CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE, 2006 EXERCISE
LIST OF SUCCESSFUL OFFICIALS

This administrative notice concerns

• the 114 AST/B* officials who were authorised to take part in the 2007 obligatory training programme under the 2005 certification exercise;
• the AST/B* officials who were authorised to take part in the 2006 obligatory training programme under the 2006 certification exercise and who re-sat in 2007 the tests they failed in 2006.

The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) and the European Administrative School (EAS) have drawn up the list in annex  containing the names of:

• the officials who have successfully completed the certification training programme held in 2007;
• the officials who successfully re-sat in 2007 the tests they failed in 2006.

Officials who, in 2007:

• unsuccessfully followed the certification training programme,
• did not re-sit the tests they failed in 2006,
• unsuccessfully re-sat the tests they failed in 2006,

are authorised to re-sit the test(s) they failed. They will be informed of the arrangements by the EAS. If they pass the tests, they too will be free to apply for vacant posts in function group AD.

Officials whose names appear on the list attached (“List of officials who have passed the tests", also referred to as "certifiés") are invited to read the questions and answers set out below.

HOW AM I TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CERTIFICATION?

In order to take advantage of the certification, officials who have been successful in the tests have to apply for vacant posts in the AD function group.

Which jobs can I apply for?

• Officials who have passed the tests are free to apply for vacant AD posts corresponding to their grade and published pursuant to Article 29(a)(ii) of the Staff Regulations.

Is the authorisation to apply subject to any time limit?

• The authorisation to apply for vacant AD posts is not subject to any time limit.
• The number of officials who have passed the certification tests and are appointed to posts in function group AD is not to exceed 20% of the total number of appointments made to AD posts. A check is to be made every five years, starting from 2006.

What effects will there be on my career?

• Appointment to an AD post will not affect the official’s grade or step: this is a sideways transition (see Article 45a(3) of the Staff Regulations).
• Seniority in step is not lost, but seniority in grade is (seniority in the AD grade is starting on the date of appointment in the AD function group).
• The multiplication factor is not affected.
• This is not a promotion within the meaning of Article 45 of the Staff Regulations, and successful officials who have not yet had a first promotion since their recruitment continue to be required to demonstrate their ability to work in a third language (Article 45(2)).
• As the official is moving from the AST function group to the AD function group, the “rucksack” ("sac à dos") is cancelled with the appointment as an administrator. ⁽¹⁾

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Footnotes

⁽¹⁾ See Article 3(4) of the Commission Decision of 23 December 2004 on general provisions for implementing Article 45 of the Staff Regulations : “Where officials have changed category in the course of the reporting period or their administrative situation for the purposes of the promotion round has changed, the merit points shall be calculated on the basis of the merit mark, taking account of the number of days which have elapsed since the change in category or situation and in accordance with the method described in Annex II. Points accumulated during the preceding promotion rounds shall be cancelled.”