Recruitment notice PE/195/S
Date: 2016-08-26
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: competition (EU), executive, political parties, public relations, recruitment, servant (EU)








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26.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 311/1





RECRUITMENT NOTICE PE/195/S
(2016/C 311 A/01)
The European Parliament has decided to organise a selection procedure based on qualifications and tests for the purpose of establishing a reserve list to fill the post of:

TEMPORARY STAFF MEMBER


HEAD OF UNIT (AD 14)

(female or male)







Before applying, please read carefully the Guide for Candidates attached to this recruitment notice.




The guide is an integral part of the recruitment notice and will help you to understand the rules governing selection procedures and how to go about applying.







CONTENTS







A.


JOB DESCRIPTION AND ELIGIBILITY










B.


PROCEDURE










C.


APPLICATIONS










ANNEX:


GUIDE FOR CANDIDATES IN SELECTION PROCEDURES ORGANISED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT




A.   JOB DESCRIPTION AND ELIGIBILITY

1.   General remarks

The European Parliament has decided to open the procedure for filling a post for a temporary staff member (AD 14), head of unit, in the Directorate for Relations with the Political Groups.
The contract will be concluded on an open-ended basis. Recruitment will be at grade AD 14, first step, the basic salary for which is EUR 13 641,95 per month. This salary is subject to the Community tax and to the other deductions provided for by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (CEOS). It is exempt from national tax. The step at which the successful candidate is recruited may be adjusted in accordance with his or her professional experience. Moreover, in certain circumstances allowances will be paid in addition to the basic salary.
The European Parliament is an equal opportunities employer and accepts applications without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status or family situation.
2.   Job description

Working directly under the supervision of the Director for Relations with the Political Groups, the head of unit will coordinate the work of the secretariat of the non-attached Members.
Based in Brussels (1), he/she will supervise a team of staff and will be required to travel on a regular basis between and away from Parliament’s three normal places of work (Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg).
He/she will work closely with the other departments in the directorate in order to ensure that there is consistent and effective cooperation at all levels between the departments and will provide management with timely and relevant advice and information on matters coming under his/her responsibility.
These duties call for thoroughness, drafting skills, a high degree of confidentiality, the ability to analyse and summarise, forward-planning skills, diplomacy, the ability to liaise comfortably with people at all levels, public-speaking skills and the ability to lead a team and manage a budget.
Importance is attached to the ability to deal with a wide range of often complex problems, respond rapidly to changing circumstances and communicate effectively. Candidates must show initiative and strong motivation. They must be capable of working intensively on a regular basis, both on their own and as part of a team, and of adapting to a multicultural and multilingual working environment.
The head of unit’s main tasks in the Directorate for Relations with the Political Groups will be:






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organising and coordinating the work of the secretariat of the non-attached Members,










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following meetings of the Conference of Presidents with the representative of the non-attached Members and, possibly, meetings of the Bureau,










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attending meetings of the political group secretaries-general,










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drafting summary records of meetings and distributing them to the non-attached Members,










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organising technical meetings for the non-attached Members (allocation of speaking time, seats on parliamentary committees or delegations, etc.),










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maintaining relations with the Secretary-General of Parliament,










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ensuring that all procedures laid down in the Rules of Procedure and in Parliament’s rules are observed,










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providing technical support to the non-attached Members in connection with the exercise of their mandate,










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passing on instructions, objectives and information to staff members above and below him/her in the hierarchy; advising his/her superiors, colleagues and MEPs in the directorate’s areas of activity,










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taking charge of specific activities (multi-faceted technical, administrative, legal, financial, budgetary and other studies), carrying out medium- and long-term projects in the context of Parliament’s policies,










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providing specialised advice,










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acting as authorising officer by subdelegation.




3.   Eligibility

On the closing date for applications, candidates must meet the following conditions:
(a)   General conditions

Under Article 28 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, candidates must:






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be a national of one of the European Union’s Member States,










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enjoy full rights as a citizen,










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have fulfilled any obligations imposed on them by the laws on military service,










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produce the appropriate character references as to their suitability for the performance of their duties.




(b)   Specific conditions

(i)   Qualifications and skills required

Candidates must have a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma in a field relevant to the job description given in Section A.2 of:






—


at least 4 years’ duration, where the normal period of university education is 4 years or more,
or










—


3 years’ duration followed by 1 year’s professional experience in a field relevant to the job description, where the normal period of university education is 3 years or more. This year of experience will not be taken into account when assessing the professional experience required under A.3(b)(ii).




The selection committee will take account of the differences between the Member States’ education systems. Examples of the minimum qualifications required are given in the table included in the Guide for Candidates.
(ii)   Professional experience required

After gaining the qualifications stipulated under A.3(b)(i), candidates must have acquired professional experience of at least 12 years relevant to the job description, including 3 years in a managerial position.
(iii)   Knowledge of languages

Candidates must have a thorough knowledge of one of the European Union’s official languages (language 1): Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish or Swedish,
and
a very good knowledge of English, French or German (language 2). Language 2 must be different from language 1 above.
The selection committee will take account of knowledge of other official languages of the European Union.






Following the judgment handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union (Grand Chamber) in Case C-566/10 P, Italy v Commission, the European Parliament must state the reasons for limiting the choice of the second language to a small number of EU official languages.


Candidates are thus informed that the three second-language options for this selection procedure, i.e. English, French and German, have been laid down in the interests of the service, which require newly recruited staff to be immediately operational and to be able to communicate effectively in their daily work.


It has long been the practice to use mainly English, French, and German for internal communication in the European Parliament, and these are also the languages most often needed when communicating with the outside world and in performing day-to-day work. Furthermore, in staff reports for 2013, 92 % of all staff stated that they had a satisfactory knowledge of English, 84 % of French and 56 % of German. For no other official language did that figure exceed 50 %.


Therefore, in balancing the interests of the service and the needs and abilities of candidates, the European Parliament is entitled to require knowledge of one of those three languages to ensure that, whatever their first official language, all candidates are proficient in at least one of them.


In addition, in the interests of equality of treatment, all candidates, even if they have one of those three languages as their first official language, are required to have a satisfactory knowledge of a second language, which must be one of those three languages.


The assessment of specific skills in one of those languages enables the European Parliament to judge whether the candidates can be immediately operational in the environment in which they will be required to work.





B.   PROCEDURE

1.   Admission to the selection procedure

The procedure is based on 
qualifications and tests
.






(a)


A list of the candidates who meet the general conditions set out under A.3(a) and have submitted their applications in accordance with the arrangements stipulated and by the closing date will be drawn up by the appointing authority and forwarded to the selection committee with the application files 
(for further details see the Guide for Candidates)
.










(b)


The selection committee will consider the application files and draw up a list of candidates who meet the specific conditions set out under A.3(b).




The committee will base its decisions 
solely
 on information given on the application form 
which is substantiated by supporting documents enclosed with the form
(for further details, see the Guide for Candidates)
.
2.   Assessment of qualifications

On the basis of criteria laid down in advance, the selection committee will assess the qualifications of candidates admitted to the selection procedure and draw up a list of the 12 best candidates, who will be admitted to the written test.
In assessing the candidates’ qualifications, the selection committee will take particular account of:






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experience in managing, leading, motivating and coordinating multicultural teams of staff,










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experience in developing contacts with Members of different nationalities and from different political circles and in coordinating their activities,










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detailed knowledge of the functioning of the political groups in Parliament, of their dealings at all levels with the Administration and of their relations with the Secretary-General of Parliament,










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experience of budgetary and financial management,










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experience of a multicultural environment.




Marking: 0 to 20 points
3.   Tests


Written test







(a)


Drafting test in language 2 (English, French or German), based on a set of documents, to test candidates’ ability to perform the duties set out in Section A.2 and their drafting and numerical skills.
Time allowed: 3 hours
Marking: 0 to 40 points (pass mark: 20 points)




The six candidates who have obtained the highest number of points will be invited to the oral tests, provided they have obtained the pass mark.

Oral tests







(b)


Interview with the selection committee in language 2 (English, French or German) to assess, taking account of all the information contained in the candidates’ application files, their suitability to perform the duties set out in Section A.2. The selection committee may decide to test the candidates’ knowledge of languages as specified on their application forms.
Maximum time allowed: 45 minutes
Marking: 0 to 40 points (pass mark: 20 points)










(c)


Group discussion in language 2 (English, French or German) to enable the selection committee to assess candidates’ adaptability, negotiating and decision-making skills and performance in a group.
The selection committee will determine the duration of this test on the basis of the ultimate composition of the groups.
Marking: 0 to 20 points (pass mark: 10 points)




4.   List of suitable candidates

The list of suitable candidates will contain, in order of merit, the names of the three candidates who have obtained the highest overall scores in the procedure (assessment of qualifications and tests) and have passed each of the tests.
Candidates will be informed individually of their results and the list of suitable candidates will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and posted on the noticeboards in Parliament’s buildings.
The candidates on the list will be invited to interviews held as part of the standard procedure for filling head of unit posts. The list of suitable candidates will be valid until the post has been definitively filled, and recruitment will be at grade AD 14.
C.   APPLICATIONS

Candidates must use either the original or a copy of the official application form supplied with the recruitment notice in this Official Journal published by the Publications Office of the European Union.
Candidates are asked to read the Guide for Candidates carefully before completing their application forms.


Closing date for applications


The application form and photocopies of documents must be sent by registered post
 (2)
by 27 September 2016 at the latest (as evidenced by the postmark) to the following address:





EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT




Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit — MON 04 S 010




Selection procedure PE/195/S




(this selection procedure reference number must be quoted)




Rue Wiertz 60




1047 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË





Applications sent by ordinary post or through the internal mail will not be considered. The Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit will not accept applications which are submitted in person.

Acknowledgement of receipt of application files will be given only if an item dispatched by registered post is accompanied by an advice of delivery form.
Please DO NOT TELEPHONE to ask about the timetable for the procedure.
Candidates who have not received an email concerning their application by 15 November 2016 should write an email (PE-195-S@ep.europa.eu) or a letter to the Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit.


(1)  This post may be transferred to one of Parliament’s other places of work.

(2)  Dispatch by private courier company will be accepted as equivalent to dispatch by registered post. In such cases, the date of handing-in to the courier company as shown on the delivery form will be taken as the date of dispatch.


ANNEX
Guide for candidates in selection procedures organised by the European Parliament







1.

INTRODUCTION
8








What form does a selection procedure take?
8










2.

THE VARIOUS STAGES OF A SELECTION PROCEDURE
8








Receipt of application files
8








Assessment of compliance with the general conditions
9








Assessment of compliance with the specific conditions
9








Assessment of qualifications
9








Tests
10








List of suitable candidates
10










3.

HOW TO APPLY
10








General points
10








How should the complete application file be submitted?
10








What supporting documents should be enclosed with the application file?
10








General points
10








Supporting documents demonstrating compliance with the general conditions
11








Supporting documents demonstrating compliance with the specific conditions and assessment of qualifications
11










4.

COMMUNICATION
12










5.

GENERAL INFORMATION
13








Equal opportunities
13








Requests from candidates for access to information concerning them
13








Protection of personal data
13








Travel and subsistence expenses
13








ANNEX I
14








ANNEX II
17



1.   INTRODUCTION



What form does a selection procedure take?


Selection procedures consist of a series of stages in which candidates compete against one another. They are open to all citizens of the European Union who, on the deadline for submission of applications, meet the relevant criteria. They give all candidates a fair opportunity to demonstrate their skills, with a view to discrimination-free selection based on merit.
Successful candidates in a selection procedure are placed on a list of suitable candidates, on which the European Parliament will draw in order to fill the post to which the recruitment notice applies.
A selection committee, consisting of members representing the Administration and the Staff Committee, is appointed for each selection procedure. The proceedings of the selection committee are confidential and are conducted in accordance with Annex III to the Staff Regulations of Officials (1).
Candidates may not under any circumstances approach the selection committee themselves, either directly or indirectly. The appointing authority reserves the right to disqualify any candidate who disregards this instruction.
The selection committee adheres strictly to the eligibility criteria set out in the recruitment notice when deciding whether or not each candidate should be admitted to the selection procedure. Candidates admitted to a previous competition or selection procedure will not automatically be eligible.
In order to select the best candidates, the selection committee compares the candidates’ performance with the aim of assessing their suitability to perform the duties described in the recruitment notice. This means that it must not only assess the candidates’ knowledge, but also identify the best-qualified individuals on the basis of their merit.
Please note that selection procedures take between 6 and 9 months, depending on the number of candidates.
2.   THE VARIOUS STAGES OF A SELECTION PROCEDURE

A selection procedure comprises the following stages:






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receipt of applications,










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assessment of compliance with the general conditions,










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assessment of compliance with the specific conditions,










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assessment of qualifications,










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tests,










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list of suitable candidates.






Receipt of application files


Should you decide to apply, you must submit a complete application file, including the application form specific to the recruitment notice, completed and signed and accompanied by all the requisite supporting documents showing that you meet the general and specific conditions set out in the recruitment notice. Failure to do so will result in exclusion from the competition. The file must be sent by registered post by the closing date given in the recruitment notice. (Dispatch by private courier company will be accepted as equivalent to dispatch by registered post. In such cases, the date of handing-in to the courier company as shown on the delivery form will be taken as the date of dispatch.) The address and closing date for applications are given in section C of the recruitment notice.


Assessment of compliance with the general conditions


The Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit will check applications in order to determine whether they are admissible, i.e. whether they have been submitted in the form and by the closing date given in the recruitment notice and whether each candidate meets the general eligibility conditions.
Candidates will therefore be 
automatically eliminated
 if they:






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send their application after the closing date, as evidenced by the postmark or by the delivery form of a private courier company, or










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do not send their application form by registered post or by private courier company, or










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do not use the official application form specific to the recruitment notice, or










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do not complete the official application form specific to the recruitment notice, or










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fail to sign the application form, or










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do not meet the general eligibility conditions.






After the closing date for applications
, candidates will be informed individually if their application has been rejected.
A list of the candidates who meet the general conditions set out in the recruitment notice will be drawn up by the appointing authority and forwarded to the selection committee with the application files.


Assessment of compliance with the specific conditions


The selection committee will consider the application files and draw up a list of candidates who meet the specific conditions set out in the recruitment notice. It will base its decisions 
solely
 on the information given on the application form and 
substantiated by supporting documents enclosed with it
.
Applications must give full details of candidates’ studies, training, knowledge of languages and, where appropriate, professional experience, as follows:






—


as regards studies: the dates on which they began and ended and the nature of the diploma(s) obtained, as well as the subjects studied,










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as regards professional experience: the dates on which the periods of experience began and ended and the precise nature of the duties performed.




Candidates who have published studies or articles or any other texts relevant to the duties set out in the job description should mention these on the application form.
Candidates who do not meet the specific eligibility conditions set out in the recruitment notice will be eliminated at this stage.
The selection committee will inform all candidates by letter of its decision concerning their admission/non-admission to the procedure.


Assessment of qualifications


In order to select the candidates who are to be admitted to the tests, the selection committee will assess the qualifications of the candidates admitted to the selection procedure. It will base its decisions 
solely
 on the information given on the application form and 
substantiated by supporting documents enclosed with it
 (see section 3 below). The selection committee will base its work on criteria which it has laid down in advance, taking account in particular of the qualifications specified in section B.2 of the recruitment notice.
The selection committee will inform all candidates by letter of its decision concerning their admission/non-admission to the tests.


Tests


All the tests are compulsory and eliminatory. The maximum number of candidates who can be admitted to the tests is specified in section B.2 of the recruitment notice.
For organisational reasons, candidates may be invited to all the written and oral tests. However, the tests will be marked in the order in which they appear in the recruitment notice. Consequently, if a candidate does not achieve the minimum mark required in one of the tests, the selection committee will not mark the subsequent tests.
The tests of candidates who give up will not be marked.


List of suitable candidates


The maximum number of candidates who may be included on the list of suitable candidates is laid down in section B.4 of the recruitment notice.
The inclusion of a candidate’s name on the list of suitable candidates means that he or she may be called for interview by one of Parliament’s departments, but it does not constitute either a right to, or a guarantee of, recruitment.
3.   HOW TO APPLY



General points


Before applying, candidates should check carefully whether they meet all the eligibility conditions, both general and specific. To that end, candidates should first read the recruitment notice and this guide and take due note of the relevant requirements.
Although recruitment notices do not specify any age limit, please note that the retirement age for staff is laid down in the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union.

Candidates are required to complete the application form (original or copy) which is specific to the recruitment notice and contained in this Official Journal published by the Publications Office of the European Union.
Documents sent after the closing date will not be taken into account.
Candidates who have a disability or whose circumstances are such that they might cause difficulties during the tests (e.g. because they are pregnant or are breastfeeding, or because they have health problems or are undergoing medical treatment) must state that fact on the application form and provide any relevant information so that the Administration can take appropriate measures, where possible. If appropriate, they should enclose with their application form a separate sheet giving details of any arrangements which they consider necessary to help them take the tests.


How should the complete application file be submitted?










1.


Complete and sign the application form specific to the recruitment notice for the selection procedure concerned.












2.


Include a numbered list of all the supporting documents enclosed with the application.












3.


Enclose all the supporting documents required, numbering them first.












4.


Send the application file as specified in the recruitment notice and before the closing date given therein.






What supporting documents should be enclosed with the application file?



General points

Please do not send originals; only non-certified photocopies of the documents required should be enclosed. References to websites will not be regarded as constituting supporting documents. Printouts of pages from websites will not be regarded as certificates, although they may be enclosed purely to provide additional information.
Please note that successful candidates on the list of suitable candidates who are offered a job will be required to produce the originals of all the documents required before they can be recruited.

A curriculum vitae (CV) will not be regarded as a supporting document.

Candidates may not refer to application forms or any other documents already submitted in connection with previous applications (2).
None of the documents submitted with the application will be returned.

Supporting documents demonstrating compliance with the general conditions

No document is required at this stage to show that candidates:






—


are a national of one of the European Union’s Member States,










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enjoy full rights as a citizen,










—


have fulfilled any obligations imposed on them by the laws on military service,










—


can provide character references appropriate to the performance of the duties concerned.





Candidates must sign the application form. By doing so, they declare on their honour that they meet these conditions and that the information supplied is true and complete.

Supporting documents demonstrating compliance with the specific conditions and assessment of qualifications

Candidates must provide the selection committee with all the information and documents it needs to verify the accuracy of the information given on the application form.

Diplomas and/or certificates attesting successful completion of studies

Candidates must supply photocopies of the diplomas or certificates attesting that they have completed studies of the level required by the recruitment notice.
The selection committee will take account of the different education systems in the European Union Member States.
In the case of post-secondary diplomas, the most detailed possible information must be provided, particularly concerning the subjects studied and the length of time for which they were studied, so that the selection committee can assess the relevance of the diplomas to the duties to be performed.
In the case of diplomas relating to technical or vocational training, further training or specialisation courses, candidates must state whether the course was full time or part time or consisted of evening classes, as well as the subjects covered and the official duration of the courses.

Professional experience

Professional experience will be taken into account only if it has been obtained more recently than the required diploma or certificate. The supporting documents must prove the duration and level of the professional experience, and the nature of the duties performed must be described in as much detail as possible, so that the selection committee can assess the relevance of the experience to the duties to be performed.
All such periods of work experience must be covered by supporting documents, for example:






—


statements from former employers and the current employer certifying that candidates have the professional experience required for admission to the selection procedure,










—


if, for reasons of confidentiality, candidates cannot enclose the required evidence of professional experience, it is essential, as a substitute for that evidence, that they should enclose photocopies of the employment contract or letter of recruitment and the first and the most recent salary statements,










—


where the work has not been performed on behalf of an employer (as a self-employed person, member of the liberal professions, etc.), invoices detailing the services provided or any other relevant official supporting document will be accepted as evidence.





Knowledge of languages

Knowledge of the required languages must be confirmed by a diploma, a certificate or a declaration on the candidate’s honour, to be made on a separate sheet of paper, explaining how that knowledge was acquired.
If, at any stage in the procedure, it is established that the information given on the application form is incorrect or is not substantiated by supporting documents, or that all the conditions set out in the recruitment notice are not met, candidates will be disqualified.
4.   COMMUNICATION

It is the responsibility of candidates to make sure that their application form (original or copy), completed and signed and accompanied by all the supporting documents, is sent by registered post (3) by the required deadline, as evidenced by the postmark.

Applications sent by ordinary post or through the internal mail will not be considered. The Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit will not accept applications which are submitted in person.

Acknowledgement of receipt of application files will be given only if an item dispatched by registered post is accompanied by an advice of delivery form.
It is the responsibility of candidates to send a letter or email (4) to the Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit if they do not receive an email concerning their application by the date given in the last paragraph of the recruitment notice.
Any correspondence from a candidate concerning an application must quote the name given in that application and the number of the selection procedure.
All correspondence sent by the European Parliament concerning a selection procedure, including invitations to tests, will be sent by email to the address given on the application form. Candidates are responsible for checking their email account regularly (at least twice a week) and for notifying the Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit of any change in their particulars.
All communications concerning the selection procedure should be sent by email to the following mailbox:
PE-195-S@ep.europa.eu
If candidates are no longer in a position to check their email account, it is their responsibility to inform the Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit immediately and to provide a new electronic address.
In order to safeguard the independence of the selection committee, candidates may not under any circumstances approach the selection committee themselves, either directly or indirectly; if they do so, they may be disqualified.
Any correspondence for consideration by the selection committee and any request for information or other correspondence concerning the procedure must be addressed solely to the Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit (4), which will deal with all communications with candidates throughout the selection procedure until it has been completed.
5.   GENERAL INFORMATION



Equal opportunities


The European Parliament takes great care to avoid any form of discrimination.
It is an equal-opportunities employer and accepts applications without discrimination on any grounds such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status or family situation.


Requests from candidates for access to information concerning them


Candidates in selection procedures are entitled to be given certain information which specifically concerns them, as described below. The European Parliament may therefore supply the following additional information to a candidate on request:






(a)


those candidates who are not successful in the written tests and/or who are not among those invited to the oral test may, on request, obtain copies of their test papers as well as a copy of their personal evaluation sheet setting out the selection committee’s remarks on their performance. All requests must be made within 1 month of the date on which the letter notifying a candidate of the decision ending his/her participation in the selection procedure was sent;










(b)


candidates who are invited to the oral tests but whose names do not appear on the list of suitable candidates will be informed of their results in the various tests only once the list of suitable candidates has been drawn up by the selection committee. These candidates may also obtain copies of their written tests in the same way as outlined under point (a);










(c)


successful candidates will be informed only that they have been included on the list of suitable candidates.




Requests will be dealt with in accordance with the requirement for the work of the selection committee to be secret, as laid down in the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (Annex III, Article 6), and in compliance with the rules on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data.


Protection of personal data


The European Parliament, as the body responsible for organising selections, ensures that candidates’ personal data are processed in strict compliance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (5), particularly as regards confidentiality and security.


Travel and subsistence expenses


A contribution will be made towards the travel and subsistence expenses of candidates invited to the tests. Candidates will be given details of the arrangements for this and the rates applicable in the letter inviting them to the tests.

The address given on the application form will be considered to be the place from which the candidate departs to attend the tests to which he or she has been invited. A change of address notified by a candidate after the European Parliament has sent the invitations to the tests will not be taken into consideration, unless Parliament considers that the circumstances invoked by the candidate amount to force majeure or are wholly exceptional.



(1)  See Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1), as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1) and most recently by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 15).

(2)  These conditions apply to all candidates, including officials and other servants of the European Union.

(3)  Dispatch by private courier company will be accepted as equivalent to dispatch by registered post. In such cases, the date of handing-in to the courier company as shown on the delivery form will be taken as the date of dispatch.

(4)  Address: PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN, Unité concours — MON 04 S 010, Procédure de sélection PE/195/S,
60 rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË.
Email address: PE-195-S@ep.europa.eu

(5)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

ANNEX I


Indicative
 guide to qualifications giving access to function group AD (1) competitions (to be assessed on a case-by-case basis)







COUNTRY


University course of at least four years’ duration


University course of at least three years’ duration





Belgique — België — Belgien



Licence/Licentiaat/Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA)/Diplôme d'études spécialisées (DES)/Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées (DESS)/Gediplomeerde in de Voortgezette Studies (GVS)/Gediplomeerde in de Gespecialiseerde Studies (GGS)/Gediplomeerde in de Aanvullende Studies (GAS)
Agrégation de l’enseignement secondaire supérieur (AESS)/Aggregaat
Ingénieur industriel/Industrieel ingenieur/Master — 60/120 ECTS/Master complémentaire — 60 ECTS ou plus
Agrégation de l’enseignement secondaire supérieur (AESS) — 30 ECTS
Doctorat/Doctoraal diploma


Bachelor académique (dit ‘de transition’) — 180 ECTS
Academisch gerichte bachelor — 180 ECTS





България



Диплома за висше образование Бакалавър — 240 ECTS/Магистър — 300 ECTS/Доктор
Магистър след Бакалавър — 60 ECTS/Магистър след Професионален бакалавър по … — 120 ECTS


 





Česká republika



Diplom o ukončení vysokoškolského studia/Magistr/Doktor


Diplom o ukončení bakalářského studia (Bakalář)





Danmark



Kandidatgrad/Candidatus/Master/Magistergrad (Mag.Art)/Licenciatgrad/Ph.d.-grad


Bachelorgrad (B.A or B. Sc)/Professionsbachelorgrad/Diplomingeniør





Deutschland



Master (alle Hochschulen)/Diplom (Univ.)/Magister/Staatsexamen/Doktorgrad


Bachelor/Fachhochschulabschluss (FH)
Staatsexamen (Regelstudienzeit 3 Jahre)





Eesti



Rakenduskõrghariduse diplom Bakalaureusekraad (160 ainepunkti)/Magistrikraad/Arstikraad/Hambaarstikraad/Loomaarstikraad/Filosoofiadoktor/Doktorikraad (120–160 ainepunkti)


Bakalaureusekraad (min 120 ainepunkti)/Bakalaureusekraad (< 160 ainepunkti)





Éire/Ireland



Céim Onórach Bhaitsiléara (4 bliana/240 ECTS) Honours Bachelor Degree (4 years/240 ECTS)/Céim Ollscoile University Degree/

Céim Mháistir (60-120 ECTS) Master’s Degree (60-120 ECTS)/Céim Dochtúra Doctorate



Céim Onórach Bhaitsiléara (3 bliana/180 ECTS) (BA, B.Sc, B. Eng) Honours Bachelor Degree (3 years/180 ECTS) (BA, B.Sc, B. Eng)





Ελλάδα



Πτυχίο [ΑΕI (πανεπιστημίου, πολυτεχνείου), ΤΕI υποχρεωτικής τετραετούς φοίτησης] 4 χρόνια (1ος κύκλος)
Μεταπτυχιακό Δίπλωμα Ειδίκευσης (2ος κύκλος)
Διδακτορικό Δίπλωμα (3ος κύκλος)


 





España



Licenciado/Ingeniero/Arquitecto/Graduado/Máster Universitario/Doctor


Diplomado/Ingeniero técnico
Arquitecto técnico/Maestro





France



Maîtrise/MST (maîtrise des sciences et techniques)/MSG (maîtrise des sciences de gestion)
DEST (diplôme d'études supérieures techniques)/DRT (diplôme de recherche technologique)
DESS (diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées)/DEA (diplôme d'études approfondies)
Master 1/Master 2 professionnel/Master 2 recherche
Diplôme des grandes écoles/Diplôme d'ingénieur/Doctorat


Licence





Italia



Diploma di Laurea (DL) — da 4 a 6 anni/Laurea specialistica (LS)/Laurea magistrale (LM)/Master universitario di primo livello/Master universitario di secondo livello/Diploma di Specializzazione (DS)/Dottorato di ricerca (DR)


Diploma universitario (3 anni)/Diploma di Scuola diretta a fini speciali (3 anni)/Laurea — L180 crediti





Κύπρος



Πανεπιστημιακό Πτυχíο/Bachelor
Master/Doctorat


 





Latvija



Bakalaura diploms (160 kredītpunkti)/Profesionālā bakalaura diploms/Maģistra diploms/Profesionālā maģistra diploms/Doktora grāds


Bakalaura diploms (min. 120 kredītpunkti)





Lietuva



Aukštojo mokslo diplomas/Bakalauro diplomas/Magistro diplomas/Daktaro diplomas/Meno licenciato diplomas


Profesinio bakalauro diplomas
Aukštojo mokslo diplomas





Luxembourg



Master/Diplôme d'ingénieur industriel/DESS en droit européen


Bachelor/Diplôme d'ingénieur technicien





Magyarország



Egyetemi oklevél/Alapfokozat — 240 kredit/Mesterfokozat/Doktori fokozat


Főiskolai oklevél/Alapfokozat — 180 kredit vagy annál több





Malta



Bachelor's degree/Master of Arts/Doctorate


Bachelor’s degree





Nederland



HBO Bachelor degree
HBO/WO Master's degree
Doctoraal examen/Doctoraat


Bachelor (WO)





Österreich



Master Magister/Magistra
Magister/Magistra (FH)
Diplom-Ingenieur/in
Diplom-Ingenieur/in (FH)
Doktor/in
PhD


Bachelor
Bakkalaureus/Bakkalaurea
Bakkalaureus/Bakkalaurea (FH)





Polska



Magister/Magister inżynier
Dyplom doktora


Licencjat/Inżynier





Portugal



Licenciado/Mestre/Doutor


Bacharel/Licenciado





Republika Hrvatska



Baccalaureus/Baccalaurea (Sveučilišni prvostupnik/prvostupnica)
Stručni specijalist
Master degree (magistar struke) 300 kredit min.
Magistar inženjer/magistrica inženjerka (mag. ing.)
Doktor struke/Doktor umjetnosti


Baccalaureus/Baccalaurea (Sveučilišni prvostupnik/prvostupnica)





România



Diplomă de licenţă/Diplomă de inginer/Diplomă de urbanist/Diplomă de master/Diplomă de studii aprofundate/Certificat de atestare (studii academice postuniversitare)/Diplomă de doctor


Diplomă de licență





Slovenija



Univerzitetna diploma/Magisterij/Specializacija/Doktorat


Diploma o pridobljeni visoki strokovni izobrazbi





Slovensko



diplom o ukončení vysokoškolského štúdia/bakalár (Bc.)/magister magister/inžinier/ArtD


diplom o ukončení bakalárskeho štúdia (bakalár)





Suomi/Finland



Maisterin tutkinto — Magister-examen
Ammattikorkeakoulututkinto — Yrkeshögskoleexamen (min. 160 opintoviikkoa — studieveckor)
Tohtorin tutkinto (Doktorsexamen) joko 4 vuotta tai 2 vuotta lisensiaatin tutkinnon jälkeen — antingen 4 år eller 2 år efter licentiatexamen/Lisensiaatti/Licentiat


Kandidaatin tutkinto — Kandidatexamen/Ammattikorkeakoulututkinto —
Yrkeshögskoleexamen (min. 120 opintoviikkoa — studieveckor)





Sverige



Magisterexamen (akademisk examen omfattande minst 160 poäng varav 80 poäng fördjupade studier i ett ämne + uppsats motsvarande 20 poäng eller två uppsatser motsvarande 10 poäng vardera)/Licentiatexamen/Doktorsexamen
Meriter på avancerad nivå: Magisterexamen, 1 år, 60 högskolepoäng/Masterexamen, 2 år, 120 högskolepoäng
Meriter på forskarnivå: Licentiatexamen, 2 år, 120 högskolepoäng/Doktorsexamen, 4 år, 240 högskolepoäng


Kandidatexamen (akademisk examen omfattande minst 120 poäng varav 60 poäng fördjupade studier i ett ämne + uppsats motsvarande 10 poäng)
Meriter på grundnivå:
Kandidatexamen, 3 år, 180 högskolepoäng (Bachelor)





United Kingdom



Honours Bachelor degree/Master's degree (MA, MB, MEng, MPhil, MSc)/Doctorate


(Honours) Bachelor degree
NB: Master's degree in Scotland






(1)  Access to grades 7-16 of function group AD is subject to the further condition of having acquired at least one year’s appropriate professional experience.


ANNEX II
REQUESTS FOR REVIEW — APPEALS — COMPLAINTS TO THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN
Candidates who consider that a decision has adversely affected them may request a review of the decision, launch an appeal procedure or lodge a complaint with the European Ombudsman (1).
—   Requests for review

Submit a duly substantiated request for review, by email to the mailbox for the procedure:
PE-195-S@ep.europa.eu
within 10 calendar days of the date on which the Competitions and Selection Procedures Unit sent the email containing details of the decision in question.
A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible.
This option is available only at the following stages: admission to the competition and admission to the written and oral tests.
—   Appeals







—


Lodge a complaint under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (2), which should be addressed to:





The Secretary-General




European Parliament




Konrad Adenauer Building




L-2929 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG




This option is available at all stages of the selection procedure.
Please note the broad measure of discretion enjoyed by selection committees, whose decisions are independently arrived at and cannot be changed by the appointing authority. The selection committee’s decisions are subject to review only in the event of a clear violation of the rules governing their work. In that event, a decision by a selection committee may be challenged directly in the European Union Civil Service Tribunal without a complaint having first been lodged under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union.










—


Submit a judicial appeal to the:





European Union Civil Service Tribunal




L-2925 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG,




under Article 270 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 91 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union.
This option is available only in relation to decisions taken by the selection committee.
In the case of administrative decisions denying admission to the selection procedure on the grounds that the application does not meet the eligibility criteria set out in section B.1 of the notice, it is possible to appeal to the European Union Civil Service Tribunal only after having first lodged a complaint as described above.
Appeals to the European Union Civil Service Tribunal may be made only through a lawyer authorised to practise before a court of a Member State of the European Union or of the European Economic Area.




The time limits laid down in Articles 90 and 91 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union which apply to these two types of appeal start to run either from the date of notification of the original decision adversely affecting you or, only in the case of a request for a review, from the date on which you are notified of the selection committee’s original reply to the request.
—   Complaints to the European Ombudsman

Any European Union citizen can make a complaint to the European Ombudsman:





Ombudsman




1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman — BP 403




67001 Strasbourg Cedex




FRANCE




under Article 228(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in accordance with the conditions laid down in Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom of the European Parliament of 9 March 1994 on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties (3).
You should note that complaints made to the Ombudsman have no suspensive effect on the time limit laid down in Article 91 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union for lodging appeals with the European Union Civil Service Tribunal under Article 270 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  Reviews, appeals or complaints to the European Ombudsman will not interrupt the work of the selection committee.

(2)  See Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1), as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1) and most recently by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 15).

(3)  OJ L 113, 4.5.1994, p. 15.