ATTESTATION PROCEDURE, 2007 EXERCISE
DECISION OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY
ON APPLICATION OF THE ADMISSION CRITERIA
Officials from the assistants' function group (AST) who apply for the
attestation procedure will be admitted provided they meet each of the
four criteria relating to seniority, level of education (taking into
account the years of professional experience to supplement the level of
education), 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 2007
attestation exercise are set out in the Annex. The joint attestation
committee was consulted on 15 October 2007.
Brussels, 18 October 2007
Irčne Souka
Director, Staff and Careers
Personnel and Administration Directorate-General
Annex
ATTESTATION PROCEDURE, 2007 EXERCISE
DETAILED RULES FOR APPLYING THE
ADMISSION CRITERIA
- Seniority in career stream C/C* or D/D*
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- For the purpose of applying this criterion, seniority
acquired in category C/C* or D/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.
- Only seniority acquired as at 16 January 2008 will be taken
into account.
- Level of education and taking into account of professional
experience to supplement the level of education
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- Applicants must have a level of education at least equal to
that required by Article 5(3)(a)(i) of the Staff Regulations for
appointment to the function group AST, 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 a candidate does not have this level of
education, he/she may still be eligible for attestation on the
basis of professional experience acquired in the institutions
(even with a status other than official or temporary staff
member) or outside the institutions. Education levels can be
supplemented as follows:
LEVEL
OF EDUCATION
Level
of highest qualification
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Minimum
seniority C*/D*
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Additional
professional experience
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a) Primary
education
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5 years
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+ 9 years
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b) Secondary
education (not giving access to post-secondary education)
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+ 5 years
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c) Secondary
education (giving access to post-secondary education)
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+ 2 years
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d) Higher
education (higher non-university education degree or short university
cycle of a legal duration of at least 2 years)
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0
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e) University
education of a legal duration of at least 3 years
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f) University
education of a legal duration of at least 4 years
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g) University
level education – third stage
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- Only studies certified by a qualification/diploma - recognised
by the Member State or third country in which it was issued –
obtained by the candidate will be taken into account.
- An indicative and non-exhaustive list of diplomas by level of
education will be made available to staff.
- Potential to perform "Administrative assistant" level
functions
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- Only those applicants who are positively assessed for
demonstrating potential to perform "Administrative assistant"
level functions and/or tasks will be admitted to the 2007
attestation procedure.
- In their application forms applicants must give one or more
examples of occasions between 1 October 2004 and 30 September
2007 when they believe they demonstrated this potential.
- On the basis of this and after consulting the applicant's
reporting officer, the countersigning officer will assess
whether or not the applicant has demonstrated potential to
perform "Administrative assistant" level functions and/or tasks.
- The reporting officer and countersigning officer responsible
for the assessment will be determined according to the post held
by the applicant on the day on which he or she signs the
application for attestation.
- Level of performance
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- Applicants for the 2007 attestation procedure will not be
admitted if their professional performance was assessed as
inadequate or insufficient in their annual CDR covering the year
2006.
- 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.
- Miscellaneous provisions
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5.1. Verification of the information in the application form
- DG ADMIN will systematically check the information relating to
points 1 and 2 above in the application form of each of the
applicants included in the list referred to in Article 5(4) of
the Commission Decision of 29 November 2006, 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 the applicant's personal
file, attestation will not be granted.
- Under no circumstances will it be possible at this stage to
add any information or professional experience which the
applicant might have omitted to mention.
5.2. Specific training modules recommended
- The list of specific training modules referred to in Article
6(2) of the Commission Decision of 29 November 2006 will be
communicated to applicants when the final list of those admitted
to the 2007 attestation procedure is published.
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Footnotes
(1) Decision C(2006) 5788 of 29 November
2006 laying down the rules for implementing the attestation procedure.
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