ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE MODIFYING ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE 59-2005 OF 20 JULY 2005

GRADING UPON RECRUITMENT ON OR AFTER 1 MAY 2006(APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 13(1) OF ANNEX XIII OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS)

This Administrative Notice only applies to new recruits who passed open competitions the notice of which was published before 1 May 2004 and who have been recruited since 1 May 2006.

On 20 July 2005, the Appointing Authority published its commitment in Administrative Notice (n° 59-2005) to extend the effects of a possible future judgment by the Court of First Instance (CFI) declaring Article 12(3) of Annex XIII of the SR illegal to all officials whose grading was fixed on the basis of this article, regardless of whether they have or have not contested their grading by lodging a complaint pursuant to Article 90(2) of the SR and/or an appeal to the CFI.

Article 12(3) of Annex XIII applied to recruitments which took place between 1 May 2004 and 30 April 2006. As of 1 May 2006, new recruits are graded on the basis of Article 13(1) of Annex XIII, which indicates that the term "A*" has been replaced by the term "AD" and the terms "B*" and "C*" by "AST".

Given the fact that Article 13(1) is in all respects identical to Article 12(3), and that this article simply renames the grades of recruitment, the Appointing Authority confirms that the commitment set out in Administrative Notice N° 59-2005 also covers the grading of officials recruited from lists of suitable candidates resulting from competitions the notice of which was published before 1 May 2004 and who were recruited after 30 April 2006, subject to the same conditions as those set out in the previous Administrative Notice.