Determination of the Authority responsible for Concluding Contracts of Employment in respect of appointments in the framework of the rotation of Heads of Delegation for 2010

In view of the Lisbon Treaty’s provisions on the European External Action Service, which will comprise officials from relevant departments of the General Secretariat of the Council and of the Commission as well as staff seconded from national diplomatic services of the Member States, the Commission decided on 28 October 2009 to open the 2010 Head of Delegation rotation for candidates from these three sources (PV(2009) 1892). If selected, national diplomats will be engaged as temporary agents.

The final decisions on the appointments should be taken by the same authority, irrespective of whether the candidates concerned are officials or national diplomats. For this reason, the Commission decided on 24 February 2010 that, by derogation from the Appointing Authority Decision of 30 November 2007 (C(2007) 5730), the powers concerning the engagement of temporary agents as Heads of Delegation at Head of Unit level in the framework of the 2010 rotation shall be exercised by the Director-General of DG RELEX (PV(2010) 1906). This decision took effect immediately.