2006/491/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of  27 June 2006  determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment
Date: 2006-06-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, Secretary General of an Institution, contract, power to appoint, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU)

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 27 June 2006

determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority
empowered to conclude contracts of employment

(2006/491/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

the
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials of
European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of
other servants of the Communities, as laid down by Council
Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in
particular Article 2 of those Staff Regulations and Article 6 of
those Conditions,

officials and other servants of the European Commu-
nities, a new Decision should be adopted, determining
for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing
‘appointing authority’) and the
authority (hereinafter
authority
of
conclude
employment,
and Council Decision 1999/692/EC,
ECSC, Euratom of 20 October 1999 determining the
appointing authority for the General Secretariat of the
Council (3) should be repealed,

empowered

contracts

to

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under the first subparagraph of Article 207(2) of the EC
Treaty and the first subparagraph of Article 121(2) of the
Euratom Treaty, the General Secretariat of the Council
comes under the responsibility of a Secretary-General,
High Representative
common foreign and
the
security policy, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Secretary-
General’,
Secretary-General
responsible for the management of the General Secre-
tariat.

a Deputy

assisted

for

by

Under Articles 28 and 41 of the EU Treaty, Article 207
of the EC Treaty is applicable to the provisions relating
to the areas referred to in Titles V and VI respectively of
the EU Treaty.

Following the entry into force of Council Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004 amending the
Staff Regulations of officials of the European Commu-
nities and the Conditions of Employment of other
European Communities (2), which
servants of
among other things modified the career structure of

the

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

(EC, Euratom) No 2104/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 7).

(2) OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1.

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
contracts of employment shall, as regards the General Secre-
tariat 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 Directors-General of Articles 1a, 30,
34, 41, 49, 50 and 51; the Secretary-General is authorised
to delegate his power of proposal to the Deputy Secretary-
General;

(c) by the Secretary-General

in other cases;

General
Deputy Secretary-General.

is authorised to delegate his powers

the Secretary-
to the

(3) OJ L 273, 23.10.1999, p. 12.

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The Deputy Secretary-General is authorised to delegate, in
whole or in part, to the Director-General of Administration
any powers delegated to him by the Secretary-General as
regards the application of the Conditions of Employment of
other servants and the application of the Staff Regulations
to officials in the AST function group. Such delegation may
not extend to any powers delegated to him in respect of the
appointment and termination of service of officials and the
engagement of other servants.

Article 3

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

Article 4

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

Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 2006.

Article 2

Decision 1999/692/EC, ECSC, Euratom is hereby repealed.

For the Council
The President

J. PRÖLL