9 Amendments of Franziska Katharina BRANTNER related to 2010/0171(COD)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Selected candidates from national diplomatic services who are seconded by their Member States should be recruited according to an objective and transparent procedure and employed as temporary agents and thus be put on equal footing with officials. The implementing provisions to be adopted by the EEAS should guarantee equivalent career perospectives for temporary agents that are equivalent to those ofand officials.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Title VIIIa – Article 98 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Title VIIIa – Article 98 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of Article 29(1)(a) and without prejudice to Article 97, when filling a vacant post in the EEAS, the Appointing Authority shall consider the applications of officials of the Council, the Commission and the EEAS, of temporary staff to whom Article 2(e) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants applies and of staff from national diplomatic services of the Member States without giving priority to any of these categories. When staff are appointed in the EEAS, due consideration shall be paid to the goal of ensuring gender balance at all hierarchical and organisational levels and for all staff components.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 10
Article 2 – point 10
Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities
Chapter 10 – Article 50b – paragraph 2
Chapter 10 – Article 50b – paragraph 2
2. They may be engaged for a maximum period of four years. Contracts may be renewed more than once for a maximum period of four years for each renewal. A renewal shall be granted on condition that the secondment from the national diplomatic service is. In total, engagement should not exceed eight years. However, in exceptional circumstances and in the interest of the service, at the end of the eighth year, the contract may be extended for thea maximum period of renewaltwo years.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In order to ensure the highest professional standards and create a common esprit de corps, all EEAS staff members at AD level should receive common training provided by a European Diplomatic Academy.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to take account of specific situations in a flexible manner (for example an urgent need to fill a post or future transfers of support tasks from the Council or the Commission to the EEAS), a transfer of officials in the interests of the service, that is without prior publication of the vacant post, from the Council or the Commission to the EEAS should also be made possible in duly justified exceptional cases. Similarly, it should be possible to transfer officials in the interest of the service from the EEAS to the Council or the Commission.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Title VIII a – Article 95 – paragraph 2
Title VIII a – Article 95 – paragraph 2
However, in respect of Heads of Delegation, the powers concerning appointments shall be exercised using a thorough selection procedure, based on merit whilst ensuring adequate geographical and gender balance, on the basis of a list of candidates on which the Commission has agreed within the framework of the powers that the Treaties confer on it. This shall apply mutatis mutandis to transfers in the interests of the service.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities§
Title VIII a – Article 97
Title VIII a – Article 97
Under the conditions set out in Article 7(1) and notwithstanding Articles 4 and 29, the Appointing Authorities of the institutions concerned may in, pursuant to a duly reasoned decision and in duly justified exceptional cases, acting by common agreement and solely in the interests of the service, after having heard the official concerned, transfer him from the Council or the Commission to the EEAS without notifying the staff of the vacant post. An EEAS official may be transferred to the Council or the Commission under the same conditions.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Title VIII a – Article 98 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Title VIII a – Article 98 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. For the purposes of Article 29(1)(a) and without prejudice to Article 97, when filling a vacant post in the EEAS, the Appointing Authority shall consider the applications of officials of the Council, the Commission and the EEAS, and of temporary staff to whom Article 2(e) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants applies and of staff from national diplomatic services of thewithout giving priority to any of these categories. In accordance with Article 27 of these Staff Regulations and the first subparagraph of Article 12(1) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, recruitment shall be directed to securing for the institution the services of officials and temporary staff of the highest standard of ability, efficiency and integrity, recruited on the broadest possible geographical basis from among nationals of Member States, without giving priority to any of these categoriehilst ensuring gender balance. This obligation shall apply to the EEAS as a whole and to its different staff components, including temporary staff referred to in Article 2(e) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Title VIII a – Article 99 a (new)
Title VIII a – Article 99 a (new)
Article 99a Before taking up their duties, and as appropriate thereafter, all EEAS staff members at AD level shall receive common training. For this purpose, a European Diplomatic Academy shall be created. The Academy shall cooperate closely with appropriate bodies in the Member States and the European Security and Defence College, integrating the latter after a transitional period. Its training shall be based on uniformly harmonised curricula and shall include, as appropriate, training in consular and legation procedures, diplomacy, conflict mediation and international relations, together with knowledge of the history and functioning of the European Union. The Academy shall also train staff of CSDP missions and shall be open, as appropriate, to other staff working for the European Union or Member States.