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Council Of The European Union

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Construction of Europe

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• Parliamentary procedure
• Council of the European Union
• Droit et juridique

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• Publié par: COUNCIL-OF-THE-EUROPEAN-UNION
• Nombre de lectures: 16
• EAN13: 928241339
• Langue: English
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General Secretariat
Council of the European Union Cover: Finn Nygaard
Illustrations: Victor Barros (pp. 18; 100; 146; 148; 154)
Christian Carpentier (pp. 63; 76; 82; 85; 126)
Ragnhild Steineger (pp. 11 ; 16; 35; 38; 50; 65; 82; 86; 91 ; 92; 107;
112; 114; 115; 118; 119; 123; 135; 142; 147; 150; 155)
Photographs: Régie des Bâtiments, Belgium (pp. 5; 7; 9; 47; 162)
Council Photo Department (pp. 37; 149) VADE-MECUM
For the use of officials and other staff
(September 1996)
General Secretariat
Council of the European Union A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet.
It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://ue.eu.int)
Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication.
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1997
ISBN 92-824-1339-X
© ECSC-EC-EAEC, Brussels · Luxembourg, 1996
Publication for in-house use at the Council General Secretariat.
Printed in Belgium Contents
Page
Preface IX
Part I
The General Secretariat and its role
in the Council's activities I
Section — Historical background and objectives 3
Section 2 — The Justus Lipsius building 4
1. Why the name'Justus Lipsius'?
2. Functional description of the building 6
3. Access to the building I I
4. Finding your way around the building 16
Section 3 — Organization of the General Secretariat8
1. The Secretary-General and his Private Office 1
2. The Legal Service 20
3. Directorate-General A1
4.l Β4
5.l C5
6.l D
7. Directorate-General E6
8.l F 28
9.l G9
10.l H 30
11. Directorate-General I1
12.l J
Section 4 — Functions of the General Secretariat in the examination
of Commission proposals4
1. The initial procedure 3
2. The Secretariat and the Council's working parties 35 3. The Secretariat
and the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) 35
4. The Secretariat and the Council of Ministers 36
5. Press conferences 37
6. Procedure for the finalization of texts
by legal/linguistic experts8
7. Preparation of minutes
8.n of official texts, publication and notification 39
Section 5 — Practical information 39
1. Documents
2. Communications 48
3. Archives and reference libraries 50
Partii
Staff Regulations and other rules affecting staff 55
Section I —Staff of the European Union institutions 57
1. Status and definition 5
2. Classification of posts8
3. Vacant posts 60
4. Competitions1
5. Administrative status
Section 2 — Working hours and leave3
1. Working hours
2. Public holidays 70
3. Leave
4. Leave for further training 8
5.e for military service2
Section 3 — Obligations 8
1. Residence
2. Other obligations3
3. Disciplinary measures4
4.y Board
IV Section 4 — Career 84
1. Probationary period
2. Career development5
3. Bodies7
Section 5 — Staff training8
1. Induction programme for new staff 8
2. In-service training 8
3. Joint Committee on Staff Training 90
Section 6 — Salaries 9
1. Basic salary
2. Family allowances0
3. Others2
4. Deductions and taxation 95
5. Weighting6
6. Review of remuneration7
7. Reimbursement of expenses
8. Miscellaneous9
Section 7 — Missions 100
1. Detailed rules
2. Duration of missions 112
3. Overtime and time off for health reasons when on mission 113
4. Loss/theft of luggage I 13
5. Useful telephone numbers and addresses 114
Section 8 — Illness and accidents 15
1. Absence owing to illness or accident 115
2. Illness or accident during or immediately
after a period of leave I 16
3. Sickness insurance 117
4. Accident and occupational disease insurance I 18
5. Useful telephone and office numbers8 Section 9 — Pensions 119
1. Pensions and severance grants I 1
2. Transfer of pension rights 120
3. Pensions
Section 10 — Privileges and immunities
1. Special identity card1
2. Driving licences 122
3. Community laissez-passer3
4. Customs concessions
5. Value-added tax (VAT)
6. Taxes4
7. Motor vehicle registration5
8. Tickets and summonses ('procès-verbaux', 'pro justitia')
for traffic offences and the like 126
9. Certificates/attestations7
Section 11 — Bodies set up under the Staff Regulations
or by administrative decision8
1. Interinstitutional bodies 12
2. Council bodies 131
Section 12 — Staff representation5
1. Staff Committee
2. Trade unions
Section 13 — Consultation and conciliation7
1.n Committee 13
2. Conciliation8
Part III
Services and practical information9
Section I —Services 141
1. Medical Service
2. Welfare Office
3. Services for children2
VI 4. Information, culture and sports 147
5. Other services for staff9
Section 2 — Health and safety 152
1. Emergencies
2. Evacuation3
3. Smoking4
4. Hygiene
5. Disabled persons
Section 3 — Living in Brussels: practical information 155
1. Settling in 15
2. Public utilities7
3. Day nurseries and schools (other than Community) 164
Abbreviations used 169
Index 173
Illustrations and tables: Plan of the Justus Lipsius building — see
at the end of this publication
The Council General Secretariat in outline 33
Specimen cover page of a Council document 41
VII