Report from the Commission to the Council on the use of contract staff in 2011

This report fulfils the obligation arising from Article 79(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (CEOS), which states that ‘the Commission shall provide a yearly report on the use of contract staff including numbers of staff, level and type of posts, geographical balance and budgetary resources per function group’.

The report offers a detailed picture of contract staff in service on 31 December 2011, whereas the budgetary data sent every year to the Council's Budget Committee - Working Document, part II - along with each Commission statement of estimates include a table showing contract staff numbers at the time when the draft budget is presented (including contract staff recruited using assigned revenue). This explains any differences in contract staff numbers between the two reports.

This report includes data for all the European Institutions (including the European External Action Service (EEAS) in operation since 1 January 2011) and Agencies as defined in the Staff Regulations. The data for the Commission are more detailed and include staff financed from operational and research lines, plus staff working in offices, delegations, representations and the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

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