Fourth amendment of the EESC's Rules of Procedure, approved in plenary session on 12 March 2008 [1]

The plenary assembly of the European Economic and Social Committee decided on 12 March 2008 to modify the contents of Rule 72 of its Rules of Procedure.

The new text of Rule 72 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Economic and Social Committee is as follows:

"Rule 72

1. All the powers which the Staff Regulations of Officials of the Communities confer on the appointing authority and which the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the Communities confer on the authority competent to conclude contracts of service shall be exercised, with respect to the secretary-general of the EESC, by the bureau.

2. The powers which the Staff Regulations of Officials of the Communities confer on the appointing authority shall be exercised as follows:

- with respect to officials in grades 16, 15 and 14 of function group AD, by the bureau, acting on a proposal from the secretary-general, as regards application of Articles 13, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 41, 49, 50, 51, 78 and 90(1) of the Staff Regulations; by the president, acting on a proposal from the secretary-general, as regards application of the other provisions of the Staff Regulations, including Article 90(2),

- with respect to officials in grades 13, 12 and 11 of function group AD, by the president, acting on a proposal from the secretary-general,

- with respect to officials in the other grades of function group AD and all grades of function group AST, by the secretary-general.

3. The powers which the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the Communities (CEOS) confer on the authority competent to conclude contracts of service shall be exercised as follows:

- with respect to temporary staff in grades 16, 15 and 14 of function group AD, by the bureau, as regards application of Articles 11, 17, 33 and 48 of the CEOS; as regards the other provisions of the CEOS, by the president, acting on a proposal from the secretary-general,

- with respect to temporary staff in grades 13, 12 and 11 of function group AD, by the president, acting on a proposal from the secretary-general,

- with respect to temporary staff in other grades of the administrators' function group and all grades of the assistants' function group, by the secretary-general,

- with respect to special advisers, and contract and local staff, by the secretary-general.

4. The president shall exercise the powers conferred on the institution by Article 110 of the Staff Regulations with a view to implementing the general provisions for giving effect to the Staff Regulations and the rules adopted by agreement between the institutions.

5. The bureau, the president and the secretary-general may delegate the powers vested in them by this Rule.

6. Decisions to delegate adopted in accordance with Rule 72(4) above shall specify the scope of the powers delegated, their limits and period of validity, as well as stating whether they may be subdelegated."

The new text entered into force on the day of its adoption.

[1] The full text of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee with the latest modifications approved in plenary session on 5 July 2006 was published in OJ L 93 of 3 April 2007.

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