Decision of the Secretaries-General of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Registrar of the Court of Justice, the Secretaries-General of the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Ombudsman of 19 January 2010 amending Decision 2002/621/EC on the organisation and operation of the European Communities Personnel Selection Office (2010/51/EU)

Article 1

In Article 7 of Decision 2002/621/EC of the Secretaries-General of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Registrar of the Court of Justice, the Secretaries-General of the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, and the Representative of the European Ombudsman of 25 July 2002 on the organisation and operation of the European Communities Personnel Selection Office(1) the following paragraph 4a is inserted:

‘4a. For carrying out tasks under the supervision of officials or temporary staff, the Office may make use of contract staff as provided for in Article 3a(1)(c) of the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities. The use of contract staff shall be within the limits laid down by the Office’s annual budget on the basis of the estimate of the Office’s revenue and expenditure drawn up by EPSO’s Management Board.’

Article 2 Date of entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

For the European Parliament

The Secretary-General

Klaus Welle

For the Council

The Secretary-General

Pierre de Boissieu

For the Commission

The Secretary-General

Catherine Day

For the Court of Justice

The Registrar

Roger Grass

For the Court of Auditors

The Secretary-General

Eduardo Ruiz García

For the Economic and Social Committee

The Secretary-General

Martin Westlake

For the Committee of the Regions

The Secretary-General

Gerhard Stahl

For the European Ombudsman

The Secretary-General

Ian Harden