Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 establishing a European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
Date: 1994-02-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cedefop, Macedonia, non-profit organisation, seat of institution

COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

COM(94) 20  final 

Brussels,  02.02.1994 

Proposal  for  a 
COUNCIL JŒGULATÎON {EQ 
amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No  337/75  establishing  a European  Centre 
for  the Development  of  Vocational  Training 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  STATEMENT 

1.  This draft  Regulation  amending Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 337/75 of  10 February  1975 
establishing a European  Centre for the Development of Vocational  Training (CEDEFOP) is 
in  response  to the  call  from  the  representatives  of  the governments  of  the  Member  States 
for  the  seat  to  be  established  as soon  as  possible  in  Thessaloniki. 

1.1 

1.2 

Establishing  the  seat  of  the  CEDEFOP  in  Thessaloniki  will  entail  exceptional 
expenditure  and  changes  in  certain  items of  current  expenditure. The  exceptional 
expenditure  relates  to  staff  costs  (travelling  expenses,  temporary  subsistence 
allowances,  removal  expenses,  installation  or  resettlement  allowances)  and 
administrative costs (relocation  of departments, purchase of furniture  and fittings, 
installing telecommunications, informatics and interpreting equipment), which can 
be  put  at  between  ECU  3.5  and  4  million,  but  which  cover  neither  the  cost  of 
renting  premises  in  Thessaloniki  nor  the  cost  of  special  social  accompanying 
measures  for  the  staff  (e.g.  severance  payments,  unemployment,  voluntary 
termination  of service). 

The  changes  in  current  expenditure  required  in  the  light  of  the  present  structure 
of  staff  and  their  move  to  Thessaloniki  should  not  exceed  ECU  200  000 yearly. 
These  changes  are  generated  by  the  increase  in  expenditure  for  expatriation 
allowances for  staff  and for  travelling  and mission  expenses, which  will be  offset 
by  the  application  of the  weighting  applicable  to  salaries  as a result  of the  move 
from  Berlin  to  Thessaloniki. 

1.3 

As discussions are still in progress with the Greek authorities and as the move will 
be carried out in  one go, no accurate  estimate of the expenditure  required by  this 
move  and  its allocation  by  budget year  can yet  be made. 

2. 

In  view of  the  number  and  importance  of  the  agencies  newly  set  up by  a European  public 
law  instrument,  the  Commission  for  the  present  considers  that  it  is necessary  to  ensure  as 
much consistency as possible in terms of management of the staff of the different  bodies and 
to  allow  for  the  uniform,  harmonious  and  full  application  to  the  staff  of  these  different 
bodies  of  the  rules  and  regulations  applicable  to  the  officials  and  other  servants  of  the 
European  Communities. 

Proposal  for  a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 
amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No  337/75  establishing  a European  Centre 
for  the  Development  of  Vocational  Training 

THE COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular 
Article  235 thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the proposal  from  the Commission(,), 

Having  regard  to thé opinion  of the  European  Pariiament(2), 

Having  regard  to  the opinion  of  the  Economic  and  Social  Committee(3), 

Whereas the representatives of  the governments of the Member  States, meeting at Head of State 
and Government level, took  a decision jointly  on 29 October  1993 as to the location of the seats 
of  certain  bodies  and  departments  of  the  European  Communities  and  of  Europol(4);  whereas  a 
declaration  was  adopted  on  that  occasion,  regarding  the  location  of  the  seat  of  the 
European  Centre for  the Development  of  Vocational  Training; 

Whereas  there  is a  need  lo ensure  consistency  at  Community  level  as  regards  the  management 
of  the  staff  of  the  different  decentralized  bodies; 

Whereas  there is  consequently  a need  to  amend  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 337/75(5),  as last 
amended  by  Regulation 
repeal  Council  Regulation 
(ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No  1859/76 of 29 June 1976 laying down the Conditions of Employment 
of  Staff  of the European  Centre for  the  Development  of  Vocational  Training(7), as last  amended 
by  Regulation  (Euratom,  ECSC, EEC)  No 679/87(8), 

(EEC)  No  1946/93(6)  and 

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OJ No 
OJ No 
O J No 
OJ No C 323, 30.11.1993, p. 1 
O J No L 39, 13.2.1975, p. 1. 
OJ No L 181, 23.7.1993, p. 11. 
OJ No L 214, 6.8.1976, p. I. 
OJ No L 72, 14.3.1987, p. 1. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Regulation  (EEC) No  337/75  is hereby  amended as follows: 

1.  The third paragraph of  Article  1 is replaced by the following  text: 

"The Centre shall be non-profit  making.  It shall  have its seat in Thessaloniki". 

2.  Article  13 is replaced by the following  text: 

"Article 13 

The staff of the Centre shall be subject to the regulations and rules applicable to the officials 
and other servants of  the European Communities. 

The  Centre  shall  exercise,  in  respect  of  its  staff,  the  powers  devolved  to  the  appointing 
authority. 

The  Management  Board  shall,  in  agreement  with  the  Commission,  adopt  the  appropriate 
implementing rules." 

Regulation  (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No  1859/76  is repealed. 

Article 2 

Article 3 

This Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  third  day  following  that of  its  publication  in the 
Official  Journal  of the European Communities. 

This Regulation  shall  be binding  in its entirety  and directly  applicable  in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

BUDGET HEADING  INVOLVED: 

B3-1025 

Grant to the European  Centre for the 
Development of  Vocational Training 
(CEDFOP,  Berlin) 

LEGAL BASIS: 

Council  Resolution 
10 February  1975 

(EEC)  No  337/75 

of 

TITLE  OF  OPERATION: 

Amendment  of  Article  13  of 
governing  the  staff  regulations  for  that body 

the  regulations 

OBJECTIVE  OF THE  MEASURE: 

Harmonised  and  uniform  application  to  employees 
of this body of the regulations applicable to  officials 
and other  servants  of the  European  Communities 

Number  of people  affected:  76  (Berlin) 

FINANCIAL  IMPACT: 

Token  entry 

OTHER HEADINGS: 

Not  applicable. 

STAFF REGULATIONS  AND  CONDITIONS 
OF EMPLOYMENT OLOTHER  SERVANTS 
OF THE COMMUNITIES  (CEOS) 

CEDEFOP BERLIN 
(Current) 

* Table of basic salaries 

*  Annual  adjustment 

* Household  allowance 

*  Dependent child allowance 

*  Education  allowance 

*  Expatriation  allowance 

* Travel  expenses for annual  leave 

* Daily  allowance 

* Travel  expenses on taking  up/leaving  employment 

* Removal  expenses 

* Installation/resettlement  allowance 

*  Secretarial  allowance 

*  Weightings 

*  Sickness insurance  scheme 

* Pensions/Severance grant 

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The proposed regulation repeals the regulations governing the staff  regulations of the European 
Centre for the Development  of Vocational  Training, Berlin. 

By virtue of this proposal, the staff of  this body  will  henceforth  be subject to the CEOS. 

The  budgetary  cost  is  nil.  Staff  have  the  same  rights  as  those  subject  to  the  CEOS  but  are 
governed by different  regulations. 

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