybodiesand
departments andonthepossibilityoftakingnewstepstogiveeffectto
thisprovision,accountbeingtakenoftheneedtoensuretheproper
functioning oftheCommunities".
Eachyearsince1968theCommissionhaspresentedareporttotheCouncil^"
incompliancewiththeseprovisions.
Thisreport,theeleventh,describesthesituationattheendof
September1978.
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I.STAFFEMPLOYEDINBRUSSELS
AttheendofSeptember1978atotalof7002officialsandlocalstaff
(administrative appropriations )werepermanentlyassignedtothevarious
CommissiondepartmentsinBrussels.Thistotalwasmadeupasfollows:
CategoryAl830
LanguageService 929
CategoryB 1308
CategoryC2333
CategoryD 325
Localstaff 277
7002
Ref.:SEC(68)3350final,25October1968;
SEC(69)4897final,17December1969;
SEC(70)368lfinal,27October1970;
SEC(7l)4684final,20December1971;
SEC(72)4493final,4January1973;
SEC(73)4390final,3December1973
SEC(74^477lfinal,9December1974;
SEC(75/4070final,3December1975;
C0M(76)710final,6January1977;
COM(77)714final,3January1978.
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2mThesefiguresincludealimitednumberofofficialsfromdepartments
locatedinLuxembourgwhohavebeenassignedtoBrusselsforthepurpose
ofliaisingwithdepartmentsthere.
Theofficialsinvolvednumber58?fromthefollowingdepartments :
SOEC 27
ComputerOperationsDivision 10
ManagementandFinancial
Data-Processing
Applications Department 8
AnalysisandProgramming
Department 3
Directorate-General forScientific
andTechnicalInformation and
Information Management 10
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II.STAFFEMPLOYEDINLUXEMBOURG
1.AsinBrussels,therewasaslightincreaseinthenumberofstaff
employedbytheCommissioninLuxembourg.
AttheendofSeptember1978atotalof1817officialsandlocalstaff
(administrative appropriations )werepermanentlyassignedtothevarious
CommissiondepartmentsinLuxembourg.Thistotalwasmadeupasfollows:
CategoryA 302
LanguageService 257
CategoryB 468
Category C 586
CategoryD 75
Localstaff 129
'1817
2.ThestaffoftheDirectorates-General andotherdepartments ofthe
CommissionlocatedinLuxembourg wasbrokendownaBfollows:
(i)TheStatinticnlOffice:269officials(99A,93B,and77C);
(l977i260officials)(Note:afurther27officials-14A,7B
and6C-areassignedtotheBrusselsbranchoffice);
(ii)TheHealthandSefetyDirectorate (V-F)oftheDirectorate-General
foremploymentandSocialAffairs:64officials(28A,17Band
19C)(1977:62officials);
(iii)TheDirectorate-General forScientificandTechnicalInformation and
InformationManagement:132officialsandlocalstaff(47A,27B,
51C,5Dand2localstaff);(1977:127);
(iv)TheDirectorate-General forCreditandInvestments :75officialsand
localstaff(29A,26B,19Cand1memberoflocalstaff(1977:74)

(v)Th.EuratoaSafeguardsDirectorate(XJII-E)oftheDirectorate-GeneralforEnergy:152officials(36A,78Band38C)
(1977:112officials);
(vi)TheCommission/EuropeanInvestmentBankLiaisonOffice,attachedtotheDirectorate-General forEconomicandFinancialAffairs:
2officials(1A,1C)(1977:3officials);
(vii)TheLuxembourgInformationOffice(Directorate-General forInformation):3officials(lA,1Band1C)(1977:3officials);
(viii)Administrative departmentsbelongingtotheDirectorate-General forPersonnelandAdministration :828officialsandlocalstaff(40A,
257LA,116B,273C,58Dand84localstaff-apartfromthestaffpaidoutofthesocialserviceappropriations )(1977:831).
3.AnumberofdepartmentslocatedinBrusselshaveassignedstaffto
Luxembourgtoimprovecontactswiththedepartmentslocatedthereorto
takeupdutieswithbodiesbasedthere.Atotalof25officialsare
postedonthisbasis:
Secretariat-General .7
LégalService 2
SecurityOffice 4
Directorate-General forBudgets 3 '
Directorate-Ceneral forFinancialControl 7
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ThesefiguresareincludedinthetableatII.1.
4.LastJunetheCommissionpartlyreorganizedtheStatisticalOffice.
Inparticular ,theOfficeforLiaisonandCollaboration withCommission
DepartmentsinBrusselswassetupinplaceoftheBrusselsbranchoffice.
ApprovalhasbeengiventotheprincipleofmovingallBrussels-based
productionunitslocatedinBrusselsandtheirstaffbacktoLuxembourg
withintwoyears.
5.An"OfficialPublications OfficeoftheEuropeanCommunities "was
establishedpursuanttoArticle8oftheDecisionoftheRepresentatives
-oftheGovernmentsoftheMemberStates.UnderaDecisiontakenbythe
Communityinstitutions (includingtheESC)on16JanuaryI969,the
Publications OfficeisdirectedbyaManagingBoardconsistingof
representatives ofthefiveinstitutions .
TheOfficewasgivensevenadditionalpostsfor1978

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Thismeans "thatitsstaffisnowasfollows:
CategoryA
CategoryB
Category C
CategoryD
LocalStaff13
103
96
12
42
266
ThesefiguresarealsoincludedinthetableatII.1.
hi.cokkissionpremisesinBrussels
Inthecontextoftheshortandmedium-term programmepresentedtothe
CouncilinApril1975,underwhichtheCommissionplannedtoregroupits
departmentsinthreecentresaroundtheRond-PointSchuman,threemajor
eventsstandoutin1978s
-thebeginningofconstructionworkontheremainingpartoftheJE/c/Ltriangle,whichoncompletion (scheduledfor1981)willbeabletohouse
alltheCommission'sfinancialandadministrative departments ;
-theconclusionofanagreementfortheconstruction ofaconferencecentre
nearthePlaceJourdan,scheduledforcompletionbytheendofI98I;
-theopeningofnegotiations withtheBelgianauthoritiesforthe
construction oftwobuildings:thefirst,tobecalled"Etterbeek",will
beanextensionof120Loi,whilethesecond,"Hot4",willbebordered
bytheBoulevardCharlemagne ,RueStevin,RueJosephIIandRueStQuentin,
incidentally alsoshelteringtheBerlaymontboilerroom.
Thefactremains,however,thatatthebeginingof1978therewasaserious
shortageofoffices.Withagreaternumberofstaffandothers(experts,
probationers ,nationalofficialsonsecondment,etc.)tobeaccommodated and
thegrowinguseofadvancedtechnological equipmentrequiringmorefloor-space ,
buildingshavelongbeenovercrowded .
Inordertomeetitsmostimmediateneeds,thoughbynomeansallitsneeds,
pendingoccupationofthenewbuildings,theCommissionhadtorenttwo
additionalbuildingsthisyear.
IV.COKKUIHTY PREMISESINLUXEMBOURG
TheextensionofthepresentJeanMonnetbuildingbyathirdsection,
designedtohouse,amongothers,thenewComputerCentre,wasdealtwith
indetailinlastyear'sreport.

Itwasoriginallyexpectedthattheadministrative wingofthisthird
sectionwould "beavailabletowardstheendof1978,whilethenewComputer
Centrewasto"beready "bythesummerof1979*
Atthetimeofwritingitappearsthattherewill"besomedelay.
MeanwhiletheCommissionhas"beenobligedtorentfivefloorsofanew
"buildingsituatednearthecentralstation(admittedlyonfavourableterms)
inordertoaccommodatethelargenumberofcomputerstaffandEuratom
safeguardsinspectors whohavebeenrecruitedinthepastfewmonths.This
hasbroughtthenumberofbuildingsoccupiedbyCommissiondepartmentsto
five.However,thereiseveryindicationthatitwillbepossibletobring
alltheCommissiondepartmentstogetherintheJeanMonnetbuildingbythe
endof1979.
Theintroduction oftheEuropeanMonetarySystemwillinvolvesomemajor
changesintheresponsibilities andfunctioningoftheEuropeanMonetary
Cooperation Fund,whichisbasedinLuxembourg.Asthesystemgetsunder
waynewadministrative andaccommodation requirements willhavetobemet.
TheincreaseinthenumberofEuropeanMPsafter"thedirectelectionsalso
meansthatadditionalspacewillberequired.TheLuxembourgauthorities
havegivenvthego-aheadforthefirstphaseofconstruction onanewbuildingtoprovideit.
AsregardstheCourtofJustice,changestotheworkscheduleforthenew
thirdsectionwillprobablyallowtheoldComputerCentreto1aedulyvacated
intimeforcertaindepartmentswhichholongerfitinthepresentCourt
buildingtomovein.
TheCommissionhasproposedtotheCouncilthatanAdministrative Tribunal
oftheEuropeanCommunitiesshouldbesetupand,sinceitwouldbea
judicialbody,Luxembourgwassuggestedas"thelocation.TheCouncilis
favourablydisposed.
Thefabricoftheadministrative buildingoftheEuropeanInvestmentBank
willprobablybecompletedinApril1979.Thebuildingisduetobefitted
outbyaboutayearlater,andtheBankshouldbeabletooccupyitin,1980*
TheexpansioninCommunityborrowingandlendingpolicies,inwhichthe
EuropeanInvestmentBankplaysavitalpart,willalsomakeitnecessarytostrengthentheroleoftheCommission/EuropeanInvestmentBankLiaison
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Allthatneedsto"besaidabouttheOfficialPublications Officeisthat
thebuildingithasoccupiedintherueduCommercenearthemainpost
officesince1973fullymeetsitsneeds.
TheCourtofAuditorsmovedintoanewlyrenovatedbuildinginthetown
centreonthecornerofrueAldringenandmeNotre-Dameattheendof
1977.Itisalreadyfindingitimpossibletoaccommodateallthestaff
assignedtoitunderthe1978Budget,andwillshortlyberentingadditional
officesinanewbuildingontheBdPrinceHenri,nearitsmainbuilding.