Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities
Date: 2001-05-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, institutional reform, occupational status, recruitment, servant (EU)

31.7.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 213 E/285

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 laying
down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of
the European Communities

(2001/C 213 E/18)

COM(2001) 253 final (cid:151) 2001/0104(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 17 May 2001)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 283 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68
laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the
Conditions of Employment of Other
the
European Communities (1), as last amended by Regulation
(EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2805/2000 (2), and in particular
Article 52 of
the Conditions of Employment of Other
Servants of the European Communities,

Servants of

(3) The possibility of extending the duration of an auxiliary
contract beyond one year is justified in order to allow
the institutions to respond, when the interests of
the
service so require,
to the need to ensure a certain
continuity of service and/or benefit fully from the qualifi-
cations and training of the staff member concerned.

(4) The Conditions of Employment of Other Servants (Article
52) should therefore be amended in order to extend the
maximum duration of contracts for auxiliary staff to three
years,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, presented
following consultations with the Staff Regulations Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice,

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors,

Whereas:

to

rapid

access

providing

their duties (Article 3(b) of

(1) In all the institutions auxiliary staff are an indispensable
resources,
human
tool
temporarily unable to carry
particularly to replace staff
the CEOS). They may
out
also perform specific short-term tasks in accordance with
the high standards laid down in the Staff Regulations.
Auxiliary staff complement permanent officials in highly
specialised areas where
expertise needed is not
the
otherwise available.

Article 1

The Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of
European Communities are hereby amended as follows:

the

Article 52(b) is replaced by the following:
other cases(cid:146).

(cid:145)three years, in all

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from the date of entry into force.

(2) The possibility of extending the duration of an auxiliary
contract constitutes an useful element of flexibility in the
use of the institutions’ human resources.

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

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 7.