CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE, 2007 EXERCISE

IMPLEMENTING RULES

The 2007 certification exercise shall be implemented on the basis of the general implementing provisions adopted by the Commission on 20 november 2007 and according to the modalities defined in the two following decisions of the appointing authority:

• Decision on the number of officials authorised to follow the training programme, setting the number at 110;
   
• Decision defining the detailed rules for applying the admission, ranking and pre-selection criteria.

These two decisions are published hereafter.

DECISION OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY ON THE NUMBER OF OFFICIALS
AUTHORISED TO FOLLOW THE TRAINING PROGRAMME

Article 4 of the Decision of 20 november 2007 laying down the general provisions for implementing Article 45a of the Staff Regulations⁽¹⁾ stipulates that each year, in consultation with the joint committee for the certification procedure, the appointing authority is to determine the number of officials to be authorised to take part in the compulsory training programme referred to in Article 45a, paragraph 1, of the Staff Regulations.

For the 2007 certification exercise, the number of officials authorised to follow the training programme is set at 110.

The joint committee for the certification procedure was consulted on 8 October 2007.

DECISION OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY LAYING DOWN THE DETAILED RULES
FOR APPLYING THE ADMISSION, RANKING AND PRE-SELECTION CRITERIA

Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Decision of 20 november 2007 5694 laying down the general provisions for implementing Article 45a of the Staff Regulations⁽¹⁾("GIPs") stipulates that the appointing authority determines each year, in consultation with the joint committee for the certification procedure, the detailed rules for applying the admission criteria on the basis of the following criteria:

1. considering the needs of the services, a minimum seniority of 3 years in grade 5 or above – excluding the exC/C* or ex-D/D* career paths;
    
2. one or several annual career development report(s) – "CDRs" – must contain the positive assessment of the potential required to take on the functions of an administrator.

The detailed rules for applying the admission criteria for the 2007 certification exercise are set out in Annex 1 .

Article 5, paragraph 3, of the same Decision of … 2007 stipulates that, following the admission phase, the appointing authority is to rank the admitted candidates based on the following criteria:

• merit as indicated in the annual CDRs;
   
• the level of education as demonstrated by officially recognised qualifications/diplomas;
   
• recent professional experience acquired in the institutions in those fields where the Commission has identified particular needs.

On this basis, the appointing authority is to establish two lists:

• a first list combining merit and level of education;
   
• a second list combining merit and recent professional experience.

The highest-ranked candidates on the two lists, down to a ranking decided according to the number of officials authorised to follow the training, are pre-selected.

The definition of the number of candidates to pre-select on each list and the detailed rules for applying the ranking criteria for the 2007 certification exercise are set out in Annex 2 .

The joint committee for the certification procedure was consulted on 8 October 2007.

Brussels, 20 November 2007

Irène Souka
Director Staff and Careers
Directorate general for Personnel and Administration

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Footnotes

⁽¹⁾ Decision C(2007) 5694 of 20 november 2007   laying down the general provisions for implementing Article 45a of the Staff Regulations.