Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 : working document. Part VII, Commission buildings.
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

DRAFT GENERAL BUDGET 
of the European Union
for the financial year 2022

Working Document
Part VII

2021

Directorate-General for Budget

Draft General Budget 
of the European Union 
for the Financial Year 2022

Working Document Part VII 

Commission Buildings

COM(2021) 300 - June 2021

Draft Budget Working Documents

The 2022 Draft Budget is accompanied by thirteen ‘Working Documents’, as follows:

Part I: Programme Statements of operational expenditure

Working Document I contains, pursuant to Article 41(3)(h) of the Financial Regulation, Programme Statements, 
which are presenting the 2021-2027 programmes and their performance framework, and provide details on the 
resources dedicated to each spending Programme for the period 2014-2020.

Part II: Human Resources of the EU institutions and executive agencies

Working Document II presents information on the human resources of the EU institutions and executive agencies, 
and in particular for the Commission, both for the establishment plans and for external personnel and across all 
headings of the multiannual financial framework. Moreover, pursuant to Article 41(3)(b) of the Financial Regulation, 
it provides a summary table for the period 2019 - 2022 which shows the number of full-time equivalents for each 
category of staff and the related appropriations for all institutions and bodies referred to in Article 70 of the Financial 
Regulation.

Part III: Bodies set up by the European Union having legal personality

Working Document III presents detailed information relating to all decentralised agencies and Joint Undertakings, 
with a transparent presentation of revenue, expenditure and staff levels of various Union bodies, pursuant to Article 
41(3)(c) of the Financial Regulation.

Part IV: Pilot projects and preparatory actions

Working Document IV presents information on all pilot projects and preparatory actions which have budget 
appropriations (commitments and/or payments) in the 2022 Draft Budget, pursuant to Article 41 (3)(f) of the Financial 
Regulation.

Part V: Budget implementation and assigned revenue

Working Document V presents the budget implementation forecast for 2021, information on assigned revenue 
(implementation in 2020 and estimation for 2022), and a progress report on outstanding commitments (RAL) and 
managing potentially abnormal RAL (PAR) for 2020, pursuant to Article 41(3)(d) of the Financial Regulation.

Part VI: Commission expenditure under the administrative heading of the multiannual financial framework

Working Document VI encompasses administrative expenditure to be implemented by the Commission under the 
administrative heading of the multiannual financial framework (heading 7) in accordance with Article 317 of the 
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as the budgets of the Offices (OP, OLAF, EPSO, OIB, OIL 
and PMO), pursuant to Article 41(3)(e) of the Financial Regulation.

Part VII: Commission buildings

Working Document VII presents information on buildings under Section III - Commission, pursuant to Article 266(1) 
of the Financial Regulation.

Part VIII: Expenditure related to the external action of the European Union

Working Document VIII presents information on human resources and expenditure related to the external action of 
the European Union, pursuant to Article 41(10) and (11) of the Financial Regulation.

Part IX: Funding to international organisations

Working Document IX presents funding provided to international organisations, across all MFF headings, pursuant to 
Article 41(3)(g) of the Financial Regulation.

Part X: Financial Instruments

Working Document X presents the use made of financial instruments, pursuant to Article 41(4) of the Financial 
Regulation.

Part XI: Budgetary Guarantees, Common Provisioning Fund and Contingent Liabilities

Working Document XII presents the implementation of Budgetary Guarantees, the Common Provisioning Fund and 
the assessment of the sustainability of the contingent liabilities arising from budgetary guarantees and financial 
assistance pursuant to Article 41(5) of the Financial Regulation.

Part XII: EU Trust funds

Working Document XII presents the activities supported by EU Trust Funds, their implementation and performance, 
pursuant to Article 41(6) of the Financial Regulation.

Part XIII: Payment schedules

Working Document XIII presents summary statements of the schedule of payments due in subsequent years to meet 
budgetary commitments entered into in previous years, pursuant to Article 41 (3)(i) of the Financial Regulation.

Commission buildings

TABLE OF CONTENT

FOREWORD..................................................................................................................................................................................................4

1 

COMMISSION BUILDINGS FINANCED UNDER HEADING 7.........................................................................................................6

1.1.1 
1.1.2 

Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................................6
1.1  Buildings in headquarters.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Brussels.........................................................................................................................................................................7
Luxembourg................................................................................................................................................................15
1.2  Health and food audits and analysis offices (Grange - Ireland).......................................................................................................................................................21
1.3  Buildings in the representation offices.................................................................................................................................. 22
Publications Office (OP)....................................................................................................................................................... 25
1.4 
European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)........................................................................................................................ 26
1.5 
European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)...................................................................................................................................... 27
1.6 

2 

COMMISSION BUILDINGS FINANCED OUTSIDE HEADING 7..................................................................................................... 28

2.1  Contribution to Brussels and Luxembourg buildings from Research programmes..........................................................................................................28
Joint Research Centre (JRC)  buildings outside  Brussels................................................................................................................................................................................ 28
2.2 
2.2.1  Geel.............................................................................................................................................................................31
Ispra............................................................................................................................................................................32
2.2.2 
Karlsruhe.....................................................................................................................................................................34
2.2.3 
2.2.4 
Petten..........................................................................................................................................................................35
Seville..........................................................................................................................................................................37
2.2.5 
2.2.6  Annex. Expenditure and surface areas of JRC buildings............................................................................................... 39

FOREWORD

This document of the European Commission fulfils the requirements of Article 266(1) of the Financial 
Regulation (FR)1 in respect of Commission buildings (Section III), as follows:

1.  Commission buildings financed by Heading 7 of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), for

the following buildings:

-  Headquarters (Brussels and Luxembourg), including the buildings of the Administrative Offices, 

which are managed centrally at Headquarters’ level (Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in 

Brussels and Luxembourg, and the Office for Administration and Payment of Individual 

Entitlements),

-  Representation Offices,

-  Health and food audits and analysis offices in Grange,

-  Offices which manage their own buildings autonomously (Publications Office, European Anti-Fraud 

Office and the European Personnel Selection Office).

2.  Commission buildings financed outside Heading 7:

-  Research contribution to building expenditure at Headquarters,

-  Joint Research Centre (JRC) buildings outside Brussels belonging to the Seven Scientific Institutes, 

located in five different sites in Geel (Belgium), Ispra (Italy), Karlsruhe (Germany), Petten 

(The Netherlands) and Seville (Spain).

Buildings of Bodies set up by the European Union and having legal personality

Information related to the buildings of decentralised agencies, executive agencies, joint undertakings / 
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) bodies and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is 
presented in Working Document III - Bodies set up by the European Union and having legal personality and 
Public-Private Partnership.

For each body, the buildings section of the financial statement included in the Working Document III gives 
an overview of key data, such as the surface area of the building(s), annual rent paid, and host country 
support.

1 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018.

Foreword / 4

1  Commission buildings financed under Heading 7

Introduction

Article 266(1) of the FR requests that each Institution provides the Budget Authority with a working 
document on its building policy. This working document shall incorporate the following information:

a)  For each building, the expenditure and surface area covered by the appropriations of the 

corresponding budget lines.

b)  The expected evolution of the global programming of surface area and locations for the coming 
years, with a description of the building projects in planning phase which are already identified.

c)  The final terms and costs, as well as relevant information regarding project implementation of new 
building projects previously submitted to the European Parliament and the Council under the 
procedure established in paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 266 of the FR and not included in the 
preceding year’s working document.

This part of the Working Document concerns the building policy of the European Commission financed by 
Heading 7 of the Multiannual Financial Framework, and includes the following groups of buildings:

—  Headquarters (Brussels and Luxembourg), including those of the Administrative Offices managed 
centrally at Headquarters’ level (Offices for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels and Luxembourg 
(OIB, OIL), and the Office for Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO)).

—  Health and food audits and analysis offices in Grange.

—  Representation Offices.

—  Offices which manage autonomously their own buildings (Publications Office (OP), European 

Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)).

For each of these groups, the three fields of information requested by Article 266(1) of the FR are covered. 
The budget lines financing the buildings in each group are listed at the beginning of each group.

The areas shown are the above-ground area. This is coherent with the presentation used in the Working 
Document on Administrative Expenditure under Heading 7 (Financial Statements). The corresponding 
appropriations requested in the Draft Budget 2022 refer to the cost for the whole area (above and under 
ground) in the year and after deduction of assigned revenue.

For buildings having an "office space" designation and which include areas considered as "non-office space" 
(like conference rooms, IT rooms, etc.), the appropriations in Draft Budget 2022 have been broken down pro 
rata to the corresponding office and non-office above-ground areas.

For each building it is also indicated under which kind of contractual form it is occupied, or has been 
acquired, and the appropriations requested by the European Commission in the Draft Budget 2022.

In relation to the "Maisons de l’Europe" (in the Representation Offices), the areas shown are those occupied 
by the European Commission only, even in the cases where there is a common property with the European 
Parliament.

1.1  Buildings in headquarters 

III Brussels

Budget lines

20 03 01 01 - Acquisition and renting of buildings (Brussels)

O3 01 04 01 - Rents and purchases (Office for Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements) 

O4 01 04 01 - Rents and purchases (Office for Infrastructure and Logistics - Brussels)

Title 1 - Research contribution to buildings in Headquarters

a) Expenditure and surface area of buildings covered by the appropriations of the budget line

TYPE OF SPACE

BUILDING

TYPE OF CONTRACT

Office space

RENTED

J-27 (1)

Emphyteusis without option to buy

Subtotal Emphyteusis without option to buy

B-28
BU-1 (2)
BU-5-9 (2)
CDMA
COVE (1)(3)
COV4 (3)
DAV1 (office)
FPI (in EEAS)
G--1
G-12
G--6
J-59 (3)
L-15
L-51
L-56 (1)
L107 (3)
LX40 (1)
MERO (3)
MO15
N105
ORBN
PLB3 (3)
SPA2 (3)
Subtotal usufruct

Usufruct
tt
n
n
n
n
n
n
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt

AREA ABOVE 
GROUND 
(in m2)

AMOUNT IN 
DRAFT 
BUDGET 2022 
(in EUR)

12.413

12.413

14.767
13.024
23.356
19.297
0
0
2.117
1.866
11.783
16.060
16.201
108
17.237
13.660
9.288
25.817
7.606
11.660
10.991
9.182
24.463
14.865
14.304
277.652

4.781.531

4.781.531

3.348.857
1.728.386
3.355.947
4.704.522
4.029.870
3.678.535
230.828
1.120.036
2.016.679
2.421.639
3.364.971
2.375.237
3.515.018
4.423.826
2.473.423
9.040.267
1.895.475
2.603.642
2.449.540
2.502.663
5.590.821
2.657.256
4.857.129
74.384.567

Subtotal Office Space rented

290.065

79.166.097

OWNED

B232

BERL (5)
DM24
DM28
F101

Emphyteusis with option to buy not
yet exercised
tt
tt
tt
tt

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11.709

79.275
15.094
10.845
8.800

3.352.192

27.251.457
5.028.960
4.084.608
3.037.036

J-30 (3)
J-54
J-70 (3)
J-79 (5)
J-99
L-41
LX46
MO59
SC11
SPA3
VM18 (3)
VM-2
Subtotal Emphyteusis with option to buy not exercised

n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n

BU29/31/33

CHAR (5)
L102 (4)
L-86
Sutotal Emphyteusis with exercised option to buy

Emphyteusis with exercised option 
to buy
n
n
n

BREY (3)
BRE2
CSM1
COLE
L130
Subtotal owned

Owned
n
n
n
n

BU25
MADO
Subtotal owned by deferred payment

Owned (deferred paiement)
n

New areas planned

B-68
TR74
Subtotal new area planned

2.060
19.109
18.393
16.540
8.450
28.000
17.518
8.679
9.000
11.416
4.943
5.556
275.387

20.157

46.595
4.350
13.642
84.744

30.833
18.748
11.673
1.333
34.915
97.502

17.874
38.164
56.038

7.305
6.091
13.396

698.333
6.349.956
6.558.643
5.089.057
3.046.692
10.564.036
6.116.314
3.077.714
2.992.468
2.840.190
1.518.461
4.411.098
96.017.214

7.372.915

21.482.228
0
4.516.371
33.371.514

0
0
0
0
57.503
57.503

3.924.295
9.039.653
12.963.949

643.670
470.007
1.113.677

Subtotal Office Space owned

527.067

143.523.856

Total office Space (6)

817.132

222.689.954

NON-OFFICE SPACE

RENTED

DAV1 (non-office)
HOST (1)
KORT (1)
RP14 (Info-Point)
SRSS
Subtotal Non-Office space
rented

OWNED

BERL (5)
BREY (5)
CCAB
CC2.0

Usufruct
Rent
Rent
Rent

Owned
n
n
n

8

10.101
700
10.952
560

1.101.365
1.611.725
1.342.948
276.365
210.000

22.313

4.542.404

51.034
672
19.067
25.540

17.543.372
0
3.125.204
4.100.000

CHAR (5)
CLOVIS
COLE
J-79 (5)
L130 (5)
NOHE
OVER
PALM
WALI
WILS
Subtotal Non-Office space 
owned

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

3.099
5.571
8.622
295
485
16.973
2.600
3.692
4.457
2.544

1.428.768
0
0
90.766
0
0
0
852.401
0

144.651

27.140.511

Total Non-Office Space (7)

166.964

31.682.915

TOTAL EXPENDITURE (rounded)

Of which appropriations required in line

20 03 01 01 (C1)
O3 01 04 01 (C1)

O3 01 04 01 (C4)
O4 01 04 01 (C1)
O4 01 04 01 (C4)
20 03 01 01 (C4)
01 01 01 03 (C1)
01 01 01 13 (C1)
01 01 02 03 (C1)
01 01 02 13 (C1)
01 01 03 03 (C1)
13 01 02 03 (C1)

254.373.000
202.973.000

1.430.000
1.502.374

6.236.000
500.000
21.130.626
18.721.000
401.000
795.000
136.000
183.000
365.000

(1) This building is expected to be prolonged after the end of the current lease period.
(2) This building will be prolonged until 30 June 2022.
(3) Remaining surface given after deduction of surface used by third parties/agencies.
(4) Purchase to be made in 2021.
(5) For these buildings, total rent is split between office/non-office space; corresponding expenditure is calculated pro rata.
(6) Deducting the buildings expected to be abandoned in 2022 (BU-1, BU-5-9, G--1, G-12, VM-2), the total office space end of 2022 will be 747.353 m2. 
Moreover, Commission intends to rent additional space to Executive Agencies reducing the space occupied by the Commission to 730.853 m2.

(7) Total office space in 2022 (without CC2.0) is 141.424 m2.

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b) 

Expected evolution of the global programming of surface area and locations for the coming years
(building projects in planning phase already identified)

OFFICE SPACE:

- New Building Policy:

In order to achieve a green, digital and modern European Commission that offers a good working 
environment for its staff, a new Commission building policy, covering the 2022-2030 period, has been 
developed. It is articulated around the following axes:

o Make each m2 greener: replacing old buildings with new energy-efficient buildings, improving 
existing strategic buildings in order to reduce their carbon footprint and implementing energy 
saving and waste reduction actions. 

o Smarter use of m2:

■  Replacing the current office standard settings (individual, shared or open) with activity 

based office configurations, tailored to the team’s working methods.
Implementing dynamic settings (8 workstations for 10 colleagues) in order to optimise 
surface used, thus reducing the carbon footprint.
Implementing collaborative spaces that encourage interaction between colleagues.

■ 

■ 

o Clustering of DGs by thematic poles in order to break silos by increasing inter-service interaction 

and cross fertilisation between teams.

Implementation of the dynamic collaborative spaces (DCS) will be a key component of the real estate 
policy, allowing to reduce needs for office space to 712 000 m2 by 2024 and to 580 000 m2 by 2030.

- New buildings / Releases:

Market search will continue for new efficient and low energy buildings2. A call for proposals up to 
100 000 m2 for 2022-2025 launched in the first semester of 2021 includes the Rogier area for the needs 
of the Executive Agencies.

For the office surface occupied by the Commission, the overall reduction objective requires releasing 
other buildings/surfaces by giving up old high consumption buildings through leases expiries: BU-1, 
BU-5-9, MO34, G-1, G-6, G-12.

Sales of significant value are supposed to take place in 2023 and beyond. At the moment, buildings 
envisaged for early sale include BU29-31-33 and CCAB (2023-2025), whilst other sales are anticipated 
at a later stage (2027 and beyond). To this end, consultations have been initiated with real estate 
specialists to analyse legal modalities and financial impact of early sales of buildings contracted under 
emphyteotic lease or early termination of existing usufruct contracts. Depending on results of the 
analysis, sales may be further anticipated.

In terms of variation of the real estate portfolio, an exchange of buildings will take place in 2022 as the 
Commission will release the VM-2 to the Committee of Regions and take over its B-68 and TR74 
buildings.

2  L107 and L-51, delivered in 2021, are highly efficient (PEB B+ at the design stage).

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-  Renovation Refurbishing/Redevelopment of selected buildings:

In line with the ‘Renovation Wave’3 and in order to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, 
renovation is foreseen for Commission’s strategic buildings. Based on a holistic approach a “Simulation 
thermique dynamique ” study will be performed in order to define the relevant works to be carried out 
(e.g. replacement of the facade, roof insulation etc.). A number of buildings have been pre-selected for 
study - BREY, BRE2, DM24 and DM28. The first results are expected in the second semester of 2021. 
An estimated amount of EUR 38 million is foreseen for those renovation works which will, if carried 
out, be financed by a 20-year loan starting in 2025.

To improve the quality of available office space, preventive maintenance continues through “Bon Etat 
du Bâtiment (BEBA) ” programme, with a special focus on improving energy performance through 
periodic refurbishment and technical actions.

The redevelopment projects for both L130 and Beaulieu buildings are being carefully reconsidered, for 
the following reasons:

- 
- 
- 

- 

delay or revision of the Plan d’Aménagement Directeur around each project,
objective of both the region and municipality for increased residential space,
reassessment of the relevance of the project and its financial impact, particularly in the post-Covid 
context,
real estate strategy and underlying housing needs.

The decisions on both redevelopment projects are expected in 2021.

-  Negotiation of the extension of certain leases currently in force:

Lease extension may be used as an adjustment variable whenever needs change, not only because of its 
economic benefits but also because of its immediate effectiveness (e.g. possible delay of renovation 
projects andof new buildings availability).

Over the last year BU1-5-9 buildings have been prolonged until December 2021 with a possibility of 
further extension until June 2022, and the MO34 building has been extended until September 2021.

It is planned to abandon the “Genève” pole by 2023.

Negotiations for short/medium term lease extension have started for the buildings L-56, LX40, N105 and 
Covent Garden (Executive Agencies). The extension of the lease for J-27 is well underway. All these 
lease extensions are integrated in the budgetary programming.

3  Renovation wave | Energy, strategy; To pursue the ambition of energy gains and economic growth, the Commission 
published on 14 October 2020 a new strategy to boost renovation called "A Renovation Wave for Europe - Greening our 
buildings, creating jobs, improving lives" (COM(2020)662).

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NON-OFFICE SPACE:

The non-office space includes logistic warehouse, childcare facilities, conference centre.

-  Conference Centre: CC2.0

The contract was signed at the beginning of 2021 for a new conference centre to replace the Albert 
Borschette centre (CCAB building). The financing of the project will be ensured by two loans: one loan 
covering 50% (a tender was launched and a contract was signed), and another for remaining 50% is 
intended to be obtained from EIB once the developer has received the necessary building permits. 
Construction works should start in the second semester of 2021 with delivery planned for 2025.

-  Logistics: DAV/KORT

In the short-term, prolongation of leases are foreseen for DAV1 (logistic centre for mails distribution, 
printing facilities, etc.) and KORT (historical archives). In parallel, a feasibility study should be 
performed in order to determine the conditions for the development of a new Historical Archive 
building, potentially included in a more global Logistic Pole.

-  Childcare: PALM

OIB finalised the programme for the redevelopment of the PALM nursery building into a multi­
functional area and a nursery/afterschool childcare facility in 2019. The building permit has been 
delivered, and a works tender has been organised. However, a number of issues remain open, and in line 
with the review of the real estate strategy and the “new normal” needs (eg: nursery needs in a central 
location), the scope and the opportunity of moving forward with this project will be assessed in 2021.

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Surface area (m2)

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

Commission — OIB (Brussels) — Multi-annual planning of office space

Office space in ownership
Office space in emphyteusis with purchase option
Office space in emphyteusis without purchase option
Office space in usufruct
Rented office space
OFFICE SPACE - ONGOING CONTRACTS
Renovation projects
New and extended contracts
OFFICE SPACE IN RENOVATION, NEW AND EXTENDED CONTRACTS
Total Office Space (Commission)
Areas for executive agencies
OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION

EXPENDITURE (€)
Expenditure office space
Expenditure non-office space
Total expenditures (rounded)
Revenues from surfaces made available
Revenues from executive agencies
Other revenues
Total revenues (rounded)
Appropriations Offices (OIB/PMO)
Appropriations 20 03 01 01
Research contribution (Title 1)
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (rounded)

157.890 
358.190 
12.413 
189.782 

157.890 
363.621 
12.413 
213.429 

157.890 
343.464 
12.413
213.429 

157.890 
343.464 

157.890 
379.464 

157.890 
379.464 

157.890 
281.313 

157.890 
281.313 

157.890 
281.313 

157.890
281.313

156.740 

187.938 

173.634 

214.503
0000000000
653.706
-52.907
0
-52.907
600.799
21.262
579.537

694.094
-75.520 
75.000 
-520
693.574
20.198 
673.376

747.353
0 
0 
0
747.353
16.500 
730.853

670.943
-75.520 
0 
-75.520
595.423
21.262 
574.161

653.706
-52.907 
0 
-52.907
600.799
21.262 
579.537

727.196
0 
0 
0
727.196
3.147 
724.049

689.292
0 
36.000 
36.000
725.292
13.366 
711.926

653.706
-52.907 
0 
-52.907
600.799
21.262 
579.537

-75.520
635.468
19.167 
616.301

710.988
-75.520 

231.740 

214.503 

214.503 

718.275
0 
86.724 
86.724
804.999
16.595 
788.404

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

35.717.000 

28.598.000  31.683.000  33.620.000 

4.227.315 
10.737.489 
8.168.069 

4.067.561 
12.571.152 
7.883.150 

217.706.000  222.690.000 219.172.000  214.078.000  174.730.000  186.536.000  176.895.000  143.904.000  137.408.000  138.630.000
39.527.000  39.769.000
38.332.000  38.883.000 
246.304.000 254.373.000 252.792.000 249.795.000 213.062.000 225.419.000 216.339.000 183.610.000 176.935.000 178.399.000
4.855.856 
4.952.973
14.917.763  15.216.118
9.570.195
9.382.544 
' 24.522.000 r 23.133.000 r 27.885.000 ' 27.120.000 ' 26.936.000 ' 27.475.000 r 28.024.000 r 28.584.000 ' 29.156.000 ' 29.739.000
8.982.000
193.303.000 202.973.000r 196.075.000 ' 193.267.000' 156.129.000' 167.347.000' 157.106.000' 123.193.000' 115.309.000' 115.541.000 
24.137.000
20.277.000  20.601.000 
221.783.000 231.240.000 224.907.000 222.675.000 186.126.000 197.944.000 188.315.000 155.026.000 147.779.000 148.660.000

4.760.643 
14.625.258 
9.198.572 

4.667.297 
14.338.488 
9.018.208 

4.398.099 
14.223.568 
8.498.059 

4.575.782 
14.057.341 
8.841.381 

4.311.861 
15.241.339 
8.331.430 

4.486.060 
13.781.707 
8.668.020 

22.299.000  22.745.000 

21.013.000  21.433.000 

8.202.700  7.666.000 

39.444.000 

39.706.000 

23.200.000 

21.862.000 

23.664.000 

8.464.000 

8.298.000 

8.633.000 

7.975.000 

8.135.000 

8.806.000 

7.819.000 

c) Final terms and costs regarding project implementation of new buildings projects previously 
submitted to the Budget Authority (information procedure of Article 266(3) of the Financial 
Regulation)

In the period between the presentation of the Draft Budget 2021 and the present moment, the following 
contracts have been signed:

•  L-51: the usufruct contract was signed on 2 February 2021. The terms and costs mentioned in the 

note of 16 December 2020 to the Budgetary Authority are still valid.

•  L107:

o Rent-free period:

The usufruct contract was signed on 29 June 2020. The 19-month rent-free period announced in the 
Note to the Budgetary Authority and foreseen in the draft contract was reduced by 7 months to take 
into account the extension of the validity date of the offer (30 November 2019) until the contract 
signature (29 June 2020). The resulting 12-month rent-free period started on 25 January2021.

The table below presents the updated programming of expenses:

Basic rent (€)
Programming mentioned in the 
note to the Budgetary
Authority
Updated programming

o Fitting-out works:

2021

2022

2023

2024

0

0

4.761.182

8.292.619

8.425.301

7.382.291

8.178.031

8.341.591

The maximum amount foreseen for fitting out works, as mentioned in the note of 15 May 2020 to the 
Budgetary Authority, was EUR 20 997 887. It was changed to EUR 20 074 341 in an amendment 
signed on 25 January 2021. Taking into account the amount of EUR 2 923 600 covered by the 
owner, the maximum amount charged to the Commission will be EUR 17 150 741 (instead of 
EUR 18 074 287 mentioned in the note to the Budgetary Authority).

Considering the new ceiling, the schedule of repayments is updated as follows:

Specific fitting out (€)
Programming mentioned in the 
note to the Budgetary
Authority
Updated programming

2021

2022

2023

2024

2.200.749

2.200.749

2.200.749

2.200.749

1.146.515

2.116.276

2.250.917

2.191.301

Once the actual expenses are consolidated, the annual repayment amount will be adapted and a new 
amendment will be signed.

• CC2.0: the acquisition contract was signed on 29 January 2021. The terms and costs mentioned in the 
note of 21 December 2020 to the Budgetary Authority are still valid. The loan foreseen with the 
commercial bank has not yet been signed (awaiting the work permit). The annual interest rate offered by 
the selected tender is 0,64% (the same value was taken as estimation in the note to the Budgetary 
Authority). The offer has been prolonged till November 2021. The loan with EIB has not been signed.

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 14

1.1,2 Luxembourg

Budget lines

20 03  02 01  - Acquisition and renting of buildings (Luxembourg)

O2 01  04  01  - Rents and purchases (European Personnel Selection Office)

O3 01  04  01  - Rents and purchases (Office for Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements)

O5 01  04  01  - Rents and purchases (Office for Infrastructure and Logistics - Luxembourg)

Title 1 - Research contribution to buildings in Headquarters

a) 

Expenditure and surface area of buildings covered by the appropriations of the budget line

TYPE OF SPACE

BUILDING

TYPE OF CONTRACT

AREA ABOVE
GROUND
(in m2)

AMOUNT IN
DRAFT BUDGET
2022 (in EUR)

OFFICE SPACE

EUFO

BECH (1)

HITEC

DROSBACH wing A

DROSBACH wing B (2)

DROSBACH wing D (3)

ARIANE

LACCOLITH

BAT. TEMPORAIRE 
(JMOT/T2)

FISCHER

Emphyteusis with option to buy 
not yet exercised

Rent

Rent

Rent

Rent

Rent

Rent

Rent

Rent

Rent

19.856

29.550

3.925

6.123

10.912

6.481

13.624

11.291

15.342

3.124

7.741.000

13.581.000

1.413.000

2.432.000

4.032.000

2.237.000

4.987.000

4.708.000

0

1.350.000

Subtotal office space

120.228

42.481.000

NON-OFFICE SPACE

FOYER (Social activities)(4)

Owned

HITEC (IT rooms)

WINDHOF I (IT rooms)

WINDHOF II (IT rooms)

WINDHOF (Telecom rooms)

Data centre LUX - Betzdorf (5)

CPE I and II (Children care)

Rent

Rent

Rent

Rent

Rent

Rent

CPE III (Children care)

Rent with option to buy

CPE V (Children care)

Rent with option to buy

EUFO (Conference rooms)

Emphyteusis with option to buy 
not yet exercised

BECH (Conference rooms)

DROSBACH E-2 (workshop, 
storage) (6)

Subtotal non-office space

Rent

Rent

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 15

1.737

252

794

272

274

2.384

4.478

4.348

9.143

366

1.270

3.608

401.000

634.000

2.039.000

673.000

605.000

0

761.000

790.000

2.400.000

11.000

559.000

926.000

28.926

9.799.000

Of which

IT + Telecom Rooms

Conference rooms

Children care

Social activities

Industrial space

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

Of which appropriations requested 
in line

3.976

1.636

17.969

1.737

3.608

20 03 02 01

O2 01 04 01

O3 01 04 01

O5 01 04 01

assigned revenue

01 01 01 03

01 01 03 03

52.280.000

44.306.000

133.000

857.000

1.993.000

3.600.000

1.379.500

11.500

(1) 1.150 m2 concerning OP's premises in BECH are shown under the OP section of the WD.

(2) Surface adjusted according to contract. For the draft budget 2021 it was 10 406 m2.

(3) Surface adjusted according to contract. For the draft budget 2021 it was 6 500 m2.

(4) Inter-institutional building.

(5) Surface adjusted according to the contract. For the draft budget 2021 it was 2 115 m2.

(6) Surface adjusted according to contract. For the draft budget 2021 it was 3.625 m2.

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 16

b) 

Expected evolution of the global programming of surface area and locations for the coming years (building projects in planning phase already 
identified)

The programming of office space areas until 2029 can be summarised in the following table:

PROGRAMMATION OF OFFICE 
SPACE in m2 above ground (1)

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

EUFO
BECH (2)

HITEC
DROSBACH A

DROSBACH B
DROSBACH D

ARIANE

LACCOLITH
TEMPORARY BUILDING T2

FISCHER
Projet JMO-2 Phase 1 (m2) (3)(5)

Projet JMO-2 Phase 2 (m2) (4)(5)

19.856

29.550

3.925
6.123

10.912
6.481

13.624

11.291
15.342

3.124

19.856

19.856

19.856

19.856

19.856

19.856

19.856

11.291
15.342

3.124

76.653

3.124

76.653
33.100

3.124

76.653
33.100

3.124

76.653
33.100

3.124

76.653
33.100

3.124

76.653
33.100

3.124

76.653
33.100

Office space programmed (m2 )

120.228

126.266

132.733

132.733

132.733

132.733

132.733

132.733

NOTES

(1) Situation at the end of the year.

(2) 1.150 m2 concerning OP's premises in BECH are shown under the Publications Office (OP) section of the working document.

(3) Gross area above ground of revised detailed preliminary design (APS) approved in April 2018, excl. conference centre, to be delivered end of February 2023.

(4) Gross area above ground of revised detailed preliminary design (APD) approved in April 2018, excl. welcome pavilion to be delivered end of February 2024.

(5) According to the initial JMO2 delivery schedule, as provided in Amendment n°2 to the project management contract, and communicated to the Budgetary Authority in August 2018. The 
initial schedule does not yet take into account delays related notably to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission will inform the Budgetary Authority on a possible revised delivery 
schedule in due time in the course of 2021.

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 17

The need for appropriations for office space until 2029 is shown in the table below:

PROGRAMMATION OF
APPROPRIATION NEEDED IN € (1)

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

EUFO
BECH

HITEC
DROSBACH A
DROSBACH B

DROSBACH D

ARIANE
LACCOLITH
TEMPORARY BUILDING T2 (2)

FISCHER
Projet JMO-2 Phase 1 (3)

Projet JMO-2 Phase 2 (3)

APPROPRIATION FOR RENTAL
COSTS

NOTES

7.741.000

7.896.000

8.054.000

8.215.000

8.379.000

8.547.000

8.718.000

8.892.000

13.581.000
1.413.000

2.432.000
4.032.000

9.235.000
961.000

1.654.000
2.742.000

2.237.000

1.521.000

4.987.000
4.708.000

3.391.000
4.802.000
1.495.000

" 

1.350.000

1.377.000

3.265.000

3.050.000
1.405.000

1.433.000

1.462.000

1.491.000

1.521.000

1.551.000

14.000.000

16.800.000

16.800.000

16.800.000

16.800.000

16.800.000

16.800.000

5.200.000

6.240.000

6.240.000

6.240.000

6.240.000

6.240.000

42.481.000

49.074.000

37.774.000

32.688.000

32.881.000

33.078.000

33.279.000

33.483.000

(1) Indexation rate 2% for rent as from 2023. For the JMO-2, annual costs are estimated based on the total cost of the project and are not subject to indexation. For EUFO, the amounts are 
taken from the financial lease table where all amounts are fixed till the end of the contract.

(2) In accordance with the agreement of December 2015, the rent is nil until 6 months after the delivery of the JMO-2 building, phase 1. By prudence, in this table, the rent is foreseen from 

September 2023 on, according to the initial delivery date of phase 1 of the JMO2.

(3) According to the initial JMO2 delivery schedule, as provided in Amendment n°2 to the project management contract, and communicated to the Budgetary Authority in August 2018. The 

initial schedule does not yet take into account delays related notably to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission will inform the Budgetary Authority on a possible revised delivery 
schedule. in due time, in the course of 2021.

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 18

NON OFFICE SPACE 

CPE-6

The Centre Polyvalent de l’Enfance interinstitutionnel (CPE - Interinstitutional Children’s Centre) 
comprises three buildings: CPE-1 (garderie), CPE-2 (crèche) and CPE-3 (Study Centre) on the Kirchberg 
site close to European School Luxembourg I, and the CPE-5 (crèche/garderie/Study Centre) on the 
Bertrange-Mamer site close to European School Luxembourg II.

The Commission has been renting the building which houses the garderie (CPE-1) from the Luxembourg 
State’s Administration des Bâtiments Publics (ABP) since 1984. It is arriving at its technical age limit. There 
is currently no building of this kind on the property market which is close enough to the European School 
Luxembourg I and CPE-3 (essential for the proper functioning of these structures).

Owing to the current state of the building and the cost of its potentialial renovation, the ABP has proposed 
that it be replaced by a new CPE-6 building with a floor area of approximately 7 000 m2 (above and below 
ground) on a plot next to the CPE-3 building. The total capacity sought in the CPE-6 building is 550 places. 
The building would initially be rented, with an option to purchase.

A pre-information note has been submitted to the Budgetary Authority on 26 March 2021.

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 19

c) 

Final terms and costs regarding project implementation of new buildings projects previously 
submitted to the Budget Authority (information procedure of Article 266(3) of the Financial 
Regulation)

Jean Monnet 2

In July 2013, a contract was signed between the Luxembourg State and the Commission for the pre­
financing, construction, handover and sale of the future Jean Monnet 2 (JMO2) building with the 
approval of the Budgetary Authority.

The project had to be revised following the Commission’s request for additional security measures. A 
new detailed preliminary design (APD) was consolidated in April 2018.

The Commission presented a revision of the delivery schedule with an extension of the budget to the 
Budgetary Authority in August 2018. The revision was approved by the Budget Authority in September 
2018.

The status of the project is as follows:

■  Start of excavation works: March 2018.

■  Structural works on phase 1: Ongoing since October 2019.

■  Structural works on phase 2: Ongoing since March 2020.
■  Complete demolition of the JMO building: end of May 2020.

■  Out of the 38 lots to be procured for the construction of the building, 7 were awarded, 11 are in the

course of being awarded, 5 are published and 4 are in the process  of being published. 9  lots  are in the

final study phase and should be published in 2021. 2 lots are in  an early  study phase and should  be

published in 2022.

■  Initial delivery date of construction phase 1 (main building): end of February 2023.

76 653 m2 gross area above ground, and 3 749 m2 for a conference centre

■  Initial delivery date of construction phase 2 (tower) and 2a (welcome centre): February 2024.

33 100 m2 gross area above ground and 3 737 m2 for the welcome centre.

■  The project also foresees 5 873 m2 of storage/workshops.

The COVID-19 outbreak had a significant impact on the progress of the JMO2 construction as well as 

on the publication and award of the associated calls for tender. It resulted in:

- 

- 

- 

a total shutdown of works for 30 days between March and April  2020;

a slower pace of the construction works since the return to work  in April 2020;

unexpected additional costs (in particular related to COVID-19 protection measures).

At the end of the first semester 2021, the core construction lots should have been awarded, which will 

give a more accurate indication of the construction’s costs and schedule of works.

A revised delivery schedule will be established, taking into account the delay resulting from the 

COVID-19 outbreak and the contracts awarded in the second semester 2021. The Commission will 

inform the Budgetary Authority in due time of the revised schedule and, if relevant, any budgetary 

impact.

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 20

The framework agreement with Luxembourg regarding the construction of JMO2 allows the 
Commission to make advance payments. The Commission made the following payments in the past 
years (by redeployment of existing appropriations):

2017
2018
2019
2020
TOTAL

4 625 000,00
51 291 970,00
6 642 319,00
44 538 273,54
107 097 562,54

1.2  Health and food audits and analysis offices (Grange - Ireland)

Budget line 20 03 03 01 - Acquisition and renting of buildings (Grange)

a) Expenditure and surface area of buildings covered by the appropriations of the budget line

TYPE OF SPACE

BUILDING

AREA ABOVE 
GROUND 
(in m2)

TYPE OF CONTRACT

AMOUNT IN DRAFT 
BUDGET 2022 (in EUR)

OFFICE SPACE

Main Building

Subtotal office space

NON-OFFICE SPACE

Outbuildings

Crèche

Subtotal non-office space

9.114

9.114

600

296

896

Purchase Lease option 
will be exercised in 2022

II

II

TOTAL PURCHASE INSTALMENTS IN BUDGET LINE 20 03 03 01 (*)

95.000

95.000

0

0

0

95.000

(*) The lease specifies neither a cost per m2 nor a breakdown of costs per building, therefore the expenditure for all building on the Grange site 
has been spread according to the area of each building.

The lease will expire in 2022, and the option to purchase the building in Grange will be exercised at this 
stage.

b) 

Expected evolution of the global programming of surface area and locations for the coming years 
(building projects in planning phase already identified)

There are no plans to extend or reduce the area on the Grange site.

c) 

Final terms and costs regarding project implementation of new buildings projects previously 
submitted to the Budget Authority (information procedure of Article 266(3) of the Financial 
Regulation)

In the period between the presentation of the Draft Budget 2021 and the present moment, no such projects 
have been submitted to the Budget Authority.

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 21

1.3  Buildings in the representation offices

Budget line 20 03 04 01 - Acquisition and renting of buildings (Commission Representations)

a) Expenditure and surface area of buildings covered by the appropriations of the budget line

TYPE OF 
SPACE

BUILDING

AREA 
ABOVE 
GROUND 
(in m2)

out of
which
INFO
POINT
(in m2)

out of which
EUROPEAN
PUBLIC
SPACE
(in m2)

OFFICE
SPACE

Brussels
Subtotal Purchase 
instalments
Athens
Barcelona
Berlin
Bonn
Bratislava
Bucharest
Dublin
Helsinki
Ljubljana
Luxembourg (1)
Madrid
Milan
Munich
Paris (2)
Prague
Riga
Rome
Stockholm
Tallinn
Warsaw
Vilnius
Wroclaw
Zagreb

Subtotal Rent

Budapest
Copenhagen
The Hague
La Valetta
Nicosia
Lisbon
Marseille
Milan 3rd and 4 th 
floor
Sofia
Vienna

Subtotal owned

717

717

900
510
1 814
641
739
1 572
842
1 102
1 283
573
1 589
588
362
1 166
853
1 233
1 970
980
731
1 120
1 111
561
1 026

23 266
1 104
885
961
601
873
1 340
378

360

1 350
1 335

9 187

0

0

0
0
73
0
71
137
8
105
160
110
68
0
0
0
68
0
0
0
0
44
126
130
114

1 214
0
0
48
8
15
30
0

0

64
0

165

Subtotal 
office space
EP = European Parliament 
EC= European Commission

33 170

1 379

TYPE OF 
CONTRACT

Purchase instalments

Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent

0

0

144
0
239
0
0
220
97
114
0
0
139
0
0
0
139
110
326
203
125
0
0
0
0

1 856

0

210 Owned by EC and EP
Owned by EC and EP
66 Owned by EC and EP
Owned by EC and EP
Owned by EC and EP
Owned by the EC
Owned by the EC

0
43
0
0

0

Owned by the EC

Owned by EC and EP
165
252 Owned by EC and EP

736

2 592

AMOUNT
IN DRAFT
BUDGET
2021
(in EUR)

280.000

280.000

303.048
205.796
1.462.128
168.242
230.074
426.461
377.425
413.288
207.307
494.153
828.070
93.393
107.739
1.855.138
243.042
309.845
750.000
949.485
184.572
451.145
245.972
184.572
295.081

10.785.975
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0

359.230
298.000

657.230

11.723.205

(1)  managed by OIL (assumption Representation stays in current premises and takes over EP surfaces after their move to KAD)
(2) The Representation is expected to remain in the current premises until at least end of FR presidency; new buiding still to be determined. The amount 
retained for rent is in adequation with this scenario.

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 22

TYPE OF 
SPACE

BUILDING

Number of
parkings or 
storage 
boxes

out of which
INFO 
POINT 
(in m2)

out of which 
EUROPEAN 
PUBLIC 
SPACE 
(in m2)

TYPE OF 
CONTRACT

AMOUNT 
IN DRAFT 
BUDGET 
2021 
(in EUR)

NON-OFFICE
SPACE

Athens parking
Barcelona parking
Bratislava parking (3)
Copenhagen parking
The Hague parking
La Valetta parking
Lisbon parking
Ljubljana parking
Luxembourg parking
Paris parking
Rome
Sofia parking
Tallinn
Vienne parking
Vilnius storage
Zagreb parking

6
2
1
9
11
15
8
17
9
4
3
1
1
6
1
5

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent
Rent

Subtotal non­
office space

TOTAL RENT, CONSTRUCTION, PURCHASE AND NON-PURCHASE INSTALMENTS IN
BUDGET LINE 20 03 04 01
(3) included in the rent

12.537
2.446
0
19.820
48.681
9.769
14.449
28.613
26.452
8.193
4.577
2.667
3.261
11.729
6.565
17.750

217.509

11.941.000

b) Expected evolution of the global programming of surface area and locations for the coming years 

(building projects in planning phase already identified)

The evolution of the surface area depends on the results of market searches for locations for which lease 
contracts expire. However, it is not possible to predict the results at this stage; therefore the information 
provided is limited to the indication of end date of lease contracts and expected date of starting the market 
search.

Building

Event

Date

Rome
Paris
Athens
Prague
Madrid
Zagreb
Warsaw
Stockholm
Bratislava
Riga

Expiry of lease contract
Expiry of lease contract
Expiry of lease contract
Expiry of lease contract
Expiry of lease contract
Expiry of lease contract
Expiry of lease contract
Expiry of lease contract
Expiry of lease contract
Expiry of lease contract

31-12-2021
31-01-2022
31-12-2022
31-12-2022
28-02-2023
30-06-2023
15-03-2024
31-03-2024
30-06-2024
30-11-2024

Planning of 
market 
prospection

ongoing
ongoing
Q3/Q4 2021
ongoing
ongoing
Q3/Q4 2021
ongoing
ongoing
ongoing
ongoing

Institution 
in charge

Areas concerned by the 
event (m2)

EP
EP
EC
EP
EP
EP
EP
EP
EP
EP

1970
1166
1044
1060
1796
1140
1164
1183
810
1343

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 23

c) Final terms and costs regarding project implementation of new buildings projects previously 
submitted to the Budget Authority (information procedure of Article 266(3) of the Financial 
Regulation)

On 12 February 2021, the Commission presented the file regarding the extension of the lease contract in 
Stockholm. After budget authority approval, the amendment was signed on 30 March 2021.

As compared to the draft contract presented to the budget authority, the following clauses have been 
removed from the final contract (in favour of the Institutions):

-  In the event of a reduction in the index value in any month of October compared with that in force on the 

last occasion of the change in the rent referred to in this paragraph, the previous index supplement shall 

remain unchanged.

-  In the event that the Tax Agency finds that the compensationis subject to VAT, the tenant must pay the 

statutory VAT in addition to the amount of the compensation.

Commission buildings financed under Heading 7/ 24

1.4 

Publications Office (OP)

Budget line O1 01 04 01 - Rents and purchases

a) 

Expenditure and surface area of buildings covered by the appropriations of the budget line

TYPE OF CONTRACT

AMOUNT IN 
DRAFT 
BUDGET 2022 
(in EUR)

TYPE OF SPACE

BUILDING

OFFICE SPACE

Mercier/Euroffice (Luxembourg)

Post (Luxembourg, new premises)

Bech (Luxembourg)

VM 18 (Brussels)

AREA 
ABOVE 
GROUND 
(in m2)

19.626

15.361

1.150

2.815

Rent

Rent

Rent

Long lease with option to purchase not 
yet exercised

Subtotal office space

38.952

NON-OFFICE
SPACE

Parking Wedel (Luxembourg)

EUFO (Luxembourg, back-up Data 
Centre)

40

100

VM 18 (Brussels, archiving space)

1.157

Rent

Long lease with option to purchase not 
yet exercised

Long lease with option to purchase not 
yet exercised

VM 18 (Brussels, 3 parking spaces)

38

Long lease with option to purchase not 
yet exercised

Subtotal non-office space

1.335

TOTAL RENT, NON-PURCHASE AND PURCHASE 
INSTALMENTS IN BUDGET LINE O1 01 04 01

40.287

7.660.000

1.300.000

550.000

805.000

10.315.000

14.000

46.700

165.500

4.800

231.000

10.546.000

b) 

Expected evolution of the global programming of surface area and locations for the coming years 
(building projects in planning phase already identified)

TYPE OF 
SPACE

BUILDING

AREA 
ABOVE 
GROUND 
(in m2)

TYPE OF CONTRACT

AMOUNT IN 
DRAFT 
BUDGET 2022 
(in EUR)

OFFICE SPACE

Post (Luxembourg, new premises)

15.361

Rent

1.300.000

The lease contract for Mercier (present building) was extended up to availability of the "Mercier-Post" 
building. The building will be available in November 2022 according to present planning. The surface of the 
building: 15 361 m2 office and 716 m2 other surfaces.

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c) 

Final terms and costs regarding project implementation of new buildings projects previously 
submitted to the Budget Authority (information procedure of Article 266(3) of the Financial 
Regulation)

On 25 June 2019 the Commission signed the lease contract with the Luxembourgish authorities for the new 
Post building. The yearly rent will amount to EUR 6 904 082 (index June 2019) with a yearly indexation. 
The duration of the lease contract will be 10 years following the date of acceptance of the building. 
Afterwards the lease contract can be prolonged by tacit agreement for consecutive periods of 24 months.

1.5  European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)

Budget line O2 01 04 01 - Rents and purchases

a) Expenditure and surface area of buildings covered by the appropriations of the budget line

TYPE OF SPACE

BUILDING

AREA ABOVE 
GROUND (in 
m2)

TYPE OF CONTRACT

OFFICE SPACE 

Brussels

L107

Brussels

PLB3 (EUSA) (1)

Luxembourg

DROSBACH A (EUSA) (2)

Subtotal office space

NON-OFFICE SPACE 

Brussels

PLB3 (3)

Subtotal non-office space

3.419

1.055

370

4.844

0

0

Usufruct

Usufruct

Rent

Usufruct

AMOUNT
IN
DRAFT 
BUDGET 
2022 
(in EUR)

1.095.000

318.000

133.000

1.546.000

0

0

TOTAL RENT, NON-PURCHASE AND PURCHASE INSTALMENTS IN BUDGET LINE O2 01 04 01

1.546.000

(1) Areas made available by OIB (Brussels)
(2) Areas made available by OIL (Luxembourg)
(3) Assessment center (see § b)

b) 

Expected evolution of the global programming of surface area and locations for the coming years 
(building projects in planning phase already identified)

EPSO has moved to L107 in 2021 (“The ONE”). There are no plans to extend or reduce the office space 
area. However, the future use of non-office space for Assessment centres in PLB3 building is under 
evaluation at this stage. Once the modalities have been agreed upon, the appropriations between OIB and 
EPSO will be adjusted accordingly so that the corresponding expenditure is charged to the budget of EPSO.

c) 

Final terms and costs regarding project implementation of new buildings projects previously 
submitted to the Budget Authority (information procedure of Article 266(3) of the Financial 
Regulation)

In the period between the presentation of the Draft Budget 2021 and the present moment, no such projects 
have been submitted to the Budget Authority.

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1.6  European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)

Budget line O6 01 04 01 - Rents and purchases

a) Expenditure and surface area of buildings covered by the appropriations of the budget line

TYPE OF SPACE

BUILDING

AREA ABOVE 
GROUND 
(in m2)

TYPE OF CONTRACT

OFFICE SPACE

J-30 (*)

16.478

Long lease with option to purchase not 
yet exercised

TOTAL PURCHASE INSTALMENTS IN BUDGET LINE O6 01 04 01

(*) The remaining area of the building (2 060 m2) is currently occupied by other Commission services.

AMOUNT IN 
DRAFT BUDGET 
2021 
(in EUR)

5.507.000

5.507.000

b) 

Expected evolution of the global programming of surface area and locations for the coming years 
(building projects in planning phase already identified)

There are no plans to extend or reduce the area of the Office.

c) 

Final terms and costs regarding project implementation of new buildings projects previously 
submitted to the Budget Authority (information procedure of Article 266(3) of the Financial 
Regulation)

In the period between the presentation of the Draft Budget 2021 and the present moment, no such projects 
have been submitted to the Budget Authority.

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2 Commission buildings financed outside Heading 7

2.1 Contribution to Brussels and Luxembourg buildings from Research programmes

Research staff occupy office space in some of the buildings presented in section 1.1.1.1 and 1.1.1.2. In 2022, 
research programmes Horizon Europe, Euratom Research and Training Programme, ITER programme and 
European Defence Fund (research part) contribute to the buildings costs as presented in the table below.

Budget line

Amount (EUR)4

Horizon E Europe

01 01 01 03
01 01 01 13
Total Horizon Europe

Euratom

ITE]R

European De: ?ence Fund

01 01 02 03

01 01 02 13

Total Euratom

01 01 03 03

13 01 02 03

33 161 400
665 186
33 826 586

1 317 200

224 814

1 542 014

320 400

605 200

Total research contribution

36 294 200

2.2 Joint Research Centre (JRC) buildings outside Brussels

As the science and knowledge service of the European Commission, the Joint Research Centre's mission is 
to support EU policies with independent evidence throughout the whole policy cycle. Its work has a direct 
impact on the lives of citizens by contributing with its research outcomes to a healthy and safe environment, 
secure energy supplies, sustainable mobility and consumer health and safety. Working in close cooperation 
with policy Directorates-General, the JRC addresses key societal challenges while stimulating innovation 
through developing new methods, tools and standards, and sharing its know-how with Member States, the 
scientific community and international partners.

Following the adoption of the JRC Strategy 2030, the JRC has been reorganised around eight Scientific 
Directorates located in five different sites in Geel (Belgium), Ispra (Italy), Karlsruhe (Germany), Petten (The 
Netherlands) and Seville (Spain). The Directorate-General is based in Brussels (Belgium).

As of March 2021, the JRC workforce was made up of 3 671 people, including permanent and contract 
personnel, research fellows, trainees, seconded national experts, scientific visitors, interimaires, and intra­
muros experts. In addition, the JRC hosts 260 staff from other Commission services that are located in JRC 
premises, totalling 3 931 individuals.

4 Including also security costs

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With the exception of Brussels and Seville, all JRC sites are established on land that the hosting countries
transferred to the JRC in the early 1960s in the form of long term leases. As a result, the JRC manages today
251 hectares of land, 40 km of internal roads and 266 buildings with a total surface area of some 283 559
m2 This represents a 0.75% increase (2 200 m2) with respect to the figure reported for the DB2021, due to
the finalisation of building 23B at JRC Ispra.

Four JRC sites host 31 large-scale experimental research facilities. These dedicated scientific infrastructures 
and installations are subject to compliance with the highest European and national standards for safety, 
security and protection. The safety requirements are all the more stringent where nuclear activities are 
conducted.

The premises and activities of the JRC are different from those of other Commission services, not only 
because most of the JRC sites and related infrastructures are owned by the Commission, the JRC is also 
responsible for all the utilities and most of the basic site services.

The JRC building policy is consistent with the provisions of Horizon Europe, as well as of Euratom 2021­
2025. It is also aligned with the multi-annual JRC Work Programme intended to support European Union 
policies. Building projects are subject to change, since they have to accommodate strategic scientific 
orientations from the Commission.

Expenditure and surface area

JRC buildings are financed through the following budget lines:

Budget line

Description

01 01 01 13

Other management expenditure for ”Horizon Europe” - direct research

01 01 02 13

Other management expenditure for "Euratom Research & Training Programme" - direct 
research

JRC buildings are presented per site and grouped according to the following categories:

—  Scientific, technical and office buildings. This category includes buildings dedicated to (nuclear and 
non-nuclear) scientific activities, technical functions and offices. For mixed constructions (including 
laboratories, technical facilities and office space), a proportional allocation of common areas has been 
made.

—  Buildings to be demolished, discontinued or ready for ownership transfer. The surfaces of buildings 
to be demolished is reported in this category until the real demolition takes place, in which case the 
relevant surface will be discounted. The surfaces of buildings awaiting demolition that are occupied at 
the time of writing are included as part of the available areas. This category also includes the surface of 
buildings that will be discontinued (total or partial closing down of certain areas due to regulatory 
requirements) or removed (temporary offices no longer needed).

—  Buildings under construction or planned. This group includes buildings that are currently under 
construction or the construction of which will begin in the coming years. The surface of new buildings is 
reported in this category until the official occupation of the premises takes place. It should be noted that 
buildings may appear in this group during the preparatory phases of the project that may take years prior 
to the effective launching of the construction works. Projects above EUR 3 000 000 or projects

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exceeding the double threshold of EUR 2 000 000 and 110% of the local price of comparable properties 
will be submitted to the Budget Authority for approval in accordance to Article 266 of the FR.

All JRC buildings are owned by the Commission with the exception of the JRC premises in Seville and 
Brussels. For the JRC premises in Seville, an estimate of the annual rent in 2022 is included in the Annex, 
while the JRC premises in Brussels are under the responsibility of the OIB and therefore reported on by the 
latter.

Expenses are mainly covered by administrative budget lines dedicated to other management expenditure for 
“Horizon Europe ” (01 01 01 13) and “Euratom Research & Training Programme ” (01 01 02 13).

Furthermore, certain JRC buildings are financed via budget line 12 04 03 JRC Decommissioning and Waste 
Management Programme. This is an operational budget line and therefore it does not fall under the 
provisions of Article 266 of the FR. Nevertheless, for completeness, all JRC buildings are reported in the 
present working document.

The table below summarises the main figures for the JRC sites at present:

Site

Type of Building

Geel

Ispra

Karlsruhe5

Petten

Seville

TOTAL

Scientific, technical & office buildings
To be demolished/discontinued

Total surfaces available
Total surfaces under construction

Scientific, technical & office buildings
To be demolished/discontinued

Total surfaces available
Total surfaces under construction

Scientific, technical & office buildings
To be demolished/discontinued

Total surfaces available
Total surfaces under construction
Scientific, technical & office buildings
To be demolished/discontinued

Total surfaces available
Total surfaces under construction

Scientific, technical & office buildings
To be demolished/discontinued

Total surfaces available
Total surfaces under construction

Scientific, technical & office buildings
To be demolished/discontinued

Total surfaces available
Total surfaces under construction

Area above 
ground (m2)

Non-office 
area (m2)

Office 
area (m2)

Amount 
DB 2022 
(EUR)

36.555
0
36.555
4.167
164.418
24.960

189.378
10.397
28.568
240

28.808
4.580
21.071
0
21.071
400
7.747
0

7.747
11.500
258.359
25.200

283.559
31.044

26.563
0
26.563
2.104
134.225
21.493

155.718
7.663
21.472
203

21.675
4.580
15.206
0
15.206
400
2.908
0

2.908
4.000
200.374
21.696

222.070
18.747

9.992
0
9.992
2.063
30.193
3.467

33.660
2.734
7.096
37

7.133
0
5.865
0
5.865
0
4.839
0

4.839
7.500
57.985
3.504

61.489
12.297

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-
-
-
-
-
1.420.819

1.420.819
-
1.420.819
-
1.420.819
-

5 Surfaces have been recalculated including surfaces above ground only.

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In accordance with Article 266 (1) (a) of the FR, JRC buildings are presented in the Annex at the end of this
section. The table includes the following information: budget line, site, type of building, name or
identification, description, total surface excluding areas below ground level, office and non-office surfaces,
type of contract, and the amount of the Draft Budget 2022, when applicable.

Expected evolution of the global programming of surface area and locations for the coming years
(building projects in planning phase already identified)

Introduction

In line with the JRC Strategy 2030, the JRC is continuously updating development plans for its sites which 
will include the infrastructure projects to be considered until 2030. Once building projects formally enter in 
the planning phase and the preliminary surfaces are known, they will be reported and eventually submitted 
to the Budget Authority in accordance to the provisions and thresholds currently set by the FR.

22 1 Geel

The JRC-Geel site hosts the Directorate for Health, Consumers and Reference Materials and units from 
other JRC Directorate, as well as from DG HR. Research focuses on different aspects of the food chain, 
consumer products, medical devices, health technologies, chemicals, cancer and rare diseases, nutrition, and 
public health care systems. It operates EU Reference Laboratories and Centres producing reference materials 
for a variety of areas. Particular emphasis is put on the management of collective scientific knowledge in 
relevant areas and its translation into evidence for policy making.

In March 2021 there are 261 staff on-site occupying 17 buildings including offices, laboratories and other 
technical facilities deployed over 38 hectares of land. The site, which was founded in 1960, operates on a 
99-year lease agreement with the Belgian body "Study Centre for Nuclear Energy" (SCK). Its operation is 
governed by a site licence from the competent authorities of the host country.

The plan for the JRC-Geel site integrates current and future operational and scientific requirements and 
foresees the realisation of the following projects:

Geel: On-going/recently finished projects

Not applicable. The last building project completed dates back from 2015.

Geel: New projects

The construction of a new building in order to host the Food Safety and Quality activities has been put on 
hold awaiting the outcome of the discussions on the next Multiannual Financial Framework. The building 
permit has now expired and the call for tender procedure, which was finalised, has to be redone. The 
laboratories of the Food Safety and Quality Unit have to ensure compliance with relevant ISO standards and 
statutory regulations. The new building will have a total gross surface of 4 167 m2 of which 2 063 m2 will be 
for offices and 2 104 m2 for laboratories and technical areas. This building is expected to be above the 
threshold of Article 266 (5) of the FR and consequently it will be submitted to the European Parliament and 
to the Council for approval. It should be noted that the proposed surfaces are above the ones included in the 
Early Warning note which were based on a preliminary design of the building.

JRC Geel has a dedicated conference building that can host up to 150 people. This building is more than 50 
years old and requires refurbishment. The refurbishment should allow using this facility for meetings,

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conferences, social space for staff as well as for a visitor’s centre to showcase the JRC as well as the
Commission’s work on citizen’s wellbeing. It is the aim to develop this refurbishment in line with the New
European Bauhaus concept where consultation with different stakeholders will be used to identify the
relevant functionalities. This project is mentioned Pro Memoria and will be further developed during 2021.

Geel: Demolitions

In 2021, there are no demolitions foreseen. After the construction of the Food Safety and Quality building, 
the office space and the conventional laboratories in two other buildings will be discontinued. This will be 
reported by the JRC in due time.

The table below summarises the main changes for the JRC-Geel site in the coming years:

Geel (Belgium)

Total (m2)

Non-Office 
Space (m2)

Office Space 
(m2)

Scientific, technical & office buildings

36.555

26.563

Buildings to be discontinued

Total Surfaces available - Geel

Buildings planned

0

36.555

4.167

0

26.563

2.104

9.992

0

9.992

2.063

2.2.2 Ispra

The JRC-Ispra site covers an area of 167 hectares with 211 buildings. The number of staff members on site 
amounts to 2 443 in March 2021, including JRC and other Commission services. The site has a perimeter of 
6 km and 36 km of internal roads.

The site hosts staff from all JRC directorates as well as from DG HR, the OIB Social Infrastructures Ispra; 
the Medical Service Ispra; the PMO Ispra; a subsidiary of the Italian research organisation ENEA ; Italian 
Authorities for decommissioning of Ispra1; "Nucleo Carabinieri Ispra"; Italian Fire Brigade; Italian Customs 
officers; as well as outlets in support of JRC services such as bank, post, travel agency, etc.

The plan for JRC-Ispra addresses the urban development of the site concentrating some 90% of the scientific 
and technical staff within an area representing about 10% of the site area ("Science Zone"), the aim being to 
overcome fragmentation and dispersion, to increase scientific efficiency, to facilitate multidisciplinary 
research and to reduce operational costs.

Ispra: Recently finished projects

—  Building 73 was partly refurbished; archive space has been converted into office space, therefore the 
surface has been consequently adapted. The resulting building has now a total surface of 475 m2, of 
which 318 m2 is dedicated to office space.

—  A general multi-purpose building (23B) for the VELA 10 and VELA 11 laboratories: the building will 
host experimental activities related to in-service conformity testing of cars, as a consequence of the 
recent concerns about the difference between exhaust emissions measured in laboratory based tests and 
on-road. The JRC has been identified as the Commission service that will carry out this market 
surveillance since it already has experience in vehicle testing in the existing VELA facilities (Vehicle 
Emission Laboratory). The construction is a two-storey prefabricated building of approximately

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2.200 m2 (gross ground floor area). The civil infrastructure has been delivered, the technical/scientific 
equipment is now being installed.

The above building projects are below the threshold of Article 266 (5) of the FR and consequently they 
did not require the formal approval of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Ispra: On-going projects

—  New JRC Research Building (N° 102). This project has been approved by the European Parliament and 
by the Council in February 2017, as the total cost is above the threshold of Article 266 (5) of the FR. The 
building is currently in the commissioning phase. It will have a total gross area of 10 502 m2, of which 8 
933 m2 will be above ground with 3 727 m2 of office/research space. Research in this building will be 
aimed at providing scientific and technological support to European Union policies in the areas of 
Disaster risk management, security, transport and border security, demography and migration.

—  Construction of a multi-purpose building (75F) for safety and security research laboratories (INS3L).
The Ispra Nuclear Safeguards, Security & Standardization Laboratory (INS3L) will host all the 
experimental facilities for the nuclear security research and training currently located on the ESSOR 
nuclear reactor site (INE). The relocation of four laboratories from the INE premises is required due to 
the decommissioning activities planned in INE. The two-storey multipurpose building comprise a 
laboratory hall and an office block. In addition, there will be a technical room on the roof bringing the 
total area of the building to 1 464 m26. The building is accompanied with a fenced outside test and 
training area having a superficial area of about 765 m2. The construction is planned to start in 2021 with 
an envisaged occupancy in Q2 2023. This construction falls below the ceiling of Article 266 (5) of the 
FR and consequently has not required the formal approval of the European Parliament and of the 
Council. The project will mainly be financed with credits from assigned revenue coming from third 
countries associated to the Euratom Programme.

—  Construction of an extension to the entrance building 1 (800 m2). It is planned to use this extension as an 
exhibition area to inform citizens about EU policy making and the relevance to their everyday life. The 
construction falls below the ceiling of Article 266 (5) of the FR, and consequently it did not require the 
formal approval of the European Parliament and of the Council.

In case other projects enter in the planning phase later in the year, they will be reported and eventually
submitted to the Budget Authority for approval depending on the total cost.

Ispra: Demolitions

Demolitions are due to compensate the additional surfaces put at the disposal of JRC-Ispra as a consequence
of the above mentioned projects. The updated demolition plan is as follows:

—  In 2020, the JRC has demolished the following buildings: 33A and 56N for a total surface of 40 m2. 

These buildings are not included in the Annex.

—  The programme of demolitions for 2021 includes buildings 29, 29A, 29B, 29C, 29H, 29O, 5, 5D, 5E, 5I, 
20, 20D, 20F, 20L and 47for a total surface of 10 000 m2 of which 1 300 m2 are office space. These 
buildings are listed in the Annex.

6Net floor area has been re-calculated since DB2021 taking account of the Commission’s measuring code

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—  At the time of writing, demolitions between 2022 and 2024 are expected to account for some 6 040 m2 of 
which 1 598 m2 are of office space. The buildings considered for demolition are the following: 1C, 5A, 
5B, 14B, 19A, 20M, 26, 33B, 63, 64, 67 68, 68B, 68C, 68D, 72, 72A, 77C, 77G and 77I although 
current plans are subject to potential modifications (i.e. demolition plans may be delayed due to on­
going scientific activities).

—  The Annex includes other buildings expected to be demolished after 2025.

The table below summarises the main changes for the JRC-Ispra site in the coming years:

Ispra (Italy)

Total (m2)

Non-Office 
Space (m2)

Office Space 
(m2)

Scientific, technical & office buildings

164.418

Buildings to be demolished

Total Surfaces available - Ispra

Buildings under construction

24.960

189.378

10.397

134.225

21.493

155.718

7.663

30.193

3.467

33.660

2.734

2.2.3 Karlsruhe

The JRC-Karlsruhe site hosts the Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Security. The site hosts 307 staff from 
JRC and DG HR (status March 2021). It is deployed over 12 Wings of a larger complex on 13.6 hectares of 
land. The JRC-Karlsruhe is a nuclear facility, and owns two licences according to §9 of the German Atomic 
Law, as well as a licence according to §12 of the Radioprotection Law.

Its main scientific activities are dedicated to investigating safety and security aspects of the nuclear fuel 
cycle. The primary concern of the Directorate has always been to ensure the safety and security of the 
nuclear research at the site and good and safe working conditions for the staff. After nearly 60 years of 
existence, ad hoc refurbishing has reached its limits, and considering the increasing maintenance costs of an 
ageing facility and the evolution of radio-protection and security regulations, a comprehensive renovation of 
the facilities is being undertaken.

The scientific activities are carried out in different buildings (so-called "Wings") which have been reported 
in the previous working documents as a single Building A-B-D-E-F-G. For the sake of clarity, the number of 
square meters per building above ground has been indicated in the annexed table and so will be reported in 
future documents.

Karlsruhe: On-going/recently finished projects

Construction of a new Laboratory Building (Wing M). This project has been approved by the European 
Parliament and by the Council in May 2016, as the total cost is above the threshold of 266 (5) of the FR. 
This Wing is intended to house, in a single facility, activities that involve the handling of radioactive 
materials (currently distributed among several wings). The civil works started in September 2016 with a 
construction/commissioning timeframe of 40 months. The Laboratory building will have a total gross area of 
6.440 m2, of which 4 580 m2 will be of non-office space above ground. The construction of the building 
Wing M (“Brickwork”) was finished in 2019. The works in the building for the technical installations are 
ongoing and have delays due to contractual difficulties with the company in charge. Negotiations are going 
on with the objective to reach an arrangement with one of the main project contractors. Due to the current 
COVID-19 crisis, further delays in the implementation are to be expected.

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Karlsruhe: New projects

Whereas Wing M will host the laboratories with medium levels of radioactivity, laboratories with low levels 
of radioactivity will be concentrated in wing A, already in operation since the beginning (~60 years). The 
mandatory refurbishment of the technical installations and of the building of Wing A itself will therefore 
enter into the planning phase.

Karlsruhe: Demolitions

The only demolition works in the site correspond to the replacement of the existing Guards house (Wing H). 
The demolition will take place, once the security headquarter in Wing H is moved to the new physical 
protection centre in Wing M.

In the future, it is foreseen that Wings F and G shall be de-nuclearized and dismantled. After the completion 
of Wing M, the renovation of Wing A and the transfer of scientific installations and of radioactive and 
nuclear materials to the new laboratory building, the wings F and G are no further necessary for scientific 
research purposes.

A proper planning of the decommissioning of the Wings F and G and the discussions of the boundary 
conditions linked to the nuclear licence should start in an early phase to guarantee that the works for the 
decommissioning can start as soon as possible.

The table below summarises the main changes for the JRC- Karlsruhe site in the coming years:

Karlsruhe (Germany)

Total (m2)7

Non-Office 
Space (m2)

Office Space 
(m2)

Scientific, technical & office buildings

28.568

Buildings to be demolished

Total Surfaces available - Karlsruhe

Buildings under construction

240

28.808

4 580

21.472

203

21.675

4 580

7.096

37

7.133

0

2.2.4 Petten

The JRC-Petten site hosts the Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate and units from other JRC 
Directorates. The site occupies an area of about 32 hectares, which was granted to the Community under a 
hereditary ground lease by the Kingdom of The Netherlands for 99 years on 25 July 1961. The campus 
comprises a total of 27 buildings including a club house located in Bergen, less than 15 km away from the 
Petten site. The Petten site numbers 247 staff in March 2021 from the JRC and DG HR.

The JRC-Petten site hosts a High Flux Reactor (HFR) in use since 1961. It is the property of the European 
Commission and it is operated by the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG). The JRC-site shares 
the Forum building (including a restaurant, auditorium and meeting rooms) with the adjacent fellow research 
organisations TNO-ECN (Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland), NRG and Curium. This building is 
located on the TNO-ECN side of the Petten campus which has consequences on traffic, movements and 
security.

7 Surfaces have been recalculated including surfaces above ground only

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Petten: On-going/recently finished projects

—  It is a site-wide objective to use and adapt existing infrastructure in support of the JRC Scientific 
Strategy, by overhauling redundant existing space to establish a “creative and collaborative” space on 
the JRC-Petten site. Having completed the partial removal of redundant structures in building 310 in 
2018, the creation of a Creative Hub is the next step. The second phase involves the engineering and 
future construction of a meeting room, a large seating and presentation area and a coffee corner. The 
engineering phase has been completed in 2020 and the construction will be planned according to the 
ongoing revision of the Site Development Plan.

The construction falls below the ceiling of Article 266 (5) of the FR and consequently it will not require 
the formal approval of the European Parliament and of the Council.

—  A battery laboratory for battery cell performance and materials testing has already been operational in 
Petten for several years. The existing laboratory for battery cell performance and materials testing, 
located in building 314, will be extended with an additional 50 m2 in external facilities. The construction 
falls below the ceiling of Article 266 (5) of the FR and consequently it will not require the formal 
approval of the European Parliament and of the Council.

—  In 2020 the procurement procedure for the future construction of a new energy-efficient Access and 
Security Centre (ASC) at the main entrance to the JRC Petten site did not result in award of a contract 
due to receipt of financially non-admissible tender(s). As a consequence, the engineering phase for a 
new security building has been started in 2021, aiming for construction in 2022-2024. The overall 
investment is aimed to remain below the threshold of Article 266 (5) of the FR and consequently does 
not require the formal approval of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Petten: New projects

—  Several smaller projects are currently being considered for the period 2021-22. Once they formally enter 
into the planning phase and the preliminary surfaces are known, they will be reported and eventually 
submitted to the Budget Authority for approval, where applicable.

Petten: Demolitions/removals

No demolitions are foreseen for the reporting period.

The table below summarises the main changes for the JRC- Petten site in the coming years:

Petten (The Netherlands)

Total (m2)

Non-Office 
Space (m2)

Office Space 
(m2)

Scientific, technical & office buildings

21.071

15.206

Buildings to be demolished

Total Surfaces available - Petten

Buildings under construction

0

21.071

4008

0

15.206

400

5.865

0

5.865

0

8 Access and Security Centre, under revision

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2.2.Ъ Seville

JRC-Seville was established in 1994 to host the former Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. It 
currently hosts the Directorate for Growth and Innovation along with units from other JRC Directorates. The 
JRC-Seville rents part of the Expo building situated in the "Isla de la Cartuja" in Seville, originally built to 
house the headquarters for the Universal Exposition of Seville in 1992. The building belongs to a public- 
sector company (EPGASA, former AGESA - Empresa Pública de Gestión de Activos). The rental contract is 
renewed on a yearly basis.

Based on an agreement with the European Commission, the Spanish authorities contribute to the rent 
corresponding to 1.800 m2, while the rest of the surface (5 947 m2 plus storage rooms and parking spaces 
below ground level) is paid for by the JRC. The yearly rent for these surfaces, including areas below ground 
level, is EUR 1 420 819 in 2021. The site numbers 376 staff in March 2021, assigned to JRC and DG HR.

The currently occupied EXPO building is a 30-year old building which presents several flaws negatively 
impacting on JRC operations. To overcome this situation, various options had been considered including the 
further expansion of the JRC premises in the current building, rental of another building, acquisition of an 
existing building, and constructing a new building, with or without concession of land by the host Member 
State.

Seville: On-going/recently finished projects 

Not applicable.

Seville: New projects

The JRC submitted on 18/12/2013 an Early Warning note according to Article 266 (2) of the FR intended to 
inform the European Parliament and Council about its intention to launch a prospection of the local market 
with a view to evaluating the option of a real estate investment in Seville. The JRC has carried out feasibility 
studies to define the requirements for its premises and the financial viability of the investment.

The construction of a bespoke building is planned to be done on land that will be made available on 
concession terms by local authorities. The project's scope has been defined, and an updated Early Warning 
note will be submitted in spring 2021. The investment timeline depends on the availability of funds, the 
negotiation with local authorities and a final decision by the Commission, with a favourable scenario 
involving a potential real estate project between 2022 and 2024. The new building would have an estimated 
total built surface above ground of some 11 500 m2, with around 7 500 m2 of usable surface for office and 
meeting spaces. The cost is expected to be above the threshold of 266 (5) of the FR and consequently a file 
will be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council for prior approval.

Seville: Demolitions

Not applicable.
The table below summarises the main changes for the JRC- Seville site in the coming years:

Seville (Spain)

Total (m2)

Non-Office 
Space (m2)

Office Space 
(m2)

Scientific, technical & office 
buildings*

Buildings to be demolished

Total Surfaces available - Seville

7.747

0

7.747

2.908

0

2.908

4.839

0

4.839

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Buildings under construction**

~11.500

~4.000

~7.500

*Total rented surface not including building's common areas

**Total built surface for a stand-alone building, all surfaces included.

Final terms and costs regarding project implementation of new buildings projects previously
submitted to the Budget Authority

As indicated in the previous section, the following buildings have been submitted to the Budget Authority 
according to the provisions of the FR: Articles 266 (2) (Early Warning) and (3) ("Procédure immobilière") 
of the FR.

JRC site

Building

PI date of approval

Project status

Sevilla

New JRC Building

Early Warning note 
submitted on 18/12/13, 
will be re-submitted in 
spring 2021 to take 
account of a change in 
parameters

Geel

Food Safety and Quality

Early Warning note 
submitted 04/05/15

Karlsruhe

New Laboratory Building 
(Wing M).

Early Warning note 
submitted on 20/11/2014 
and full dossier on 
20/04/2016

Ispra

New JRC Research
Building 102

Early Warning note 
submitted on 18/12/13 
and full dossier on 
03/01/2017

Preparatory phase 
(preparation of a design 
contest)

Preparatory phase.
Design to be updated for 
new environmental 
legislation because 
previous building permit 
has expired.

The file was discussed at 
the COBU meeting of 
24/05/2016 and at the 
COMBUD meeting of 
26/05/2016, receiving 
favourable opinion

The file was discussed at 
the COMBUD meeting 
of 17/01/2017 and at the 
COBU meeting of 
09/02/2017, receiving 
favourable opinion

There is no building project submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council that has been 
completed in the last reporting period. The total cost of the above projects will be reported when completed.

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2.2.6  Annex. Expenditure and surface areas of JRC buildings

Budget Line 01 01 01 13/01 01 02 13 - Support expenditure for “Horizon Europe” and ”Euratom Research & Training Programme”

Site

Ge el
Geel
Geel
Geel
Geel
Geel
Geel
Geel

Geel

Geel
Geel
Geel
Geel
Geel
Geel
Geel

Geel

Geel

Geel

Ge el
Geel

Isp ra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

Type of Building

Building
Id.

Description

Area
above
ground
(m2)

Non-office 
area (m2)

Office
area
(m2)

Type of 
contract

Amount in 
DB 2022 
(€)

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

To be demolished / discontinued

Total surfaces available

Construction to be launched
Total surfaces under construction

10
20
50
51
60
110
130
190

200

81
100
70
90
170
40
210
005 (old 
222)
n/a

MB: Main Building
VGB: Van De Graaff Building
LIB: LINAC Building
Flight path cabins
SMB: Site Management Building
CB: Chemical Building
BCB: BCR Building
SB: Storage Building
RMPB: Reference Materials Processing 
Building
CAB: Cafeteria Building
CFB: Conference Building
DPB: Dangerous Products Building
HVB: High Voltage Building
PS: Pumping Stations
MSB: Mass Spectrometry Building
New Administrative Building
SHES: Safety, Health, Environment & 
Security Bldg.
n/a

230

Food Safety Building

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

10 0
101
1
11O
14

1 PR-100 Environmental Research Building
IPR-101 Life Sciences Building
IPR-01 Main Entry incl. extension
IPR-11O New Childcare Facility
IPR-14-1 Transformer station ; Electricians

5.360
2.884
5.124
1.855
2.764
1.242
2.168
3.276

3.584

665
779
163
541
19
2.888
2.203

1.040

0

3.724
2.399
4.056
1.855
1.725
721
1.503
2.959

2.483

665
779
163
541
19
2.215
102

654

0

1.636
485
1.068
0
1.039
521
665
317

Owned
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Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

1.101

Owned

0
0
0
0
0
673
2.101

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Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

386

Owned

0

n/a

36.555

26.563

9.992

4.167
4.167

10.987
10.961
2.493
1.787
610

2.104
2.104

8.483
8.704
2.220
1.759
599

2.063
2.063

2.504
2.257
273
28
11

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Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

Commission buildings financed outside Heading 5 / 39

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n/a
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Offices

IPR-15-1 Fire Brigade 
IPR-18-1 Central Workshop 
IPR-20A Laboratories & Offices 
IPR-23B Vela 10 - 11 
IPR-24-1 Laboratories 
IPR-25B Laboratories 
IPR-26B Offices 
IPR-27-1 Laboratories & Offices 
IPR-27B-1 Laboratories & Offices 
IPR-28E-1 Transformer Room 
IPR-35-1 Drinkable Water Reservoirs 
IPR-36-1 Laboratories & Offices 
IPR-36B-1 Conference Rooms 
IPR-36C-1 Learning Centre & Offices 
IPR-36D-1 IT Helpdesk & Storage 
IPR-04-1 Medical Service 
IPR-40-1 Laboratories & Offices 
IPR-41F-1 Drum Waste Final Treatment 
Facility
IPR-42-1 ECO Reactor - Laboratories 
IPR-42A-1 Offices 
IPR-42C-1 Transformer Room 
IPR-43-1 East Entry - Guards Shelter & 
Roofage
IPR-44 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-45-1 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-45M-1 Laboratory
IPR-45O-1 Laboratories
IPR-46-1 Offices
IPR-46I Offices
IPR-48 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-49A-1 Experimental Fuels Depository
IPR-52 Laboratories
IPR-53I-1 Laboratory
IPR-54-1 Lake Water Filter & Workshop

15
18
20A
23B
24
25B
26B
27
27B
28E
35
36
36B
36C
36D
4
40

41F

42
42A
42C

43

44
45
45M
45O
46
46I
48
49A
52
53I
54

806
4.746
3.036
2.200
2.732
191
3.034
926
1.864
62
284
6.307
320
285
551
1.705
2.169

379

3.311
1.390
79

4

3.233
1.258
59
61
1.782
872
4.093
49
1.299
863
589

788
4.232
2.912
2.200
2.732
137
1.285
576
1.041
62
284
3.739
293
145
484
1.273
1.896

379

3.189
979
79

4

1.584
620
59
61
1.527
408
3.491
49
1.212
863
589

18
514
124
0
0
54
1.749
350
823
0
0
2.568
27
140
67
432
273

Owned
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Owned
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Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

0

Owned

122
411
0

Owned
Owned
Owned

0

Owned

1.649
638
0
0
255
464
602
0
87
0
0

Owned
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Owned
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Owned
Owned
Owned
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n/a
n/a
n/a
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n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

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55
58
59
59A
59K
CH
59Q
59U
5L
6
62A
66
69C
6A-6B
73
74
74B
84A
14A
14C
15J
15E
15F
17A
18M
18P
1A
1B
1E
20H
20I
21L
24D
24G

Scientific, technical & office bu ldings

24J

IPR-55-1 Incoming Water Treatment
IPR-58 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-59 Co-Generation Plant (building)
IPR-59A Workshop & Dressing Room
IPR-59K Offices
IPR-10-1 Club House
IPR-59Q-1 Site Cleaning Depository
IPR-59U-1 Offices
IPR-05L-1 Security Service
IPR-06-1 Offices
IPR-62A Financial Police Offices
IPR-66-1 Offices
IPR-69C-1 Workshop
IPR-06A-06B-1 Offices
IPR-73-1 Offices
IPR-74-1 Offices
IPR-74B PMO archive
IPR-84A-1 Main gate - Zone A Control Post
IPR-14A Electricians Warehouse
IPR-14C Garage ; Storage Depot
IPR-15J Annex to Fire Brigade
IPR-15E Fire Brigade: Training Tower
IPR-15F Fire Brigade: Extension (Kitchen)
IPR-17A Depot of Bonded Goods
IPR-18M Methane Relay Substation
IPR-18P Central Library
IPR-01A Police Station
IPR-01B Main Gate
IPR-01E Guards Shelter
IPR-20H Laboratories
IPR-20I Laboratories & Offices
IPR-21L Transformer Room
IPR-24D Offices
IPR-24G Garage - Storage
IPR-24J Mobile Building - Tent as
Depository

569
2.852
1.820
746
684
1.603
253
1.063
2.631
1.409
203
982
590
3.016
476
377
49
470
34
62
384
116
163
1.143
60
1.035
508
1.085
2
388
1.497
34
287
52

89

Commission buildings financed outside Heading 5 / 41

527
2.034
1.701
672
318
1.545
253
660
2.246
564
120
452
460
1.609
236
123
49
470
34
62
366
116
163
1.143
60
438
450
1.085
2
185
1.226
34
203
52

89

42

119
74
366
58
0
403
385
845
83
530
130
1.407
240
254
0
0
0
0
18
0
0
0
0
597
58
0
0
203
271
0
84
0

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0

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26A
27C
34I
36E
40B
41
41D
41G
41I

42B

42E
45E
46D
4C
4D
54A
54B
56C
56G
56J
56M
58A
59F
46D
59P
59R
59T
59X
62B
62C
69A
78A
78B
86B
97

IPR-26A Offices
IPR-27C Garage
IPR-34I Laboratory
IPR-36E Interpreters Cabins
IPR-40B Active Liquids Reservoir
IPR-41 Waste Treatment Facility
IPR-41D Temporary Active Waste Deposit
IPR-41G Active Waste Depository
IPR-411 Active Waste Depository
IPR-42B Gas Storage Tanks & Filter 
Installation
IPR-42E Workshop & Offices
IPR-45E Laboratory - Meeting Room
IPR-46D Offices (former Laboratories)
IPR-04C Gas Bottles Store
IPR-04D Chemical Reactants Warehouse
IPR-54A Canopy - Parking Lot
IPR-54B HVAC Workshop & Offices
IPR-56C Water Pump
IPR-56G Biological Disc Filters
IPR-56J Methane Relay
IPR-56M Storage
IPR-58A Offices
IPR-59F Lubricants Deposit
IPR-59J Site Cleaning Office
IPR-59P Water Measurements Room
IPR-59R Spare Parts Warehouse
IPR-59T Masons Depository
IPR-59X Heat Pumps
IPR-62B Customs Gate - Guards Shelter
IPR-62C Bonded Warehouse
IPR-69A Laboratory
IPR-78A Fire Department: Dormitory
IPR-78B Fire Department: Social Room
IPR-86B Laboratories
IPR-97 ESSOR Central Warehouse

3.140
109
20
200
93
629
308
446
306

69

196
292
480
8
7
154
199
71
115
6
100
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20
70
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61
104
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1.299
109
20
200
93
616
308
446
306

69

87
113
285
8
7
154
119
71
115
6
100
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356
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270
631
61
67
2.747
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1.841
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spra
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spra
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spra

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spra
spra

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

99

AN

GRD
15I
16A

17

18A
1D
21M
24B
28F
30B
33A

39B

40A
40C
40D
41A
41B
41E
41M
42D
45B
45C
45F
46C
51
51C

52A

56N

57
59I
5C

IPR-99 ESSOR Workshop
IPR-10M Ext. Garderie & Nursery ("Asilo 
Aquilone")
IPR-GARDERIE Garderie
IPR-15I Fire Brigade: Garage
IPR-16A Liquid Nitrogen Store
IPR-17 Central Warehouse - Bonded 
Warehouse
IPR-18A Storage
IPR-01D Transport Office
IPR-21M Garage
IPR-24B Gas Bottles Store
IPR-28F Laboratories & Offices
IPR-30B Transformer Room
IPR-33A Storage
IPR-39B Radioactive Materials Cooling
Basin
IPR-40A Garage
IPR-40C Transformer Room
IPR-40D Workshop - Depository
IPR-41A Temporary Active Waste Deposit
IPR-41B Clearance of Materials
IPR-41E Drum Waste Treatment Facility
IPR-41M Interim Storage Facility
IPR-42D Explosives Depository
IPR-45B Workshop
IPR-45C Utility Room
IPR-45F Transformer Room
IPR-46C Canopy - Transformer Room
IPR-51-1 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-51C Old Tower
IPR-52A Radioactive Effluents Storage
Tank
IPR-56N Depository for Incinerator
Materials
IPR-57 Lake Water Pumps
IPR-59I Pump Room
IPR-05C Transformer Room

968

404

593
272
12

1.576

131
267
56
20
2.305
55
16

16

377
61
158
300
210
344
5.433
40
60
11
30
30
1.620
70

309

24

233
5
44

Commission buildings financed outside Heading 5 / 43

953

404

582
272
12

1.456

131
204
56
20
1.621
55
16

16

365
61
158
300
210
344
5.405
40
60
11
30
30
1.193
70

309

24

233
5
44

15

0

11
0
0

120

0
63
0
0
684
0
0

Owned

Owned

Owned
Owned
Owned

Owned

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

0

Owned

12
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
0
0
0
0
427
0

0

0

0
0
0

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

Owned

Owned

Owned
Owned
Owned

n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a

63D
59E

72B

72C

77B

77D

77F

77H

77J

77R
80
81
82

83A

84
85
86
87

Ispra
Ispra

Ispra

Ispra

Ispra

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Ispra

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Ispra

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Ispra

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Ispra

Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

Ispra

Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

Ispra

Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

Ispra

Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

87B

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Scientific, technical & office buildings

To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021

92
9A
9B
9C
9D

16B

29
29A
29B
29C
29H

IPR-63D Utility Room
IPR-59E Transformer Room
IPR-72B Transformer Room - Access
Tech. Gallery
IPR-72C-1 Laboratory & Offices
IPR-77B Radioactivity Measurement
Station no. 9
IPR-77D Radioactivity Measurement
Station no. 7
IPR-77F Radioactivity Measurement
Station no. 5
IPR-77H Radioactivity Measurement
Station no. 3
IPR-77J Radioactivity Measurement
Station no. 8b
IPR-77R AMS Greenhouse Gas Tower
IPR-80 ESSOR Reactor
IPR-81 ADECO Laboratory
IPR-82 ESSOR Reactor: ATFT - HBR
IPR-83A Offices - Old Water Treatment 
Tower
IPR-84 Offices
IPR-85 ESSOR Diesel Generator
IPR-86 ESSOR: Cooling Tower
IPR-87 Ex Steam Generator
IPR-87B Depository for Lubricant Oils & 
Poisons
IPR-92 New Containers Depository
IPR-09A Residences nos. 58-60
IPR-09B Residences nos. 54-56
IPR-09C Residences nos. 64
IPR-09D Residences nos. 62
IPR-16B Special waste and gas bottle 
store
IPR-29-1 Laboratories
IPR-29A Laboratories & Offices
IPR-29B Laboratories & Offices
IPR-29C-1 Soil archive
IPR-29H Laboratory

8
64

50

884

28

35

35

38

8

560
4.294
7.917
4.740

209

1.553
268
669
427

40

750
212
252
153
355

529

1.416
476
1.963
117
133

8
64

50

477

28

35

35

38

8

560
4.269
7.488
4.723

209

892
268
669
427

40

750
212
252
153
283

507

1.223
233
1.612
117
133

0
0

0

Owned
Owned

Owned

407

Owned

0

0

0

0

0

0
25
429
17

Owned

Owned

Owned

Owned

Owned

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

0

Owned

661
0
0
0

0

0
0
0
0
72

22

193
243
351
0
0

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

Owned

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

Owned

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

Commission buildings financed outside Heading 5 / 44

Ispra

To be demolished in 2021

29O

IPR-29O Gas Bottles Store

17

17

0

Owned

n/a

Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

Ispra

Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

Ispra

Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

Ispra

Ispra

Ispra
Ispra

To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2021

To be demolished in 2021

To be demolished in 2021
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024

To be demolished in 2022-2024

To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished in 2022-2024

To be demolished in 2022-2024

To be demolished in 2022-2024

To be demolished in 2022-2024
To be demolished from 2025 onwards

5
5D
5E
5I
20
20D
20F

20L

47
1C
5A
5B
14B

19A

20M
26
33B
63
64
67
68
68B
68C
68D
72
72A

77C

77G

77I
8

IPR-05-1 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-05D Greenhouse
IPR-05E Utility Room
IPR-05I Inflammables Warehouse
IPR-20-1 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-20D Storage
IPR-20F Gas Bottles Store
IPR-20L Gas Bottles Store & Liquid N2 
Reservoir
IPR-47 Laboratories
IPR-01C Kennel
IPR-05A Laboratories & Offices
IPR-05B Utility Room
IPR-14B Compressor Cabin

IPR-19A Workshop - Storage of Materials

IPR-20M Storage
IPR-26-1 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-33B Offices
IPR-63-1 Offices
IPR-64-1 Print Shop
IPR-67 Offices
IPR-68-1 Offices
IPR-68B Archives & Depository
IPR-68C Archives - Storage
IPR-68D Garage
IPR-72 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-72A Depository
IPR-77C Radioactivity Measurement
Station
IPR-77G Radioactivity Measurement
Station
IPR-77I Radioactivity Measurement Station
IPR-08-08C-1 Canteen

889
297
7
17
4.071
32
6

7

552
77
942
17
23

62

345
1.531
568
377
631
775
423
56
26
26
383
22

36

37

28
2.127

Commission buildings financed outside Heading 5 / 45

730
297
7
17
3.736
32
6

7

533
77
671
17
23

62

227
1.305
413
199
533
492
215
56
26
26
204
22

36

37

28
2.089

159
0
0
0
335
0
0

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

0

Owned

19
0
271
0
0

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

0

Owned

118
226
155
178
98
283
208
0
0
0
179
0

0

0

0
38

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

Owned

Owned

Owned
Owned

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a

Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

To be demolished from 2025 onwards
To be demolished from 2025 onwards
To be demolished from 2025 onwards
To be demolished from 2025 onwards
To be demolished from 2025 onwards
To be demolished from 2025 onwards
To be demolished from 2025 onwards
To be demolished from 2025 onwards
To be demolished from 2025 onwards
To be demolished from 2025 onwards
Total surfaces available

8A
8B
8D
8E
8G
23
23C
50
50A
96B

IPR-08A New Canteen
IPR-08B Canteen Transformer Room
IPR-08D Cafeteria
IPR-08E-1 Warehouse
IPR-08G-1 Canteen Extension
IPR-23-1 Offices
IPR-23C Gas Bottles Store
IPR-50 Cyclotron Accelerator
IPR-50A-1 Laboratories & Offices
IPR-96B Central Archives

(*) Building regularised including surfaces above ground only

Ispra
Ispra
Ispra

Construction to be launched in 2021
Building in commissioning phase
Total surfaces under construction

Karls ruhe
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
Karlsruh
e*

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
To be demolished from 2021 onwards

Total surfaces available

75F
102

INS3L Laboratory
IPR-102 New JRC Research Building

A
B
D
E
F
G
NCO
R
S
H

Wing A
Wing B
Wing D
Wing E
Wing F
Wing G
Wing NCO
Wing R - Warehouse entry point
Wing S - Staff entry point
Wing H

(*) Buildings regularised including surfaces above ground only

Karls ruhe
Karlsruh
e

Construction launched in 2016

M

Wing M - Laboratory building

Total surfaces under construction

Petten
Petten
Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

11 3
308
309

Building 113 - Offices + Laboratories
Building 308 - Offices
Building 309 - Offices

672
51
173
95
681
1.411
17
2.237
860
251
189.378

1.464
8.933
10.397

4.502
2.425
2.757
3.955
3.870
2.638
6.986
911
524
240

665
51
173
95
656
1.224
17
2.237
666
251
155.718

1.250
6.413
7.663

4.502
2.425
2.757
3.955
3.870
2.638
0
843
482
203

28.808

21.675

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

Owned
Owned

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

7
0
0
0
25
187
0
0
194
0
33.660

214
2.520
2.734

0
0
0
0
0
0
6.986
68
42
37

7.133

4.580

4.580

309
2.227
1.994

4.580

4.580

281
441
395

Owned

0

0

28
1.786
1.599

Owned
Owned
Owned

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0

n/a
n/a
0

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

0

n/a

0

n/ a
n/a
n/a

Commission buildings financed outside Heading 5 / 46

Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings

310 (**)

Petten
Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten
Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Petten
Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings
Scientific, technical & office buildings

Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Petten

Scientific, technical & office buildings

Petten
Petten

Petten
Petten

To be demolished
Total surfaces available

Construction to be launched9
Total surfaces under construction

9Project under revision

Building 310 - Laboratories (see 
demolitions below)
Building 312 - Offices + Laboratories
Building 325 - Offices + Laboratories
Building 313 - ICT, Medical Office, Stores, 
Workshop
Building 316 - Gas Storage
Building 317 - Heating
Building 318 - Storage
Building 319 - Laboratory
Building 321 - Storage
Building 322 - Compressor room
Building 323 - Storage
Building 324 - Storage
Building 326 - Storage
Building 327 - Gas distribution
Building 328 - Gas distribution
Building 329 - Bicycle Shelter
Building 334 - Motor Cycle Shelter
Building 340 - Storage
Building 700 - Clubhouse (located in
Bergen)
Building 320 - Offices
Building 314 - Offices + Laboratories
Building 315 - Temporary Reception
Building
Building 333 - Control Room Laboratory
319
Building 311 - Smart Grid Interoperability
Lab (SGILab)
n/a

312
325

313

316
317
318
319
321
322
323
324
326
327
328
329
334
340

700

320
314
315
(TRB)

333

311

n/a

4.716

4.536
1.601

2.050

60
32
31
90
22
18
38
13
40
18
18
34
33
714

305

240
1.408

94

80

350

0
21.071

400
400

4.716

3.113
1.248

1.801

0

Owned

1.423
353

Owned
Owned

249

Owned

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13

0

240
150

Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned
Owned

Owned

Owned
Owned

24

Owned

0

0

Owned

Owned

Owned

5 .865

60
32
31
90
22
18
38
13
40
18
18
34
33
701

305

0
1.258

70

80

350

0
15.206

400
400

n/a

n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
0

31 5

Access and Security Centre

0 Owned
0

25.000
25.000

Commission buildings financed outside Heading 5 / 47

Seville
Seville
Seville

Seville
Seville

Scientific, technical & office buildings
To be demolished
Total surfaces available

Project to be launched
Total surfaces under construction

EXPO
n/a

Edificio Expo
n/a

- 

New JRC building

7.747
0
7.747

11.500
11.500

2.908
0
2.908

4.000
4.000

Rented
n/a

4.839
0
4.839

1.420.819
n/a
1.420.819

7.500 Owned
7.500

n/a
0

JRC
JRC

Grand Total surfaces available (including expected demolitions)
Grand Total surfaces under construction

283.559
31.044

222.070
18.747

61.489
12,297

1.420.819
0

Commission buildings financed outside Heading 5 / 48

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