1999/692/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Council Decision of 20 October 1999 determining the appointing authority for the General Secretariat of the Council
Date: 1999-10-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, Secretary General of an Institution, power to appoint, regulations for civil servants

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 October 1999

determining the appointing authority for the General Secretariat of the Council

(1999/692/EC, ECSC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the Euro-
pean Communities and the Conditions of employment of other
servants of the Communities, as laid down by Council Regula-
tion (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of 29 February 1968 (1),
as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1238/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 2 of those Staff Regulations
and Article 6 of those Conditions,

Whereas:

(1)

Under the first subparagraph of Article 207(2) of the EC
Treaty, the first subparagraph of Article 30(2) of the
ECSC Treaty and the first subparagraph of Article 121(2)
of the Euratom Treaty, as amended by the Treaty of
Amsterdam, which entered into force on 1 May 1999,
the General Secretariat of the Council comes under the
responsibility of a Secretary-General, High Repres-
entative for the common foreign and security policy,
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Secretary-General’, assisted
by a Deputy Secretary-General;

Article 1

The powers conferred by the Staff Regulations of officials on
the appointing authority and by the Conditions of employment
of other servants on the authority competent to conclude staff
contracts shall, as regards the General Secretariat of
the
Council, be exercised:

(a) by the Council for the Secretary-General and the Deputy

Secretary-General;

(b) by the Council, on a proposal from the Secretary-General,
for the application to officials or other servants in Grade 1
of Category A of Articles 1, 13, the second paragraph of
Article 15, Articles 16, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38, 41, 49, 50,
51, 78, 87, 88, 89 and 90; the Secretary-General is author-
ised to delegate his power of proposal
to the Deputy
Secretary-General;

(c) by the Secretary-General

the Secretary-
General is authorised to delegate his powers to the Deputy
Secretary-General.

in other cases;

(2)

A new Decision should be adopted determining the
appointing authority for the General Secretariat of the
Council and to repeal Decisions 63/2/Euratom and 63/
9/EEC (3),

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 150, 17.6.1999, p. 1.
(3) Council Decisions of 14 May 1962 determining the appointing
authority for the Secretariat of the Councils (OJ 5, 16.1.1963, p. 33
and p. 34).

The Deputy Secretary-General is authorised to delegate any
powers delegated to him by the Secretary-General to the
Director-General of Administration, in whole or in part, for
the application of the Conditions of employment of other
servants and the application of the Staff Regulations to
officials in Categories B, C and D. Such delegation cannot
extend to any powers delegated to him in respect of the
appointment and termination of service of officials and the
engagement of other servants.

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Decisions 63/9/EEC and 63/2/Euratom are hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 3

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 20 October 1999.

For the Council

The President

T. HALONEN