2005/118/EC: Decision of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the Ombudsman of 26 January 2005 setting up a European Administrative School
Date: 2005-01-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union, Court of Justice, European Commission, European Committee of the Regions, European Court of Auditors, European Economic and Social Committee, European Ombudsman, European Parliament
Subjects: EU body, European official, European school, in-service training, interinstitutional cooperation (EU)

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

COUNCIL

COMMISSION

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF AUDITORS

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION, THE COURT
OF JUSTICE, THE COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS AND THE OMBUDSMAN

of 26 January 2005

setting up a European Administrative School

(2005/118/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION, THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, THE
COURT OF JUSTICE, THE COURT OF AUDITORS, THE EUROPEAN
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE OF THE
REGIONS, THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN,

Having consulted the Staff Regulations Committee,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of
the
European Communities and to the Conditions of employment
of other servants of the European Communities, as laid down
by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and
in particular Article 2(2) of the Staff Regulations,

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC, Euratom) No 31/2005 (OJ L 8, 12.1.2005, p. 1).

(1)

The institutions should step up their investment in the
professional training of their staff.

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(2)

(3)

(4)

Greater inter-institutional cooperation in this field would
bring synergies in terms of the necessary human and
financial
resources while also reinforcing exchanges
between the institutions and the spread of common
values and harmonised professional practices.

The Secretaries-General of the institutions, the Registrar of
3.
the Court of Justice and the Representative of the Ombudsman
shall
lay down and, where necessary, modify the fields of
training to be covered by the School.

To this end, a joint inter-institutional body should be
endowed with resources for certain types of professional
training aimed at officials and other servants of
the
European Communities.

Selection Office

For reasons of economy and efficiency, this joint body
should be attached administratively to an existing inter-
institutional body, namely the European Communities
by Decision
Personnel
2002/620/EC of the European Parliament, the Council,
the Court of
the Commission,
Auditors,
the
Committee of the Regions and the Ombudsman (1), at
least during the start-up phase,

the Economic and Social Committee,

the Court of

created

Justice,

4.
At the request of one institution, body, office or agency,
the School may provide assistance to it in matters of training
expertise, against payment.

Article 3

Requests, complaints and appeals

Requests and complaints relating to the exercise of the powers
conferred according to Article 2(2) shall be lodged with the
the
in these areas
School. Any appeal
Commission.

shall be against

Article 4

Attachment

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

1.
The School shall be attached administratively to the
European Communities Personnel Selection Office, hereinafter
‘the Office’.

Article 1

Establishment of an European Administrative School

An European Administrative School is hereby established, here-
inafter referred to as ‘the School’.

Article 2

Duties

1.
The School shall implement certain types of professional
training on behalf of and in the framework of the orientation
decided by the signatory institutions to this Decision (here-
inafter ‘the institutions’) with a view to enhancing human
resources and individual career development.

2.

As requested by the institutions, the School shall:

(a) design, organise and evaluate training activities;

(b) facilitate participation in external training activities;

(c) carry out any tasks related to or in support of its duties.

2.

This attachment shall mean in particular that:

— the Office’s Management Board shall act as the Management

Board of the School,

— the Principal of the School shall be the Head of the Office,

— the staff of the School shall be assigned to posts belonging

to the Office,

— the School’s revenue and expenditure shall form an integral

part of the Office’s budget.

the Secretaries-General of

3.
At the latest by 15 February 2008, this attachment may
be ended by a decision of the Management Board taken by
qualified majority as defined in Article 5(6) of Decision
2002/621/EC of
the European
Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Registrar of
the Court of Justice, the Secretaries-General of the Court of
the Economic and Social Committee and The
Auditors,
the
the Regions, and the Representative of
Committee of
European Ombudsman (2) and provided that at
five
least
signatory institutions are in favour.

(1) OJ L 197, 26.7.2002, p. 53.

(2) OJ L 197, 26.7.2002, p. 56.

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Article 5

Implementation

For the European Parliament
The President
Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

For the Council
The President
Jean ASSELBORN

The Secretaries-General of the European Parliament, the Council
and the Commission, the Registrar of the Court of Justice, the
Secretaries-General of
the European
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the
Regions and the Representative of the European Ombudsman
take the measures necessary to
shall by mutual agreement
implement this Decision.

the Court of Auditors,

Article 6

Effective date

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2005.

For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

For the Court of Justice
The President
Vassilios SKOURIS

For the Court of Auditors
The President
Hubert WEBER

For the European Economic and
Social Committee
The President
Anne-Marie SIGMUND

For the Committee of the Regions
The President
Peter STRAUB

The European Ombudsman
Nikiforos DIAMANDOUROS