14 Amendments of Bart STAES related to 2018/2624(RSP)
Amendment 32 #
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the extremely rapid career of the new Secretary-General who in a period of slightly more than 13 years, has progressed from AD6 to AD15, out of which he spent 8 years in different cabinets; questions the true intentions of a selection procedure where the new Secretary-General was appointed Principal Adviser to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development with effect as of 1 June 2014 as it might not have served the purpose of filling this vacancy in the first place, but rather of providing a grade AD14 as an official in his basic career for the post he never occupied;
Amendment 36 #
Paragraph 5
5. NotStresses that, according to the Commission, the three previous Secretaries-General became Director, Director-General and Head of Cabinet before being transferred to the function of Secretary-General, whereas the new Secretary-General did not perform any management task in the Commission services; points out, in particular, that on 21 February 2018 he was not Deputy Secretary-General in function;
Amendment 42 #
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the Commission used the same procedure of transfer under Article 7 of the Staff Regulations for the three previous Secretaries-General (transfer with post rather than transfer in the strict sense); nevertheless underlines that none of the previous Secretaries-General were appointed successively Deputy Secretary- General and Secretary-General during the same College meeting;
Amendment 52 #
Paragraph 11
11. NotStresses that the replies given by the Commission show that the President and his Head of Cabinet had been aware since 2015 of the intention of the former Secretary-General to retire soon after 1 March 2018, which he reconfirmed in early 2018; underlines that this knowledge would have allowed for a regular appointment procedure for his successor by one of the two public procedures foreseen by the Staff Regulations: (1) appointment by the College following publication of the post and selection procedure under Article 29 of the Staff Regulation; or, (2) transfer in the interest of the service pursuant to Article 7 of the Staff Regulations, equally upon publication of the post in order to allow any interested official to apply for such transfer;
Amendment 59 #
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines that by opting for the procedure under transfer of Article 7 of the Staff Regulations in the form of reassignment of the newly appointed Deputy Secretary-General with his post to the position of Secretary-General, it was possible to avoid publishing the vacant post of the retiring former Secretary- General; notes that the same procedure was used for the appointments of previous Secretaries-General; stresses, however, that this tradition of non-publication has reached its limits insofar as it does not correspond anymore to modern standards of transparency the Commission, the European Parliament and other EU institutions should abide to;
Amendment 65 #
Paragraph 13
13. Notunderlines that only the President, the Commissioner responsible for Budget and Human Resources, the First Vice- President and the former and new Secretaries- General knew in advance of the meeting of the College of Commissioners of 21 February 2018 that the proposal for the immediate appointment of the new Secretary-General by way of transfer of the newly appointed Deputy Secretary-General with his post would be made during the meeting;
Amendment 69 #
Paragraph 15
15. Is deeply concerned that this way of proceeding with the appointment of the new Secretary-General could cast doubt on the preceding procedure of appointment to Deputy Secretary-General insofar as it might not have served the purpose of filling this vacancy in the first place, but rather of allowing for the transfer of this post to the post of Secretary-General under Article 7 of the Staff Regulations without publication of the post; considers that, although such a way of proceeding might satisfy purely formal requirements, it nevertheless runs against the spirit of the Staff Regulations and prevents any competition for the post by other eligible staff;
Amendment 86 #
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses that the Parliament can’t find any “serious and urgent situation”, as explained by the Parliament’s Legal service, to justify the use of the procedure of reassignment under Article 7 of the Staff Regulations without publication of the post;
Amendment 87 #
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Reiterates that by “Transfer in the interest ofthe service” as a means to fill a post, Article 7 of the Staff Regulation mustbe read in conjunction with Article 4 - in principle a post that falls freemust be published as there are no exceptions stated in the statute and filledby “the most competent officials” which can only be appointed through selectionprocedure;
Amendment 90 #
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Stresses the fact that the College of Commissioners themselves decided to directly appoint Mr. Selmayr as the new secretary General before the post would even be vacant thus far dismisses the Commission’s statement that there was no vacant post of the Secretary General’s position;
Amendment 91 #
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18 d. Expects from the Commission to cancel the recent appointment of the new Secretary General and Starts a new appointment procedure under the procedure provided for in Article 29 of the Staff Regulations thus allowing for all eligible staff to compete for the position;
Amendment 92 #
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18 e. Calls on the European Parliament to postpone the Commission’s 2016 discharge until the Commission carries out an appointment procedure provided for in Article 29 of the Staff Regulations;
Amendment 117 #
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to review, before the end of 2018, its administrative procedure for the appointment of senior officials with the objective of fully ensuring that the best candidates are selected in a framework of maximum transparency and equal opportunities, thereby also setting an example for the other European institutions by introducing open competition procedures for all positions to become the new norm in all levels of EU institutions, whereby the current exceptions applying to the highest officials have to be removed from the Staff regulation and whereby any appointments to betaken by the College of Commissioners have to be known to all Commissioners and included in the college agenda at least one week in advance;
Amendment 123 #
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. calls on the Commission, the European Parliament, the Council and other EU Institutions to apply open and transparent selection procedures for all officials, seniors officials included, with the objective to select the best candidates throughout a framework that guarantees maximum transparency and equal opportunities for all eligible candidates;