REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation introducing, on the occasion of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, special temporary measures for recruitment of officials of the European Communities

4.10.2006 - (COM(2006)0271 – C6‑0221/2006 – 2006/0091(CNS)) - *

Committee on Legal Affairs
Rapporteur: Giuseppe Gargani
(Simplified procedure - Rule 43(1) of the Rules of Procedure)

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a Council regulation introducing, on the occasion of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, special temporary measures for recruitment of officials of the European Communities

(COM(2006)0271 – C6‑0221/2006 – 2006/0091(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0271)[1],

–   having regard to Article 283 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6‑0221/2006),

–   having regard to Rules 51 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6‑0312/2006),

1.  Approves the Commission proposal;

2.  Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3.  Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4.  Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

5.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

• [1]  Not yet published in OJ.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The proposal for a regulation in question is designed to allow competitions for the recruitment of officials of Bulgarian or Romanian nationality to be held before their countries accede to the European Union.

To this end it is necessary to derogate from various provisions of the Staff Regulations so as to allow non-EU-nationals to apply for posts as Community officials, competitions to be held on a national basis and vacant posts not necessarily to be advertised within the institutions.

PROCEDURE

Title	Proposal for a Council regulation introducing, on the occasion of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, special temporary measures for recruitment of officials of the European Communities
References	COM(2006)0271 – C6‑0221/2006 – 2006/0091(CNS)
Date of consulting Parliament	3.7.2006
Committee responsible   Date announced in plenary	JURI 6.7.2006
Rapporteur(s)   Date appointed	Giuseppe Gargani 11.9.2006
Simplified procedure – date of decision	11.9.2006
Discussed in committee	2.10.2006
Date adopted	2.10.2006
Date tabled	4.10.2006