Report from the Commission to the Council on the exception clause (Article 10 of Annex XI to the Staff Regulations)

In this report the Commission presents the third assessment (since 2011) on the conditions of the exception clause. The Commission recalls the principles underlying the method and the legal interpretation of the exception clause based on the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-40/10. Afterwards, the Commission assesses the economic and social situation of the Union from 1 July 2011 until mid-May 2012, when the 2012 Spring European Economic Forecast was issued.

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