COMMISSION DECISION

Brussels, 15.06.2005
C(2005) 1869

repealing certain provisions implementing the Staff Regulations of officials and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials (hereafter the Staff Regulations) and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities, laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68⁽¹⁾ ,

Whereas:

1. With effect from 1 May 2004, Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004 profoundly amends the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities.
    
2. For the sake of clarity and legal certainty, those implementing provisions adopted by the Commission which are now obsolete should be repealed or revoked,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The implementing provisions listed in the Annex are hereby repealed or revoked.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 15.06.2005

For the Commission
S. KALLAS
Vice-President of the Commission

ANNEX

List of the implementing provisions repealed by this Decision

1. Commission rules of 13 January 1967 on annual leave.
    
2. Commission decision of 2 July 1982 on provisions for offsetting the disadvantages of a change of place of employment in connection with promotion (COM (82) Min 656).
    
3. Communication on the household allowance under Article 1(2)(c) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations (Administrative Notice 457 of 22 October 1984).
    
4. Internal Commission directives of 10 October 1987 on the administration of leave.
    
5. Communication on promotion procedures – New career profiles – Administrative budget – Categories B, C and D (Special Administrative Notices of 20 July and 29 September 1992).
    
6. Internal Commission directive of 30 July 1993 on provisions for implementing the rules laying down the procedure for the transfer of part of an official' s emoluments (Administrative Notices Nos 815 of 11 August 1993 and 823 of 15 October 1993).
    
7. Commission decision of 4 February 1994 on LA/A mobility (Special Administrative Notices of 11 February and 15 April 1994).
    
8. Communication on the code of conduct for the European elections campaign in June 1994 (Special Administrative Notice of 6 May 1994).
    
9. Internal Commission directive of 21 December 1994 on reimbursement of annual travel expenses (Article 8(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations) – Travelling time added to annual leave (second paragraph of Article 7 of Annex V to the Staff Regulations) (Administrative Notices of 4 January and 8 March 1995).
    
10. Internal Commission directive of 21 December 1994 on conditions for granting an orphan’s pension – Article 80 of the Staff Regulations – Conclusion 200/91 – Judgment of 23 March 1994 in Case T-8/93 Huet v Court of Auditors (Administrative Notice of 4 January; Administrative Notice 885 of 20 February 1995).
     
11. Commission Communication of 12 January 1996 on the new policy applicable to research staff (SEC(1996) 48).
     
12. Internal Commission directive of 15 April 1996 on reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses for candidates sitting the written tests of general competitions (Special Administrative Notices of 22 April and 7 June 1996).
     
13. Internal Commission directive of 19 March 1998 on reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses for candidates sitting the written tests of general competitions (Special Administrative Notices of 27 March and 20 May 1998).
     
14. Decision of 26 May 1998 of the Director-General of the Joint Research Centre on the delegation of the powers of the appointing authority and the authority competent to conclude contracts of employment (Administrative Notice 1041 of 11 June 1998).
     
15. Commission decision of 27 July 1999 on administrative guidelines applicable to visiting scientists within the framework of the research programmes managed by the Joint Research Centre (C(1999) 2424).
     
16. Commission Decision of 15 December 1999 on the exercise of the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants on the Authority Empowered to Conclude Contracts of Employment (Administrative Notice 1/2000 of 7 January 2000).
     
17. Internal Commission directive of 15 June 2000 on continued entitlement under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for former officials entitled to retirement pensions who left the service of the European Communities before the age of 60 (Administrative Notices 55 of 22 June 2000 and 58 of 20 July 2000).
     
18. Communication of 15 November 2001 on the review of research staff policy (SEC/2001/1869).
     
19. Commission decision of 4 April 2002 on raising concerns about serious wrongdoings (C(2002) 845).
    
     
20. Commission decision of 12 February 2004 setting the living conditions allowance for officials serving outside the EU from 1 January 2004 (Administrative Notice 24 of 15 April 2004).

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Footnotes

⁽¹⁾ OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 31/2005 (OJ L 8, 12.1.2005, p. 1).