Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2001)50-2 - Special measures to terminate the service of officials of the Commission of the EC as part of the reform of the Commission - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2001)50-2 - Special measures to terminate the service of officials of the Commission of the EC as part of the reform of the Commission. |
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| source | COM(2001)50  |
| date | 31-01-2001 |
The Peer Group charged with undertaking a comprehensive assessment of the Commission's current activities delivered its report in July 2000. The conclusions clearly indicate that, over and above the rationalisation efforts carried out already in 1999 and 2000, the staff numbers assigned to priority activities continue to be insufficient, with the shortfall being estimated at 1 254 posts.
Two thirds of these requirements will be met from further rationalisation efforts (discontinuation or scaling back of activities, productivity gains) or by internal redeployment. Targeted and effective accompanying measures are to be designed to enable redeployed staff to perform other, higher priority activities. These measures are of vital importance to the success of the redeployment exercise.
Training is one of them. The training requirements for ensuring the most effective possible redeployment of these officials will be identified and the necessary means put in place. However, the skills of some of the staff concerned, in particular older ones, may not be in line with the duties to be performed.
A scheme that allows these officials to leave the institution before the normal retirement age and makes it possible for people with skills that are in short supply within the Commission to be recruited is another essential accompanying measure. It is justified also by the need for staff with new skill profiles and the need to rebalance the establishment plan to make way for more A/LA and B officials.
On the basis of an analysis of the specialised profiles and skills required in the Commission, the number of staff to whom the scheme would apply has been estimated at 600 spread over a period of two years. The purpose of this proposal therefore is to authorise a termination-of-service scheme for 600 Commission officials, with 300 departing in 2001 and 300 in 2002.
Provided the impact on the budget is neutral, the savings generated by the scheme (the difference between the cost of total remuneration and the cost of the termination-of-service allowance) should allow around 258 new officials to be recruited.