Activities of Eva LICHTENBERGER related to 2010/0171(COD)
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Amendments (14)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) According to Article 27 of the Treaty on European Union, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is to be assisted by a European External Action Service (EEAS). This service is to work in cooperation with the diplomatic services of the Member States and is to comprise officials from relevant departments of the General Secretariat of the Council and of the Commission as well as staff seconded from national diplomatic services of the Member States. For the purposes of this Regulation, the term 'staff from national diplomatic services' should also include staff from other government departments whom a national diplomatic service intends to second or has seconded to the EEAS.
Amendment 32 #
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 34 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Selected candidates from national diplomatic services who are seconded by their Member States should be 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 35 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Appointments in the EEAS should be based on merit whilst ensuring adequate geographical and gender balance. The staff of the EEAS should comprise an adequate presence of nationals from all the Member States.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 a (new) Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Article 1 – point 2 a (new) Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
2a. The words 'national of one of the Member States of the Communities' shall be replaced by 'citizen of the Union'.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Title VIIIa – Article 95 – paragraph 2
Title VIIIa – Article 95 – paragraph 2
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 43 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Title VIIIa – Article 97
Title VIIIa – 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 inand for a period of one year after the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of those Communities, the Appointing Authorities of the institutions concerned may, 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 44 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Title VIIIa – Article 98 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Title VIIIa – Article 98 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
From a date fixed by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice- President of the Commission, but at the latest from 1 July 2013, the Appointing Authority shall also consider the applications of officials from other institutions without giving priority to any of these categories. For the purposes of these Staff Regulations, the term 'staff from national diplomatic services' shall also include staff from other government departments whom a national diplomatic service intends to second or has seconded to the EEAS.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Title VIIIa – Article 98 – paragraph 2
Title VIIIa – Article 98 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of Article 29(1)(a) and without prejudice to Article 97, the Appointing Authority shall, when filling a vacant post in the Council or the Commission, consider applications of internal candidates and officials of the EEAS who were officials of the institution concerned until they became officials of the EEAS without 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, while 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, point (e) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Title VIIIa – Article 99 a (new)
Title VIIIa – 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 that 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.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 2 a (new) Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities
Article 2 – point 2 a (new) Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities
2a. The words 'national of one of the Member States of the Communities' shall be replaced by 'citizen of the Union'.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
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 grante. In total, engagement should not exceed eight years. However, in exceptional circumstances and oin condition that the secondment from the national diplomatic service isthe interests of the service, at the end of the eighth year, the contract may be extended for thea maximum period of renewaltwo years.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 10
Article 2 – point 10
Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities
Chapter 10 – Article 50b – paragraph 2 a (new)
Chapter 10 – Article 50b – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) For the purposes of these Conditions of Employment, the term 'staff from national diplomatic services' shall also include staff from other government departments whom a national diplomatic service intends to second or has seconded to the EEAS.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Within two years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice- President of the Commission shall, by mid-2013 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission a report on its implementation, with particular emphasis on gender and geographical balance of staff within the EEAS.