Article 1 
1. Notwithstanding the second and third paragraphs of Article 4, Article 5 (3), Article 7 (1), the third paragraph of Article 27, Article 29 (1) (a), (b) and (c) and Article 31 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities, provision may be made until 31 December 1999 for vacant posts to be filled by Austrian, Finnish and Swedish nationals up to the limits set in the context of budgetary discussions within the institutions responsible. 2. Appointments to grades A 3, A 4, A 5, A 6, A 7, A 8, LA 3, LA 4, LA 5, LA 6, LA 7, LA 8, B 1, B 2, B 3, B 4, B 5, C 1, C 2 to C 5 and D 1 to D 4 shall be made after a competition based on qualifications and tests, organized in accordance with Annex III to the Staff Regulations. 3. Vacant posts shall be adequately advertised both inside and outside the Community institutions. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 March 1995. For the Council The President E. ALPHANDÉRY (1) OJ No C 18, 23. 1. 1995. (2) Opinion delivered on 13 December 1994. (3) Opinion delivered on 15 December 1994.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 March 1995. For the Council The President E. ALPHANDÉRY (1) OJ No C 18, 23. 1. 1995. (2) Opinion delivered on 13 December 1994. (3) Opinion delivered on 15 December 1994.