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Brussels, 7.42004
C(2004) 1313
COMMISSION DECISION
on general implementing provisions concerning the criteria applicable to
classification in grade and step on appointment or engagement
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials and the Conditions of
Employment of other servants of the European Communities, as laid down in
Council Regulation (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular,
Articles 5, 29, 30, 31 and 32 of the Staff Regulations and Articles 10 and
15 of the Conditions of Employment,
Having regard to the opinion of the Staff Regulations Committee,
After consulting the Staff Committee,
Whereas
- The Commission's recruitment policy constitutes an essential part of
its staff policy;
- Pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 32 of the Staff
Regulations, the appointing authority may allow candidates additional
seniority of step in grade in order to take account of their specific
professional experience,
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:
Article 1
These general implementing provisions shall apply when any permanent
official is appointed to the Commission or any temporary official is
engaged.
Article 2
Taking account of professional experience
- Any duly certified professional activity connected with one of the
Institution's areas of activity shall be taken into account.
- Where additional periods of training and study are accompanied by
periods of professional activity, only the latter shall be considered as
professional experience.
- Compulsory military service or equivalent civilian service shall be
taken into consideration.
- For grading purposes, professional activities pursued part-time shall
be calculated pro rata, on the basis of the certified percentage of
full-time hours worked.
In the case of freelance translators, the length of professional
experience shall be calculated, within the limits of the period spent on
such activities, on the basis of the number of pages translated.
In the case of freelance interpreters, the length of professional
experience shall be based on both the number of days worked as an
interpreter and the time spent on the necessary preparations.
- A given period may be counted only once.
- According to the rules on access to function groups (Article 5(3) of
the Staff Regulations), professional experience shall be counted as
follows:
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from the time when a post-secondary education diploma was
awarded: where the official duration of the course is less than three
years, the difference shall be deducted from the professional experience;
where no such diploma has been awarded and a secondary-education
certificate and three years' professional experience have been accepted as
an alternative, those three years shall be deducted from the experience
acquired;
where professional training of an equivalent level is accepted as an
alternative, from the time when the diploma or certificate relating to
this training was awarded;
where equivalent professional experience is accepted as an alternative,
the duration of the professional experience within the meaning of Article
2 shall be reduced by the number of years of equivalent experience
specified in the notice of competition or selection procedure; where no
such number is specified, three years shall be deducted from the
professional experience.
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| A*5/AD5 and A*6/AD6: |
from the time when, on completion of a minimum of
three years of study, the university degree giving access to these grades
was awarded;
where no such degree has been awarded and "professional training of an
equivalent level" has been accepted as an alternative in the competition
or selection procedure, from the date when the diploma or certificate
relating to this training was awarded.
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| A*7/AD7 to A*16/AD 16: |
from the time when a university degree was awarded
on completion of a minimum of four years of study;
where a university degree has been awarded on completion of less than four
years of study, the difference between the official duration of the course
and four years shall be deducted from the professional experience;
where no such degree has been awarded and "professional training of an
equivalent level" has been accepted as an alternative in the competition
or selection procedure, from the date when the diploma or certificate
relating to this training was awarded. |
Article 3
Candidates shall be responsible for providing documents evidencing
- the official duration of their studies/training,
- the level of a degree or diploma/the equivalent level of a training
period,
- the length of professional experience,
- professional activity during periods of training and further study.
Article 4
Additional seniority of step in grade
For the purposes of determining professional experience, the appointing
authority shall allow 24 months' additional seniority of step in grade for
professional experience equal to or more than the number of years
indicated below:
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For grades A*14/AD14 to A*16/AD16 : 21 years
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For grades A*12/AD12 and A*13/AD13 : 18 years
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For grades A*9/AD9 to A*11/AD 11 : 15 years
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For grade A*8/AD8 : 12 years
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For grade A*7/AD7 : 9 years
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For grade A*6/AD6 : 6 years
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For grade A*5/AD5 : 3 years
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For grade B*4/AST4 : 12 years
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For grade B*3/AST3 : 9 years
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For grade C*2/AST2 : 6 years
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For grade C*1/AST1 : 3 years
By way of exception, where a temporary official is hired at level B*/AST5,
6, 7 or 8, additional seniority of 24 months shall be granted in respect
of professional experience of 15 years or more.
The length of the professional experience to be counted shall be
established at the time when the job offer is made. Where the period
between this date and that on which the appointment is actually taken up
has an impact on the classification in step, the appointing authority
shall adopt a new decision in this regard.
Article 5
Temporary staff members appointed as permanent officials
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Temporary staff who are appointed as permanent officials to posts in
the same grade immediately after their period of temporary employment
shall maintain their seniority in step.
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Any temporary staff who are appointed as permanent officials in a lower
grade immediately after their period of temporary employment shall be
classified according to one of the following options, whichever is most
favourable:
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as new recruits,
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in the same step and with the same seniority in step in the grade
acquired as a member of the temporary staff, or
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with the same seniority in step, but in the step which they would have
occupied had they been hired as temporary staff in the grade to which they
are appointed as permanent officials.
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Any temporary staff who are appointed as permanent officials in a
higher grade immediately after their period of temporary employment shall
be classified according to one of the following options, whichever is more
favourable:
Article 6
Any permanent officials who are appointed at a higher grade as a result of
an open competition shall be classified according to one of the following
options, whichever is more favourable:
The same shall apply to any temporary staff who, immediately after a
period of temporary employment, are hired in a higher grade as temporary
staff following a selection procedure.
Article7
These general implementing provisions shall enter into force on 1 May 2004
and shall apply to any permanent or temporary official taking up
employment from that date.
They repeal and replace the Decision of 1 September 1983, as amended by
the Decision of 7 February 1996, and the Decision of 11 October 1984 on
the criteria applicable to grade and step classification upon recruitment
of scientific and technical staff appointed to posts paid from the
research appropriations. However, those Decisions shall continue to apply
in the event of appointment or engagement prior to 1.5.2004
Done at Brussels, 7.4.2004 __________________________
Footnotes
(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968. Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p.
1).
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