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COMMISSION REPORTTOTHECOUNCILON
THELOCATION OPCOMMUNITY DEPARTMENTS
INBRUSSELS ANDLUXEMBOURG
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Article10of.theDeoisionoftheRoprosontativen oftheGovernment ■
oftheMemberStatdaontheProvisional LocationofCertain
Institutions andDepartmentsoftheCommunities (MergerTreaty)
statesthat"theGovernments oftheMemberStatesarewillingto
locateinLuxembourg,ortotransferthereto,otherCommunity
bodiesanddepartments ,particularly thoseconcernedwithfinanoe,
providedthattheirproperfunctioning canbeensured*Tothis
end,theyrequesttheCommissiontopresenttothemannuallya
reportonthecurrentsituationconoerningthelocationofCommunity
bodiesanddepartments todonthepossibility oftakingnewsteps
togiveeffeottothisprovision,accountbeingtaken:oftheneed
toensurethe-properfunctioning oftheCommunities "*
Eachyearsince1908theCommissionhaspresentedareporttothe
Counoil^incompliancewiththeseprovisions.
Thisreport,theninth,desoribesthesituationattheendof
September1976.
I.STAFFEMPLOYEDINBRUSSELS
#AttheendofSeptember197^»*totalof6495offioialsandlocalstaff(admihistrative andresearchexpenditure)werepermanently
assignedtothevariousCommissiondepartmentsinBrussels.This
totalwasmadeupasfollows:
CategoryA 1706
LangUageServioe 885
CategoryB 1148
Category C2154
CategoryD 310
Localstaff 292
6495
RefiDoc.SECf68}3350finalof25October19^8.
Doc.SECi69)4897finalof17December19^9*
Doc.SEC(70)3681finalof27October1970.
Doo.SEC(71)4^84finalof20December1971*
Doc.SECf72]4493finalof4January1973*
Doc.SEC(73,I4390finalof3December 1973-
Doc.SECf74,14771finalof9December1974.
Doc.SEC(75,I4070finalof3December1975*

2*'AnumberofdepartmentslocatedinLuxembourg h&voassigned
BooeoftheirstafftoBrusselsforthepurposeofmaintaining
contacts.withdepartmentsinBrussels*
Theofficialsinvolvednumber47•fromthefollowingdepartments *
SOEC 29
9 ComputerCentre
Directorate-General forSoientifio and
TechnicalInformation and
Information -Management Λ
47
HoSTAFFEMPLOYEDIffLUXEMBOURG
AttheendofSeptember197^»'»totalof173$offioialsandlooalstaff(administrative andresearchexpenditure)w^reperaanently
assignedtothevariousCommissiondepartmentsinLuxembourg *
Thistotalwas-'madeupasfollows:
III.COMMISSION DEPARTMENTS LOCATEDIBTLOXEMBOURO
ι
1
ThestaffoftheDirectorates–Cener&landdepartmentsofthe
tommissionlooatedinLuxembotirgwasbrokendownasfollows!
i
I.StatisticalOfficet240offioials(92A,79Band69C)}
(1975*235offioials);(Note:afurther28offioials–13A#9B
and6C-coreassighed .totheBrusselsbranohoffice).
ft.TheHealthandJSafetyDirectorate (DirectorateV-F)ofthe
l>irectorate-General forSocialAffairs:67officials(28A,16B
iuid23C);(1975*7^officials).BytheCommissionDecisionof
31March1976*thetwoformerHealthProtectionandIndustrial
SafetyandMedicineDirectorate weremerged,maintainingthesame
t-esponsibilities inonesingleHealthandSafetyDirectorate.
i.TheDirectorate-General forScientificandTechnicalInformation
andInformationManagement:123officials(44A,23Band^6C);
(1975*125officials).CategoryB
Category C
CategoryD
LocalstaffCategoryA
LanguageServioe288
262
404
584
68
1736

4*TheDirectorates-General forCredit andInvestBentsi 78offieiala
(29Ar24B.21Cahd4D)l (1975 *72officials ).
$.SheDirectorate forEuratcmSafeguard **114offioials (29Ay.
56Band29C)j(1975 :113offioials ).
*6.Commission /European Investment Bask Liaison Offioe ,attached to
the Directorate –General for Econoaio and Finanoial Affairs s
3officials (3A);(1975 *3offioials )*
7*Information Office ,Luxembourg (Directorate-General forInformation )
3offioials (1A.1BandtC); (1975 *4offioials )*
8*Administrative depart sent aattached totheDirectorate-General
forPersonnel and -Administration :832offioials andlooal staff
(41A,262LA,99B,289C,56Dand85looal staff (apart from
thestaff paid ,outofthesooial service appropriations ); (l975*
815offioials andlooal staff ).
Itshould benoted that s
(a)TheComputer Centre ,except forthebranch offioe atthe
Brussels Terminal (lBand7C)tserves thedepartaents
located inLuxembourg andthose located inBrussels ;
(b)TheMedium -andlong^erm Translation Servioe ,attached to
the Offioial Publications Office under the provisions of
Artiole 8oftheDecision of8April 19^5 oftheRepresentatives
ofthe Governments ofthe Kember States onthe Provisional
Looatioq ofCertain Institutions andDepartments ofthe
Communities,' wassetuponthebasis ofanagreement between
the •Commission andthe Office defining thetranslation
capaoity needed tohandle alltranslation work requested by
the Office onitsownbehalf oronbehalf oftheCommmity
institutions .
The number oftranslators tobesad*available tothe Office
istherefore determined onthebasis Ofthis agreement whioh
Beans that the staff ofthe Commission *sMedium -andlong–tern
Translation Service inLuxembourg iskept under constant review .
Atthetise ofthemerger thetranslation service inLuxembourg
consisted of68Language Servioe staff ;itsstaff hasgradually
increased since then to262today .
9*Anumber ofdepartments located inBrussels have assigned some -
oftheir staff toLuxembourg toimprove contacts with thedepartments
located there ortotake upduties with bodies based there .A
total of27officials areposted onthis basis *
-ΛOneofficial from DOIIandtwoseconded from DGTill .

Secretariat –Gonoral
Legal Service
Security Offioe
Directorate –General forBud .gata
Directorate –General forFinancial
Control
Directorate –General forDevelopment
and Cooperation v
Directorate –General forIndustrial
Technological Affairs 17
3
4
3
27
IV.FUBLICATIOBS OFFICE
An"Official Publications Offios oftheEuropean C^aaranities nwas
established pursuant toArtiole 8oftheDecision oftheRepresentatives
oftheGovernments oftheMember States *Under aDeo ?siontaken by
theEuropean' institutions andbodies on16January 19&9 »thePublications
Office isdireoted byaManagement Committee consisting ofrepresentatives
ofthe five institutions and bodies .
TheOffioe wasgivdn 8additional posts forthefinanoifel year 1976
This Beans that ltdstaff (offioials andlooal staff )isnowasfollows !
During 197° Connnission departments gradually transferred tothenew
administrative building attheKirchberg .Thebuilding was
progressively occupied asthevarious sections were handed over by
theowner upon completion .(8C.
Category A
Category ^
Category Q
Category D
Looal staff13
100
85
8
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V. OFFICE AUD OTHER ACCOMMODATION 137LUXEMBOURG

-5-
Gradualtransferallowedthemovestobecoordinated
oloselywiththeeipiryofthepreviousleases,sothatdouble
rentpaymentscouldbeconfinedtotheperiodabsolutelyneoessary
torestorethepropertytoitsoriginalconditionunderthecontract*
Thesubstantialeffortneededinplanningandcoordination madeit
possibletooarry'throughthevastremovaloperationwiththeutmost
economy*
Afterthesetransfers,bytheendof1976,11outofthe14offioe
buildingsusedbytheCommissionhadbeenvaoatedt1216membersofstaffoutof1464hadbeenaccommodatedintheJeanKonnet
buildingontheKirchberg *
Theconferencecomplex,comprisingfiveroomsseating80tandone
roomseating200.alsooameintooperationattheendof197^*
Kl i
Theonlyoffidesnowrentedoutsidethenewadministrative oomplez
are1
-theComputerCentrewithastaffef152persons,alsosituated
*ontheKirohberg;
offioeskeptnearthemeeting-places oftheEuropeanParliament
andtheCouncil,forusebytheMembersoftheCommission;
asmallbuildingneartheJeanKonnetbuildinghousinga
DirectorateoftheStatistical OfficeoftheEuropeanCozaounities
•(46persons)j
severalfloorsattheendoftheacoessroadtotheKirchberg,
foruseby,theFrenchtranslation teamandtheirtypingstaff*
AsmallnumberofoffioesarestillavailableintheJeanKonnet
building.Theyarescatteredandcannotbeusedtohouseamajor
administrative unit.Forthisreasontheyhavebeensetasidefor
membersofthebranchoftheStatistical OfficeoftheEuropean
Communities nowinBrusselsreturningtoLuxembourg,andalsofor
newstaffattheComputerCentre,whiohisnowcompletelyfull*
fy1977*nofurtherofficespacewillbeavailableinthe
administrative building.
η ι
Moreover,theCourtofJusticeoftheEuropeanCommunities,situated
alongsidetheJeanMonnetbuildingandtheComputerCentre,will
shortlyrequireadditionalaccommodation .Thiscannotbeprovided
byextendingtheexistingbuilding,andtheCourtofJusticewill
thereforealsoeitherhavetobuild,ortakeoveranoutlyingbuilding.
ThequestionthusarisesofstartingworkOnthethirdseotionofthe
JeanMonnetbuilding,orpartofit.TheCommissionintendsto

exarainewitntEiCourtofJusti00whetherajoinVprojeot,possibly
involvinganexchangeofspace,couldbedrawnup"tosolve"both
^institutes *problemsinonefellswoop.
Attheendof197^1theEuropeanParliamentwasabletotakeover
almostalltheofficespreviouslyoccupiedbytheCommissiontothe
southoftheKirchbergmotorway.
InSeptemberconstruction workstar-tedonthenewbuildingforthe
EuropeanInvestmentBank.ThiswillalsobelooatedontheKirohberg
tothenorthofthemotorway.Theworkshouldtaketwoandhalf
years,duringwhiohtimetheBankwillvacatetheformerbuilding
inthecentreofthecitywhichhousedtheECSCHighAuthorityin1952*
dinoe1?T3tthoOfficialPublications OfficeoftheEuropeanCommunities
hashadabuildingcoaxtheLuxembourgstation,whiohmeetsitscurrent
needsandthoseoftheforeseeable future.
*
VI.OFFICEAHP'OTHEitACCOMMODATION DTBRUSSfilS
4*hemostrecentbuildingrentedbytheCommissionin1974madegood
theoffioeshortageatthattimeandmettherequirements arising
fromdepartmental expansionin1973and197&*Thesituationregarding
"buildingsinBrusselsthisyearthereforeremainsunchanged,asoompired
tfith1975.
However,sincemostbuildingsnowhavemoreoccupantsthanisdesirable,
rentingadditionalpremiseswillprobablyhavetobeconsideredin1977*
Shouldsuchrentingplansmaterialize ,theCommissionintendstofollow
theshort-andmedium-term programmeitpreparedandsubmittedtothe
CouncilofMinisters.
ThisprovidesforaregroupingofallCommissiondepartmentsnearthe
ftond-PointSchuman,inaccordancewiththefollowingscheme:
(1)BerlaymontwouldbetheCommission^representative building,
housingonlytheCommissionitselfandthedepartmentsdirectly
attachedtoitorthosemorespecifically concernedwiththe
EuropeanactivitiesofwhichBerlaymonthasbecomethesymbol.
(2)TheJoyeuseEntr^e/Cortenberg/Loioomplexwouldhouseallthefinancialandadministrative departments (Direotorates-General
forPersonnelandAdministration ,BudgetsandFinancialControl).
(3)Anumberofbuildings,locatedasnearaspossibletotherue
aslaLol,wouldhouseall„theso-calledoperationaldepartments.

This grouping would allow aany "buildings tobevacated ,whoee surface
area ,looation and/orsecurity hardly meet thestandards required for
Commission activities .
Itisregrettable however that sinoe nodeoision hasbeen taken
6nanofficial scheme forlocating theEuro poanInstitutions ,the
tommisaion istmablb tooutline anylong–term plans foritsoffioe
kcoomaodation inBrussels . ^ ,~
!tnaddition tooffibe requirements ,theCommission isseeking a
Ibatisfaotory solution totheproblem oforganizing conferences .
Aninternal working party hasstudied thereport ofaninternational
group ofindependent experts onthelooation andspecifications ofa
Conference Centre and selected the soheme considered beat .This
provided fortheconstruction ofacentre intheParo duCinquant entire ,
andtheCommission gave itsagreement tothis choice ,subjeot tothe
Belgian authorities giving thei^agreement .Since thelatter refused ,
andthevarious other sohemes have lost their relevanoe ,theCommission
isonce again obliged to"explore ways ofsolving theproblem .
VII .RESULTSANDPROSPECTS
1.Mention should feemadeoftheEuropean Monetary Cooperation FVmd (EMCF )
located inLuxembourg .Inacoordanoe with theDeoision of24July 1973
bytheRepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMember States , >•
(Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities NoL207,P«46,28July 1973 )t
theLuxembourg Government made available totheEMCP theoffices required
byitattheoutset .Failing effective implementation oftheEMCF 1,
noassessment canbemade with aview tocompleting thenecessary
administrative infrastructure ,?
6,Asregards theEIBLiaison Offioe ,theCommission intends totake
Mlnecessary measures toenable ittofulfil itstasks inoptimum
Conditions . i
I; >. i
3.TheCommission also intends toreduce thenumber ofoffioials
IntheSOEC br&noh office inBrussels tothose required tocarry out
'essential liaison duties with departments inBrussels ,byrestoring
'Borne ofitsdepartments there totheStatistical Offioe inLuxembourg .
4.TheCommission hasjust submitted aproposal tothetouncil andthe
European Parliament onthesetting upoftheEuropean Court ofAudit ,
established bytheTreaty of22July 1975 *Itproposes inparticular
that theseat oftheCourt ofAudit should beinLuxembourg .

laoosoltision,attentionrahoaildalsoIxsteatotheyear*®luajor
f^atur®forCornmni^institutionsanddepartmentsinLuxembourg.
Alarge-scaleregroupingofCommissiondepartmentsintheXirchberg
af*satookplaoe<>Atthesaioe"timeallthe131111411758andoffioes
occupiedbytheeedepartments,andscatteredthroughoutthecityof
I^Lxembourg,weravacated®Thiswasachievedthoughtheaotive
sriipportoftheLuxembourgauthorities,andhasprovedofconsiderable
btoafitintameofcommunications andthereforeofefficiency.