EN C 417/180 Official Journal of the European Union 11 12 2019 Since the OfficeŐs job mapping clearly defines the tasks that can be performed by each of the EUIPOŐs staff categories, it forms the basis for deciding on the need or possibility to request external services The job mapping is a live document allowing new profiles to be integrated on the basis of new tasks or competences In this vein, the Office has conducted an ambitious policy of internalisations, with due regard to budgetary availability, in recent years, conducting 60+ internalisations in a short period of time Regarding the execution of certain recurrent tasks by external resources, the EUIPO believes that recurrence does not always justify the use of statutory staff when the tasks are of a non-core business nature (i e not directly connected to the tasks entrusted to EUIPO by the legislation) 3 34 15 The Office welcomes the Court of AuditorsŐ acknowledgment of the important efforts being made by the EUIPO to internalise tasks which have become core The Office will consider the suggestion to include information on the full time equivalents provided by service providers in the annual work programme or the annual activity report for activities performed under Ôtime and meansŐ contracts However, the Office mainly contracts external services through the fixed price modality under which the number of resources is not known and therefore such an estimation is not possible Finally, the information published by the Office in the Annual Work Programme and the Annual Activity Report is exhaustive and fully compliant with the Financial Regulation 3 34 16 The Office has a clearly defined framework on the use of temporary agency workers that is compliant with Spanish Labour Law and that is used for clearly defined tasks under the OfficeŐs job mapping Moreover, a central verification is performed at Office level ensuring that consultancy services do not cover tasks of an agency workers nature 3 34 17 The Office indeed mainly uses fixed price contracts which it considers the most effective modality for anticipating and controlling the costs of the services requested as well as limiting the risk of court cases in front of the Spanish National Labour Courts as the Office faced such cases in the past, among others, following the use of the times and means modality In the majority of cases, changes in the scope follow a request from the Office to the contractor to adapt the deliverables and not the contrary When the scope of the contract needs to be adapted it is formally reflected in contract amendments in accordance with Article 172 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 The Office, however, takes note of the CourtŐs suggestion to reinforce the definition of the deliverables under fixed price contracts 3 34 18 As a result of the OfficeŐs efforts, the use of consultancy services has reduced significantly in recent years and is not considered excessive by the EUIPO The Office welcomes the consideration by the Court of Auditors that the internalisation efforts are recognised and encouraged The Office will pursue them to the extent possible The Office will consider the suggestion to include information on the number of full time equivalents from external service providers in the annual work programme or the annual activity report for activities performed under Ôtime and meansŐ contracts However, the Office mainly contracts external services through the fixed price modality under which the number of resources is not known and therefore such an estimation is not possible With respect to fixed price the Office will consider reinforcing the definition of the deliverables in the specific contracts The Office considers fixed price the most effective modality to manage risks in terms of allocation and monitoring of financial resources 3 34 19 Follow-up of previous yearsŐ comments The Office is working hand in hand with the CdT, and the EUIPO-CdT cooperation programme 2019-2020 includes 5 projects to be implemented jointly by both agencies Through the implementation of these projects, the Office confirms there is no duplication of efforts and related costs 
Vo všeobecnosti platí, že využívanie neštatutárnych zamestnancov na administratívnu podporu mimo projektov je obmedzené na zamestnancov sprostredkovaných agentúrou dočasného zamestnávania. SK C 417/180 Úradný vestník Európskej únie 11 12 2019 Keďže v mapovaní pracovných miest úrad jednoznačne vytýčil úlohy, ktoré môže vykonávať ktorákoľvek kategória zamestnancov EUIPO, predstavuje toto mapovanie základ na jednoznačné rozhodovanie o potrebe alebo možnosti externalizovať služby.