Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2024)431 - - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2024)431 - . |
|---|---|
| source | COM(2024)431 |
| date | 01-10-2024 |
1. Executive summary 3
2. Introduction 4
a) Scope of the report 4
b) Contract staff 4
3. Contract staff in institutions and agencies 6
4. Contract staff at the European Commission 8
a) Evolution in the use of contract staff at the Commission 8
b) Breakdown by function group of Commission contract staff 8
c) Breakdown by gender of Commission’s contract staff in 2022 9
d) Breakdown by nationality of Commission’s contract staff 10
e) Breakdown by DG of Commission’s contract staff 16
5. Contract staff in other institutions and agencies 20
a) Introduction 20
b) Contract staff in the other institutions 21
c) Contract staff in the agencies 24
ANNEX 1 27
ANNEX 2 28
1. Executive summary
The report on the use of contract staff within the European Union institutions and agencies in the year 2022 is presented in accordance with Article 79(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (CEOS). The report comprises an analysis based on data taken as of 31 December 2022 from 63 entities, including the European Commission, other Union institutions and agencies. This is an increase from the 60 entities covered in the 2021 report due to the creation of three new Joint Undertakings (JUs): Smart Networks and Services (SNS), Global Health EDCTP3, and European Cybersecurity Competence Centre and Network (ECCC).
The category of contract staff, as defined by Articles 3a and 3b of the CEOS, was created in 2004 and plays a vital role across EU institutions, performing administrative support tasks.
Compared to 2021, the total number of contract staff in 2022 increased by nearly 3%.
The Commission witnessed a slight decline of 0.42% in contract staff. The majority of Commission contract staff (46%) is employed to carry out administrative, advisory, linguistic and equivalent technical tasks (GF IV). Around 60% of the Commission's contract staff are female, particularly in administrative and executive tasks, while males lead in manual tasks. All Member States were represented in function groups II, III and IV.
The number of contract agents employed in other EU institutions saw a modest increase of 1.08% from 2021 to 2022, marking a notable slowdown compared to the previous year which saw a rise of 12.09% from 2020 to 2021. Similarly, EU agencies experienced an increase of 9.08% in 2022, much lower than the rise observed in the previous year, which stood at 15.31% from 2020 to 2021. The European Parliament employs most contract agents among the EU institutions, accounting for 64% of the total. Furthermore, in 2022, 53.7% of contract staff in agencies were employed in decentralised agencies, 41.5% in executive agencies, and 4.7% in JUs.
2. Introduction
a. Scope of the report
This report is presented pursuant to Article 79(3) of the CEOS, which sets out that ‘the Commission shall provide a yearly report on the use of contract staff including numbers of staff, level and type of posts, geographical balance and budgetary resources per function group’. Unless otherwise indicated, the report includes the information as at 31 December 2022.
This report comprises data for the 63 different entities to which the Staff Regulations apply subdivided between:
a. The European Commission;
b. the other Union’s institutions as defined in Article 13 of the Treaty on the European Union, except for the European Central Bank1, and the bodies treated as institutions for the purpose of the Staff Regulations, by virtue of Article 1b thereof2;
c. the agencies, i.e. the bodies to whom the Staff Regulations apply under the Union acts establishing them, as provided for by Article 1a, paragraph 2, of the Staff Regulations3. These bodies include decentralised agencies, JUs4 and executive agencies.
Data concerning the Commission include all contract staff, i.e. staff financed upon administrative, operational and research budget lines, as well as upon revenue stemming from Service Level Agreements with the other institutions and bodies.5
b. Contract staff
The category of contract staff was created in 2004 as part of the reform of the Staff Regulations. Since then, contract staff makes a useful contribution to the work of the institutions by carrying out administrative support activities at a lower cost and by bringing in skills not always readily available within the institutions.
Articles 3a and 3b of the CEOS define the role of contract staff and functions that they may perform.
3a Contract staff are staff not assigned to a post included in the establishment plan of the instutition concerned and are engaged for the performance of full-time or part-time duties:
- in an institution: to carry out exclusively manual or administrative support tasks in function group I,
- in the EU Representations and Delegations, the Agencies and other entities: to perform the functions specified in Article 80(2) of the CEOS in function groups I, II, III and IV.
3a Contract staff benefit from a contract that can evolve into a contract of indefinite duration, after a first renewal for a definite duration.
3b Contract staff (or ‘auxiliary’ contract staff) are engaged in an institution:
- to perform tasks other than those referred to in Article 3a(1)(a) of the CEOS without being assigned to a post included in the establishment plan of the institution concerned, or
- to replace an official or temporary staff member who is temporarily unable to perform his or her duties.
3b Contract staff are engaged for a limited duration, from a minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 6 years.
Article 80 of the CEOS establishes the correspondance between each function group (FG) and the type of duties to be performed:
| Function group | Grade | Tasks |
| IV | 13 to 18 | Administrative, advisory, linguistic and equivalent technical tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff. |
| III | 8 to 12 | Executive tasks, drafting, accountancy and other equivalent technical tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff. |
| II | 4 to 7 | Clerical and secretarial tasks, office management and other equivalent tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff. |
| I | 1 to 3 | Manual and administrative support service tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff. |
3. Contract staff in institutions and agencies
The number of contract staff has continued to grow in 2022, albeit at a slightly reduced rate when compared to the preceding two years. The total number of contract staff saw an increase, from 2021, of nearly 3% in contrast to the growth rates of 5% and 7% observed in the years 2020 and 2021, respectively.
Within the Commission, there was a slight decline in the number of contract staff, with a marginal decrease of 0.42%, equivalent to 32 fewer contract agents. Due to this decrease and only slight increases observed in 2020 and 2021, the share of contract staff employed by the Commission compared to the total number of contract staff has continued its decline.
A slight increase is observed in other institutions while a more significant increase was observed in the agencies. The salaries of contract staff in agencies are financed through the agencies’ operational budget, whereas their pensions are financed by the institutions’ overall administrative budget (Heading VII).
The number of contract agents on 31 December was:
Figure 1 - Number of contract staff at the Commission, other institutions and agencies
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| European Commission | 7581 | 7615 | 7583 |
| Other institutions | 3051 | 3420 | 3457 |
| Agencies | 4606 | 5311 | 5793 |
| Total | 15238 | 16346 | 16833 |
Figure 2 - Evolution in the number of contract staff at the Commission, other institutions and agencies
| 2021 vs 2020 | 2022 vs 2021 | |
| European Commission | 0.45% | -0.42% |
| Other institutions | 12.09% | 1.08% |
| Agencies | 15.31% | 9.08% |
| Total | 7.27% | 2.98% |
Figure 3 - Share of the Commission, other institutions and agencies in the total number of contract staff
Figure 4 - Evolution of the relative share of the Commission, other institutions and agencies and JUs in the total number of contract staff
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 vs 2020 | 2022 vs 2021 | |
| European Commission | 49.75% | 46.59% | 45.07% | -6.4% | -3.2% |
| Other institutions | 20.02% | 20.92% | 20.54% | +4.5% | -1.82% |
| Agencies and JUs | 30.23% | 32.49% | 34.43% | +7.5% | 5.9% |
4. Contract staff at the European Commission
a. Evolution in the use of contract staff at the Commission
The number of contract agents in the Commission evolved as follows since their introduction in 2004.
Figure 5 - Evolution within the Commission
b. Breakdown by function group of Commission contract staff
The majority of Commission contract staff (46%) is employed to carry out administrative, advisory, linguistic and equivalent technical tasks (FG IV).
Figure 6 – Commission contract staff by function group
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| FG I | 857 | 851 | 700 |
| FG II | 2083 | 2029 | 1994 |
| FG III | 1485 | 1414 | 1397 |
| FG IV | 3156 | 3321 | 3492 |
| Total | 7581 | 7615 | 7583 |
Figure 6a - Breakdown by function group of Commission’s contract staff
c. Breakdown by gender of Commission’s contract staff in 2022
At the Commission, contract staff is predominantly female (ca 60%, considering all function groups cumulatively). However, there are significant differences depending on the function group.
The distribution is relatively balanced in function group IV (administrative, advisory, linguistic and equivalent technical tasks). Female staff is predominant in functions groups III (executive tasks) and II (clerical and secretarial tasks) while male staff is predominant in function group I (manual tasks).
The breakdown of contract staff by gender, function group (FG and grade) and grade is shown in the charts and figures below.
Figure 7 - Breakdown by gender, FG and grade of Commission contract staff in 2022
Figure 8 - Breakdown by function group and gender of Commission's contract staff in 2022
| 2022 | Female | Male | Total | |||
| FG I | FG I 01 | 11 | 15% | 62 | 85% | 73 |
| FG I 02 | 40 | 31% | 89 | 69% | 129 | |
| FG I 03 | 183 | 37% | 315 | 63% | 498 | |
| FG I all | 234 | 33% | 466 | 67% | 700 | |
| FG II | FG II 04 | 178 | 74% | 64 | 26% | 242 |
| FG II 05 | 703 | 80% | 173 | 20% | 876 | |
| FG II 06 | 458 | 79% | 119 | 21% | 577 | |
| FG II 07 | 253 | 85% | 46 | 15% | 299 | |
| FG II all | 1592 | 80% | 402 | 20% | 1994 | |
| FG III | FG III 08 | 214 | 63% | 125 | 37% | 339 |
| FG III 09 | 388 | 68% | 186 | 32% | 574 | |
| FG III 10 | 183 | 57% | 137 | 43% | 320 | |
| FG III 11 | 64 | 51% | 61 | 49% | 125 | |
| FG III 12 | 19 | 49% | 20 | 51% | 39 | |
| FG III all | 868 | 62% | 529 | 38% | 1397 | |
| FG IV | FG IV 13 | 179 | 59% | 123 | 41% | 302 |
| FG IV 14 | 1029 | 58% | 749 | 42% | 1778 | |
| FG IV 15 | 181 | 51% | 173 | 49% | 354 | |
| FG IV 16 | 415 | 50% | 409 | 50% | 824 | |
| FG IV 17 | 76 | 41% | 108 | 59% | 184 | |
| FG IV 18 | 14 | 28% | 36 | 72% | 50 | |
| FG IV all | 1894 | 54% | 1598 | 46% | 3492 | |
| Total contract staff | 4588 | 61% | 2995 | 39% | 7583 |
d. Breakdown by nationality of Commission’s contract staff
It is worth noting that, as for officials and temporary agents, engagement of contract staff is carried out on the basis of the required profile, the applicants' abilities and language knowledge, without quotas by nationality.
The breakdown by nationality is most likely influenced by a combination of factors, in particular geographical proximity to the location of the institution’s headquarters (for the Commission, mainly Brussels, Luxembourg and Ispra), salary levels and the duration of the proposed contracts. Candidates are more likely to accept a post with a fixed-term contract if they are resident at or near the site of the institution offering them a job, also considering that the duration of the first contract is, as a general rule, of one year.
In 2022, all Member States were represented in function groups II, III and IV. In 2022-2023 the Commission concluded action plans with Member States to foster the geographical balance of its staff, including contract agents.
Figure 9 - Breakdown by nationality and gender of Commission's contract staff in 2022
asess geographical balance.
Figure 10 - Contract staff by nationality and gender in 2022 at the Commission
| 2022 | Female staff | Male staff | Total | ||||
| All FGs | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share of total | Cumulated share |
| IT | 902 | 55% | 736 | 45% | 1638 | 21.6% | 22% |
| BE | 767 | 62% | 475 | 38% | 1242 | 16.4% | 38% |
| FR | 564 | 58% | 411 | 42% | 975 | 12.9% | 51% |
| ES | 452 | 56% | 352 | 44% | 804 | 10.6% | 61% |
| GR | 261 | 57% | 196 | 43% | 457 | 6.0% | 67% |
| RO | 266 | 74% | 94 | 26% | 360 | 4.7% | 72% |
| PL | 212 | 72% | 83 | 28% | 295 | 3.9% | 76% |
| DE | 139 | 52% | 126 | 48% | 265 | 3.5% | 80% |
| PT | 157 | 63% | 92 | 37% | 249 | 3.3% | 83% |
| BG | 97 | 64% | 54 | 36% | 151 | 2.0% | 85% |
| HU | 87 | 70% | 37 | 30% | 124 | 1.6% | 87% |
| HR | 86 | 72% | 33 | 28% | 119 | 1.6% | 88% |
| NL | 50 | 52% | 46 | 48% | 96 | 1.3% | 89% |
| LT | 56 | 65% | 30 | 35% | 86 | 1.1% | 90% |
| SK | 57 | 69% | 26 | 31% | 83 | 1.1% | 92% |
| IE | 43 | 57% | 33 | 43% | 76 | 1.0% | 93% |
| CZ | 46 | 61% | 29 | 39% | 75 | 1.0% | 94% |
| AT | 51 | 70% | 22 | 30% | 73 | 1.0% | 95% |
| SI | 43 | 67% | 21 | 33% | 64 | 0.8% | 95% |
| FI | 46 | 74% | 16 | 26% | 62 | 0.8% | 96% |
| SE | 47 | 77% | 14 | 23% | 61 | 0.8% | 97% |
| CY | 27 | 66% | 14 | 34% | 41 | 0.5% | 98% |
| LV | 30 | 77% | 9 | 23% | 39 | 0.5% | 98% |
| EE | 33 | 87% | 5 | 13% | 38 | 0.5% | 99% |
| DK | 21 | 66% | 11 | 34% | 32 | 0.4% | 99% |
| LU | 9 | 56% | 7 | 44% | 16 | 0.2% | 99% |
| MT | 10 | 77% | 3 | 23% | 13 | 0.2% | 99% |
| others | 29 | 59% | 20 | 41% | 49 | 0.6% | 100% |
| Total | 4588 | 61% | 2995 | 39% | 7583 | 100% |
Figure 11 - Contract staff by gender and nationality in function group IV in 2022
| 2022 | Female staff | Male staff | Total | ||||
| FG IV | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share of total | Cumulated share |
| IT | 431 | 50% | 423 | 50% | 854 | 24.5% | 24% |
| FR | 266 | 53% | 239 | 47% | 505 | 14.5% | 39% |
| ES | 210 | 50% | 212 | 50% | 422 | 12.1% | 51% |
| BE | 137 | 53% | 121 | 47% | 258 | 7.4% | 58% |
| GR | 100 | 49% | 103 | 51% | 203 | 5.8% | 64% |
| DE | 82 | 47% | 93 | 53% | 175 | 5.0% | 69% |
| PL | 82 | 64% | 46 | 36% | 128 | 3.7% | 73% |
| RO | 79 | 65% | 42 | 35% | 121 | 3.5% | 76% |
| PT | 72 | 61% | 46 | 39% | 118 | 3.4% | 80% |
| BG | 48 | 61% | 31 | 39% | 79 | 2.3% | 82% |
| HU | 38 | 57% | 29 | 43% | 67 | 1.9% | 84% |
| NL | 33 | 54% | 28 | 46% | 61 | 1.7% | 86% |
| AT | 33 | 66% | 17 | 34% | 50 | 1.4% | 87% |
| IE | 27 | 55% | 22 | 45% | 49 | 1.4% | 88% |
| LT | 26 | 53% | 23 | 47% | 49 | 1.4% | 90% |
| HR | 28 | 60% | 19 | 40% | 47 | 1.3% | 91% |
| CZ | 22 | 54% | 19 | 46% | 41 | 1.2% | 92% |
| SK | 25 | 63% | 15 | 38% | 40 | 1.1% | 94% |
| SI | 25 | 66% | 13 | 34% | 38 | 1.1% | 95% |
| FI | 26 | 76% | 8 | 24% | 34 | 1.0% | 96% |
| SE | 24 | 73% | 9 | 27% | 33 | 0.9% | 97% |
| CY | 14 | 70% | 6 | 30% | 20 | 0.6% | 97% |
| EE | 16 | 84% | 3 | 16% | 19 | 0.5% | 98% |
| DK | 12 | 67% | 6 | 33% | 18 | 0.5% | 98% |
| LV | 13 | 81% | 3 | 19% | 16 | 0.5% | 99% |
| LU | 7 | 70% | 3 | 30% | 10 | 0.3% | 99% |
| MT | 7 | 88% | 1 | 13% | 8 | 0.2% | 99% |
| others | 11 | 38% | 18 | 62% | 29 | 0.8% | 100% |
| Total | 1894 | 54% | 1598 | 46% | 3492 | 100% |
Figure 12 - Contract staff by gender and nationality in function group III in 2022
| 2022 | Female staff | Male staff | Total | ||||
| FG III | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share of total | Cumulated share |
| IT | 165 | 61% | 107 | 39% | 272 | 19.5% | 19% |
| FR | 100 | 57% | 74 | 43% | 174 | 12.5% | 32% |
| BE | 94 | 56% | 74 | 44% | 168 | 12.0% | 44% |
| ES | 96 | 60% | 64 | 40% | 160 | 11.5% | 55% |
| GR | 57 | 59% | 39 | 41% | 96 | 6.9% | 62% |
| RO | 71 | 76% | 23 | 24% | 94 | 6.7% | 69% |
| PL | 43 | 72% | 17 | 28% | 60 | 4.3% | 73% |
| DE | 33 | 57% | 25 | 43% | 58 | 4.2% | 77% |
| PT | 17 | 50% | 17 | 50% | 34 | 2.4% | 80% |
| HR | 25 | 76% | 8 | 24% | 33 | 2.4% | 82% |
| BG | 18 | 56% | 14 | 44% | 32 | 2.3% | 85% |
| SK | 17 | 68% | 8 | 32% | 25 | 1.8% | 86% |
| HU | 19 | 83% | 4 | 17% | 23 | 1.6% | 88% |
| CZ | 13 | 68% | 6 | 32% | 19 | 1.4% | 89% |
| NL | 8 | 44% | 10 | 56% | 18 | 1.3% | 91% |
| LT | 11 | 69% | 5 | 31% | 16 | 1.1% | 92% |
| FI | 10 | 67% | 5 | 33% | 15 | 1.1% | 93% |
| SE | 11 | 73% | 4 | 27% | 15 | 1.1% | 94% |
| AT | 11 | 85% | 2 | 15% | 13 | 0.9% | 95% |
| SI | 10 | 77% | 3 | 23% | 13 | 0.9% | 96% |
| IE | 7 | 58% | 5 | 42% | 12 | 0.9% | 97% |
| LV | 8 | 73% | 3 | 27% | 11 | 0.8% | 97% |
| CY | 6 | 60% | 4 | 40% | 10 | 0.7% | 98% |
| EE | 7 | 88% | 1 | 13% | 8 | 0.6% | 99% |
| DK | 3 | 50% | 3 | 50% | 6 | 0.4% | 99% |
| LU | 0% | 2 | 100% | 2 | 0.1% | 99% | |
| MT | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% | 2 | 0.1% | 99% |
| others | 7 | 88% | 1 | 13% | 8 | 0.6% | 100% |
| Total | 868 | 62% | 529 | 38% | 1397 | 100% |
Figure 13 - Contract staff by gender and nationality in function group II in 2022
| 2022 | Female staff | Male staff | Total | ||||
| FG II | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share of total | Cumulated share |
| BE | 451 | 81% | 104 | 19% | 555 | 27.8% | 28% |
| IT | 253 | 80% | 63 | 20% | 316 | 15.8% | 44% |
| FR | 182 | 71% | 75 | 29% | 257 | 12.9% | 57% |
| ES | 125 | 76% | 40 | 24% | 165 | 8.3% | 65% |
| RO | 110 | 85% | 19 | 15% | 129 | 6.5% | 71% |
| GR | 91 | 74% | 32 | 26% | 123 | 6.2% | 77% |
| PL | 71 | 81% | 17 | 19% | 88 | 4.4% | 82% |
| PT | 56 | 89% | 7 | 11% | 63 | 3.2% | 85% |
| HR | 33 | 87% | 5 | 13% | 38 | 1.9% | 87% |
| BG | 29 | 83% | 6 | 17% | 35 | 1.8% | 89% |
| HU | 29 | 91% | 3 | 9% | 32 | 1.6% | 90% |
| DE | 23 | 79% | 6 | 21% | 29 | 1.5% | 92% |
| LT | 19 | 95% | 1 | 5% | 20 | 1.0% | 93% |
| SK | 15 | 88% | 2 | 12% | 17 | 0.9% | 94% |
| CZ | 11 | 79% | 3 | 21% | 14 | 0.7% | 94% |
| NL | 9 | 69% | 4 | 31% | 13 | 0.7% | 95% |
| IE | 8 | 67% | 4 | 33% | 12 | 0.6% | 96% |
| SE | 11 | 92% | 1 | 8% | 12 | 0.6% | 96% |
| AT | 7 | 70% | 3 | 30% | 10 | 0.5% | 97% |
| FI | 9 | 90% | 1 | 10% | 10 | 0.5% | 97% |
| LV | 9 | 90% | 1 | 10% | 10 | 0.5% | 98% |
| SI | 8 | 80% | 2 | 20% | 10 | 0.5% | 98% |
| CY | 7 | 78% | 2 | 22% | 9 | 0.5% | 99% |
| EE | 9 | 100% | 0% | 9 | 0.5% | 99% | |
| DK | 6 | 86% | 1 | 14% | 7 | 0.4% | 99% |
| LU | 2 | 100% | 0% | 2 | 0.1% | 100% | |
| MT | 2 | 100% | 0% | 2 | 0.1% | 100% | |
| others | 7 | 100% | 0% | 7 | 0.4% | 100% | |
| Total | 1592 | 80% | 402 | 20% | 1994 | 100% |
Figure 14 - Contract staff by gender and nationality in function group I in 2022
| 2022 | Female staff | Male staff | Total | ||||
| FG I | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share in nationality | Staff | Share of total | Cumulated share |
| BE | 85 | 33% | 176 | 67% | 261 | 37.3% | 37% |
| IT | 53 | 27% | 143 | 73% | 196 | 28.0% | 65% |
| ES | 21 | 37% | 36 | 63% | 57 | 8.1% | 73% |
| FR | 16 | 41% | 23 | 59% | 39 | 5.6% | 79% |
| GR | 13 | 37% | 22 | 63% | 35 | 5.0% | 84% |
| PT | 12 | 35% | 22 | 65% | 34 | 4.9% | 89% |
| PL | 16 | 84% | 3 | 16% | 19 | 2.7% | 92% |
| RO | 6 | 38% | 10 | 63% | 16 | 2.3% | 94% |
| BG | 2 | 40% | 3 | 60% | 5 | 0.7% | 95% |
| NL | 0% | 4 | 100% | 4 | 0.6% | 95% | |
| DE | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0.4% | 96% |
| FI | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0.4% | 96% |
| IE | 1 | 33% | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0.4% | 96% |
| SI | 0% | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0.4% | 97% | |
| CY | 0% | 2 | 100% | 2 | 0.3% | 97% | |
| EE | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% | 2 | 0.3% | 97% |
| HU | 1 | 50% | 1 | 50% | 2 | 0.3% | 98% |
| LU | 0% | 2 | 100% | 2 | 0.3% | 98% | |
| LV | 0% | 2 | 100% | 2 | 0.3% | 98% | |
| CZ | 0% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0.1% | 98% | |
| DK | 0% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0.1% | 99% | |
| HR | 0% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0.1% | 99% | |
| LT | 0% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0.1% | 99% | |
| MT | 0% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0.1% | 99% | |
| SE | 1 | 100% | 0% | 1 | 0.1% | 99% | |
| SK | 0% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 0.1% | 99% | |
| others | 4 | 80% | 1 | 20% | 5 | 0.7% | 100% |
| Total | 234 | 33% | 466 | 67% | 700 | 100% |
e. Breakdown by DG of Commission’s contract staff
The figures below give an overview on the distribution of Commission contract staff across the different Directorates-General, services and offices attached to the Commission67, with the distinction between administrative/advisory/linguistic tasks (FG IV) and support tasks (FG III, FG II, FG I).
Figure 15 - Breakdown by gender, DG and two clusters of FGs of Commission's contract staff in 2022
| FG I-II-III | GFIV | TOTAL ALL FG | |||||||||
| F | M | Total | % | F | M | Total | % | Total | % | ||
| AGRI | 24 | 5 | 29 | 39.7% | 24 | 20 | 44 | 60.3% | 73 | 1.0% | |
| BUDG | 27 | 6 | 33 | 48.5% | 25 | 10 | 35 | 51.5% | 68 | 0.9% | |
| CdP-OSP | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 10 | 0.1% | |||||
| CLIMA | 14 | 4 | 18 | 58.1% | 5 | 8 | 13 | 41.9% | 31 | 0.4% | |
| CNECT | 33 | 18 | 51 | 35.2% | 54 | 40 | 94 | 64.8% | 145 | 1.9% | |
| COMM | 220 | 91 | 311 | 85.4% | 31 | 22 | 53 | 14.6% | 364 | 4.8% | |
| COMP | 32 | 19 | 51 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 51 | 0.7% | ||||
| DEFIS | 11 | 3 | 14 | 51.9% | 10 | 3 | 13 | 48.1% | 27 | 0.4% | |
| DGT | 33 | 16 | 49 | 33.6% | 69 | 28 | 97 | 66.4% | 146 | 1.9% | |
| DIGIT | 18 | 13 | 31 | 31.3% | 21 | 47 | 68 | 68.7% | 99 | 1.3% | |
| EAC | 25 | 10 | 35 | 68.6% | 11 | 5 | 16 | 31.4% | 51 | 0.7% | |
| ECFIN | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9.6% | 44 | 41 | 85 | 90.4% | 94 | 1.2% | |
| ECHO | 51 | 34 | 85 | 57.0% | 40 | 24 | 64 | 43.0% | 149 | 2.0% | |
| EMPL | 60 | 18 | 78 | 53.4% | 42 | 26 | 68 | 46.6% | 146 | 1.9% | |
| ENER | 26 | 14 | 40 | 75.5% | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24.5% | 53 | 0.7% | |
| ENV | 26 | 5 | 31 | 77.5% | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22.5% | 40 | 0.5% | |
| EPSO | 13 | 7 | 20 | 95.2% | 1 | 1 | 4.8% | 21 | 0.3% | ||
| ESTAT | 26 | 15 | 41 | 53.2% | 28 | 8 | 36 | 46.8% | 77 | 1.0% | |
| FISMA | 18 | 3 | 21 | 80.8% | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19.2% | 26 | 0.3% | |
| FPI | 30 | 12 | 42 | 33.3% | 49 | 35 | 84 | 66.7% | 126 | 1.7% | |
| GROW | 28 | 12 | 40 | 54.1% | 22 | 12 | 34 | 45.9% | 74 | 1.0% | |
| HERA | 4 | 4 | 40.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 | 60.0% | 10 | 0.1% | ||
| HOME | 23 | 10 | 33 | 76.7% | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23.3% | 43 | 0.6% | |
| HR | 138 | 61 | 199 | 88.8% | 14 | 11 | 25 | 11.2% | 224 | 3.0% | |
| IAS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 57.1% | 3 | 3 | 42.9% | 7 | 0.1% | ||
| INTPA | 112 | 51 | 163 | 14.6% | 518 | 438 | 956 | 85.4% | 1119 | 14.8% | |
| JRC | 129 | 132 | 261 | 23.6% | 387 | 456 | 843 | 76.4% | 1104 | 14.6% | |
| JUST | 22 | 7 | 29 | 85.3% | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14.7% | 34 | 0.5% | |
| MARE | 27 | 16 | 43 | 68.3% | 14 | 6 | 20 | 31.7% | 63 | 0.8% | |
| MOVE | 34 | 13 | 47 | 81.0% | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19.0% | 58 | 0.8% | |
| NEAR | 98 | 43 | 141 | 26.7% | 210 | 178 | 388 | 73.3% | 529 | 7.0% | |
| OIB | 610 | 367 | 977 | 97.1% | 24 | 5 | 29 | 2.9% | 1006 | 13.3% | |
| OIL | 153 | 97 | 250 | 98.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.0% | 255 | 3.4% | |
| OLAF | 12 | 5 | 17 | 77.3% | 1 | 4 | 5 | 22.7% | 22 | 0.3% | |
| OP | 11 | 15 | 26 | 92.9% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7.1% | 28 | 0.4% | |
| PMO | 301 | 120 | 421 | 98.6% | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.4% | 427 | 5.7% | |
| REFORM | 21 | 7 | 28 | 43.1% | 26 | 11 | 37 | 56.9% | 65 | 0.9% | |
| REGIO | 52 | 37 | 89 | 71.8% | 24 | 11 | 35 | 28.2% | 124 | 1.6% | |
| RTD | 45 | 23 | 68 | 27.1% | 106 | 77 | 183 | 72.9% | 251 | 3.3% | |
| SANTE | 47 | 8 | 55 | 59.1% | 23 | 15 | 38 | 40.9% | 93 | 1.2% | |
| SCIC | 35 | 32 | 67 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 67 | 0.9% | ||||
| SG | 22 | 22 | 44 | 83.0% | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17.0% | 53 | 0.7% | |
| SJ | 13 | 2 | 15 | 65.2% | 6 | 2 | 8 | 34.8% | 23 | 0.3% | |
| TAXUD | 11 | 7 | 18 | 66.7% | 5 | 4 | 9 | 33.3% | 27 | 0.4% | |
| TRADE | 24 | 9 | 33 | 78.6% | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21.4% | 42 | 0.6% | |
| Total | 2679 | 1392 | 4071 | 54.0% | 1883 | 1591 | 3474 | 46.0% | 7545 | 100.0% |
Contract staff 3a
Figure 16 - 3a contract staff by FG, gender and DG in 2022 at the Commission
| FG I | FG II | FG III | FG IV | ||||||||||||
| F | M | Total | F | M | Total | F | M | Total | F | M | Total | Total | % | ||
| AGRI | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0.3% | |||||||
| BUDG | 11 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
| CLIMA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
| CNECT | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
| COMM | 4 | 32 | 36 | 135 | 27 | 162 | 71 | 22 | 93 | 31 | 22 | 53 | 344 | 9.7% | |
| COMP | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
| DEFIS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
| DGT | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
| DIGIT | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0.1% | ||||||||||
| EAC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.1% | ||||||||||
| ECHO | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0.1% | ||||||||||
| EMPL | 10 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
| ENER | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% | ||||||||||
| ENV | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
| EPSO | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0.6% | ||||
| ESTAT | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0.1% | ||||||||||
| FISMA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| FPI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 62 | 1.8% | |||||
| GROW | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
| HERA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
| HR | 23 | 24 | 47 | 47 | 1.3% | ||||||||||
| INTPA | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 361 | 366 | 727 | 767 | 21.7% | ||||
| JRC | 7 | 56 | 63 | 63 | 1.8% | ||||||||||
| JUST | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | ||||||||||
| MARE | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 0.5% | |||||||
| MOVE | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
| NEAR | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 149 | 145 | 294 | 320 | 9.0% | ||||
| OIB | 59 | 203 | 262 | 495 | 112 | 607 | 56 | 52 | 108 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 1006 | 28.4% | |
| OIL | 7 | 25 | 32 | 119 | 55 | 174 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 255 | 7.2% | |
| OLAF | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
| OP | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| PMO | 6 | 21 | 27 | 246 | 55 | 301 | 49 | 44 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 427 | 12.1% | |
| REGIO | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
| RTD | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0.5% | |||||||
| SANTE | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0.2% | ||||||||||
| SCIC | 9 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 0.7% | ||||||||||
| SG | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 0.4% | ||||||||||
| SJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
| TAXUD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | |||||||||||
| TRADE | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0.3% | ||||
| TOTAL | 233 | 465 | 698 | 1007 | 256 | 1263 | 225 | 164 | 389 | 608 | 580 | 1188 | 3538 | 100.0% |
Contract staff 3b
Figure 17 - 3b contract staff by FG, gender and DG in 2022 at the Commission
| FG II | FG III | FG IV | ||||||||||
| F | M | Total | F | M | Total | F | M | Total | Total | % | ||
| AGRI | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 63 | 1.6% | ||
| BUDG | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 53 | 1.3% | ||
| CdP-OSP | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.2% | ||||||
| CLIMA | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 0.7% | ||
| CNECT | 15 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 54 | 40 | 94 | 135 | 3.4% | |
| COMM | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 0.5% | ||||
| COMP | 10 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 1.1% | ||||
| DEFIS | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 0.6% | |
| DGT | 29 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 28 | 97 | 140 | 3.5% | ||
| DIGIT | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 47 | 68 | 95 | 2.4% | |
| EAC | 9 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 1.2% | |
| ECFIN | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 44 | 41 | 85 | 94 | 2.3% | ||
| ECHO | 17 | 1 | 18 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 40 | 24 | 64 | 144 | 3.6% | |
| EMPL | 26 | 2 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 37 | 42 | 26 | 68 | 133 | 3.3% | |
| ENER | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 1.1% | |
| ENV | 15 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 1.0% | |
| ESTAT | 14 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 36 | 72 | 1.8% | |
| FISMA | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 0.6% | |
| FPI | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 64 | 1.6% | |
| GROW | 11 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 68 | 1.7% | |
| HERA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.2% | |||
| HOME | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 1.1% | |
| HR | 74 | 16 | 90 | 41 | 21 | 62 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 177 | 4.4% | |
| IAS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.2% | ||
| INTPA | 36 | 9 | 45 | 58 | 20 | 78 | 157 | 72 | 229 | 352 | 8.8% | |
| JRC | 72 | 23 | 95 | 50 | 53 | 103 | 387 | 456 | 843 | 1041 | 26.0% | |
| JUST | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 0.8% | |
| MARE | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 45 | 1.1% | |
| MOVE | 17 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 51 | 1.3% | |
| NEAR | 24 | 5 | 29 | 60 | 26 | 86 | 61 | 33 | 94 | 209 | 5.2% | |
| OLAF | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0.4% | ||
| OP | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0.4% | ||||
| REFORM | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 37 | 65 | 1.6% | |
| REGIO | 13 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 29 | 65 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 117 | 2.9% | |
| RTD | 15 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 105 | 76 | 181 | 235 | 5.9% | |
| SANTE | 31 | 4 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 85 | 2.1% | |
| SCIC | 26 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 1.0% | |||||
| SG | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 0.9% | |
| SJ | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 0.5% | ||
| TAXUD | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 0.6% | ||
| TRADE | 12 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 0.8% | |
| TOTAL | 578 | 144 | 722 | 636 | 363 | 999 | 1275 | 1011 | 2286 | 4007 | 100.0% |
5. Contract staff in other institutions and agencies
a. Introduction
The number of contract agents working for the other institutions increased by 1.08% from 2021 to 2022. This represents a marginal increase, lower than the increases of 12.09% observed from 2020 to 2021 and 4.56% from 2019 to 2020.
For agencies, the increase stands at 9.08%, which is also lower than the increases of 15.31% registered from 2020 to 2021 and 12.10% from 2019 to 2020.
Figure 18 - Trends in the breakdown of contract staff between other institutions and agencies
b. Contract staff in the other institutions
The figures below show the distribution of contract agents in institutions other than the Commission.
Figure 19 Breakdown of contract staff among the other institutions in 2022
Figure 20 – Breakdown by gender and function group in the other institutions in 2022
| FG I | FG II | FG III | FG IV | Total | |||||||||
| F | M | Total | F | M | Total | F | M | Total | F | M | Total | ||
| European Parliament | 227 | 814 | 1041 | 168 | 48 | 216 | 288 | 255 | 543 | 245 | 169 | 414 | 2214 |
| Council | 25 | 116 | 141 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 211 | |
| Court of Justice of the European Union | 3 | 81 | 84 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 18 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 179 |
| European Court of Auditors | 5 | 36 | 41 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 91 |
| European External Action Service | 11 | 19 | 30 | 140 | 14 | 154 | 66 | 93 | 159 | 117 | 137 | 254 | 597 |
| European Economic and Social Committee | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 48 |
| European Committee of the Regions | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 57 |
| European Ombudsman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| European Data Protection Supervisor | 8 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 53 | ||||
| Grand Total | 286 | 1092 | 1378 | 364 | 79 | 443 | 446 | 382 | 828 | 460 | 348 | 808 | 3457 |
Figure 21 – Breakdown by nationality in the other institutions in 2022
| AT | BE | BG | CY | CZ | DE | DK | EE | ES | FI | FR | GR | HR | HU | IE | IT | LT | LU | LV | MT | NL | PL | PT | RO | SE | SI | SK | Others | Total | |
| European Parliament | 17 | 527 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 76 | 13 | 12 | 186 | 21 | 391 | 108 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 234 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 53 | 98 | 190 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 2214 |
| Council | 2 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 211 | ||||
| Court of Justice of the European Union | 1 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 179 | ||
| European Court of Auditors | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 91 | ||||||
| European External Action Service | 9 | 118 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 62 | 6 | 84 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 84 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 597 | |
| European Economic and Social Committee | 1 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| European Committee of the Regions | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 57 | |||||||||||
| European Ombudsman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Data Protection Supervisor | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Total | 30 | 777 | 66 | 12 | 25 | 122 | 18 | 25 | 307 | 31 | 584 | 175 | 39 | 35 | 36 | 410 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 40 | 100 | 162 | 259 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 41 | 3457 |
c. Contract staff in the agencies
The following figure shows the evolution of the number of contract staff in the agencies since 2013.
Figure 22a - Breakdown of contract staff by type of agency in 2013 – 2022
In 2022, 53.7% of contract staff working in agencies were employed in decentralised agencies, 41.5% in executive agencies and 4.7% in JUs. These figures follow the observed increase in the relative share of contract staff in decentralised agencies and a decrease in the relative share of contract staff in executive agencies and JUs.
Figure 22b - Breakdown of contract staff by type of agency in 2013 – 2022
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Decentralised agencies | 44.6% | 48.3% | 40.8% | 44.3% | 47.2% | 47.4% | 49.1% | 51.1% | 52.0% | 53.7% |
| Executive agencies | 48.5% | 44.7% | 52.0% | 49.3% | 46.2% | 46.5% | 44.9% | 43.3% | 43.1% | 41.5% |
| Joint undertakings | 6.9% | 7.0% | 7.2% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 6.1% | 6.0% | 5.6% | 4.9% | 4.7% |
The breakdown by function group, gender and nationality is as follows.
Figure 23 - Breakdown by function group in 2022
| FG I | FG II | FG III | FG IV | Total | ||||||
| Decentralised agencies | 33 | 70.2% | 223 | 41.4% | 915 | 47.1% | 1942 | 59.5% | 3113 | 53.7% |
| Executive agencies | 14 | 29.8% | 298 | 55.3% | 919 | 47.3% | 1175 | 36.0% | 2406 | 41.5% |
| Joint undertakings | 18 | 3.3% | 109 | 5.6% | 147 | 4.5% | 274 | 4.7% |
Figure 24 - Breakdown by function group and gender in 2022
Figure 25 - Breakdown by nationality in 2022
ANNEX 1
Corrigendum to the report from the Commission on the use of contract staff in 2021: Table 25b - Breakdown by nationality in 2021
| AT | BE | BG | CY | CZ | DE | DK | EE | EL | ES | FI | FR | HR | HU | IE | IT | LT | LU | LV | MT | NL | PL | PT | RO | SE | SI | SK | Other | Total | |||
| Decentralised agencies | 72 | 88 | 10 | 41 | 96 | 16 | 31 | 276 | 330 | 60 | 183 | 46 | 90 | 33 | 401 | 58 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 84 | 264 | 144 | 221 | 39 | 29 | 39 | 30 | 2763 | |||
| BEREC | Riga, LV | Agency for Support for BEREC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| CPVO | Angers, FR | Community Plant Variety Office | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EU-OSHA | Bilbao, ES | European Agency for Safety and Health at Work | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| EASO | Valletta, MT | European Asylum Support Office | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 166 | ||||||
| EBA | Paris, FR | European Banking Authority | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | |||||||
| FRONTEX | Warsaw, PL | European Border and Coast Guard Agency | 3 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 173 | 36 | 68 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 507 | |||
| ECDC | Stockholm, SE | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 120 | ||||||
| CEDEFOP | Thesaloniki, EL | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECHA | Helsinki, FI | European Chemicals Agency | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 133 | |||||
| EEA | Copenhagen, DK | European Environment Agency | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 81 | |||||||||
| EFCA | Vigo, ES | European Fisheries Control Agency | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EFSA | Parma, IT | European Food Safety Authority | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 141 | |||||||||||||
| EUROFUND | Dublin, IE | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| EIGE | Vilnius, LT | European Institute for Gender Equality | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| EIOPA | Frankfurt a.M., DE | European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||||
| ELA | Bratislava, SK | European Labour Authority | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| EMSA | Lisbon, PT | European Maritime Safety Agency | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| EMA | Amsterdam, NL | European Medicines Agency | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 205 | |||
| EMCDDA | Lisbon, PT | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| EPPO | Luxembourg, LU | European Public Prosecutor’s Office | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| ESMA | Paris, FR | European Securities and Markets Authority | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 85 | ||||||||
| ETF | Turin, IT | European Training Foundation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 41 | |||||||||||||||
| EUROJUST | The Hague, NL | European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 42 | ||||||||||
| ENISA | Heraklion, EL | European Union Agency for Cybersecurity | 2 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA | Vienna, AT | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | |||||||||||||
| EUROPOL | The Hague, NL | European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 237 | |||||
| CEPOL | Budapest, HU | European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
| ERA | Valenciennes, FR | European Union Agency for Railways | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | |||||||||||||
| ACER | Ljubljana, SL | European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| EU-LISA | Tallinn, EE; Strasbourg, FR | European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 107 | ||||||||
| EUSPA | Prague, CZ | European Union Agency for the Space Programme | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 56 | |||||||||||||
| EASA | Cologne, DE | European Union Aviation Safety Agency | 4 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 85 | |||||||||
| EUIPO | Alicante, ES | European Union Intellectual Property Office | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 113 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 224 | ||||||||
| CDT | Luxemburg, LU | Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Executive agencies | 13 | 455 | 84 | 9 | 16 | 67 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 221 | 242 | 13 | 211 | 24 | 37 | 13 | 412 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 99 | 54 | 176 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 2287 | ||
| CINEA | Brussels, BE | European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency | 4 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 47 | 4 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 364 | |||
| EACEA | Brussels, BE | European Education and Culture Executive Agency | 2 | 97 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 351 | |||
| HaDEA | Brussels, BE | European Health and Digital Executive Agency | 3 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 252 | |||||
| EISMEA | Brussels, BE | European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency | 1 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 275 | ||||
| ERCEA | Brussels, BE | European Research Council Executive Agency | 2 | 93 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 30 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 369 | ||||
| REA | Brussels, BE | Research Executive Agency | 1 | 140 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 75 | 81 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 132 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 676 | ||
| Joint Undertakings | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 90 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 261 | ||
| CBE JU | Brussels, BE | Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAJU | Brussels, BE | Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHP | Brussels, BE | Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EU-RAIL | Brussels, BE | Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EHPC | Brussels, BE | European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| EIT | Budapest, HU | European Institute of Innovation and Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| F4E | Barcelona, ES | Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 168 | ||||||||
| IHI JU | Brussels, BE | Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KDT JU | Brussels, BE | Key Digital Technology Joint Undertaking | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| SESAR | Brussels, BE | SESAR Joint Undertaking | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | 547 | 175 | 19 | 59 | 173 | 18 | 37 | 503 | 662 | 74 | 424 | 72 | 146 | 48 | 846 | 91 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 107 | 368 | 207 | 415 | 53 | 40 | 65 | 51 | 5311 |
ANNEX 2
List of Directorates-General, Services and Offices at the European Commission on 31/12/2022
Contents
- 1. AGRI: Agriculture and Rural Development
- 2. BUDG: Budget
- 3. CdP-OSP: Staff Committee - Representative Trade Unions and Staff Associations
- 4. CLIMA: Climate Action
- 5. CNECT: Communications Networks, Content and Technology
- 6. COMM: Communication
- 7. COMP: Competition
- 8. DEFIS: Defence Industry and Space
- 9. DGT: Translation
- 10. DIGIT: Informatics
- 11. EAC: Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
- 12. ECFIN: Economic and Financial Affairs
- 13. ECHO: European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
- 14. EMPL: Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
- 15. ENER: Energy
- 16. ENV: Environment
- 17. EPSO: European Personnel Selection Office
- 18. ESTAT: Eurostat
- 19. FISMA: Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
- 20. FPI: Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
- 21. GROW: Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
- 22. HERA: European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority
- 23. HOME: Migration and Home Affairs
- 24. HR: Human Resources and Security
- 25. IAS: Internal Audit Service
- 26. INTPA: International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO in 2020)
- 27. JRC: Joint Research Centre
- 28. JUST: Justice and Consumers
- 29. MARE: Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
- 30. MOVE: Mobility and Transport
- 31. NEAR: Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
- 32. OIB: Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels
- 33. OIL: Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Luxembourg
- 34. OLAF: European Anti-Fraud Office
- 35. OP: Publications Office
- 36. PMO: Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements
- 37. REFORM: Structural Reform Support
- 38. REGIO: Regional and Urban Policy
- 39. RTD: Research and Innovation
- 40. SANTE: Health and Food Safety
- 41. SCIC: Interpretation
- 42. SG: Secretariat-General
- 43. SJ: Legal Service
- 44. TAXUD: Taxation and Customs Union
- 45. TRADE: Trade
1 “The Union's institutions shall be: the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Commission (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Commission’), the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the Court of Auditors.”
2 “Save as otherwise provided in these Staff Regulations, (a) the European External Action Service (hereinafter referred to as the EEAS), (b) the European Economic and Social Committee, (c) the Committee of the Regions, (d) the European Ombudsman, and (e) the European Data Protection Supervisor shall, for the purposes of these Staff Regulations, be treated as institutions of the Union.”
3 “This definition in paragraph 1 shall also apply to persons appointed by Union bodies to whom these Staff Regulations apply under the Union acts establishing them (hereinafter ‘agencies’). Any references to ‘institutions’ in these Staff Regulations shall apply to agencies, save as otherwise provided in these Staff Regulations.”
4 See Article 187 TFEU.
5 It is to be noted that the budgetary data (sent each year with the draft budget to the Budgetary Authority - Working Document, parts II and III) show contract staff numbers at the time the draft budget is presented (including contract staff recruited using assigned revenue), i.e.: a statement of the position at 1 April of year N-1 (where N is the year of the draft budget), budgetary implementation in year N-2 and requests for appropriations with estimates of full-time equivalents (FTE) for year N. This is why some differences appear in the numbers of contract staff, depending on the data source. Since several budget lines include appropriations for external personnel without establishing a distinction between the different categories of that personnel, the budget figures convey the best possible estimates based on the likely average costs and the repartition between categories.
6 See Annex 2 for the list with full names of Directorates General, services and offices on 31 December 2022.
7 Please note that the data presented in this section refers to staff in activity at the moment of the snapshot. For this reason the totals are different from the data displayed in the other chapters.
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