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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)247final.
Brussels,10June1977*
Proposalfora ,
;COUNCILREGULATION (EEC,EURATOM,ECSC)
concerningtheextensionoftheperiodofpaymentofthe
temporaryflat-rateallowanceprovidedforcertaincate­
goriesofofficials /
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(77)247final

33CRSTARIAL ALL0WAJÏC3
I.When thefixed temporary allowance forsecretarial staff wasputinto the
Staff Regulations ,themain reason wasthat difficulties were being found in
recruiting suitably qualified staff forsecretarial work intheCommunity
institutions .
II.Isthis still true in1977 ?Surely unemployment hasaffected thelabour
market intheMember States insuch away astoeliminate these difficulties
inrecruiting thequalified secretarial staff which Community institutions
require ?
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Theanswer is :No.Thegeneral labour market situation hasnot solved the
difficulties ofrecruiting such staff for ,although theoverall number of
'applicants forsecretarial posts isontheincrease ,thelevel ofqualifications
ofthose applicants isdeclining which means that alarger number ofapplicants
does notmean alarger number ofdosirable applicants .Yet thodemand for
secretarial staff inthe Communities isincreasing .
Inaddition ,itisobvious that highly-qualified secretarial staff arenot
affected byunemployment problems intheir home countries .
Recruiting such persons hastherefore notbeen made easier bytheoverall
employment situtation which hasnoeffect onsuch recruiting because ofthe
special demands made onsecretarial staff bytheCommunity institutions ,
III.The Commurifcies have torecruit ,over aswide ageographical area aspossible ,
secretarial staff possessing qualifications inexcess ofwhat would generally
berequired ofthem intheir home countries .
Thespecial demands made upon such staff arerelated togeneral knowledge ,
specific knowledge ,constant adaptability andlanguage knowledge .
Certain specific requirements deserve tobespelled out :inboth professional
andpersonal terms working fortheCommunity inevitably implies apermanent
intellectual andmental effort toadapt oneself ,While such aneffort nay
obviously beasked ofpersonnel inthehigher grades ,even inanational
setting ,itisindisputable that what isrequired ofsecretarial staff in
Community institutions goes farbeyond what isrequired ofthem ontheir home
ground .
IV.These special requirements represent awkward problems forthestaff in
question andthey will continue tohave twomajor consequences .Firstly ,
recruiting secretarial staff with thehigh standard ofqualifications required
for secretarial duties with the Community will continue tobedifficult .
Secondly ,theturnover ofsuch personnel will befar inexcess oftnat of
other catagories ;thefluid nature ofthis section oftheCommunity staff ,
caused bytheseverity ofthedemands made upon them ,means that newstaff
constantly have toberecruited .
V.Itfollows from all this that the reasons for the introduction ofthe
secretarial allowance have lost none oftheir validity ,andmay indeed have
added toit.
Ithasnotbecome easier topersuade qualified staff toleave their accustomed
environnment andwork inintellectual andpsychological conditions that are
farmore demanding than those towhich they areused .
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PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC,EURATOM,ECSC)NO
concerningtheextensionoftheperiodofpaymentofthetemporaryflat-rate
allowanceprovidedforcertaincategoriesofofficials
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing aSingleCouncilandaSingleCommission
oftheEuropeanCommunities ,
HavingregardtotheStaffRegulations ofOfficialsandConditionsofEmployment
ofOtherServantsofthe..European Communities ,laiddownbyRegulation (EEC,
Euratom,EC3C)No259/68andlastamendedbyRegulation (ECSC,EEC,Euratom)
No3177/76,andinparticularArticle4a-ofAnnexVIItotheStaffRegulations
andArticles21and65oftheConditionsofEmployment,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasthetemporaryfixedallowanceprovidedforinArticleofAnnexVII
totheStaffRegulations shouldberetained,
WhereasitisfortheCouncil,actingbytheprocedurelaiddowninArticle65(3)
oftheStaffRegulations ,todeterminetheperiodforwhichtheallowanceshall
bepaid,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheperiodduringwhichthetemporaryfixedallowanceprovidedforinArticle4a
ofAnnexVIItotheStaffRegulations canbepaidisextendeduntil30June1979.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublicationinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
FortheCouncil,
OJNoL56,4March1968,p.1.
OJNoL359,30December1976,p.1.