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SITUATION REGARDING COMMISSION PREMISES INBRUSSELS
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I*XNTRODUCT 1Û3J
InApril 1975 theCommission seat areport totheCouncil onits
accommodation inBrussels and inDecember 1976 theCouncil adhoc
Working Party onBuildings , consultation with theBelgian Delegation ,
drew upamedium-term a^oonuiod&t ionpolicy onthelocation oftha
Community institutions inBrussels *
Thepurpose ofthereport istotake stock ofwhat hasbeen done
since then andtogive theCommission 'splans forthefuture *
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II# DEVELOPMENTS SINCE !1975
This mayberegarded asaperiod oftransition between theprevious
situation inwhich Commission departments were housed insome twenty
buildings rented asandwhen required mainly from theprivate sector
andalonger-term solution with departments grouped inasmall number
oflarger buildings ,some ofthem custom-built fortheCommission
under theauspices oftheBelgian Government *
With this aim ,the1976 pl&n provided forthree newbuildings forthe n
Commission andonefortheCouncil ,theonenowoccupied bytheCouncil
(Charlemagne )then being taken over bytheCommission */This would allow
amore rational location ofCommission departments inthemedium-term as
well asmeeting foreseeable future needs *Most ofthebuildings rented
from theprivate sector oould then berelinquished *
Discussions between thevarious Belgian states authorities have not
proceeded fast enough fordecisions tobereaohed within thetime

envisaged*Thefourbuildingsareetillattheplanningstag©.Because
ofthedelaytheCommissionhassoughttomeetneedsarisingmeanwhile
bycontinuingitspolicyofrentingbuildingsavailableontheopen
market®Since1975-threenewbuildingshavebeenrented?
10rueGuimard,
6avanu©deCortenb©rg,
8squaredeMeeûs»
Asinthepast,thesebuildingshavebeenrentedfromprivateXandloMs
withallthedisadvantages whichthisentails.
Soastoobtainbuildingswhichmeetitsneeds,theCompassionhasalso
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madeagreementsinrespectoftwomorebuildings *
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(i)abuildingtocompletetheexistingcomplexbetweejji
avenuedelaJoyeuseEntree,avenuedaCortenbergand
ruedelaLoi(seeApril1975report)*Thiswillbe
builtbytheRoyaleBeige,whichownsthelandandthe
existingbuildings;
(li)aconferencecentretobebuiltbythe
AssociationMomentaneeDelens/PrangoisneartheplaceJordan
(theAlbertBorschetteCentre)*
Thesebuildingsarebeingcustom-built fortheCommissionbyprivate
developers,andtheownersrequirealong-termcommitmenttoensurean
adequatereturnonthairinvestment.Thetermsoftheleasesare
modelledonthosecurrentonthissectorofthemarket.Bothbuildings
areincourseofconstruction andcompletionisscheduledfortheend
of1981o

III .MSDIUïWEERM PROSPECTS
Ifthenumber ofstaff continues toincrease atthepresent rate ,the
buildings currently rented orunder construction will meet foreseeable
needs until theendof19^1 .Butthedelay inbeginning work onthe
other buildings that areneeded maymean that extra premises will have -
toberented until they arecompleted .
Thedelay instarting theCouncil building hasmeant that theproblem of
theBerlaymont boiler room hasnotyetarisen .TheCouncil building is
tooccupy the site oftheResidence block which currently houses this
plant .Theproblem will become acute ifthenewbuilding where the
boiler room istobehoused isnot completed before theResidence is
demolished .
The boiler room istobehoused inthe basement ofone ofthe three new
buildings planned fortheCommission ,theonesituated between
rueJoiseph II,rueSaint-Quentin ,rueStevin andboulevard Charlemagne
("Hot 4")« This building will also accommodate thetranslation services ,
thelibrary andtheprintshops .Thetotal surface area planned isabout
2»... 278000mofwhich 50000mwill beabove ground .Atanaverage price
2ofabout 1100EUA .permthetotal investment will beabout
80million EUA*(ofwhich 7500000fortheland).
Thebuiding which istooccupy thesite between rueJoseph II,
rueduTaciturne ,ruedelaLoiandchaussée d*Etterbeek ("Ilot 1")is
forthewelfare departments ,themedical service andtheinter institutional
_ . . . ... „ 2 - 2creche .Theplanned surface area isabout 19000m,ofwhich 12000m
Including building costs ,plans ,demolition ofexisting buildings ,
preparation oftheground andarchitects *fees .

-4-
will"bestoveground-.Thetotalinvestmentwill"beabout20millionEUA
(ofwhich4inilliorsfortheland),
Tfc.sthird'buildingto'beconstructed (""Etterbsek'*)willb®.anextension
oftheonesires,dyoccupiedat120ruedelaLoibetween .ruedelaLoi,
chausssed'Stterbsek fc-ndrueJosephII«Itwillhousevarious
0administra-tiva dspsxtinents aridwillhaveasurfaceareaofabout43000m~_
r\
ofwhich,30000m~willheaboveground.ThetotalinvestmentK-illbe
about50millionEUA(ofwhich6millionforthelsnd)»
Theinvitationtotenderforthemostadvancedproject("Etterbeek")
canbeissuedassoonasagreementhasbeenreachedonhowitistobe
financed.
IV.CONCLUSIONS
WhenthesebuildingsarecompletedandtheCouncilhasmovedintoits
newpremises,Commissiondepartmentswillberelocatedasfollows:
–administrative departmentswilloccupyfourbuildings !Berlaymont,
Charlemagne (atpresentoccupiedbytheCouncil),thecompleted
JoyeuseEntree-Cortenberg'-LoicomplexandtheEtterbeekbuilding;
–thetranslationservices,libraryandprintshopswillbeinHot4»
–thewelfaredepartments ,medicalservioeandtheinterinstitutional
crechewillbeinIlot1:
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Seepreviouspage.

–conference rooms will "beintheAlbert Borsohette Conference Centre ;
–technical services ,telecommunications andcomputer facilities will
beat6avenue deCortenberg .
Apart from these eight large complexes ,theonly other buildings
occupied will bethat part of17rueArchimede occupied bythe
Business Cooperation Centre ,therueMarkelbach garage andthe
Zaventem stores depot . "
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Itwill then bepossible torelinquish thefollowing buildings rented
from the private sector :
3rond–point Schuman
6rond–point Schuman
11rond–point Schuman (Archimede I&II), . k;.v. .
5rueArchimede
25rueArchimède
73rueArchimède
84ruedelaLoi
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86rue delaLoi
9avenue desServions
10rue Guimard
8square deMeeus '
1ruedelTAlliance (Astronomie )
Manhattan Center (conferenoe rooms )*
"Remark :Inthenear future theCommission will commence conversations with
theBelgian government concerning thecarrying into effect ofaprogramme for
the installation ofthe Institutions inBrussels .
TheCommission will inform thebudgetary authorities ofthebudgetary
implications which mayarise asaresult ofthese conversations ."