Report from the Commission on the use of contract staff in 2015

This report fulfils the obligation arising from Article 79(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (CEOS), which provides 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’. It offers a detailed snapshot of the contract staff employed in the European institutions at 31 December 2015.

This report includes data for 55 different entities: a) 10 European institutions (including the European External Action Service (EEAS), in operation since 1 January 2011); and b) 45 agencies or Joint Undertakings as defined in Article 1(a) of the Staff Regulations. The data for the Commission are more detailed and include staff financed from operational and research lines, plus staff working in administrative offices, delegations, representations and the Joint Research Centre (JRC).