Annexes to COM(2011)42 - Study on Article 45(2) of the Staff Regulations

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dossier COM(2011)42 - Study on Article 45(2) of the Staff Regulations.
document COM(2011)42 EN
date February  1, 2011
Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations the new obligation under Article 45(2) is not to apply to promotions taking effect before 1 May 2006. It must also be stated that officials who have passed certain competitions for lawyer-linguists, translators or interpreters automatically fulfil the condition relating to ability to work in a third language.

[2] Most officials who follow a language course to demonstrate ability to work in a third language choose an interinstitutional language course. This makes it easier to gather data as the organisation of these courses is centralised. Nevertheless, it must be borne in mind that other language courses exist which the Commission is unable to take into account in this study.

[3] May 2004 - December 2008

[4] The Court of Justice cannot distinguish between participants following an Article 45(2) priority course and those following a course for other reasons.

[5] Or failure to demonstrate competence by another means.

[6] At the Court of Auditors, this was the same two people for 2008 and 2009.

[7] At the Committee of the Regions the total number of officials concerned was nine because two officials were in the same situation in that they were eligible for promotion in 2009 but had not fulfilled the requirements in Article 45(2) in 2008.

[8] With the help of an assessment committee consisting of three permanent members from the institutions and 46 language advisors who are consulted by means of the written procedure for the purpose of evaluating diplomas. The committee meets six times a year.

[9] We estimate that account needs to be taken not only of the staff at centralised level but also of 0.1 AST per DG/service at decentralised level to administer the statutory requirements in connection with the third language.

[10] 19.7% of 16 people.

[11] 19.7% of the total cost of the courses in the period from 2004 to 2009.

[12] NB: the annual cost covers four semi-intensive courses, four intensive courses (February-July-August-September) and two twice-weekly courses (March-July & September-January).

[13] NB: the annual cost covers one semi-intensive course (February), one intensive course (July-August) and two twice-weekly courses (March-July & September-January).

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