2013/811/EU: Council Decision of 17 December 2013 determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment and repealing Decision 2011/444/EU

31.12.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 355/91
COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 December 2013
determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment and repealing Decision 2011/444/EU
(2013/811/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular Article 2 of those Staff Regulations and Article 6 of those Conditions of Employment,
Whereas:
(1) Under the first subparagraph of Article 240(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the General Secretariat of the Council comes under the responsibility of a Secretary-General.
(2) In the light of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) introducing a new function group AST/SC, a new decision should be adopted, determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment, and Council Decision 2011/444/EU (3) should be repealed,