DECISION OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY ON THE APPLICATION OF THE ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR THE 2006 ATTESTATION PROCEDURE

Applicants will be admitted to the attestation procedure provided they meet each of the four criteria relating to the level of education, seniority, potential to perform "Administrative assistant" level functions, and the level of performance. These criteria are spelled out in Article 5(1) of the Commission Decision of 29 November 2006 laying down the rules for implementing the attestation procedure⁽¹⁾.

The appointing authority must adopt detailed rules for applying these criteria after consulting the joint attestation committee, as laid down in Article 4 of the above Decision.

The detailed rules for applying the admission criteria for the 2006 attestation exercise are set out in the Annex. The joint attestation committee was consulted on 8 December 2006.

Brussels, 14 December 2006

Irene Souka
Director Staff and Careers
Directorate General for Personnel and Administration

DETAILED RULES FOR APPLYING THE ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR THE 2006 ATTESTATION PROCEDURE

To be included in the final list of applicants admitted to the 2006 attestation procedure applicants must meet each of the four admission criteria detailed below.

1. SENIORITY IN C* OR D* CAREER STREAMS
    
   • For the purpose of applying this criterion, seniority acquired in category C* or D* or in a higher category as an official or temporary staff member will be taken into account.
      
   • Seniority as a temporary staff member will be taken into account even if there has been a break between the periods of work as a temporary staff member and as an official.
      
   • Periods of work when seconded in the interests of the service or at your own request (in another European institution, in a Community/executive agency or in an organisation devoted to furthering the Community's interests) will be taken into account.
      
   • Leave on personal grounds will not be taken into account.
      
   • Seniority acquired as at 16 January 2007 will be taken into account.
     
      
2. LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO SUPPLEMENT THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION
    
   • Applicants must have a level of education at least equal to that required by Article 5(3)(a) of the Staff Regulations for appointment to the AST function group, i.e. "a level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma" (non-university higher education course or short university course lasting at least 2 years).
      
   • However, if you do not have this level of education, your professional experience acquired in the institutions (even with a status other than official or temporary staff member) or outside the institutions may count towards your level of education.Education levels can be supplemented as follows:
      

     LEVEL OF EDUCATION	Level of your highest qualification	Minimum seniority C*/D* Additional professional experience
     a) Primary education	5 years	9 years
     b) Secondary education (not giving access to post-secondary education)		5 years
     c) Secondary education giving access to post-secondary education		2 years
     d) Post-secondary education (non-university higher education course or short university course lasting at least 2 years)		0
     e) University education lasting at least 3 years
     f) University education lasting at least 4 years
     g) University level education – third stage

   
   
   • Only studies certified by a diploma - recognised by the Member State or third country in which it was issued – will be taken into account.
      
   • An indicative and non-exhaustive list of diplomas by level of education will be made available to staff.
      
3. THE POTENTIAL
    
   • The potential of applicants to perform "Administrative assistant" level functions must have been positively assessed in the 2005 evaluation exercise.
      
   • Only Career Development Reports (CDRs) relating to 2005 and covering at least 6 months will be taken into account for the purpose of applying this criterion.
      
4. THE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE
    
   • Applicants for the 2006 attestation procedure will not be admitted if their professional performance was assessed as inadequate or insufficient in their annual 2005 CDR.
      
   • In accordance with Commission Decision C(2004) 1597 of 28 April 2004 on maintaining individual professional standards, merit points of 9.5 or less equate to insufficiency.
      
   • Assessment as "insufficient" or "poor" in one of the three CDR headings equates to inadequate performance.
      
5. GENERAL PROVISIONS
   
   5.1. Verification of the information provided in the application form
    
   • DG ADMIN will systematically verify the information in the application form of each of the candidates included in the list referred to in Article 5(4) after publication of this list and at the latest when the requests for attestation are processed.
      
   • If there is a discrepancy between the information in the application form and the documents in your personal file, admission to attestation will not be granted.

   5.2. Special training module
    

   • The content of the training module mentioned in Article 6(2) will be indicated at the time of publication of the final list of applicants admitted to the 2006 attestation procedure.

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Footnotes

⁽¹⁾ Decision C(2006) 5788 of 29 November 2006 laying down the rules for implementing the attestation procedure.