Brussels, 14.4.2004
C(2004) 1314

INTERIM COMMISSION DECISION of 14.4.2004

on types of posts and equivalent categories and grades, with a description of the duties and powers attaching thereto

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 laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68⁽¹⁾ , and in particular Article 5 thereof and Annexes XIII and XIII.1 thereto;

Having regard to the opinion of the Staff Regulations Committee,

Whereas:

1. Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations provides for a transitional period from the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 until two years after that date. The transitional period will apply both to officials and other servants already in service and to those recruited during this two-year period.
    
2. During the two-year transition period, the posts covered by the Staff Regulations are to be classified, according to the nature and level of the duties to which they relate, in four categories A, B, C and D, in descending order of rank.
    
3. Category A is to comprise twelve grades, category B nine grades, category C seven grades and category D five grades.
    
4. Annex XIII.1 contains a list of types of post for each category during the transitional period.
    
5. It is necessary to establish the equivalence between the types of posts mentioned in Annex XIII.1 and categories and grades, and to draw up a description of the duties and powers attaching thereto within the Commission.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In accordance with Article 5(4) of the Staff Regulations, the table establishing the equivalence between types of posts and categories and grades, and describing the duties and powers attaching thereto, which is contained in the Annex to this Decision, is hereby approved.

Article 2

Job titles other than those listed in the table in the Annex may be used, provided that they are linked to one of the types of posts listed in Annex XIII.1 to the Staff Regulations and they comply with the definition given in that table.

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on 1 May 2004 and remain in force until 30 April 2006.

The provisions on the description of types of posts adopted by the Commission Decisions of 18 January 1981, 15 September 1981, 19 July 1988, 4 October 1989 and 5 October 1990 are hereby repealed.

Done at Brussels, 14.4.2004.

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Footnotes
⁽¹⁾ OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation.(EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1).