REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION on the use of contract staff in 2022
Date: 2024-10-01
Institutions: Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, European Commission
Subjects: EU institution, EU office or agency, EU statistics, employment statistics, servant (EU), staff regulations (EU)

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 1.10.2024  COM(2024) 431 final  REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION on the use of contract staff in 2022  
 
 
Table of contents 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Executive summary ...................................................................................................... 3 

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 

a) 

b) 

Scope of the report ........................................................................................... 4 

Contract staff .................................................................................................... 4 

Contract staff in institutions and agencies ................................................................... 6 

Contract staff at the European Commission ................................................................. 8 

a) 

b) 

c) 

d) 

e) 

Evolution in the use of contract staff at the Commission ................................ 8 

Breakdown by function group of Commission contract staff .......................... 8 

Breakdown by gender of Commission’s contract staff in 2022 ....................... 9 

Breakdown by nationality of Commission’s contract staff ............................ 10 

Breakdown by DG of Commission’s contract staff ....................................... 16 

5. 

Contract staff in other institutions and agencies ........................................................ 20 

a) 

b) 

c) 

Introduction .................................................................................................... 20 

Contract staff in the other institutions ............................................................ 21 

Contract staff in the agencies ......................................................................... 24 

ANNEX 1 ................................................................................................................................. 27 

ANNEX 2 ................................................................................................................................. 28 

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1.  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  

The  report  on  the  use  of  contract  staff  within  the  European  Union  institutions  and  agencies  in  the 
year 2022 is presented in accordance with Article 79(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other 
Servants of the European Union (CEOS). The report comprises an analysis based on data taken as of 
31  December  2022  from  63  entities,  including  the  European  Commission,  other  Union  institutions 
and agencies. This is an increase from the 60 entities covered in the 2021 report due to the creation 
of  three  new  Joint  Undertakings  (JUs):  Smart  Networks  and  Services  (SNS),  Global  Health 
EDCTP3, and European Cybersecurity Competence Centre and Network (ECCC). 

The category of contract staff, as defined by Articles 3a and 3b of the CEOS, was created in 2004 
and plays a vital role across EU institutions, performing administrative support tasks. 

Compared to 2021, the total number of contract staff in 2022 increased by nearly 3%.  

The Commission witnessed a slight decline of 0.42% in contract staff. The majority of Commission 
contract  staff  (46%)  is  employed  to  carry  out  administrative,  advisory,  linguistic  and  equivalent 
technical tasks (GF IV). Around 60% of the Commission's contract staff are female, particularly in 
administrative  and  executive  tasks,  while  males  lead  in  manual  tasks.  All  Member  States  were 
represented in function groups II, III and IV. 

The number of contract  agents  employed in  other EU institutions saw a  modest increase of 1.08% 
from 2021 to 2022, marking a notable slowdown compared to the previous year which saw a rise of 
12.09% from 2020 to 2021. Similarly, EU agencies experienced an increase of 9.08% in 2022, much 
lower than the rise observed in  the previous year, which stood at  15.31% from  2020 to  2021.  The 
European Parliament employs most contract agents among the EU institutions, accounting for 64% 
of  the  total.  Furthermore,  in  2022,  53.7%  of  contract  staff  in  agencies  were  employed  in 
decentralised agencies, 41.5% in executive agencies, and 4.7% in JUs. 

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2.  INTRODUCTION 

a)  Scope of the report 

This report is presented pursuant to Article 79(3) of the CEOS, which sets out that ‘the Commission 
shall provide a yearly report on the use of contract staff including numbers of staff, level and type of 
posts, geographical balance and budgetary resources per function group’. Unless otherwise indicated, 
the report includes the information as at 31 December 2022.  

This  report  comprises  data  for  the  63  different  entities  to  which  the  Staff  Regulations  apply 
subdivided between:  

a)  The European Commission; 
b)  the other Union’s institutions as defined in Article 13 of the Treaty on the European Union, 
except for the European Central Bank1, and the bodies treated as institutions for the purpose 
of the Staff Regulations, by virtue of Article 1b thereof2;  

c)  the  agencies,  i.e.  the  bodies  to  whom  the  Staff  Regulations  apply  under  the  Union  acts 
establishing them, as provided for by Article 1a, paragraph 2, of the Staff Regulations3. These 
bodies include decentralised agencies, JUs4 and executive agencies. 

Data  concerning  the  Commission  include  all  contract  staff,  i.e.  staff  financed  upon  administrative, 
operational  and  research  budget  lines,  as  well  as  upon  revenue  stemming  from  Service  Level 
Agreements with the other institutions and bodies.5 

b)  Contract staff 

The  category  of  contract  staff  was  created  in  2004  as  part  of  the  reform  of  the  Staff  Regulations. 
Since then, contract staff makes a useful contribution to the work of the institutions by carrying out 
administrative support activities at a lower cost and by bringing in skills not always readily available 
within the institutions. 

1  “The  Union's  institutions  shall  be:  the  European  Parliament,  the  European  Council,  the  Council,  the  European 
Commission  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘the  Commission’),  the  Court  of  Justice  of  the  European  Union,  the  European 
Central Bank, the Court of Auditors.” 
2 “Save as otherwise provided in these Staff Regulations, (a) the European External Action Service (hereinafter referred 
to as the EEAS), (b) the European Economic and Social Committee, (c) the Committee of the Regions, (d) the European 
Ombudsman,  and  (e)  the  European  Data  Protection  Supervisor  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  these  Staff  Regulations,  be 
treated as institutions of the Union.” 
3 “This definition in paragraph 1 shall also apply to persons appointed by Union bodies to whom these Staff Regulations 
apply  under  the  Union  acts  establishing  them  (hereinafter  ‘agencies’).  Any  references  to  ‘institutions’  in  these  Staff 
Regulations shall apply to agencies, save as otherwise provided in these Staff Regulations.” 
4 See Article 187 TFEU. 
5  It  is  to  be  noted  that  the budgetary data  (sent  each year  with  the draft  budget  to  the  Budgetary  Authority  -  Working 
Document, parts II and III) show contract staff numbers at the time the draft budget is presented (including contract staff 
recruited using assigned revenue), i.e.: a statement of the position at 1 April of year N-1 (where N is the year of the draft 
budget),  budgetary  implementation  in  year  N-2  and  requests  for  appropriations  with  estimates  of  full-time  equivalents 
(FTE) for year N. This is why some differences appear in the numbers  of contract staff, depending on the data source. 
Since  several  budget  lines  include  appropriations  for  external  personnel  without  establishing  a  distinction between  the 
different categories of that personnel, the budget figures convey the best possible estimates based on the likely average 
costs and the repartition between categories.  

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Articles 3a and 3b of the CEOS define the role of contract staff and functions that they may perform.  

3a Contract staff are staff not assigned to a post included in the establishment plan of the instutition 
concerned and are engaged for the performance of full-time or part-time duties: 

• 

• 

in an institution: to carry out exclusively manual or administrative support tasks in function 
group I,  
in  the  EU  Representations  and  Delegations,  the Agencies  and  other  entities:  to  perform  the 
functions specified in Article 80(2) of the CEOS in function groups I, II, III and IV.  
3a Contract staff benefit from a contract that can evolve into a contract of indefinite duration, after a 
first renewal for a definite duration. 

3b Contract staff (or ‘auxiliary’ contract staff) are engaged in an institution: 

• 

• 

to perform tasks other than those referred to in  Article 3a(1)(a) of the CEOS without being 
assigned to a post included in the establishment plan of the institution concerned, or 
to replace an official or temporary staff member who is temporarily unable to perform his or 
her duties.  

3b Contract staff are engaged for a limited duration, from a minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 
6 years. 

Article 80 of the CEOS  establishes  the  correspondance between  each function group (FG) and the 
type of duties to be performed: 

Function 
group 

Grade 

Tasks 

IV 

13 to 18 

Administrative, advisory, linguistic and equivalent technical tasks, 
performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff. 

III 

8 to 12 

Executive tasks, drafting, accountancy and other equivalent technical 
tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff. 

II 

4 to 7 

Clerical and secretarial tasks, office management and other equivalent 
tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff. 

I 

1 to 3 

Manual and administrative support service tasks, performed under the 
supervision of officials or temporary staff. 

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3.  CONTRACT STAFF IN INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES 

The number of contract  staff has  continued to grow in 2022, albeit at a slightly reduced rate when 
compared to the preceding two years. The total number of contract staff saw an increase, from 2021, 
of  nearly  3%  in  contrast  to  the  growth  rates  of  5%  and  7%  observed  in  the  years  2020  and  2021, 
respectively.  

Within the Commission, there was a slight decline in the number of contract staff, with a marginal 
decrease  of  0.42%,  equivalent  to  32  fewer  contract  agents.  Due  to  this  decrease  and  only  slight 
increases  observed  in  2020  and  2021,  the  share  of  contract  staff  employed  by  the  Commission 
compared to the total number of contract staff has continued its decline. 

A slight increase is observed in other institutions while a more significant increase was observed in 
the agencies. The salaries of contract staff in agencies are financed through the agencies’ operational 
budget,  whereas  their  pensions  are  financed  by  the  institutions’  overall  administrative  budget 
(Heading VII). 

The number of contract agents on 31 December was: 

Figure 1 - Number of contract staff at the Commission, other institutions and agencies 

European Commission 
Other institutions 
Agencies  
Total 

2020 
7581 
3051 
4606 
15238 

2021 

7615 
3420 
5311 
16346 

2022 
7583 
3457 
5793 
16833 

Figure 2 - Evolution in the number of contract staff at the Commission, other institutions and 
agencies 

2021 vs 2020 

2022 vs 2021 

European Commission 
Other institutions 
Agencies  
Total 

0.45% 
12.09% 
15.31% 
7.27% 

-0.42% 
1.08% 
9.08% 
2.98% 

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Figure  3  -  Share  of  the  Commission,  other  institutions  and  agencies  in  the  total  number  of 
contract staff 

2022

European 
Commission
45%

Agencies 
34%

Other 
institutions
21%

Figure 4 - Evolution of the relative share of the Commission, other institutions and agencies 
and JUs in the total number of contract staff 

European 
Commission 
Other institutions 
Agencies and JUs 

2020 

2021 

2022 

49.75% 

46.59% 

45.07% 

2021 vs 
2020 
-6.4% 

2022 vs 
2021 
-3.2% 

20.02% 
30.23% 

20.92% 
32.49% 

20.54% 
34.43% 

+4.5% 
+7.5% 

-1.82% 
5.9% 

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4.  CONTRACT STAFF AT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

a)  Evolution in the use of contract staff at the Commission 

The number of contract agents in the Commission evolved as follows since their introduction in 
2004. 

Figure 5 - Evolution within the Commission 

6018 5979 5977 5921 5807

6652

6440

5756

5494

4966

7131 7167 7238

7478 7581 7615 7583

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t
n
e
g
a

t
c
a
r
t
n
o
C

2787

514

Year

b)  Breakdown by function group of Commission contract staff 

The majority of Commission contract staff (46%) is employed to carry out administrative, advisory, 
linguistic and equivalent technical tasks (FG IV).  

Figure 6 – Commission contract staff by function group 

FG I 
FG II 
FG III 
FG IV 
Total 

2020 
857 
2083 
1485 
3156 
7581 

2021 
851 
2029 
1414 
3321 
7615 

2022 
700 
1994 
1397 
3492 
7583 

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Figure 6a - Breakdown by function group of Commission’s contract staff 

COMMISSION CONTRACT STAFF 2022

FG I 
9%

FG IV
46%

FG II
26%

FG III
19%

c)  Breakdown by gender of Commission’s contract staff in 2022 

At the Commission, contract staff is predominantly female (ca 60%, considering all function groups 
cumulatively). However, there are significant differences depending on the function group.  

The distribution is relatively balanced in function group IV (administrative, advisory, linguistic and 
equivalent technical tasks). Female staff is predominant in functions groups III (executive tasks) and 
II (clerical and secretarial tasks) while male staff is predominant in function group I (manual tasks).  

The breakdown of contract staff by gender, function group (FG and grade) and grade is shown in the 
charts and figures below.  

Figure 7 - Breakdown by gender, FG and grade of Commission contract staff in 2022 

Commission contract staff in 2022

Female

Male

s
t
n
e
g
A

t
c
a
r
t
n
o
C

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0

Function Group / Grade

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Figure 8 - Breakdown by function group and gender of Commission's contract staff in 2022 

FG I 

FG 
II 

FG 
III  

FG 
IV 

2022 

FG I 01 
FG I 02 
FG I 03 

FG I all 

FG II 04 
FG II 05 
FG II 06 
FG II 07 

FG II all 

FG III 08 
FG III 09 
FG III 10 
FG III 11 
FG III 12 

FG III all 

FG IV 13 
FG IV 14 
FG IV 15 
FG IV 16 
FG IV 17 
FG IV 18 

FG IV all 

Female 
11 
40 
183 
234 

15% 
31% 
37% 
33% 

Male 
62 
89 
315 
466 

178 
703 
458 
253 
1592 

214 
388 
183 
64 
19 
868 

179 
1029 
181 
415 
76 
14 
1894 

74% 
80% 
79% 
85% 
80% 

63% 
68% 
57% 
51% 
49% 
62% 

59% 
58% 
51% 
50% 
41% 
28% 
54% 

64 
173 
119 
46 
402 

125 
186 
137 
61 
20 
529 

123 
749 
173 
409 
108 
36 
1598 

Total 
73 
129 
498 
700 

242 
876 
577 
299 
1994 

339 
574 
320 
125 
39 
1397 

302 
1778 
354 
824 
184 
50 
3492 

85% 
69% 
63% 
67% 

26% 
20% 
21% 
15% 
20% 

37% 
32% 
43% 
49% 
51% 
38% 

41% 
42% 
49% 
50% 
59% 
72% 
46% 

Total contract staff 

4588 

61% 

2995 

39% 

7583 

d)  Breakdown by nationality of Commission’s contract staff 

It is worth noting that, as for officials and temporary agents, engagement of contract staff is carried 
out on the basis of the required profile, the applicants' abilities and language knowledge, without 
quotas by nationality.  

The  breakdown  by  nationality  is  most  likely  influenced  by  a  combination  of  factors,  in  particular 
geographical proximity to the location of the institution’s headquarters (for the Commission, mainly 
Brussels,  Luxembourg  and  Ispra),  salary  levels  and  the  duration  of  the  proposed  contracts. 
Candidates are more likely to accept a post with a fixed-term contract if they are resident at or near 
the site of the institution offering them a job, also considering that the duration of the first contract is, 
as a general rule, of one year.  

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In  2022,  all  Member  States  were  represented  in  function  groups  II,  III  and  IV.  In  2022-2023  the 
Commission  concluded  action  plans  with  Member  States  to  foster  the  geographical  balance  of  its 
staff, including contract agents.   

Figure 9 - Breakdown by nationality and gender of Commission's contract staff in 2022 

Commission contract staff in 2022

1800

1600

1400

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0

Female staff Male staff

 asess geographical balance. 

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Figure 10 - Contract staff by nationality and gender in 2022 at the Commission 

2022 

Female staff 

Male staff 

Total 

All FGs  Staff 
902 
IT 
767 
BE 
564 
FR 
452 
ES 
261 
GR 
266 
RO 
212 
PL 
139 
DE 
157 
PT 
97 
BG 
87 
HU 
86 
HR 
50 
NL 
56 
LT 
57 
SK 
43 
IE 
46 
CZ 
51 
AT 
43 
SI 
46 
FI 
47 
SE 
27 
CY 
30 
LV 
33 
EE 
21 
DK 
9 
LU 
10 
MT 
29 
others 
4588 
Total 

Share in 
nationality  Staff 
736 
475 
411 
352 
196 
94 
83 
126 
92 
54 
37 
33 
46 
30 
26 
33 
29 
22 
21 
16 
14 
14 
9 
5 
11 
7 
3 
20 
2995 

55% 
62% 
58% 
56% 
57% 
74% 
72% 
52% 
63% 
64% 
70% 
72% 
52% 
65% 
69% 
57% 
61% 
70% 
67% 
74% 
77% 
66% 
77% 
87% 
66% 
56% 
77% 
59% 
61% 

Share in 
nationality  Staff 

Share 
of 
total 

Cumulated 
share 

45% 
38% 
42% 
44% 
43% 
26% 
28% 
48% 
37% 
36% 
30% 
28% 
48% 
35% 
31% 
43% 
39% 
30% 
33% 
26% 
23% 
34% 
23% 
13% 
34% 
44% 
23% 
41% 
39% 

1638  21.6% 
1242  16.4% 
12.9% 
975 
10.6% 
804 
6.0% 
457 
4.7% 
360 
3.9% 
295 
3.5% 
265 
3.3% 
249 
2.0% 
151 
1.6% 
124 
1.6% 
119 
1.3% 
96 
1.1% 
86 
1.1% 
83 
1.0% 
76 
1.0% 
75 
1.0% 
73 
0.8% 
64 
0.8% 
62 
0.8% 
61 
0.5% 
41 
0.5% 
39 
0.5% 
38 
0.4% 
32 
0.2% 
16 
0.2% 
13 
49 
0.6% 
7583  100% 

22% 
38% 
51% 
61% 
67% 
72% 
76% 
80% 
83% 
85% 
87% 
88% 
89% 
90% 
92% 
93% 
94% 
95% 
95% 
96% 
97% 
98% 
98% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
100% 

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Figure 11 - Contract staff by gender and nationality in function group IV in 2022 

2022 
FG 
Staff 
IV 
431 
IT 
266 
FR 
210 
ES 
137 
BE 
100 
GR 
82 
DE 
82 
PL 
79 
RO 
72 
PT 
48 
BG 
38 
HU 
33 
NL 
33 
AT 
27 
IE 
26 
LT 
28 
HR 
22 
CZ 
25 
SK 
25 
SI 
26 
FI 
24 
SE 
14 
CY 
16 
EE 
12 
DK 
13 
LV 
7 
LU 
7 
MT 
others 
11 
Total  1894 

Female staff 
Share in 
nationality 
50% 
53% 
50% 
53% 
49% 
47% 
64% 
65% 
61% 
61% 
57% 
54% 
66% 
55% 
53% 
60% 
54% 
63% 
66% 
76% 
73% 
70% 
84% 
67% 
81% 
70% 
88% 
38% 
54% 

Male staff 
Share in 
nationality  Staff 
854 
505 
422 
258 
203 
175 
128 
121 
118 
79 
67 
61 
50 
49 
49 
47 
41 
40 
38 
34 
33 
20 
19 
18 
16 
10 
8 
29 
3492 

50% 
47% 
50% 
47% 
51% 
53% 
36% 
35% 
39% 
39% 
43% 
46% 
34% 
45% 
47% 
40% 
46% 
38% 
34% 
24% 
27% 
30% 
16% 
33% 
19% 
30% 
13% 
62% 
46% 

Staff 
423 
239 
212 
121 
103 
93 
46 
42 
46 
31 
29 
28 
17 
22 
23 
19 
19 
15 
13 
8 
9 
6 
3 
6 
3 
3 
1 
18 
1598 

Total 

Share 
of total 
24.5% 
14.5% 
12.1% 
7.4% 
5.8% 
5.0% 
3.7% 
3.5% 
3.4% 
2.3% 
1.9% 
1.7% 
1.4% 
1.4% 
1.4% 
1.3% 
1.2% 
1.1% 
1.1% 
1.0% 
0.9% 
0.6% 
0.5% 
0.5% 
0.5% 
0.3% 
0.2% 
0.8% 
100% 

Cumulated 
share 

24% 
39% 
51% 
58% 
64% 
69% 
73% 
76% 
80% 
82% 
84% 
86% 
87% 
88% 
90% 
91% 
92% 
94% 
95% 
96% 
97% 
97% 
98% 
98% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
100% 

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Figure 12 - Contract staff by gender and nationality in function group III in 2022 

2022 

FG 
III 
IT 
FR 
BE 
ES 
GR 
RO 
PL 
DE 
PT 
HR 
BG 
SK 
HU 
CZ 
NL 
LT 
FI 
SE 
AT 
SI 
IE 
LV 
CY 
EE 
DK 
LU 
MT 
others 
Total 

Staff 
165 
100 
94 
96 
57 
71 
43 
33 
17 
25 
18 
17 
19 
13 
8 
11 
10 
11 
11 
10 
7 
8 
6 
7 
3 

Female staff 
Share in 
nationality 
61% 
57% 
56% 
60% 
59% 
76% 
72% 
57% 
50% 
76% 
56% 
68% 
83% 
68% 
44% 
69% 
67% 
73% 
85% 
77% 
58% 
73% 
60% 
88% 
50% 
0% 
50% 
88% 
62% 

1 
7 
868 

Male staff 
Share in 
nationality 
39% 
43% 
44% 
40% 
41% 
24% 
28% 
43% 
50% 
24% 
44% 
32% 
17% 
32% 
56% 
31% 
33% 
27% 
15% 
23% 
42% 
27% 
40% 
13% 
50% 
100% 
50% 
13% 
38% 

Staff 
107 
74 
74 
64 
39 
23 
17 
25 
17 
8 
14 
8 
4 
6 
10 
5 
5 
4 
2 
3 
5 
3 
4 
1 
3 
2 
1 
1 
529 

Total 

Share 
of total 
19.5% 
12.5% 
12.0% 
11.5% 
6.9% 
6.7% 
4.3% 
4.2% 
2.4% 
2.4% 
2.3% 
1.8% 
1.6% 
1.4% 
1.3% 
1.1% 
1.1% 
1.1% 
0.9% 
0.9% 
0.9% 
0.8% 
0.7% 
0.6% 
0.4% 
0.1% 
0.1% 
0.6% 
100% 

Staff 
272 
174 
168 
160 
96 
94 
60 
58 
34 
33 
32 
25 
23 
19 
18 
16 
15 
15 
13 
13 
12 
11 
10 
8 
6 
2 
2 
8 
1397 

Cumulated 
share 

19% 
32% 
44% 
55% 
62% 
69% 
73% 
77% 
80% 
82% 
85% 
86% 
88% 
89% 
91% 
92% 
93% 
94% 
95% 
96% 
97% 
97% 
98% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
100% 

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Figure 13 - Contract staff by gender and nationality in function group II in 2022 

2022 

Female staff 
Share in 
nationality 
81% 
80% 
71% 
76% 
85% 
74% 
81% 
89% 
87% 
83% 
91% 
79% 
95% 
88% 
79% 
69% 
67% 
92% 
70% 
90% 
90% 
80% 
78% 
100% 
86% 
100% 
100% 
100% 

FG II   Staff 
451 
BE 
253 
IT 
182 
FR 
125 
ES 
110 
RO 
91 
GR 
71 
PL 
56 
PT 
33 
HR 
29 
BG 
29 
HU 
23 
DE 
19 
LT 
15 
SK 
11 
CZ 
9 
NL 
8 
IE 
11 
SE 
7 
AT 
9 
FI 
9 
LV 
8 
SI 
7 
CY 
9 
EE 
6 
DK 
2 
LU 
2 
MT 
7 
others 
1592 
Total 

Staff 
104 
63 
75 
40 
19 
32 
17 
7 
5 
6 
3 
6 
1 
2 
3 
4 
4 
1 
3 
1 
1 
2 
2 

Male staff 
Share in 
nationality 
19% 
20% 
29% 
24% 
15% 
26% 
19% 
11% 
13% 
17% 
9% 
21% 
5% 
12% 
21% 
31% 
33% 
8% 
30% 
10% 
10% 
20% 
22% 
0% 
14% 
0% 
0% 
0% 

1 

Staff 
555 
316 
257 
165 
129 
123 
88 
63 
38 
35 
32 
29 
20 
17 
14 
13 
12 
12 
10 
10 
10 
10 
9 
9 
7 
2 
2 
7 

Total 

Share 
of total 
27.8% 
15.8% 
12.9% 
8.3% 
6.5% 
6.2% 
4.4% 
3.2% 
1.9% 
1.8% 
1.6% 
1.5% 
1.0% 
0.9% 
0.7% 
0.7% 
0.6% 
0.6% 
0.5% 
0.5% 
0.5% 
0.5% 
0.5% 
0.5% 
0.4% 
0.1% 
0.1% 
0.4% 
100% 

Cumulated 
share 

28% 
44% 
57% 
65% 
71% 
77% 
82% 
85% 
87% 
89% 
90% 
92% 
93% 
94% 
94% 
95% 
96% 
96% 
97% 
97% 
98% 
98% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
100% 
100% 
100% 

80% 

402 

20%  1994 

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Figure 14 - Contract staff by gender and nationality in function group I in 2022 

Female staff 
Share in 
nationality 

2022 

1 
1 
1 

FG I  Staff 
85 
BE 
53 
IT 
21 
ES 
16 
FR 
13 
GR 
12 
PT 
16 
PL 
6 
RO 
2 
BG 
NL 
DE 
FI 
IE 
SI 
CY 
EE 
HU 
LU 
LV 
CZ 
DK 
HR 
LT 
MT 
SE 
SK 
others 
Total 

4 
234 

1 
1 

1 

Staff 
176 
143 
36 
23 
22 
22 
3 
10 
3 
4 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

Male staff 
Share in 
nationality 
67% 
73% 
63% 
59% 
63% 
65% 
16% 
63% 
60% 
100% 
67% 
67% 
67% 
100% 
100% 
50% 
50% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
0% 
100% 
20% 
67% 

1 
1 
466 

Total 

Share 
of total 
37.3% 
28.0% 
8.1% 
5.6% 
5.0% 
4.9% 
2.7% 
2.3% 
0.7% 
0.6% 
0.4% 
0.4% 
0.4% 
0.4% 
0.3% 
0.3% 
0.3% 
0.3% 
0.3% 
0.1% 
0.1% 
0.1% 
0.1% 
0.1% 
0.1% 
0.1% 
0.7% 
100% 

Staff 
261 
196 
57 
39 
35 
34 
19 
16 
5 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
5 
700 

Cumulated 
share 

37% 
65% 
73% 
79% 
84% 
89% 
92% 
94% 
95% 
95% 
96% 
96% 
96% 
97% 
97% 
97% 
98% 
98% 
98% 
98% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
99% 
100% 

33% 
27% 
37% 
41% 
37% 
35% 
84% 
38% 
40% 
0% 
33% 
33% 
33% 
0% 
0% 
50% 
50% 
0% 
0% 
0% 
0% 
0% 
0% 
0% 
100% 
0% 
80% 
33% 

e)  Breakdown by DG of Commission’s contract staff 

The  figures  below  give  an  overview  on  the  distribution  of  Commission  contract  staff  across  the 
different  Directorates-General,  services  and  offices  attached  to  the  Commission67,  with  the 
distinction between administrative/advisory/linguistic tasks (FG IV) and support tasks (FG III, FG II, 
FG I). 

6 See Annex 2 for the list with full names of Directorates General, services and offices on 31 December 2022. 
7 Please note that the data presented in this section refers to staff in activity at the moment of the snapshot. For this reason 
the totals are different from the data displayed in the other chapters. 

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Figure 15 - Breakdown by gender, DG and two clusters of FGs of Commission's contract staff 
in 2022 

AGRI 
BUDG 
CdP-OSP 
CLIMA 
CNECT 
COMM 
COMP 
DEFIS 
DGT 
DIGIT 
EAC 
ECFIN 
ECHO 
EMPL 
ENER 
ENV 
EPSO 
ESTAT 
FISMA 
FPI 
GROW 
HERA 
HOME 
HR 
IAS 
INTPA 
JRC 
JUST 
MARE 
MOVE 
NEAR 
OIB 
OIL 
OLAF 
OP 
PMO 
REFORM 
REGIO 
RTD 
SANTE 
SCIC 
SG 
SJ 
TAXUD 
TRADE 
Total 

F 
24 
27 
10 
14 
33 
220 
32 
11 
33 
18 
25 
8 
51 
60 
26 
26 
13 
26 
18 
30 
28 
4 
23 
138 
2 
112 
129 
22 
27 
34 
98 
610 
153 
12 
11 
301 
21 
52 
45 
47 
35 
22 
13 
11 
24 
2679 

M 
5 
6 

4 
18 
91 
19 
3 
16 
13 
10 
1 
34 
18 
14 
5 
7 
15 
3 
12 
12 

FG I-II-III 
Total 
29 
33 
10 
18 
51 
311 
51 
14 
49 
31 
35 
9 
85 
78 
40 
31 
20 
41 
21 
42 
40 
4 
33 
199 
4 
163 
261 
29 
43 
47 
141 
977 
250 
17 
26 
421 
28 
89 
68 
55 
67 
44 
15 
18 
33 
4071 

10 
61 
2 
51 
132 
7 
16 
13 
43 
367 
97 
5 
15 
120 
7 
37 
23 
8 
32 
22 
2 
7 
9 
1392 

% 
39.7% 
48.5% 
100.0% 
58.1% 
35.2% 
85.4% 
100.0% 
51.9% 
33.6% 
31.3% 
68.6% 
9.6% 
57.0% 
53.4% 
75.5% 
77.5% 
95.2% 
53.2% 
80.8% 
33.3% 
54.1% 
40.0% 
76.7% 
88.8% 
57.1% 
14.6% 
23.6% 
85.3% 
68.3% 
81.0% 
26.7% 
97.1% 
98.0% 
77.3% 
92.9% 
98.6% 
43.1% 
71.8% 
27.1% 
59.1% 
100.0% 
83.0% 
65.2% 
66.7% 
78.6% 
54.0% 

% 
60.3% 
51.5% 
0.0% 
41.9% 
64.8% 
14.6% 
0.0% 
48.1% 
66.4% 
68.7% 
31.4% 
90.4% 
43.0% 
46.6% 
24.5% 
22.5% 
4.8% 
46.8% 
19.2% 
66.7% 
45.9% 
60.0% 
23.3% 
11.2% 
42.9% 
85.4% 
76.4% 
14.7% 
31.7% 
19.0% 
73.3% 
2.9% 
2.0% 
22.7% 
7.1% 
1.4% 
56.9% 
28.2% 
72.9% 
40.9% 
0.0% 
17.0% 
34.8% 
33.3% 
21.4% 
46.0% 

TOTAL ALL 
FG  

Total     % 

73 
68 
10 
31 
145 
364 
51 
27 
146 
99 
51 
94 
149 
146 
53 
40 
21 
77 
26 
126 
74 
10 
43 
224 
7 
1119 
1104 
34 
63 
58 
529 
1006 
255 
22 
28 
427 
65 
124 
251 
93 
67 
53 
23 
27 
42 

1.0% 
0.9% 
0.1% 
0.4% 
1.9% 
4.8% 
0.7% 
0.4% 
1.9% 
1.3% 
0.7% 
1.2% 
2.0% 
1.9% 
0.7% 
0.5% 
0.3% 
1.0% 
0.3% 
1.7% 
1.0% 
0.1% 
0.6% 
3.0% 
0.1% 
14.8% 
14.6% 
0.5% 
0.8% 
0.8% 
7.0% 
13.3% 
3.4% 
0.3% 
0.4% 
5.7% 
0.9% 
1.6% 
3.3% 
1.2% 
0.9% 
0.7% 
0.3% 
0.4% 
0.6% 

7545  100.0% 

GFIV 

Total 
44 
35 

F 
24 
25 

5 
54 
31 

10 
69 
21 
11 
44 
40 
42 
6 
5 
1 
28 
3 
49 
22 
3 
5 
14 
3 
518 
387 
3 
14 
7 
210 
24 
3 
1 
1 
4 
26 
24 
106 
23 

M 
20 
10 

8 
40 
22 

3 
28 
47 
5 
41 
24 
26 
7 
4 

8 
2 
35 
12 
3 
5 
11 

438 
456 
2 
6 
4 
178 
5 
2 
4 
1 
2 
11 
11 
77 
15 

13 
94 
53 

13 
97 
68 
16 
85 
64 
68 
13 
9 
1 
36 
5 
84 
34 
6 
10 
25 
3 
956 
843 
5 
20 
11 
388 
29 
5 
5 
2 
6 
37 
35 
183 
38 

2 
6 
5 
4 
1883 

7 
2 
4 
5 
1591 

9 
8 
9 
9 
3474 

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Contract staff 3a 

Figure 16 - 3a contract staff by FG, gender and DG in 2022 at the Commission 

FG I 

FG II 

FG III 

FG IV 

F  M 

Total 

F 

M 

Total 

F  M 

Total 

F  M 

Total 

Total 

AGRI 

BUDG 

CLIMA 

CNECT 

COMM 

COMP 

DEFIS 

DGT 

DIGIT 

EAC 

ECHO 

EMPL 

ENER 

ENV 

EPSO 

ESTAT 

FISMA 

FPI 

GROW 

HERA 

HR 

INTPA 

JRC 

JUST 

MARE 

MOVE 

NEAR 

OIB 

OIL 

OLAF 

OP 

PMO 

REGIO 

RTD 

SANTE 

SCIC 

SG 

SJ 

TAXUD 

TRADE 

TOTAL 

4 

11 

1 

3 

4 

2 

1 

3 

3 

1 

4 

10 

8 

3 

2 

2 

5 

1 

23 

7 

7 

1 

10 

5 

6 

3 

4 

7 

32 

4 

3 

1 

3 

1 

3 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

24 

3 

56 

1 

2 

2 

4 

7 

15 

1 

10 

36 

6 

1 

6 

4 

4 

5 

13 

10 

1 

1 

5 

2 

2 

6 

1 

47 

10 

63 

2 

12 

7 

10 

59 

203 

262 

7 

2 

6 

3 

5 

7 

9 

6 

2 

25 

4 

10 

21 

4 

9 

1 

16 

9 

1 

1 

1 

32 

6 

10 

27 

7 

14 

8 

25 

15 

1 

1 

3 

1 

2 

3 

135 

27 

162 

71 

22 

93 

31 

22 

53 

11 

6 

17 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

3 

30 

27 

57 

11 

19 

30 

361 

366 

727 

495 

119 

112 

55 

607 

174 

8 

56 

27 

8 

52 

17 

16 

108 

44 

246 

55 

301 

49 

44 

93 

2 

4 

6 

149 

145 

294 

24 

3 

4 

1 

5 

2 

2 

1 

29 

5 

6 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

4 

5 

10 

15 

1 

10 

344 

6 

1 

6 

4 

4 

5 

13 

10 

1 

21 

5 

2 

62 

6 

1 

47 

767 

63 

2 

18 

7 

320 

1006 

255 

6 

10 

427 

7 

16 

8 

25 

15 

1 

1 

10 

% 

0.3% 

0.4% 

0.0% 

0.3% 

9.7% 

0.2% 

0.0% 

0.2% 

0.1% 

0.1% 

0.1% 

0.4% 

0.3% 

0.0% 

0.6% 

0.1% 

0.1% 

1.8% 

0.2% 

0.0% 

1.3% 

21.7% 

1.8% 

0.1% 

0.5% 

0.2% 

9.0% 

28.4% 

7.2% 

0.2% 

0.3% 

12.1% 

0.2% 

0.5% 

0.2% 

0.7% 

0.4% 

0.0% 

0.0% 

0.3% 

233 

465 

698 

1007 

256 

1263 

225 

164 

389 

608 

580 

1188 

3538 

100.0% 

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Contract staff 3b 

Figure 17 - 3b contract staff by FG, gender and DG in 2022 at the Commission 

FG III 

FG IV 

Total 

Total 

% 

FG II 

M 

Total 

10 

4 

9 

14 

17 

4 

13 

8 

42 

6 

11 

2 

18 

28 

9 

17 

18 

6 

9 

13 

2 

8 

90 

2 

45 

95 

9 

5 

19 

29 

3 

8 

17 

19 

35 

37 

13 

11 

3 

14 

4 

2 

1 

3 

2 

13 

1 

2 

1 

2 

2 

2 

4 

1 

3 

2 

2 

16 

1 

9 

23 

3 

2 

2 

5 

3 

4 

4 

4 

11 

7 

1 

2 

F 

10 

4 

9 

10 

15 

3 

10 

6 

29 

5 

9 

2 

17 

26 

7 

15 

14 

5 

6 

11 

2 

6 

74 

1 

36 

72 

6 

3 

17 

24 

3 

5 

13 

15 

31 

26 

6 

10 

3 

12 

AGRI 

BUDG 

CdP-OSP 

CLIMA 

CNECT 

COMM 

COMP 

DEFIS 

DGT 

DIGIT 

EAC 

ECFIN 

ECHO 

EMPL 

ENER 

ENV 

ESTAT 

FISMA 

FPI 

GROW 

HERA 

HOME 

HR 

IAS 

INTPA 

JRC 

JUST 

MARE 

MOVE 

NEAR 

OLAF 

OP 

REFORM 

REGIO 

RTD 

SANTE 

SCIC 

SG 

SJ 

TAXUD 

TRADE 

TOTAL 

F 

10 

12 

1 

3 

15 

7 

20 

4 

1 

10 

15 

6 

30 

24 

11 

11 

9 

11 

21 

12 

1 

17 

41 

1 

58 

50 

15 

14 

12 

60 

7 

11 

16 

36 

25 

9 

10 

3 

8 

9 

M 

2 

2 

9 

9 

12 

1 

11 

5 

1 

32 

13 

10 

2 

9 

2 

7 

9 

8 

21 

1 

20 

53 

3 

12 

9 

26 

1 

5 

4 

29 

10 

3 

5 

6 

6 

5 

Total 

12 

14 

1 

3 

24 

16 

32 

5 

1 

21 

20 

7 

62 

37 

21 

13 

18 

13 

28 

21 

1 

25 

62 

2 

78 

103 

18 

26 

21 

86 

8 

16 

20 

65 

35 

12 

5 

16 

3 

14 

14 

M 

18 

10 

8 

40 

3 

28 

47 

5 

41 

24 

26 

7 

4 

8 

2 

8 

12 

3 

5 

11 

F 

23 

25 

5 

54 

10 

69 

21 

11 

44 

40 

42 

6 

5 

28 

3 

19 

22 

3 

5 

14 

3 

41 

35 

13 

94 

13 

97 

68 

16 

85 

64 

68 

13 

9 

36 

5 

27 

34 

6 

10 

25 

3 

157 

387 

72 

456 

229 

843 

3 

12 

7 

61 

1 

1 

26 

24 

105 

23 

2 

6 

5 

3 

2 

2 

4 

33 

4 

1 

11 

11 

76 

15 

7 

2 

4 

1 

5 

14 

11 

94 

5 

2 

37 

35 

181 

38 

9 

8 

9 

4 

63 

53 

10 

30 

135 

20 

45 

26 

140 

95 

47 

94 

144 

133 

43 

39 

72 

24 

64 

68 

9 

43 

177 

7 

352 

1041 

32 

45 

51 

209 

16 

18 

65 

117 

235 

85 

42 

38 

22 

26 

32 

1.6% 

1.3% 

0.2% 

0.7% 

3.4% 

0.5% 

1.1% 

0.6% 

3.5% 

2.4% 

1.2% 

2.3% 

3.6% 

3.3% 

1.1% 

1.0% 

1.8% 

0.6% 

1.6% 

1.7% 

0.2% 

1.1% 

4.4% 

0.2% 

8.8% 

26.0% 

0.8% 

1.1% 

1.3% 

5.2% 

0.4% 

0.4% 

1.6% 

2.9% 

5.9% 

2.1% 

1.0% 

0.9% 

0.5% 

0.6% 

0.8% 

578 

144 

722 

636 

363 

999 

1275 

1011 

2286 

4007 

100.0% 

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5.  CONTRACT STAFF IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES 

a)  Introduction 

The number of contract  agents working for the other institutions  increased by 1.08% from 2021 to 
2022. This represents a marginal increase, lower than the increases of 12.09% observed from 2020 to 
2021 and 4.56% from 2019 to 2020. 

For  agencies,  the  increase  stands  at  9.08%,  which  is  also  lower  than  the  increases  of  15.31% 
registered from 2020 to 2021 and 12.10% from 2019 to 2020. 

Figure 18 - Trends in the breakdown of contract staff between other institutions and agencies 

10000

9000

8000

7000

6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

0

2582

2945

3490

3749

3995

5311

5793

4327

4606

2042

2086

2254

2425

2608

2918

3051

3420

3457

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Other institutions

Agencies

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b)  Contract staff in the other institutions 

The figures below show the distribution of contract agents in institutions other than the Commission. 

Figure 19  

Breakdown of contract staff among the other institutions in 2022 

1,6%

1,4%

0,2%
1,5%

2022

17,3%

2,6%

5,2%

6,1%

European Parliament

Council

Court of Justice of the European Union

European Court of Auditors

European External Action Service

European Economic and Social Committee

European Committee of the Regions

European Ombudsman

European Data Protection Supervisor

64,0%

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Figure 20 – Breakdown by gender and function group in the other institutions in 2022 

FG I  

FG II 

FG III 

FG IV 

European Parliament 

Council  

Court of Justice of the European Union 

European Court of Auditors 

European External Action Service 

European Economic and Social Committee 

European Committee of the Regions 

European Ombudsman 

European Data Protection Supervisor 

F 

227 

25 

3 

5 

11 

8 

7 

M 

814 

116 

81 

36 

19 

12 

14 

Total 

F  M 

Total 

F 

M 

Total 

F 

M 

Total 

Total 

1041 

168 

48 

216 

288 

255 

543 

245 

169 

414 

2214 

141 

84 

41 

30 

20 

21 

10 

8 

15 

9 

2 

140 

14 

3 

2 

1 

8 

6 

1 

8 

10 

17 

17 

154 

11 

8 

2 

8 

20 

36 

8 

66 

7 

5 

1 

15 

1 

18 

4 

93 

1 

5 

5 

21 

54 

12 

24 

17 

16 

15 

7 

5 

39 

24 

21 

159 

117 

137 

254 

8 

10 

1 

20 

8 

12 

2 

19 

1 

6 

2 

6 

9 

18 

4 

25 

211 

179 

91 

597 

48 

57 

7 

53 

Grand Total 

286 

1092 

1378 

364 

79 

443 

446 

382 

828 

460 

348 

808 

3457 

22 

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Figure 21 – Breakdown by nationality in the other institutions in 2022 

AT  BE  BG  CY  CZ  DE  DK  EE  ES 

FI  FR  GR  HR  HU 

IE 

IT  LT  LU  LV  MT  NL  PL 

PT  RO  SE  SI 

SK  Others  Total 

98 

190 

15 

17 

19 

28 

2214 

2 

3 

1 

4 

1 

1 

1 

41 

211 

179 

91 

597 

48 

57 

7 

53 

3457 

European Parliament 

17 

527 

37 

7 

14 

76 

13 

12 

186 

21 

391 

108 

31 

19 

22 

234 

23 

16 

Council  

Court of Justice of the European Union 

European Court of Auditors 

European External Action Service 

European Economic and Social Committee 

European Committee of the Regions 

European Ombudsman 

European Data Protection Supervisor 

2 

1 

9 

1 

3 

3 

71 

14 

8 

118 

19 

13 

16 

1 

9 

4 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

5 

5 

5 

2 

3 

26 

2 

5 

1 

2 

2 

1 

2 

2 

2 

2 

6 

1 

2 

1 

6 

1 

22 

11 

8 

62 

5 

8 

1 

4 

18 

57 

20 

84 

4 

1 

1 

8 

7 

9 

6 

32 

3 

3 

7 

1 

6 

4 

1 

2 

5 

8 

2 

2 

3 

8 

4 

2 

1 

6 

1 

2 

4 

1 

1 

1 

37 

17 

8 

84 

11 

10 

9 

1 

7 

1 

1 

1 

4 

4 

1 

1 

1 

29 

1 

1 

53 

11 

7 

2 

1 

1 

8 

15 

9 

6 

8 

2 

7 

18 

26 

47 

2 

3 

3 

2 

1 

2 

4 

3 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

3 

4 

2 

1 

5 

1 

1 

Grand Total 

30 

777 

66 

12 

25 

122 

18 

25 

307 

31 

584 

175 

39 

35 

36 

410 

39 

28 

14 

7 

40 

100 

162 

259 

19 

27 

29 

23 

 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
c)  Contract staff in the agencies 

The following figure shows the evolution of the number of contract staff in the agencies since 2013. 

Figure 22a - Breakdown of contract staff by type of agency in 2013 – 2022 

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3500

3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

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2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Year

Decentralised agencies

Executive agencies

Joint undertakings

In  2022,  53.7%  of  contract  staff  working  in  agencies  were  employed  in  decentralised  agencies, 
41.5%  in  executive  agencies  and  4.7%  in  JUs.  These  figures  follow  the  observed  increase  in  the 
relative  share  of  contract  staff  in  decentralised  agencies  and  a  decrease  in  the  relative  share  of 
contract staff in executive agencies and JUs. 

Figure 22b - Breakdown of contract staff by type of agency in 2013 – 2022 

2013 

2014 

2015 

2016 

2017 

2018 

2019 

2020 

2021 

2022 

Decentralised agencies 

Executive agencies 

Joint undertakings 

44.6%  48.3%  40.8%  44.3%  47.2%  47.4%  49.1%  51.1%  52.0%  53.7% 

48.5%  44.7%  52.0%  49.3%  46.2%  46.5%  44.9%  43.3%  43.1%  41.5% 

6.9% 

7.0% 

7.2% 

6.4% 

6.6% 

6.1% 

6.0% 

5.6% 

4.9% 

4.7% 

The breakdown by function group, gender and nationality is as follows. 

Figure 23 - Breakdown by function group in 2022 

FG I  

FG II 

FG III 

FG IV 

Total 

Decentralised 
agencies 

Executive agencies 

Joint undertakings 

33 

14 

70.2% 

223  41.4%  915  47.1%  1942  59.5%  3113  53.7% 

29.8% 

298  55.3%  919  47.3%  1175  36.0%  2406  41.5% 

18 

3.3% 

109 

5.6% 

147 

4.5% 

274 

4.7% 

24 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
Figure 24 - Breakdown by function group and gender in 2022 

Decentralised agencies 
ACER 
BEREC 
CDT 
CEDEFOP 
CEPOL 
CPVO 
EASA 
EBA 
ECDC 
ECHA 
EEA 
EFCA 
EFSA 
EIGE 
EIOPA 
ELA 
EMA 
EMCDDA 
EMSA 
ENISA 
EPPO 
ERA 
ESMA 
ETF 
EUAA 
EUIPO 

Ljubljana, SL 
Riga, LV 
Luxemburg, LU 
Thesaloniki, EL 
Budapest, HU 
Angers, FR 
Cologne, DE 
Paris, FR 
Stockholm, SE 
Helsinki, FI 
Copenhagen, DK 
Vigo, ES 
Parma, IT 
Vilnius, LT 
Frankfurt a.M., DE 
Bratislava, SK 
Amsterdam, NL 
Lisbon, PT 
Lisbon, PT 
Heraklion, EL 
Luxembourg, LU 
Valenciennes, FR 
Paris, FR 
Turin, IT 
Valletta, MT 
Alicante, ES 

EU-LISA 

EU-OSHA 
EUROFUND 
EUROJUST 
EUROPOL 
EUSPA 
FRA 
FRONTEX 
Executive 
agencies 
CINEA 
EACEA 
EISMEA 
ERCEA 
HaDEA 
REA 
Joint 
Undertakings 
CBE 
Clean Aviation 
Clean Hydrogen 
EDCTP3 
ECCC 
EIT 
EU-Rail 
EuroHPC 
F4E 
IHI 
KDT 
SESAR 3 
SNS 
Total agencies 

Tallinn, EE; 
Strasbourg, FR 

Bilbao, ES 
Dublin, IE 
The Hague, NL 
The Hague, NL 
Prague, CZ 
Vienna, AT 
Warsaw, PL 

Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 

Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Bucharest, RO 
Budapest, HU 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Barcelona, ES 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 

European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 
Agency for Support for BEREC 
Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union 
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training 
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training 
Community Plant Variety Office 
European Union Aviation Safety Agency 
European Banking Authority 
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 
European Chemicals Agency 
European Environment Agency 
European Fisheries Control Agency 
European Food Safety Authority 
European Institute for Gender Equality 
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority 
European Labour Authority 
European Medicines Agency 
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 
European Maritime Safety Agency 
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity 
European Public Prosecutor’s Office 
European Union Agency for Railways 
European Securities and Markets Authority 
European Training Foundation 
European Union Agency for Asylum  
European Union Intellectual Property Office 

European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the 
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice 

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work 
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 
European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation 
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation 
European Union Agency for the Space Programme 
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 
European Border and Coast Guard Agency 

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency 
European Education and Culture Executive Agency 
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency 
European Research Council Executive Agency 
European Health and Digital Executive Agency 
Research Executive Agency 

Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking 
Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking (formerly Clean Sky) 
Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (formerly FCH2) 
Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking 
European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre 
European Institute of Innovation and Technology 
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking 
European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking 
Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking 
Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking 
Key Digital Technology Joint Undertaking 
Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking 
Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking 

F 

FG I  
M 
33 

Total 
33 

2 

1 

1 
2 
1 

2 

1 

1 
2 
1 

4 

4 

22 

11 

1 
1 
2 
1 
6 

22 

14 

3 
1 
2 
1 
7 

3 

2 

1 

F 
156 

3 

8 

8 
23 
6 
1 
9 
4 
1 

1 
8 
13 

7 

3 
10 

2 

6 
1 
4 
26 
1 
2 
9 

261 

33 
47 
26 
64 
23 
68 

16 

1 
1 
11 

3 

FG II 
M 
67 

Total 
223 

1 

2 

1 
6 

5 
2 

3 
4 

1 

2 
9 

1 
2 
1 
24 

3 

37 

4 
7 
1 
10 
6 
9 

2 

2 

4 

10 

9 
29 
6 
1 
14 
6 
1 

1 
11 
17 

1 
7 

5 
19 

2 

7 
3 
5 
50 
1 
2 
12 

298 

37 
54 
27 
74 
29 
77 

18 

1 
1 
13 

3 

F 
624 
3 
1 
5 
1 
24 

42 
6 
34 
33 
7 
10 
15 
6 
21 
4 
80 
9 
6 
4 
13 
4 
23 
18 
31 
21 

24 

10 
1 
22 
63 
6 
5 
72 

636 

81 
122 
73 
97 
75 
187 

80 

1 
1 

1 
1 
5 
3 
7 
47 
7 
7 

FG III 
M 
291 
2 
4 
6 
1 
9 
3 
18 
2 
9 
27 
4 

4 
1 
4 
2 
23 
5 
4 
3 
5 
4 
6 
3 
35 
13 

21 

2 
1 
4 
48 
1 
4 
13 

283 

37 
64 
30 
50 
28 
74 

29 

3 
2 
1 
1 

4 
3 
2 
7 
3 
2 

Total 
915 
5 
5 
11 
2 
33 
3 
60 
8 
43 
60 
11 
10 
19 
7 
25 
6 
103 
14 
10 
7 
18 
8 
29 
21 
66 
34 

45 

12 
2 
26 
111 
7 
9 
85 

919 

118 
186 
103 
147 
103 
261 

109 

4 
3 
1 
2 
1 
9 
6 
9 
54 
10 
9 

3 

44 

47 

433 

106 

539 

1 
1340 

1 
603 

2 
1943 

25 

F 
938 
11 
7 
8 
1 
11 
1 
15 
22 
49 
23 
51 
10 
85 
2 
5 
6 
82 
6 
11 
11 
7 
6 
21 
10 
72 
114 

24 

4 
5 
9 
29 
12 
12 
196 

721 

129 
108 
82 
92 
112 
198 

63 

7 
1 

11 
3 
5 
32 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1722 

FG IV 
M 
1004 
18 
3 
1 
4 
16 
1 
21 
16 
31 
18 
35 
3 
53 
2 
7 
1 
28 
4 
14 
8 
9 
22 
43 
3 
28 
64 

51 

3 
2 
8 
48 
21 
10 
408 

454 

103 
31 
66 
63 
70 
121 

84 

3 

1 

5 
4 
1 
67 
2 
1 

1542 

Total 
1942 
29 
10 
9 
5 
27 
2 
36 
38 
80 
41 
86 
13 
138 
4 
12 
7 
110 
10 
25 
19 
16 
28 
64 
13 
100 
178 

75 

7 
7 
17 
77 
33 
22 
604 

Total 

3113 
34 
19 
20 
19 
60 
5 
96 
46 
133 
130 
103 
24 
171 
17 
38 
13 
214 
36 
54 
27 
35 
43 
93 
39 
185 
216 

122 

26 
12 
48 
238 
41 
33 
723 

1175 

2405 

232 
139 
148 
155 
182 
319 

147 

10 
1 

1 

16 
7 
6 
99 
3 
2 
1 
1 
3264 

387 
382 
279 
378 
315 
664 

275 

14 
4 
1 
3 
1 
25 
14 
16 
166 
13 
14 
1 
3 
5793 

 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
Figure 25 - Breakdown by nationality in 2022 

Decentralised agencies 
ACER 
BEREC 
CDT 
CEDEFOP 
CEPOL 
CPVO 
EASA 
EBA 
ECDC 
ECHA 
EEA 
EFCA 
EFSA 
EIGE 
EIOPA 
ELA 
EMA 
EMCDDA 
EMSA 
ENISA 
EPPO 
ERA 
ESMA 
ETF 
EUAA 
EUIPO 

EU-LISA 

EU-OSHA 
EUROFUND 
EUROJUST 
EUROPOL 
EUSPA 
FRA 
FRONTEX 
Executive agencies 
CINEA 
EACEA 
EISMEA 
ERCEA 
HaDEA 
REA 
Joint Undertakings 
CBE 
Clean Aviation 
Clean Hydrogen 
EDCTP3 
ECCC 
EIT 
EU-Rail 
EuroHPC 
F4E 
IHI 
KDT 
SESAR 3 
SNS 
Total agencies 

Ljubljana, SL 
Riga, LV 
Luxemburg, LU 
Thesaloniki, EL 
Budapest, HU 
Angers, FR 
Cologne, DE 
Paris, FR 
Stockholm, SE 
Helsinki, FI 
Copenhagen, DK 
Vigo, ES 
Parma, IT 
Vilnius, LT 
Frankfurt a.M., DE 
Bratislava, SK 
Amsterdam, NL 
Lisbon, PT 
Lisbon, PT 
Heraklion, EL 
Luxembourg, LU 
Valenciennes, FR 
Paris, FR 
Turin, IT 
Valletta, MT 
Alicante, ES 
Tallinn, EE; 
Strasbourg, FR 
Bilbao, ES 
Dublin, IE 
The Hague, NL 
The Hague, NL 
Prague, CZ 
Vienna, AT 
Warsaw, PL 

Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 

Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Bucharest, RO 
Budapest, HU 
Brussels, BE 
Luxembourg, LU 
Barcelona, ES 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 

European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 
Agency for Support for BEREC 
Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union 
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training 
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training 
Community Plant Variety Office 
European Union Aviation Safety Agency 
European Banking Authority 
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 
European Chemicals Agency 
European Environment Agency 
European Fisheries Control Agency 
European Food Safety Authority 
European Institute for Gender Equality 
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority 
European Labour Authority 
European Medicines Agency 
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 
European Maritime Safety Agency 
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity 
European Public Prosecutor’s Office 
European Union Agency for Railways 
European Securities and Markets Authority 
European Training Foundation 
European Union Agency for Asylum  
European Union Intellectual Property Office 
European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT 
Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice 
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work 
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 
European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation 
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation 
European Union Agency for the Space Programme 
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 
European Border and Coast Guard Agency 

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency 
European Education and Culture Executive Agency 
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency 
European Research Council Executive Agency 
European Health and Digital Executive Agency 
Research Executive Agency 

Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking 
Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking (formerly Clean Sky) 
Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (formerly FCH2) 
Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking 
European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre 
European Institute of Innovation and Technology 
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking 
European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking 
Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking 
Innovative Health Initiative 
Key Digital Technology Joint Undertaking 
Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking 
Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking 

AT  BE  BG  CY  CZ  DE  DK  EE 
34 
25 

11 

32 

21 

FI 
65 

ES 
360 
4 

374 
4 

FR  GR  HR  HU 
97 
198 
2 
1 
1 

52 
4 

2 

3 

3 

LT  LU  LV  MT  NL 
88 
45 
69 
1 
2 
1 

13 
1 

20 

1 

1 

PT  RO 
259 
166 

SE 
47 

PL 
315 
1 

SI 
29 
10 

96 
1 

81 
1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

2 

1 

3 

1 

2 

2 
1 

6 
3 
10 
4 
1 

2 
2 
1 
1 

1 

2 

1 

3 
2 

7 

4 

3 
1 
10 

2 
2 
2 

2 

2 
5 

7 

1 

2 
8 
1 
2 
26 
89 
9 
9 
14 
13 
17 
27 
6 
1 

1 
3 
1 

1 
4 
1 
5 
3 
8 

2 

2 

5 
4 
5 

2 
10 
2 
1 
4 
2 

4 

2 
7 
1 

4 
449 
49 
95 
47 
93 
34 
131 
21 
1 
1 
1 

4 
1 
7 

6 

88 
1 
1 

27 
2 
7 
2 
4 

2 

16 

8 

6 

4 
1 
2 

1 
1 
3 
1 

2 

3 

1 
1 

4 
1 
1 
4 
66 
10 
13 
7 
9 
9 
18 
13 

1 

2 

4 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

2 
1 

1 

1 

1 
2 

2 

1 
1 
10 
3 
2 
18 
4 
2 
5 
1 
4 
2 
2 

1 

2 

1 

4 

2 

1 
10 
2 
2 

2 
2 
2 

1 
3 
8 

2 

36 

551 

191 

21 

52 

1 
167 

25 

40 

26 

1 

2 

2 
1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 
2 
1 

13 

1 

1 

4 
5 

1 
1 
3 
1 

1 

4 
1 
2 

5 
5 
5 
10 
10 
16 
20 

5 
1 
27 
2 
10 

3 
1 
4 
1 
9 
116 

7 

18 
3 
6 
16 
6 

43 
263 
49 
33 
26 
30 
41 
84 
91 
3 
1 

1 

2 
2 
78 
2 
1 

1 
714 

4 

2 
3 
1 
1 
2 

1 
1 
3 

4 

1 

2 
1 
1 

5 

1 

2 
1 

10 
29 
8 
1 
6 
5 
4 
5 
2 

1 

1 

17 
5 

8 

12 
12 
2 

16 

1 
27 

3 
17 
4 
2 
10 
1 
37 
8 

19 

1 

5 
20 
3 
2 
138 
246 
47 
21 
22 
37 
40 
79 
6 

1 

1 
1 
1 
2 

1 
7 
5 
9 
9 
9 
1 
9 
1 
1 

16 
2 
1 
1 
3 
11 
23 

6 
20 

24 

1 
1 
4 
11 
3 
5 
11 
213 
41 
47 
29 
35 
19 
42 
29 

1 
2 
3 
16 
3 
3 
1 

1 
4 
40 
4 

1 

1 
1 

1 

2 

4 
1 

5 
13 
3 
3 

1 
1 
5 
2 

1 

1 

80 

440 

626 

83 

28 

2 
2 
1 
3 
2 

1 

1 

10 
1 

1 
1 
3 

4 
1 

2 

1 
11 

3 
15 
42 
3 
5 
3 
14 
6 
11 
21 

14 
1 
1 
3 
1 

1 
160 

IE 
34 
1 

IT 
428 
4 

1 
1 
4 
3 
9 
8 
9 
8 
12 
2 
85 

2 
2 
29 
3 
6 
3 
9 
4 
22 
25 
65 
26 

5 

1 
2 
6 
23 
6 
2 
41 
439 
70 
87 
38 
59 
56 
129 
32 
6 
1 

1 

2 

1 

4 

2 

2 
1 
2 
6 

2 

3 
1 
3 

1 
2 
14 

2 
4 
3 
2 
3 
4 
1 

2 

2 
3 
1 

1 
3 

2 

2 
1 

5 

1 

1 

1 
4 

2 
1 

1 

8 
9 

1 
3 
1 
1 
3 

1 

1 

1 

14 

3 
6 
2 
1 
1 

2 

1 

4 

4 

1 
11 
1 

6 

1 
1 

4 
4 

3 
6 

18 
35 
9 
7 
5 
3 
8 
3 
1 

1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

2 

1 
1 

1 

2 
1 

5 
11 
2 
1 
3 
1 
2 
2 
1 

2 
35 

3 

2 

1 

1 

1 
2 
11 
2 
1 
4 
1 
1 
2 
1 

1 

1 

1 
5 
6 
3 
6 
2 
6 

1 
3 
16 
17 
20 

1 
1 
1 

4 

4 

1 
14 

1 
51 
59 
5 
11 
8 
11 
12 
12 
9 

1 

6 
2 

1 

7 

12 
2 
13 
10 
2 
1 
3 

5 
2 
10 
2 

1 
3 
4 
5 
2 
6 
9 

16 

1 
1 
6 
33 
6 
1 
95 
189 
28 
16 
28 
34 
25 
57 
18 
2 
1 

1 
2 
1 
1 
7 
3 
1 

1 

1 
2 
2 
1 

1 
1 

3 

1 

1 
2 

4 

1 

1 

2 
59 

2 
2 
23 
5 
4 
4 
4 
1 
5 
2 

1 

1 

3 

5 
2 
9 
4 
5 
1 
5 
1 

13 
2 
2 
1 

2 
7 
1 
11 
4 

3 

3 
8 

2 
220 
107 
27 
7 
13 
12 
17 
31 
5 

1 

1 
2 

1 

3 

1 

31 

1 
1 

2 
3 

2 
1 
1 
4 
7 

SK  Oth  Total 
3113 
45 
34 
19 
20 
19 
60 
5 
96 
46 
133 
130 
103 
24 
171 
17 
38 
13 
214 
36 
54 
27 
35 
43 
93 
39 
185 
216 

1 
3 
5 

2 
3 

2 
1 

1 

2 

4 

2 

8 

1 

1 

122 

1 

1 
2 
1 
9 
23 
3 
4 
4 
3 
5 
4 
3 

19 
4 
5 
3 
2 
3 
2 
3 

26 
12 
48 
238 
41 
33 
723 
2405 
387 
382 
279 
378 
315 
664 
275 
14 
4 
1 
3 
1 
25 
14 
16 
166 
13 
14 
1 
3 
5793 

1 

1 

2 
22 

2 

1 

2 
1 

1 

1 

3 

52 

899 

105 

7 

54 

26 

113 

427 

234 

466 

59 

41 

71 

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ANNEX 1  

Corrigendum to the report from the Commission on the use of contract staff in 2021: Table 25b - Breakdown by nationality in 2021  

AT  BE 
72 

BG  CY  CZ  DE  DK  EE  EL 
96 
276 
88 
1 

41 
1 

10 

16 

31 

ES 
330 

FI 
60 

FR  HR  HU 
90 
46 
183 
1 

IE 
33 

LT  LU  LV  MT  NL 
84 
36 
58 
1 
13 
2 

21 

2 

PL 
264 

PT  RO 
221 
144 

SE 
39 

SI 
29 

Decentralised agencies 
BEREC 
CPVO 
EU-OSHA 
EASO 
EBA 
FRONTEX 
ECDC 
CEDEFOP 
ECHA 
EEA 
EFCA 
EFSA 
EUROFUND 
EIGE 
EIOPA 
ELA 
EMSA 
EMA 
EMCDDA 
EPPO 
ESMA 
ETF 
EUROJUST 
ENISA 
FRA 
EUROPOL 
CEPOL 
ERA 
ACER 

Riga, LV 
Angers, FR 
Bilbao, ES 
Valletta, MT 
Paris, FR 
Warsaw, PL 
Stockholm, SE 
Thesaloniki, EL 
Helsinki, FI 
Copenhagen, DK 
Vigo, ES 
Parma, IT 
Dublin, IE 
Vilnius, LT 
Frankfurt a.M., DE 
Bratislava, SK 
Lisbon, PT 
Amsterdam, NL 
Lisbon, PT 
Luxembourg, LU 
Paris, FR 
Turin, IT 
The Hague, NL 
Heraklion, EL 
Vienna, AT 
The Hague, NL 
Budapest, HU 
Valenciennes, FR 
Ljubljana, SL 
Tallinn, EE; Strasbourg, 
FR 
Prague, CZ 
Cologne, DE 
Alicante, ES 
Luxemburg, LU 

EU-LISA 

EUSPA 
EASA 
EUIPO 
CDT 
Executive agencies  
CINEA 
EACEA 
HaDEA 
EISMEA 
ERCEA 
REA 
Joint Undertakings 
CBE JU 
CAJU 
CHP 
EU-RAIL 
EHPC 
EIT 
F4E 
IHI JU 
KDT JU 
SESAR 

Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 

Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Budapest, HU 
Barcelona, ES 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 
Brussels, BE 

Agency for Support for BEREC 
Community Plant Variety Office 
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work 
European Asylum Support Office 
European Banking Authority 
European Border and Coast Guard Agency 
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training 
European Chemicals Agency 
European Environment Agency 
European Fisheries Control Agency 
European Food Safety Authority 
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 
European Institute for Gender Equality 
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority 
European Labour Authority 
European Maritime Safety Agency 
European Medicines Agency 
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 
European Public Prosecutor’s Office 
European Securities and Markets Authority 
European Training Foundation 
European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation 
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity 
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation 
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training 
European Union Agency for Railways 
European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators 
European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT 
Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice 
European Union Agency for the Space Programme 
European Union Aviation Safety Agency 
European Union Intellectual Property Office 
Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union 

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency 
European Education and Culture Executive Agency 
European Health and Digital Executive Agency 
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency 
European Research Council Executive Agency 
Research Executive Agency 

Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking 
Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking 
Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking 
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking 
European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking 
European Institute of Innovation and Technology 
Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking 
Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking 
Key Digital Technology Joint Undertaking 
SESAR Joint Undertaking 

IT 
401 
2 
2 
1 
65 
7 
23 
10 
1 
9 
10 

70 
3 

5 
2 
5 
35 
3 
7 
20 
26 
7 
3 
2 
23 
3 
1 
5 

8 

6 
4 
28 
5 
13 
1 
2 
1 
4 
2 
3 
2 

1 
1 

4 
2 
10 
1 

3 
4 

2 

1 

9 
1 

3 

1 

2 
11 
27 

2 

2 

2 
1 
1 
24 
8 
1 
4 
4 
3 
4 
2 

1 
1 

1 

3 

2 

2 

3 

3 
1 
1 
1 

2 
3 

1 
1 

2 

1 
6 

37 
3 
5 
3 
2 
13 
11 
19 
1 

1 
1 
13 
3 

15 

3 

1 

1 

1 

7 

1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
0 

1 
1 
1 

2 
1 

1 
2 

2 

2 

2 
58 
2 
1 

2 

4 
1 
5 
1 

3 
1 

0 

6 
1 

2 

1 
2 

1 

2 
1 
1 

5 

1 
4 

2 

1 

1 
0 

3 
1 
17 
4 

4 

7 

5 

1 

3 

5 

1 

1 
3 
1 
412 
64 
70 
49 
42 
55 
132 
33 
4 
2 

1 
1 
25 

1 

1 
32 
10 
6 
6 
4 
3 
3 
1 

1 

5 
2 
173 
11 

5 
4 
1 
6 

1 

1 
10 
2 

6 
2 
1 
1 
2 
9 
3 
2 
2 

2 

1 
6 
6 

21 
4 
4 

5 
4 
4 
2 

1 
1 

5 
5 
36 
6 

4 
6 
2 
4 
1 

2 
2 
20 
11 
14 

1 

1 

17 
1 
1 

1 

1 
2 
1 
99 
24 
7 
12 
14 
12 
30 
5 

1 
1 
2 

1 

1 
3 
3 
68 
12 

10 
2 

4 
1 

4 
2 
1 
10 
3 
5 
4 
2 
7 
2 
1 
26 
7 
3 

11 

8 
10 
9 
2 
54 
7 
9 
10 
8 
7 
13 
9 

1 

6 
2 

1 
1 
2 

30 

2 

1 
1 

1 

176 
24 
12 
22 
25 
36 
57 
18 
1 
1 
1 

2 
2 
7 
3 
1 

1 
6 
2 

1 
1 

2 

1 
1 
2 

1 

9 

1 

1 

13 
3 
1 

4 
1 
4 
1 

2 

4 
1 

4 
4 

2 
2 

1 
1 
5 

1 
1 
1 
1 

SK  Other  Total 
2763 
30 
39 
21 
5 
28 
166 
48 
507 
120 
18 
133 
81 
12 
141 
13 
12 
34 
11 
50 
205 
36 
30 
85 
41 
42 
28 
34 
237 
58 
37 
35 

1 
1 
1 
3 

1 
3 

2 

1 

1 

1 

5 

7 

1 
2 
1 

18 
3 
6 
1 
3 
2 
3 
3 

2 
1 
4 
1 
10 
2 
1 
1 
3 
1 
2 
1 

1 

1 

3 

107 

56 
85 
224 
23 
2287 
364 
351 
252 
275 
369 
676 
261 
9 
5 
2 
13 
11 
21 
168 
13 
18 
1 
5311 

146 

48 

846 

91 

6 

43 

26 

107 

368 

207 

415 

53 

40 

65 

51 

4 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

9 
3 
1 
1 

2 
2 
0 

1 
3 
1 

1 
1 

3 

1 
1 
2 

7 

2 

13 
4 
2 
3 
1 
2 
1 
0 

1 
3 
2 
18 

7 

4 

3 
1 
1 
11 
1 
2 
1 

2 
2 
2 
8 
1 
1 
1 

5 

2 
3 
5 
1 
84 
7 
8 
11 
16 
13 
29 
3 
1 

1 
1 

1 
2 
1 
5 
4 

1 
4 

3 

2 

5 
5 
4 
3 
2 
1 
2 

5 

10 
2 

2 

1 
4 
3 

455 
50 
97 
27 
48 
93 
140 
20 

1 
1 
4 
1 

7 

6 

1 

10 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 
1 

1 

0 

1 
1 
3 
5 
7 

3 
4 

9 
1 

5 

2 
6 
1 
2 
4 
1 

1 
7 

1 
1 

2 

1 
24 
3 

67 
8 
15 
8 
8 
11 
17 
10 

2 

8 

1 
1 
2 
1 

1 

1 

2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

3 
2 

2 

16 
1 
2 

16 
3 
2 
4 
4 

3 
2 

2 

1 
28 
1 
70 
8 
16 
12 
2 

11 

1 
1 
3 
22 

3 
9 

2 
18 
2 
19 
5 
2 
3 

17 

5 
8 
7 

24 
4 
5 
5 
3 
3 
4 
2 

1 

1 

1 
2 

2 
2 

1 

1 

1 
2 

1 
1 

1 

14 

1 
1 

5 

1 

1 
3 
1 

1 

1 
19 
9 
5 
31 
3 
1 
13 
11 
9 
11 
3 

2 

9 
30 
2 
1 
3 
1 
4 

1 
20 
2 
1 
3 

6 

6 
7 
113 
3 
221 
42 
18 
29 
21 
36 
75 
6 

1 

1 
1 
3 

2 
1 
8 
4 
6 
8 

1 
1 
4 
4 

38 
3 

10 
6 

8 
1 
1 
1 

15 
3 
2 
21 

2 

5 
10 

10 
2 

21 

4 
6 
23 
3 
13 
4 
4 

5 
1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

4 

1 

1 

242 
47 
28 
32 
24 
30 
81 
90 
2 
1 

1 
1 

80 
3 
2 

36 

547 

175 

19 

59 

173 

18 

37 

503 

662 

74 

424 

3 
3 
8 
2 

1 
2 

2 

2 

1 
5 

1 

3 
3 
1 
4 

1 

2 

2 
211 
37 
44 
18 
28 
37 
47 
30 

4 
1 
1 
16 
2 
5 
1 
72 

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ANNEX 2  

List of Directorates-General, Services and Offices at the European Commission on 31/12/2022 

1.  AGRI: Agriculture and Rural Development   
2.  BUDG: Budget 
3.  CdP-OSP: Staff Committee - Representative Trade Unions and Staff Associations  
4.  CLIMA: Climate Action 
5.  CNECT: Communications Networks, Content and Technology  
6.  COMM: Communication   
7.  COMP: Competition 
8.  DEFIS: Defence Industry and Space 
9.  DGT: Translation  
10.  DIGIT: Informatics 
11.  EAC: Education, Youth, Sport and Culture 
12.  ECFIN: Economic and Financial Affairs 
13.  ECHO: European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) 
14.  EMPL: Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion 
15.  ENER: Energy 
16.  ENV: Environment 
17.  EPSO: European Personnel Selection Office  
18.  ESTAT: Eurostat  
19.  FISMA: Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union 
20.  FPI: Service for Foreign Policy Instruments   
21.  GROW: Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 
22.  HERA: European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority 
23.  HOME: Migration and Home Affairs 
24.  HR: Human Resources and Security 
25.  IAS: Internal Audit Service 
26.  INTPA: International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO in 2020) 
27.  JRC: Joint Research Centre 
28.  JUST: Justice and Consumers 
29.  MARE: Maritime Affairs and Fisheries 
30.  MOVE: Mobility and Transport 
31.  NEAR: Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations 
32.  OIB: Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels 
33.  OIL: Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Luxembourg 
34.  OLAF: European Anti-Fraud Office 
35.  OP: Publications Office 
36.  PMO: Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements 
37.  REFORM: Structural Reform Support 
38.  REGIO: Regional and Urban Policy 
39.  RTD: Research and Innovation 
40.  SANTE: Health and Food Safety 
41.  SCIC: Interpretation 
42.  SG: Secretariat-General 
43.  SJ: Legal Service  
44.  TAXUD: Taxation and Customs Union 
45.  TRADE: Trade 

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