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CONTRACT AGENT RECLASSIFICATION EXERCISE – 2008
2008 is the second year in which the Commission is carrying out an
evaluation and reclassification exercise for its contract agents. Only 3a
type contract agents (known 3bis in French) can be reclassified. This
means contract agents in function group I in all Commission services, and
contract agents in function groups II, III and IV in Commission Offices,
Representations and Delegations.
NB: This administrative notice only concerns contract agents
working in Delegations of the European Commission. The exercise for
Headquarters services and Representations in the member states is complete
(see administrative information 58-2008
of 23.12.2008).
In addition to being a 3a type contract agent, the other eligibility
criteria are as follows:
- You must have been employed as a 3a contract agent on 1 May 2006 or
before
- You must have been in the same grade for a minimum of 2 years
- You must have a contract of at least 3 years in total duration.
Reclassification
The list – by grade - of contract agents to be reclassified can be found
in the tables in annex.
If you are not sure of your current grade, you can look on your contract
of employment, check in SYSPER2 or consult your human resources
department.
"Reclassification" means being classified at the first step of the next
highest grade in your current function group.
Reclassifications will be retroactive on a date between 1 March 2008 and 1
May 2008 depending on the date upon which each contract agent became
eligible for reclassification.
Reclassification Criteria
The reports drawn up during both the 2007 and 2008 evaluation and
reclassification exercises were taken into account as follows:
| 2007 exercise |
2008 exercise |
Merit group |
| Outstanding |
Outstanding |
1 |
| Very good |
Outstanding |
1 |
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| Outstanding |
Very good |
2 |
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| Very good |
Very good |
3 |
| Good |
Outstanding |
3 |
| Good |
Very good |
3 |
| |
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|
| |
Outstanding |
4 |
| Outstanding |
Good |
4 |
| Sufficient |
Outstanding |
4 |
| |
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| Very good |
Good |
5 |
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| Good |
Good |
6 |
| Sufficient |
Very good |
6 |
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Very good |
6 |
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| Sufficient |
Good |
7 |
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Good |
7 |
The amount of reclassifications possible in each grade depends on the
number of eligible contract agents. In most grades, only contract agents
in merit groups 1, 2 and 3 are reclassified. In Grade 14, contract agents
in merit groups 4 and 5 are also reclassified. In Grade 16, contract
agents in merit group 4 are also reclassified.
Appeals
Article 10 of the General Provisions for implementing Article 87 (3) of
the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants (CEOS), states that any
member of contract staff who meets the criteria of Article 1 may launch an
appeal to the Joint Reclassification Committee within five working days
of being informed of the preliminary decision of the Authority responsible
for concluding contracts of employment on the contract staff to be
reclassified in 2008. This appeal may be against the evaluation, against
the proposal or against both.
Therefore, any contract agent employed by the Commission under article 3a
of the CEOS who meets the eligibility criteria for the 2008 evaluation
exercise may launch an appeal to the Joint Reclassification Committee
against the evaluation, against the proposal or against both.
For more information on how to launch an appeal, click on the following
link.
http://www.cc.cec/pers_admin/ext_staff/contract_agents/index_en.html
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