EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 24.8.2018 COM(2018) 377 final/2 CORRIGENDUM



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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL pursuant to Article 27 of the Staff Regulations of Officials and to Article 12 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (Geographical balance)



Section 1 – Background and General Principles 1.Legal basis This report deals with the level of representation of nationals of each Member State among staff of the institutions to whom the Staff Regulations (SR) apply. It is presented pursuant to Article 27, third paragraph, of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (SR) and to Article 12, paragraph 1, fourth paragraph, of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (CEOS). Unless explicitly otherwise provided, any reference to Article 27 SR also refers to Article 12 CEOS. As a general rule, discrimination on the basis of nationality is prohibited by the Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Staff Regulations . At the same time, the Staff Regulations require that EU institutions recruit staff from the broadest possible geographical basis (Article 27 SR) . The balance between these two elements already enables the institutions to take nationality into account, even for filling specific posts "where qualifications of the various applicants are substantially the same" . With the reform of the Staff Regulations in 2013 and its reference to the principle that all the Union's citizens are equal, the co-legislators introduced a new legal basis for each institution to adopt appropriate measures where a significant imbalance between nationalities of officials, which is not justified by objective criteria, is observed. The aim of this amendment was to provide for the necessary legal means to deal with situations of significant imbalance, which would be in contradiction with the very principle of equality of citizens of the Union.



2.Scope of the Report Article 27SR, requires that the Commission report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Article. For the purpose of the report, the following definitions are used: Institutions: the institutions concerned are those to whom the Staff Regulations apply. The Commission invited all institutions and decentralised agencies to contribute. A specific section is dedicated to the contributing institutions and agencies. Staff members: the legal basis covers officials (Article 27 SR) and temporary staff (Article 12 CEOS). Both populations are examined together. Function group: the legal basis does not require distinction to be made by function group. However, having regard to the underlying objective of the report, the analysis concerning the Commission will focus on the AD function group. Section 2 – European Commission 1.Methodology 1.1. Background Before the entry into force of Article 27 SR in its current wording, the issue of geographical balance was primarily addressed during enlargements of the Union to new Member States. The objective in each case was to reach, within a limited period of time, an adequate level of representation of nationals from new Member States taking into account the relative size of the enlargement in comparison to the existing situation. The Commission adopted several communications setting out the methodology for defining the objective to be reached, be it in the form of “guiding rates” before 2003 or “indicative recruitment targets” since 2003 . The Commission reported regularly on the progress towards reaching the recruitment targets and adopted corrective measures when necessary. A detailed overview of the evolution of the “guiding rates” applicable before 2003 is provided in Annex 2 together with a table setting out the recruitment targets adopted since 2003.

The methodology for setting guiding rates and indicative recruitment targets in 2003 was deemed to be transitional with the last transition phase ending in 2018 following the enlargement to Croatia. The conditions are therefore now met to define "guiding rates" for Member States based on a single methodology. 1.2. Level of representation of nationalities 1.2.1. Nationality According to Article 28(a) SR, an official may be appointed only on condition that he is a national of one of the Member States of the Union unless an exception is authorized by the appointing authority. Each official therefore has to declare at least one nationality at the time of his appointment. This nationality is encoded into the information system as being the "first nationality" and remains constant unless a change is requested by the official. The "first nationality" is used as a basis for establishing this report. Officials may declare other nationalities either at the time of their appointment or in the course of their career. Any nationality that comes in addition to the "first nationality" is encoded into the information system as "second nationality" or "third nationality", etc. On 1.1.2018, 1041 officials and temporary staff had declared more than one nationality. A detailed overview of first and second nationalities is provided in Annex 7d. 1.2.2. Guiding Rates 1.2.2.1. United Kingdom Following the United Kingdom's notification to the Council, on 29 March 2017, of its intention to withdraw from the Union, no guiding rate is defined for the United Kingdom. Indeed, the analysis carried out in the report will serve as a basis for future action. Therefore, whilst fully acknowledging the fact that the United Kingdom is a Member State at the time of adoption of this report, it does not seem appropriate at this stage to set a guiding rate for the representation of UK nationals in the future. In order to fully take into account the fact that the UK continues to be a Member State until the day it leaves the Union, and with a view to tackling the issue without prejudging the outcome of the ongoing negotiations, it is proposed to recalculate any relevant figure without including the values for the United Kingdom. The report, gives a detailed overview of the current presence of UK nationals among Commission AD staff (see Annex 7c). UK nationals occupy predominantly grades higher than AD9. Half of them were older than 50,5 years on 1.1.2017. The Commission has taken note of the fact that a number of UK nationals among its staff have requested or may request a change towards a different first nationality. These changes are of an exceptional nature and therefore deserve a specific handling. As a consequence, staff members from the United Kingdom who declare a change of nationality after 29 March 2017 shall still be considered to have kept the UK nationality as first nationality for the purpose of ensuring a balanced representation of staff within the Commission, notably at middle-management and senior management level. 1.2.2.2. Definition of the guiding rates for the remaining 27 Member States A method to harmonise Member States' weighting should be determined. The indicator adopted in 2003 in order to define indicative recruitment targets relies on objective criteria, balances fairly the need to reflect the composition of the EU population with the need to ensure a minimum representation of smaller Member States and is easy to apply .

The Commission services have de facto used this indicator since 2003 when carrying out analyses of the situation in terms of geographical balance and it is proposed to keep this same indicator, without the UK, for the purpose of this report. It will be regularly updated to reflect the evolution of its components.



The resulting guiding rates are currently as follows (calculation in Annex 5): Member State Guiding rate Member State Guiding rate Malta 0,6% Hungary 3,0% Luxembourg 0,8% Portugal 3,1% Cyprus 0,8% Czech Republic 3,1% Estonia 0,8% Greece 3,1% Latvia 1,0% Belgium 3,1% Slovenia 1,0% Netherlands 3,9% Lithuania 1,5% Romania 4,5% Croatia 1,6% Poland 8,2% Ireland 1,6% Spain 8,9% Slovakia 1,8% Italy 11,2% Finland 1,8% France 11,6% Denmark 1,8% Germany 13,8% Bulgaria 2,4% Austria 2,6% Sweden 2,7% Total 100,0% 1.2.3. Definition of a "minimum presence" for each nationality The applicable legal provisions concerning geographical balance reflect two fundamental requirements. First, the selection and recruitment processes are expected to be designed in such a way as to avoid any bias based on nationality. Second, a balanced geographical representation among staff is necessary for the Commission to meet one of its fundamental goals, i.e. to be close to the citizens and to reflect the diversity of Member States. Consequently, the Commission considers that -a minimum level of presence (among Commission staff) should be defined and guaranteed for each nationality of the EU, -limited deviations from the guiding rates shall be tolerated not only because they are not deemed to put geographical balance at risk but in addition, they are necessary to prevent the risk of inefficiencies. In practice, the Commission considers a significant imbalance is observed if the share of nationals of one or more Member State among staff is lower than 80% of the relevant guiding rate.



1.3. Scope 1.3.1. Function group With a view to ensuring the proportionality of the measures, this report will focus on the AD function group only. While Article 27 SR applies to all staff irrespective of the function group, a wider margin of tolerance is left for the AST and AST-SC function groups. Indeed, the requirement to reflect the national diversity of the European Union is more stringent for officials in charge of managerial, conceptual, analytical, linguistic and scientific duties (i.e. the ADs) than for those in charge of executive and technical duties (i.e. the ASTs) or clerical and secretarial duties (i.e. the AST-SCs). Furthermore, executive, technical, clerical and secretarial tasks are typically carried out by staff recruited locally and are often less attractive for expatriates. For this reason, the analysis, as well as any possible action under Article 27, second paragraph SR, are both limited to the AD function group. 1.3.2. Functions occupied

The report examines only the distribution of staff occupying non-management functions. At the Commission, the distribution of nationalities of management staff is subject to distinct rules and practices as well as specific monitoring . 1.3.3. Linguistic services The objective of a balanced national representation of staff cannot be pursued in the same way in linguistic services and non-linguistic services. Due to their specific nature and objectives, staffing of linguistic services follows a sui generis rationale. First, the required number of staff mastering the target language is pre-determined and independent of the size of the corresponding Member State. Second, while recruitments in linguistic services are not dictated by nationality but by language skills, a strong correlation exists between the two. Third, a certain number of languages are the official languages of several Member States. Therefore, depending on the language at stake, the distribution by nationality of staff in linguistic services follows a pattern that is not comparable to that of non-linguistic services. Applying the "guiding rates" described in section 1.2 above to linguistic services is neither meaningful nor desirable. The table in Annex 6 gives the distribution of all non-managerial AD staff in Commission linguistic services (namely, DGT and SCIC). The table shows that the majority of larger Member States as well as Member States who "share" their official language(s) with other Member States are under-represented. Imbalances are even more evident when looking separately at the AD5-AD8 and AD9-AD12 clusters but, clearly, targeted recruitment on this basis for these nationalities would not meet any operational requirement. Consequently, given the objective constraints attached to the staffing of linguistic services, the Commission excludes these services from the scope of the assessment of geographical balance. 1.3.4. Grades Article 27 SR is the first Article in the Chapter on recruitment. In application of Article 31 SR, officials in the AD function group shall be recruited only at grades AD5 to AD8 and, where appropriate, at grades AD9, AD10, AD11 or, on an exceptional basis, at AD12. In line with this distinction, the report examines separately the brackets -AD9-AD12 (where appointments cannot exceed 20% of all AD appointments in any given year) -AD5-AD8 (which are the most common grades for appointments). It should also be noted that not only grades AD13-AD14 are, as a general rule, not recruitment grades (and, hence, excluded from the scope of the analysis) but, in addition, that these grades are reserved to management or advisory functions since the entry into force of the 2014 revision of the Staff Regulations. The population of non-managers in this grade bracket is the heritage of the past and mainly consists of pre-2004 nationals. This population will significantly diminish over time, as their distribution by age suggests that the vast majority of them will retire in the next 10-15 years. Hence, a number of pre-2004 nationalities will be more affected by upcoming retirements. 2. Findings And Analysis 2.1. Situation on 1.1.2017 2.1.1. AD9-AD12 grade bracket Annex 7b gives an overview of the state of play on 1.1.2017. The main findings are that, on this date, -14 nationalities are significantly underrepresented: all post-2004 Member States plus Luxembourg. -In absolute terms, the largest deficits concern the Poles (160 persons) and Romanians (155). -In relative terms, the largest deficits concern Croats (who reach 5% of their guiding rate) Bulgarians (8%) and Romanians (13%).

The under-representation of post-2004 nationals in the AD9-AD12 grade bracket was to a certain extent predictable as no competitions were organised at these grades under the specific derogation measures for the enlargement (except for managerial positions). The objective was to progressively fill all grades, starting from the bottom. For this reason, all nationalities of the post-2004 enlargement are concerned. The situation is evolving in line with expectations. All nationalities of the 2004 enlargement wave have now reached between 50% and 70% of their target. As concerns nationals from the 2007 and 2013 enlargements, it is still too early to see an appreciable presence in these grades. However, their level of representation in the AD5-AD8 grade bracket (respectively more than 200% and 140% of the target, see annex 7a) gives a reasonable assurance that the process is on track. The Commission will continue to closely monitor the evolution of their level of representation in these grades with a view to checking whether it continues in line with the current trend. Only the significant underrepresentation of nationals from Luxembourg in this grade bracket does not seem to be justified. However, it should also be mentioned that such under-representation might be linked to the small size of the population at stake: were there just 4 more nationals in the grades concerned, Luxembourg would not be listed among the underrepresented nationalities. 2.1.2. AD5-AD8 grade bracket The AD5-AD8 bracket deserves particular attention in a dynamic perspective. Indeed, in accordance with the Staff Regulation requirements, this is the bracket where at least 80% of the appointments have to take place. The level of representation of nationalities within this grade bracket will determine the level of representation of nationalities in the AD9-AD12 bracket in a decade from now. It is therefore among this population that managers (and more specifically, middle managers) will be chosen in the same timeframe. A balanced representation in the AD5-AD8 bracket today is a pre-requisite for a balanced representation of nationalities among the higher grades in the longer term. Annex 7a gives an overview of the state of play on 1.1.2017. The main findings are that, on this date, -10 nationalities (all from the pre-2004 Member States), are significantly underrepresented: Denmark, Germany, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland and Sweden. -In absolute terms, the largest deficits concern nationals from Germany (almost 230 persons) and France (almost 140). -In relative terms, the largest deficits concern nationals from Luxembourg (there were no Luxembourgers at all), Sweden and Denmark (who only reached around 30% of their guiding rate). The under-representation of the majority of EU-14 nationalities in the AD5-AD8 grade bracket can be explained, at least in part, by post-2004 recruitment patterns. This is due to the fact that the majority of posts reserved for the recruitment of nationals from the post-2004 Member States were in the AD5-AD8 bracket. The concentration of recruitment of staff from new member States in the base grades has, almost automatically, resulted in an underrepresentation of nationals from the pre-2004 Member States. Only 4 EU-14 nationalities are sufficiently represented in the AD5-AD8 bracket: 2 slightly below their guiding rate (Spaniards and Italians) and 2 who reached their guiding rate (Belgians and Greeks). This situation calls for appropriate targeted measures to increase the level of representation of those nationalities who otherwise risk to be faced with a "generation gap". It is, however, questionable whether these targeted appropriate measures will be sufficient to secure a balanced representation of all nationality on a long term basis. Two elements can be put forward in this respect. 2.2. Underlying reasons for underrepresentation in the AD5-AD8 grade bracket 2.2.1. Available laureates on EPSO reserve lists The fact that four EU-14 nationalities are sufficiently represented despite the recruitment patterns of the last 12 years seem to indicate that there are other reasons that explain the deficit of certain nationalities. An element of explanation is given by the distribution of EPSO laureates. Tables in Annexes 8a and 8b show that the availability of laureates since 2010 was not in line with the guiding rates. The situation is particularly striking in the AD specialist competitions where 23 nationalities out of 27 are insufficiently represented compared to their guiding rate. Only 4 nationalities meet their guiding rate: the Belgians, Greeks, Italians and Spanish , i.e. the 4 EU-14 nationalities that are sufficiently represented in the AD5-AD8 bracket as indicated in section 2.1.2. above. In this context, it is important to note that the shortage of laureates for some nationalities is not due to merit but rather to lower-than-expected participation in competitions. Indeed, data in Annexes 8a and 8b also show that for many of the cases where a significant underrepresentation is observed, nationals of the relevant Member States have a much lower relative participation rate and higher relative success rate (see for example the Netherlands, France, or Germany in the generalist competition).

The issue of the national composition of EPSO lists is also likely to influence future geographical balance if no action is taken. Indeed, if the trends observed during the last 8 years is confirmed in the future, the current imbalances are not likely to be “naturally” absorbed and, in addition, certain nationalities might be underrepresented in the generations to come : Czechs, Danes, Estonians, Irish, Cypriots, Latvians, Lithuanians, Luxembourgers, Poles and Slovenians. 2.2.2. The issue of attractiveness A second question concerns the Commission's ability to attract a sufficient number of highly qualified candidates from all Member States. The number of participants per million inhabitants in AD5 competitions over the last 8 years (see Annex 8a) reveals considerable discrepancies from one Member State to another. Nationals from 3 Member States (Germany, France and the Netherlands) have a level of participation less than half of the EU average. EPSO has already tried to encourage citizens from "deficit" Member States to participate in AD competitions. However, to date, such efforts do not seem to have produced the desired results, as shown by the distribution of applicants to the most recent and ongoing AD competition (See Annex 8c). German and French national continue to participate at less than half of the average rate. Dutch participation has gone up but the participation of Swedes and Poles has substantially decreased. These findings pose a challenge to fostering the attractiveness of the Commission at a time when the package offered (i.e. the mix of salary, social coverage, pension rights, work-life balance, etc.) may be perceived as having suffered a deterioration in relative terms over time. 3. Conclusion Four lessons can be drawn from the analysis above. First, the situation of the AD5-AD8 and the AD9-AD12 clusters differ considerably from one another. In both cases significant under-representations are observed but neither the Member States concerned nor the dynamics are the same. Second, although there is a clear link between these observed imbalances and the recruitment patterns of the last 10-15 years, it also appears that a major source of imbalance has to be found in the composition of the EPSO lists. Such an imbalance would not seem to be justified by objective reasons and in particular not by merit. Third, imbalances in EPSO lists are likely to generate new imbalances in the future. Fourth, attempts via communication actions to encourage participation in EPSO competitions in their present format have not lead to sufficient increases in the participation levels of nationals of the relevant Member States. In parallel, constant attention should be given to the attractiveness of EU institutions as employers. Given this context, the Commission is working to identify measures that would serve the objective of redressing the trends described above, in full respect of the existing legal framework. It then envisages drafting General Implementing Provisions to give effect to Article 27, second paragraph, SR with a view to adopting them in accordance with Article 110. These provisions should aim at better aligning the distribution by nationality of available laureates on reserve lists in order to ensure that Commission staff adequately reflects the distribution of EU citizens by nationality.



Section 3 – Other EU Institutions

where the Staff Regulations apply

1.Introduction Article 27 of the Staff Regulations requires that the Commission report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of Article 27, second paragraph. To this end, the Commission collected relevant information from the institutions concerned. The contributions of the various institutions are summarised in the table in Annexes 9 and 12 while the relevant numerical data can be found in Annexes 10, 11, 13 and 14. The report summarises the contribution of the various institutions, without commenting on them. 2. Institutions and Bodies treated as Institutions pursuant to Article 1b of the Staff regulations (Institutions) The Commission received contributions from all the institutions concerned. With the exception of the European External Action Service, none of these institutions has formally adopted a definition of geographical balance, imbalance or significant imbalance. Nevertheless, the majority of them monitor geographical representation of staff and compares it either to the population of the Member State concerned or to the composite indicator developed by the Commission for post-2004 enlargement countries (the average of the share in population, MEP's and pre-Lisbon weighting at the Council). Such monitoring is designed to reflect the needs and constraints of the institution concerned. A majority of institutions experience geographical imbalances in the composition of their staff; in some cases, imbalance is considered significant. However, all institutions considered that the observed (significant) imbalances were justified by objective reasons. The most common invoked justifications were the so-called "seat" effect , the composition of EPSO lists, the ability to attract staff from specific Member States and the relative size of the linguistic services. Since all imbalances were considered objectively justified, no institution has taken the initiative to adopt General Implementing Provisions to give effect to Article 27, second paragraph, SR. Similarly, no institution expects significant imbalance to occur in the future (at least, not in the AD function group) and, accordingly, General Implementing Provisions are not in preparation. 3. Decentralised Agencies The Commission received contributions from 19 decentralised agencies. Agencies are, on average, smaller in size than the institutions referred to in the previous chapter. They are often located in other Member States, more precisely in cities which are distant from the main seats of the major EU institutions. Their sphere of activities is specialised. They have significant difference from one another both in terms of size, scope and location. For this reason, neither the Commission nor the agencies themselves found it appropriate to have a common approach on the issue of geographical balance. The examination of the table in Annex 12 shows that there is no uniform definition of what geographical balance should be. Nevertheless, taking into account the respective constraints, the majority of the agencies considered that they do not observe significant geographical imbalance. They accordingly do not envisage adopting General Implementing Provisions to give effect to Article 27 SR. Two agencies observed significant imbalances. In both cases, the agencies consider that the imbalance is caused by several factors including the applicable correction coefficient and the difficulty of employment for spouses in the local market.

One agency observed an increasing imbalance towards nationals from the host Member State. This agency is considering drafting a GIP giving effect to Article 27 SR if this imbalance continues to grow.





ANNEX 1: Legal Basis Article 9 of the Treaty on the European Union:

"in all its activities, the Union shall observe the principle of equality of its citizens". Article 18 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU):

"Within the scope of application of the Treaties, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein, any discrimination on grounds of nationality shall be prohibited. […]" Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Non-discrimination: 1.Any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prohibited. 2.Within the scope of application of the Treaties and without prejudice to any of their specific provisions, any discrimination on grounds of nationality shall be prohibited. The general principles of EU constitutional law on the institutional autonomy and sincere cooperation is worth mentioning. The Staff Regulations contain prescriptions and prohibitions to guide the Appointing Authority in taking decisions. As a general rule, the Appointing Authority should base all its decisions on the interest of the service and the merit of the individuals only. Depending on the area concerned, the Staff Regulations also provide a "black list" of criteria that the Appointing Authority cannot use. Reference to nationality is only explicitly prohibited in case of filling individual posts: Generally (applicable to the whole of the Staff Regulations): Article 1d of the Staff Regulations prohibits "any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, or sexual orientation". ; Recruitment: Article 27 requires that officials should be "recruited on the broadest possible geographical basis from among nationals of Member States of the Union".

Although nationality is not explicitly mentioned, "broadest geographical basis" is interpreted as equivalent to nationality; Filling of individual posts: Article 7 provides that "the Appointing Authority shall, acting solely in the interest of the service and without regard to nationality, assign each official by appointment or transfer to a post (…)"; Article 27 provides that "no posts shall be reserved for nationals of any specific Member State".

Case law has confirmed that these provisions prohibit reserving specific posts for specific nationalities but does not prevent the institutions from adopting measures to ensure a global balance (in particular taking into account nationality for filling specific posts "where qualifications of the various applicants are substantially the same" ). At the occasion of the 2014 revision of the Staff Regulations, a specific reference to nationality as concerns recruitment was introduced. In particular: Recital 2 of Regulation N°1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council states that "it is necessary to ensure a framework for attracting, recruiting and maintaining highly qualified and multilingual staff, drawn on the broadest possible geographical basis from among citizens of the Member States". Furthermore, in accordance with recital 5 of the same Regulation, "the value of the European civil service lies (…) in its cultural and linguistic diversity which can only be ensured if appropriate balance is secured regarding officials' nationality". Article 27 Staff Regulations as amended states that "the principle of the equality of Union's citizens shall allow each institution to adopt appropriate measures following the observation of a significant imbalance between nationalities among officials which is not justified by objective criteria." The underlying assumption of these (amended) provisions is that the "package" offered to potential candidates as well as the selection and recruitment processes are designed in such a way that, in the absence of objective justification, the distribution by nationality of applicants, laureates and recruited staff of the institutions (and, hence, of staff in activity) should roughly reflect the distribution by nationality of the citizens of the Union. In absence of objective justification, any observed significant deviation could therefore be seen as a violation of the principle of equality of citizens, which would justify appropriate corrective measures.

The Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the EU, and in particular Article 12 thereof, contain similar provisions applicable to Temporary Staff. To implement Article 27 Staff Regulations as amended, each institution should normally: -interpret what is meant by "balance" between nationalities -interpret what is meant by a "significant" imbalance -monitor the factual situation with a view to "observe" the balance between nationalities -if applicable, identify the "reasons" for such significant imbalance and determine if they provide for an "objective justification" for the imbalance -where relevant, identify and/or adopt "appropriate corrective measures" Article 27 SR also stipulates that after a three years period starting 1 January 2014, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of the second paragraph of Article 27.



ANNEX 2: Guiding rates for EU-15 Member States Annex 1 Geographical balance at previous enlargements Figures in annex 1a ·Starting point (1958): geographical balance based on negotiated figures

When there were 6 Member States, the guiding principle was equality between major Member States and the aggregate of the smaller ones. The theoretical targets set were 25 % each for France, Germany, Italy and Benelux. Non official reference values were applied in a flexible way and limited to the more senior A grades. ·First enlargement (1973): geographical balance continues to be based on negotiated figures

For the 1973 enlargement process, it was felt that the UK should have a share of the same size as the other three larger Member States (18% after re-adjustment), whilst Denmark, Ireland and Norway together should have a share equal to 10 %. No specific readjustment was made when Norway decided not to join, though it was estimated that the combined share of Denmark and Ireland should be around 7 to 8%. ·Second enlargement (1981): geographical balance is based on a mixture of negotiated figures and objective criteria (population and GDP figures)

On the occasion of the accession of Greece, the principle of equal representation of the largest Member States and over-representation of the smaller ones was maintained. However, even if the "fresco" document (COM(78)190) suggested that Greece should occupy much the same position as Belgium and the Netherlands, the share for Greece was eventually fixed at 4.5%, lower than the figure of 8.1% allocated to Belgium and the Netherlands. Population and GDP figures were given for the first time to illustrate this approach. ·Third enlargement (1986): geographical balance continues to be based on a mixture of negotiated figures and objective criteria (population and GDP figures)

At the time of the accession of the Iberian countries in 1986, the unofficial reference values, which only existed for A1 to A3 grades, were completed. Without explicit reference to criteria, the share for Spain was fixed at the mean value between that of the Netherlands and that of a large country, whilst the share for Portugal was fixed at the same level as that of Greece. ·Fourth enlargement (1995): geographical balance continues to be based on a mixture of negotiated figures and objective criteria (population and GDP figures)

The Commission Communication SEC 94/844 of 17 Mai 1994 set reference values for the three new Member States and outlined the methodology adopted. The geographical balance was adapted on the basis of comparisons of the relative situations of the new Member States with respect to their populations and the economic and social data within the enlarged Union. The characteristics of Finland were comparable to those of Denmark and the objective was set to recruit a similar number of Finnish nationals as that of Danish nationals present in the service. The characteristics concerning Austria and Sweden were one and a half times greater than those of Denmark, and recruitment objectives were set proportionally. Annex 1b illustrates this approach. ·Summary: the three main principles applied so far:

it appears from the above that the Commission’s interpretation of geographical balance follows a triple pattern: *Geographical balance has been a concern since the early times, in particular for the more senior A grades;

*Geographical balance has always relied on the double rule of:

a) equal representation of the four (originally three) largest Member States;

b) over-representation of the smallest Member State so as to ensure a minimum representation. *Enlargement has never led to modification of the relative weight of incumbent Member States. Therefore,

a) as regards incumbents, all relative weights remained unaffected after any enlargement (e.g. the weight of Belgium remained the same of that of the Netherlands and 45% of that of Germany after the enlargements of 1981, 1986 and 1995);

b) new Member States received a weight by reference to the most similar incumbent(s) (e.g. Portugal was given the same weight as Greece; Spain, a weight between that of the Netherlands and France, etc…). Annex 1a Previous enlargements – guidelines 1958 1973 1981 1986 1995 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Benelux 25,0% 18,0% (17,7%) (15,1%) (13,5%) LU Luxembourg 1,5% 1,3% 0,9% IE Ireland 3,5% - 4% 3,5% 3,0% 2,7% FI Finland 2,7% DK Denmark 3,5% - 4% 3,5% 3,0% 2,7% PT Portugal 3,8% 3,6% GR Greece 4,5% 3,8% 3,6% AT Austria 4,0% SE Sweden 4,0% BE Belgium 8,1% 6,9% 6,3% NL Netherlands 8,1% 6,9% 6,3% ES Spain 11,0% 9,8% IT Italy 25,0% 18,0% 17,7% 15,1% 13,4% UK UK 18,0% 17,7% 15,1% 13,4% FR France 25,0% 18,0% 17,7% 15,1% 13,4% DE Germany 25,0% 18,0% 17,7% 15,1% 13,4% 100,0% 97%-98% 100,0% 100,1% 100,2%



Annex 1b



Comparative approach as used for the 1995 enlargement Inhabitants GDP Average (inhabitants, GDP) Guidelines 1995 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) LU Luxembourg 0.4 0,1% 21 0,2% 0,2% 0,9% IE Ireland 3.8 1,0% 114 1,3% 1,1% 2,7% FI Finland 5.2 1,4% 141 1,6% 1,5% 2,7% DK Denmark 5.4 1,4% 181 2,1% 1,7% 2,7% PT Portugal 10.3 2,7% 118 1,3% 2,0% 3,6% GR Greece 10.6 2,8% 128 1,5% 2,1% 3,6% AT Austria 8.1 2,1% 214 2,4% 2,3% 4,0% SE Sweden 8.9 2,4% 246 2,8% 2,6% 4,0% BE Belgium 10.3 2,7% 256 2,9% 2,8% 6,3% NL Netherlands 16.0 4,2% 430 4,9% 4,6% 6,3% ES Spain 40.3 10,6% 647 7,4% 9.0% 9,8% IT Italy 57.9 15,3% 1.224 13,9% 14,6% 13,4% UK UK 60.0 15,8% 1.511 17,2% 16,5% 13,4% FR France 59.2 15.6% 1.458 16,6% 16,1% 13,4% DE Germany 82.3 21,7% 2.112 24,0% 22,9% 13,4% 378.7 100,0% 8.801 100,0% 100,0% 89,5% 10,7% (1) EUROSTAT: inhabitants 2001 (2) EUROSTAT: GDP at market prices 2001 ANNEX 3: Methodology for the calculation of reference values and recruitment targets of new Member States Approach At the occasion of the 2004 Enlargement, the Commission adopted the Communication of 14 February 2003 concerning the recruitment of Commission officials from the new Member States (hereafter referred to as the "2003 Communication"). The Communication found that due to the nature of the 2004 enlargement, applying the criteria that were used in previous enlargements would not lead to a fair and balanced result. This finding was particularly true taking into account the fact that the weight of the new Member States concerned was expected to rise considerably over the following 10 years. On the basis of this consideration, the Commission developed a method applicable to the new Member States, including for enlargements to come . In adopting this method, the Commission decided that "reference values and indicative recruitment targets would be used as the basis for recruitment measures for new Member States only during the transition period". The Communication established a three-step approach: a)first, the determination of the number of posts that should be earmarked for all New Member States taken together b)second, the calculation for each new Member State of a reference value, i.e. the indicative share of posts earmarked for that Member State expressed as a percentage of the total number of posts earmarked for the New Member State c)third, the calculation of the recruitment target for each new Member State i.e. a x b Determination of the number of posts that should be earmarked for all New Member States taken together This number is determined in three successive phases: First, the weight of all new Member States taken vs the aggregate of the incumbents is calculated, by reference to three criteria: Population, Members of the European Parliament and Weighting of votes in Council (the mathematical average of the three is retained).

Second, this weight (percentage) is applied to the number of establishment plan posts after enlargement.

Third, the number of posts to be reserved to the New Member States is set at two thirds of the amount above.

The following table summarises the calculations made for the 2004 , 2007 and 2013 enlargements. 2004 2007 2013 Population new Member States (1) 75.0 M 29.5 M 4.4 M Population incumbents (1) 378.7M 459.3 M 502.5 M MEP new Member State(s) 162 50 12 MEP incumbents 570 732 754 Votes in Council new Member State(s) 84 24 7 Votes in Council incumbents 237 321 345 Weight new Member State(s) 21.6% 7% 1.5% Weight incumbents 78.4% 93% 98.5% (1) figures do not coincide across the columns because for the EU-10 enlargements the Commission used 2001 data, for EU-2 enlargement 2005 data and for Croatia 2011 data Calculation of the reference value by Member State The calculation method is the same as for the weight of the aggregate of new Member States, except for the fact that new Member States are not compared with incumbent Member States but only mong themselves. Application in practice of the methodology Indicative reference value Recruitment target AD Recruitment target AST Czech Republic 14,3% 318 184 Estonia 3,4% 76 44 Cyprus 3,2% 71 41 Latvia 4,5% 100 58 Lithuania 7,0% 156 90 Hungary 14,2% 316 182 Malta 2,4% 53 31 Poland 39,0% 867 501 Slovenia 3,9% 87 50 Slovakia 8,1% 180 104 EU-10 (1) 100,0% 2224 1284 Bulgaria 34,0% 225 135 Romania 66,0% 437 261 EU-2 (2) 100,0% 662 396 Croatia (3) n.a. 149 100 (1): EU-10 all together: 21.6% - EU-15 all together: 78.4%

(2): EU-2 all together: 6.5% - EU-25 all together: 93.5%

(3): Croatia: 1.5% - EU-27 all together: 98.5%

ANNEX 4: Evolution of Member States population (excluding the UK) 2001 2015 2015 vs 2001 Luxembourg 439.500 562.958 28,1% Cyprus 697.500 847.008 21,4% Ireland 3.832.783 4.628.949 20,8% Spain 40.665.542 46.449.565 14,2% Sweden 8.882.792 9.747.355 9,7% Malta 391.415 429.344 9,7% Belgium 10.263.414 11.208.956 9,2% France 61.357.400 66.415.161 8,2% Austria 8.032.926 8.576.261 6,8% Italy 56.960.692 60.795.612 6,7% Denmark 5.349.212 5.659.715 5,8% Netherlands 15.987.075 16.900.726 5,7% Finland 5.181.115 5.471.753 5,6% Slovenia 1.990.094 2.062.874 3,7% Czech Republic 10.414.373 10.538.275 1,2% Portugal 10.256.658 10.374.822 1,2% Slovakia 5.402.547 5.421.349 0,3% Poland 38.253.955 38.005.614 -0,6% Greece 10.934.097 10.858.018 -0,7% Germany 82.259.540 81.197.537 -1,3% Hungary 10.200.298 9.855.571 -3,4% Croatia 4.437.460 4.225.316 -4,8% Estonia 1.388.000 1.313.271 -5,4% Bulgaria 7.928.901 7.202.198 -9,2% Romania 22.132.000 19.870.647 -10,2% Latvia 2.364.254 1.986.096 -16,0% Lithuania 3.483.972 2.921.262 -16,2% Total 429.487.515 443.526.213 3,3% Source: Eurostat - date of extraction 23 January 2017 ANNEX 5: Proposition for new Guiding rates: Application of the arithmetical method Member State Population

2015 Arithmetical Share Seats in EP Arithmetical Share Weighting of Votes in Council Arithmetical Share Guiding rate Malta 429.344 0,1% 6 0,9% 3 0,9% 0,6% Luxembourg 562.958 0,1% 6 0,9% 4 1,2% 0,8% Cyprus 847.008 0,2% 6 0,9% 4 1,2% 0,8% Estonia 1.313.271 0,3% 6 0,9% 4 1,2% 0,8% Latvia 1.986.096 0,4% 8 1,2% 4 1,2% 1,0% Slovenia 2.062.874 0,5% 8 1,2% 4 1,2% 1,0% Lithuania 2.921.262 0,7% 11 1,6% 7 2,2% 1,5% Croatia 4.225.316 1,0% 11 1,6% 7 2,2% 1,6% Ireland 4.628.949 1,0% 11 1,6% 7 2,2% 1,6% Slovakia 5.421.349 1,2% 13 1,9% 7 2,2% 1,8% Finland 5.471.753 1,2% 13 1,9% 7 2,2% 1,8% Denmark 5.659.715 1,3% 13 1,9% 7 2,2% 1,8% Bulgaria 7.202.198 1,6% 17 2,5% 10 3,1% 2,4% Austria 8.576.261 1,9% 18 2,7% 10 3,1% 2,6% Sweden 9.747.355 2,2% 20 2,9% 10 3,1% 2,7% Hungary 9.855.571 2,2% 21 3,1% 12 3,7% 3,0% Portugal 10.374.822 2,3% 21 3,1% 12 3,7% 3,1% Czech Republic 10.538.275 2,4% 21 3,1% 12 3,7% 3,1% Greece 10.858.018 2,4% 21 3,1% 12 3,7% 3,1% Belgium 11.208.956 2,5% 21 3,1% 12 3,7% 3,1% Netherlands 16.900.726 3,8% 26 3,8% 13 4,0% 3,9% Romania 19.870.647 4,5% 32 4,7% 14 4,3% 4,5% Poland 38.005.614 8,6% 51 7,5% 27 8,4% 8,2% Spain 46.449.565 10,5% 54 8,0% 27 8,4% 8,9% Italy 60.795.612 13,7% 73 10,8% 29 9,0% 11,2% France 66.415.161 15,0% 74 10,9% 29 9,0% 11,6% Germany 81.197.537 18,3% 96 14,2% 29 9,0% 13,8% Total 443.526.213 100,0% 678 100,0% 323 100,0% 100,0%



Annex 6: Distribution of non-managerial AD staff assigned in DGT or SCIC on 1.1.2017 Pop 2015 & MEP's & Votes in Council Guiding rate Targets in Heads

(in 2017) Actual situation on 1.1.2017 Surplus or Deficit

vs target Observed Significant Imbalance? AD5-AD14

non management

DGT & SCIC Absolute Significant imbalance if below Absolute Significant imbalance if below Heads %ge Heads

(in 2017) %ge of

target Belgium 3.1% 2.5% 63 50 147 7.3% 84 233% Bulgaria 2.4% 1.9% 49 39 75 3.7% 26 154% Czech Republic 3.1% 2.5% 62 50 80 3.9% 18 129% Denmark 1.8% 1.4% 36 29 65 3.2% 29 180% Germany 13.8% 11.1% 280 224 165 8.1% -115 59% YES Estonia 0.8% 0.6% 16 13 67 3.3% 51 410% Ireland 1.6% 1.3% 33 26 40 2.0% 7 123% Greece 3.1% 2.5% 63 50 84 4.1% 21 134% Spain 8.9% 7.1% 181 145 124 6.1% -57 69% YES France 11.6% 9.3% 235 188 98 4.8% -137 42% YES Croatia 1.6% 1.3% 32 26 59 2.9% 27 184% Italy 11.2% 8.9% 226 181 129 6.4% -97 57% YES Cyprus 0.8% 0.6% 16 13 4 0.2% -12 26% YES Latvia 1.0% 0.8% 19 15 70 3.5% 51 362% Lithuania 1.5% 1.2% 30 24 71 3.5% 41 236% Luxembourg 0.8% 0.6% 15 12 3 0.1% -12 20% YES Hungary 3.0% 2.4% 61 49 74 3.7% 13 121% Malta 0.6% 0.5% 13 10 58 2.9% 45 450% Netherlands 3.9% 3.1% 79 63 41 2.0% -38 52% YES Austria 2.6% 2.0% 52 42 13 0.6% -39 25% YES Poland 8.2% 6.5% 165 132 86 4.2% -79 52% YES Portugal 3.1% 2.4% 62 49 89 4.4% 27 144% Romania 4.5% 3.6% 91 73 80 3.9% -11 88% Slovenia 1.0% 0.8% 19 16 72 3.6% 53 370% Slovakia 1.8% 1.4% 36 29 70 3.5% 34 195% Finland 1.8% 1.4% 36 29 94 4.6% 58 262% Sweden 2.7% 2.2% 56 45 68 3.4% 12 122%



Annex 7a: Distribution of AD5-AD8 staff assigned to services other than DGT or SCIC on 1.1.2017

Pop 2015 & MEP's & Votes in Council Guiding rate Targets in Heads

(in 2017) Actual situation on 1.1.2017 Surplus or Deficit

vs target Observed Significant Imbalance? AD5-AD8 outside

DGT & SCIC Absolute Significant imbalance if below Absolute Significant imbalance if below Heads %ge Heads

(in 2017) %ge of

target Belgium 3.1% 2.5% 131 105 300 7.1% 169 229% Bulgaria 2.4% 1.9% 102 81 259 6.1% 157 255% Czech Republic 3.1% 2.5% 129 103 135 3.2% 6 105% Denmark 1.8% 1.4% 75 60 25 0.6% -50 33% YES Germany 13.8% 11.1% 582 466 354 8.4% -228 61% YES Estonia 0.8% 0.6% 34 27 39 0.9% 5 115% Ireland 1.6% 1.3% 68 54 28 0.7% -40 41% YES Greece 3.1% 2.5% 130 104 145 3.4% 15 111% Spain 8.9% 7.1% 377 301 318 7.5% -59 84% France 11.6% 9.3% 490 392 353 8.4% -137 72% YES Croatia 1.6% 1.3% 67 53 93 2.2% 26 140% Italy 11.2% 8.9% 470 376 441 10.5% -29 94% Cyprus 0.8% 0.6% 33 26 34 0.8% 1 105% Latvia 1.0% 0.8% 40 32 48 1.1% 8 119% Lithuania 1.5% 1.2% 63 50 77 1.8% 14 123% Luxembourg 0.8% 0.6% 32 25 0 0.0% -32 0% YES Hungary 3.0% 2.4% 127 102 218 5.2% 91 172% Malta 0.6% 0.5% 27 21 30 0.7% 3 112% Netherlands 3.9% 3.1% 164 131 82 1.9% -82 50% YES Austria 2.6% 2.0% 108 86 65 1.5% -43 60% YES Poland 8.2% 6.5% 344 275 462 11.0% 118 134% Portugal 3.1% 2.4% 129 103 61 1.4% -68 47% YES Romania 4.5% 3.6% 190 152 453 10.7% 263 238% Slovenia 1.0% 0.8% 41 32 50 1.2% 9 123% Slovakia 1.8% 1.4% 75 60 80 1.9% 5 107% Finland 1.8% 1.4% 75 60 30 0.7% -45 40% YES Sweden 2.7% 2.2% 116 93 36 0.9% -80 31% YES

Annex 7b: Distribution of non-management AD9-AD12 staff assigned to services other than DGT or SCIC on 1.1.2017 Pop 2015 & MEP's & Votes in Council Guiding rate Targets in Heads

(in 2017) Actual situation on 1.1.2017 Surplus or Deficit

vs target Observed Significant Imbalance? Non-managers

AD9-AD12 outside

DGT & SCIC Absolute Significant imbalance if below Absolute Significant imbalance if below Heads %ge Heads

(in 2017) %ge of

target Belgium 3.1% 2.5% 123 98 571 14.4% 448 464% Bulgaria 2.4% 1.9% 95 76 8 0.2% -87 8% YES Czech Republic 3.1% 2.5% 121 97 68 1.7% -53 56% YES Denmark 1.8% 1.4% 71 56 71 1.8% 0 101% Germany 13.8% 11.1% 546 437 503 12.7% -43 92% Estonia 0.8% 0.6% 32 25 22 0.6% -10 69% YES Ireland 1.6% 1.3% 64 51 74 1.9% 10 116% Greece 3.1% 2.5% 122 98 164 4.1% 42 134% Spain 8.9% 7.1% 353 282 376 9.5% 23 107% France 11.6% 9.3% 459 367 505 12.8% 46 110% Croatia 1.6% 1.3% 62 50 3 0.1% -59 5% YES Italy 11.2% 8.9% 441 353 481 12.2% 40 109% Cyprus 0.8% 0.6% 30 24 21 0.5% -9 69% YES Latvia 1.0% 0.8% 38 30 21 0.5% -17 56% YES Lithuania 1.5% 1.2% 59 47 41 1.0% -18 70% YES Luxembourg 0.8% 0.6% 30 24 20 0.5% -10 67% YES Hungary 3.0% 2.4% 119 95 82 2.1% -37 69% YES Malta 0.6% 0.5% 25 20 17 0.4% -8 68% YES Netherlands 3.9% 3.1% 154 123 160 4.0% 6 104% Austria 2.6% 2.0% 101 81 121 3.1% 20 120% Poland 8.2% 6.5% 322 258 162 4.1% -160 50% YES Portugal 3.1% 2.4% 121 96 107 2.7% -14 89% Romania 4.5% 3.6% 178 143 23 0.6% -155 13% YES Slovenia 1.0% 0.8% 38 30 29 0.7% -9 76% YES Slovakia 1.8% 1.4% 70 56 36 0.9% -34 51% YES Finland 1.8% 1.4% 70 56 129 3.3% 59 184% Sweden 2.7% 2.2% 109 87 137 3.5% 28 126%



Annex 7c: British non-management AD staff on 1.1.2017 Distribution by grade British nationals assigned to

non-management tasks… AD5-AD8 AD9-AD12 AD13-AD14 Total …outside DGT & SCIC 81 170 110 361 …in DGT or SCIC 50 56 41 147 Total 131 226 151 508 Distribution by age



Annex 7d: Double nationalities on 1.1.2018 among Officials and Temporary Staff at the Commission 2nd Nationality AUT BEL BGR CYP CZE DEU DNK ESP EST FIN FRA GBR GRC HRV HUN IRL ITA LTU LUX LVA MLT NLD POL PRT ROU SVK SVN SWE Total 1st Nationality AUT 1 3 2 1 7 BEL 2 2 2 4 7 1 26 15 12 2 2 3 13 5 2 6 3 4 1 1 1 114 BGR 1 17 6 1 14 3 1 1 2 46 CYP 3 1 4 6 9 1 24 CZE 1 3 1 3 5 1 1 15 DEU 2 7 1 4 12 12 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 59 DNK 3 4 1 1 9 ESP 7 3 16 5 1 1 1 34 EST 1 1 FIN 1 1 FRA 2 28 1 1 14 8 2 31 2 14 2 7 7 3 5 1 128 GBR 12 3 4 1 25 4 1 1 27 7 15 1 4 2 4 111 GRC 2 20 3 3 11 4 2 1 1 1 48 HRV 2 2 3 1 4 1 1 14 HUN 1 5 7 13 1 2 1 4 34 IRL 4 1 2 57 1 1 1 1 68 ITA 1 13 1 10 1 13 17 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 67 LTU 1 1 1 1 1 5 LUX 1 2 2 1 6 LVA 1 1 MLT 1 1 2 NLD 2 1 5 1 1 10 POL 22 9 1 2 22 4 1 4 1 2 1 2 71 PRT 8 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 17 ROU 56 6 20 2 1 8 6 3 2 2 1 1 108 SVK 5 4 3 4 2 2 20 SVN 1 1 1 1 3 1 8 SWE 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 13 Total 11 220 4 6 9 83 3 25 1 3 203 173 36 10 19 33 72 2 30 1 0 25 21 13 15 5 3 15 1041 Annex 8a: Statistics of EPSO AD5 competitions (excluding linguists) over the period 2010-mid 2017 EPSO AD5 competitions 2010- mid 2017 Cumulated Applications Cumulated Laureates Population (Millions) Guiding rates Distributionof laureates Surplus or Deficit vs Guiding rate Laureates as %ge of Guiding rate Significant imbalance in EPSO lists*? Participants

/Mn hab Success rate Belgium 19795 171 11.2 3.1% 11.1% 8.0% 357% 1766 0.9% Bulgaria 11275 38 7.2 2.4% 2.5% 0.1% 103% 1565 0.3% Czech Republic 3452 15 10.5 3.1% 1.0% -2.1% 32% YES 328 0.4% Denmark 1966 10 5.7 1.8% 0.7% -1.1% 36% YES 347 0.5% Germany 17583 205 81.2 13.8% 13.3% -0.5% 97% 217 1.2% Estonia 1789 2 1.3 0.8% 0.1% -0.7% 16% YES 1362 0.1% Ireland 2028 11 4.6 1.6% 0.7% -0.9% 44% YES 438 0.5% Greece 18787 49 10.9 3.1% 3.2% 0.1% 103% 1730 0.3% Spain 27569 177 46.4 8.9% 11.5% 2.6% 129% 594 0.6% France 19208 163 66.4 11.6% 10.6% -1.0% 91% 289 0.8% Croatia 4239 26 4.2 1.6% 1.7% 0.1% 109% 1003 0.6% Italy 49325 261 60.8 11.2% 17.0% 5.8% 152% 811 0.5% Cyprus 1077 0 0.8 0.8% 0.0% -0.8% 0% YES 1272 0.0% Latvia 2172 7 2.0 1.0% 0.5% -0.5% 48% YES 1094 0.3% Lithuania 4339 9 2.9 1.5% 0.6% -0.9% 39% YES 1485 0.2% Luxembourg 526 0 0.6 0.8% 0.0% -0.8% 0% YES 934 0.0% Hungary 6435 56 9.9 3.0% 3.6% 0.6% 121% 653 0.9% Malta 930 5 0.4 0.6% 0.3% -0.3% 51% 2166 0.5% Netherlands 4532 71 16.9 3.9% 4.6% 0.7% 119% 268 1.6% Austria 3779 38 8.6 2.6% 2.5% -0.1% 96% 441 1.0% Poland 11452 30 38.0 8.2% 2.0% -6.2% 24% YES 301 0.3% Portugal 10322 32 10.4 3.1% 2.1% -1.0% 68% 995 0.3% Romania 25933 91 19.9 4.5% 5.9% 1.4% 131% 1305 0.4% Slovenia 2475 6 2.1 1.0% 0.4% -0.6% 41% YES 1200 0.2% Slovakia 4144 17 5.4 1.8% 1.1% -0.7% 63% 764 0.4% Finland 3208 23 5.5 1.8% 1.5% -0.3% 84% 586 0.7% Sweden 3132 24 9.7 2.7% 1.6% -1.2% 57% 321 0.8% EU27 261472 1537 443.5 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100% 590 0.6% NB: Croatia figures are corrected to take into account the "enlargement" competitions organised during the period

*: Share among laureates is less than 50% of Guiding rate





Annex 8b: Statistics of EPSO AD Specialist competitions (excluding linguists) over the period 2010-2016 EPSO AD Specialist competitions 2010-16 Cumulated Applications Cumulated Laureates Population (Millions) Guiding rates Distributionof laureates Surplus or Deficit vs Guiding rate Laureates as %ge of Guiding rate Significant imbalance in EPSO lists*? Participants Success rate /Mn hab Belgium 4862 122 11.2 3.1% 10.0% 6.9% 322% 434 2.5% Bulgaria 2172 21 7.2 2.4% 1.7% -0.7% 72% 302 1.0% Czech Republic 451 8 10.5 3.1% 0.7% -2.4% 21% YES 43 1.8% Denmark 219 10 5.7 1.8% 0.8% -1.0% 46% YES 39 4.6% Germany 2886 132 81.2 13.8% 10.9% -3.0% 79% 36 4.6% Estonia 313 6 1.3 0.8% 0.5% -0.3% 61% 238 1.9% Ireland 571 11 4.6 1.6% 0.9% -0.7% 56% 123 1.9% Greece 3955 78 10.9 3.1% 6.4% 3.3% 208% 364 2.0% Spain 7493 157 46.4 8.9% 12.9% 4.0% 145% 161 2.1% France 5324 106 66.4 11.6% 8.7% -2.9% 75% 80 2.0% Croatia 875 19 4.2 1.6% 1.6% 0.0% 100% 207 2.2% Italy 10420 245 60.8 11.2% 20.2% 9.0% 181% 171 2.4% Cyprus 238 3 0.8 0.8% 0.2% -0.5% 32% YES 281 1.3% Latvia 327 6 2.0 1.0% 0.5% -0.5% 52% 165 1.8% Lithuania 767 13 2.9 1.5% 1.1% -0.4% 72% 263 1.7% Luxembourg 117 3 0.6 0.8% 0.2% -0.5% 33% YES 208 2.6% Hungary 1019 32 9.9 3.0% 2.6% -0.4% 87% 103 3.1% Malta 147 2 0.4 0.6% 0.2% -0.5% 26% YES 342 1.4% Netherlands 954 35 16.9 3.9% 2.9% -1.0% 74% 56 3.7% Austria 636 27 8.6 2.6% 2.2% -0.3% 87% 74 4.2% Poland 2093 44 38.0 8.2% 3.6% -4.5% 44% YES 55 2.1% Portugal 2515 34 10.4 3.1% 2.8% -0.3% 92% 242 1.4% Romania 424 47 19.9 4.5% 3.9% -0.6% 86% 21 11.1% Slovenia 526 11 2.1 1.0% 0.9% -0.1% 94% 255 2.1% Slovakia 744 16 5.4 1.8% 1.3% -0.5% 74% 137 2.2% Finland 501 12 5.5 1.8% 1.0% -0.8% 56% 92 2.4% Sweden 476 15 9.7 2.7% 1.2% -1.5% 45% YES 49 3.2% EU27 51025 1215 443.5 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100% 115 2.4% NB: Croatia figures are corrected to take into account the "enlargement" competitions organised during the period

*: Share among laureates is less than 50% of Guiding rate



Annex 8c: Validated applications in the latest (ongoing) AD competition EPSO AD/338/17 Applications Population (Millions) Participants

/Mn hab* As %ge of EU average Belgium 2073 11.2 185 274% Bulgaria 913 7.2 127 188% Czech Republic 264 10.5 25 37% Denmark 197 5.7 35 52% Germany 1867 81.2 23 34% Estonia 152 1.3 116 171% Ireland 245 4.6 53 78% Greece 3306 10.9 304 451% Spain 3731 46.4 80 119% France 2184 66.4 33 49% Croatia 525 4.2 124 184% Italy 6341 60.8 104 155% Cyprus 163 0.8 192 285% Latvia 156 2.0 79 116% Lithuania 370 2.9 127 188% Luxembourg 71 0.6 126 187% Hungary 533 9.9 54 80% Malta 103 0.4 240 355% Netherlands 1072 16.9 63 94% Austria 507 8.6 59 88% Poland 1025 38.0 27 40% Portugal 1028 10.4 99 147% Romania 1875 19.9 94 140% Slovenia 248 2.1 120 178% Slovakia 297 5.4 55 81% Finland 399 5.5 73 108% Sweden 288 9.7 30 44% EU 29933 443.5 67 100% *: Not comparable with the 2010-17 table which covers several competitions



Annex 9 : Summary of the Contributions made by other institutions

NB: All Statements and wording reflect the relevant institution's declarations Institution Methodology and criteria for assessing geographical balance Indicator(s) of (significant) imbalance Observed (significant) imbalance by Member State Objective justification of the imbalance Expected future Imbalance Appropriate measure under Art.27 taken/envisaged European Parliament The European Parliament has not yet held a debate or discussion on the issue. Columns to the right are therefore built under the assumptions that: ·Geographical balance could be assessed at aggregate level (all function groups together). ·The share of each national cohort within the EP Secretariat could be compared to the respective Member States’ share of the total EU population. Underrepresented: UK and to a lesser extent DE

Over represented: BE, EE, FI, HR, LT, LU, LV, MT, SL et SK All imbalances are objectively justified by ·UK, DE : limited attractiveness of the EU institutions and/or an EU career; numbers of laureates on EPSO reserve lists ·BE, LU : places of work effect + cross-border commuting effect ·EE, FI, HR, LT, LV, MT, SL and SK: linguistic services (translation, interpretation, lawyer linguists) provided in all official languages; the minimum critical mass of linguistic staff needed has a greater impact for smaller Member States. NO NO/NO GS Council Geographical balance is assessed at aggregate level (all function groups together). Benchmark: the average between the relevant Member State share in -EU population -MEP's -Council votes before Lisbon Rules Imbalance is observed when the actual share of nationals deviates from the benchmark by more than +/-20% Significant imbalance is observed when a share of a given nationality is below 40% or above 400% of that benchmark. Significantly under-represented: CY, DE and UK Significantly over-represented: BE All imbalances are objectively justified by… CY, DE, UK: low number of laureates on EPSO reserve lists BE: seat effect

Balance is also influenced by the high relative weight of the linguistic services Very difficult to predict due to a high level of uncertainty NO/NO Court of Justice Geographical balance is assessed at aggregate level (all function groups together). Benchmark: the share of the relevant Member State population in the EU population Imbalance is observed in case of blatant under or overrepresentation.

Significant imbalance is not defined Underrepresented: UK

Overrepresented: FR, BE All imbalances are objectively justified by… ·FR, BE: the Court works in French (mitigated by extensive language courses programme). ·UK: Difficulty to recruit UK nationals NO NO/NO (also in view of Brexit) Court of Auditors Geographical balance is assessed at aggregate level (all function groups together). Benchmark: the share of the relevant Member State population in the EU population Imbalance is observed when the actual share of nationals deviates from the benchmark by more than +/-20% Significant imbalance is observed when such deviation exceeds +/-50% Underrepresented: UK

Overrepresented: BE, PT All imbalances are objectively justified by… the peculiarities of Luxembourg in terms of size, attractiveness, large number of cross-border workers and large number of PT residents. NO except possibly in the AST-SC function group NO/NO European External Action Service Geographical balance is assessed at function groups level, with a focus on ADs). Benchmark: the share of the relevant Member State population in the EU population Significant imbalance is observed when nationals of a Member State are not present at all (or significantly underrepresented). No observed imbalance n/a NO NO/NO Eur. Economic and Social Committee Due to lack of formal definition, the EESC does not assess Geographical balance using a specific methodology Lack of nationals from one or more member States could be a sign of imbalance Underrepresented: CY

NB: however, the EESC was able to recruit a national after the cut off date

High number of BE, IT, EE, LV, SL etc. All imbalances are objectively justified by… the small number of CY nationals on EPSO lists;

the small number of vacancies due to downsizing;

the seat effect and

other historical reasons (IT)

The relative weight of the language services also influences the balance NO except possibly in the AST-SC function group NO/NO Committee of the Regions Geographical balance is assessed at aggregate level (all function groups together). Benchmark: the average between the relevant Member State share in -EU population -MEP's -Council votes before Lisbon Rules Imbalance is observed when the actual share of nationals deviates is lower than 50% or higher than 200% of the benchmark. Significant imbalance is observed when the share significantly deviates from this bracket Significantly under-represented: LU and UK

Significantly over-represented: BE All imbalances are objectively justified by… The size of the institution Headquarter effect Limited attractiveness of EU institutions for nationals of some member States Small size of certain member States Given the small size of the Cor, precaution in the interpretation of figures is necessary NO. However, BREXIT or deterioration of conditions might have an influence NO/NO The European Ombudsman Given the size of the institution, it has never defined geographical (im)balance. Presence of nationals from all Member States weighted with population size could be an indicator Imbalance is observed in case of under or over representation without objective justification Significant over-representation: FR, in the AST function group All imbalances are objectively justified by… ·The seat effect in France, ·the difficulties to recruit in Strasburg ·historical reasons (large number of temporary posts) NO NO/NO European Data Protection Supervisor The EDPS is a small institution dealing with a very specific subject. Recruitments are therefore made on the basis of specific profiles and EPSO reserve lists in data protection as well as on the small pool of applicants. The question of balanced representation has not been considered so far given to the specificity of profiles and difficulty to recruit. n/a NO n/a. NO. NO/NO



Annex 10: Distribution of AD staff by nationality in EU Institutions (Headcount) AD Officials and AT's, situation on 1.1.2017

Source: Contribution from Institutions AD's officials & Temporary Staff EP SG

Council CoJ CoA EEAS EESC CoR EO EDPS Total Belgium 182 116 108 42 72 30 16 0 6 572 Bulgaria 75 41 33 22 9 8 12 0 0 200 Czech Republic 69 44 34 21 19 8 12 2 1 210 Denmark 60 44 35 8 32 14 3 2 1 199 Germany 218 91 69 46 87 26 26 5 3 571 Estonia 55 41 30 10 22 8 5 0 0 171 Ireland 27 28 14 9 26 3 5 6 0 118 Greece 100 50 47 29 37 17 10 3 0 293 Spain 175 86 70 44 77 20 12 2 4 490 France 217 92 185 52 100 18 19 5 4 692 Croatia 68 31 29 7 9 6 7 0 0 157 Italy 201 77 78 40 105 30 24 0 4 559 Cyprus 6 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 16 Latvia 55 35 32 10 7 5 11 0 0 155 Lithuania 56 38 33 12 19 9 9 0 0 176 Luxembourg 13 6 9 3 4 1 0 0 0 36 Hungary 89 42 39 23 16 10 8 1 1 229 Malta 45 32 24 8 10 5 4 1 0 129 Netherlands 63 32 22 14 32 10 6 1 1 181 Austria 32 18 13 10 24 9 2 2 0 110 Poland 111 61 43 43 39 11 20 2 2 332 Portugal 84 62 38 32 31 10 7 1 0 265 Romania 97 57 37 33 24 15 14 1 1 279 Slovenia 58 40 32 9 13 4 10 0 1 167 Slovakia 64 37 32 11 5 7 12 0 0 168 Finland 91 58 31 18 19 11 10 1 0 239 Sweden 70 40 36 11 34 8 8 1 1 209 UK 118 50 50 27 72 15 10 1 0 343 Total 2,499 1,351 1,205 596 947 318 282 37 31 7,266