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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels-27thMay1981
PROPOSALFORAREGULATION OPTHECOUNCILINTRODUCING
SPECIALANDTEMPORARY "MEASURES TOTERMINATE THESERVICE
OPOFFICIALS OPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES INCONSEQUENCE
OPTHEACCESSION OPNEWMEMBERSTAYES
(Presented "bytheCommissiontotheCouncilpursuanttothe
secondparagraphofArticle149oftheEECTreaty)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
AtitsApril part-session Parliament adopted aresolution embodying an
opinion calling foramendment ofthemeasures proposed bytheCommission ,
tolimit termination ofservice tothe Pequi rements ofGreek accession and
confine ittoA/3officials .Itfelt stat amaximum of25Commission posts
should befreed between -now and 31December 1982 .
The Commission hasaccepted these amendments and amended itsproposal
accordingly pursuant tothesecond paragraph ofArticle 149EEC .

AOTfEX
PROPOSALFORAREGULATION INTRODUCING SPECIALANDTEMPORARY MEASURES TOTERMINATE
THESERVICECFOFFICIALS OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES INCONSEQUENCE OFTHE
ACCESSION OFNEWMEMBERSTATES
Submitted "totheCouncilon31July1980(OJC262,9October1980)
/"inaccordancewiththesecondparagraphofArticle149oftheEECTreaty^
Thisproposalisamendedasfollows:
1.Thetitleisreplacedbythefollowing:
PROPOSAL FORAREGULATION INTRODUCING SPECIALANDTEMPORARY MEASURES
TOTERMINATE THESERVICEOFOFFICIALS OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
IN.CONSEQUENCE OPTHEACCESSION OFGREECE
2.Thesolerecitalisreplaced "bythefollowing:
"Whereas,inconsequenceoftheaccessionofGreece,specialtermination
ofservicemeasuresshould "beadopted,toapplyuntil31December1982."
3.Article1(1)isreplacedbythefollowing:
"1.Intheinterestsof.theserviceandinordertomeetrequirements
resultingfromthe.accessionofGreecetotheEJuropeanCommunities
theinstitutions oftheEuropeanCommunities areauthorizeduntil
31December1982toadoptforofficialsinGradeA3whohavebeen
inthehigheststepintheirgradeforatleasttwoyearsandare
over55yearsofagemeasuresterminatingtheirservicewithinthe
meaningofArticle47oftheStaffRegulations."

Article1(2)isreplaced "bythefollowing:
"Thenumberofofficialstowhomthemeasuresprovidedforinparagraph 1
may"beappliedshall"befixedinthe'budget
ThefollowingnewArticle1(3)isinserted: -S
"ThenumberofCommission A3officialstowhomthesaidmeasuresmaybe
appliedshallnotexceed25inthe1981and1982budgetyears."
TheoldArticle1(3)becomesArticle1(5)*Thefirsttwosubparagraphs
areamendedtoreadasfollows:
"Ifthenumberofrequestsmadeundertheprecedingparagraphandapprovedby
thVTri's'£'itut ,tbrt<''<\'islowerthanthatprovidedforinparagraph3,the
institution ,afterconsultingtheJointCommittee,shalldrawupalist
oftheotherofficialstobeaffectedbythesemeasures,takinginto
accountage,familycircumstances andseniority.
Anofficialwhosenameappearsonsuchalistmayoptbetweentermination
ofserviceandnon-activestatus.Ifthelatter,Article41(3),(4)and
(5)oftheStaffRegulationsshallapply."
TheoldArticle1(5)becomesArticle1(6).
TheoldArticle1(6)becomesArticle1(7)withthefollowingnewte:xt:
7*Until31December1982,butwithoutprejudicetoparagraph5»"the
institutionshalltakenodecisionplacingtheofficialsreferredto
'inparagraph 1onnon-activestatusundertheconditionssetoutin
Article41oftheStaffRegulations .