Establishment of an European Administrative School
Article 1
Open ↗An European Administrative School is hereby established, hereinafter referred to as ‘the School’.
2005/118/EC: Decision of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the Ombudsman of 26 January 2005 setting up a European Administrative School
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Establishment of an European Administrative School
An European Administrative School is hereby established, hereinafter referred to as ‘the School’.
Duties
1. The School shall implement certain types of professional training on behalf of and in the framework of the orientation decided by the signatory institutions to this Decision (hereinafter ‘the institutions’) with a view to enhancing human resources and individual career development. 2. As requested by the institutions, the School shall: (a) design, organise and evaluate training activities; (b) facilitate participation in external training activities; (c) carry out any tasks related to or in support of its duties. 3. The Secretaries-General of the institutions, the Registrar of the Court of Justice and the Representative of the Ombudsman shall lay down and, where necessary, modify the fields of training to be covered by the School. 4. At the request of one institution, body, office or agency, the School may provide assistance to it in matters of training expertise, against payment.
Requests, complaints and appeals
Requests and complaints relating to the exercise of the powers conferred according to Article 2(2) shall be lodged with the School. Any appeal in these areas shall be against the Commission.
Attachment
1. The School shall be attached administratively to the European Communities Personnel Selection Office, hereinafter ‘the Office’. 2. This attachment shall mean in particular that: — the Office’s Management Board shall act as the Management Board of the School, — the Principal of the School shall be the Head of the Office, — the staff of the School shall be assigned to posts belonging to the Office, — the School’s revenue and expenditure shall form an integral part of the Office’s budget. 3. At the latest by 15 February 2008, this attachment may be ended by a decision of the Management Board taken by qualified majority as defined in Article 5(6) 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 ( 3 ) and provided that at least five signatory institutions are in favour.
Implementation
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 and the Committee of the Regions and the Representative of the European Ombudsman shall by mutual agreement take the measures necessary to implement this Decision.
Effective date
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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