Europol: amending staff regulations applicable to employees. Initiative Sweden

PURPOSE : to present the Initiative of the Kingdom of Sweden with a view to the adoption of a Council Act amending the Staff Regulations applicable to Europol employees. CONTENT : the amendments proposed for the Staff Regulations relate in particular to: 1) contracts : all Europol staff shall be initially engaged for a fixed period of between one and four years. First contracts may be renewed as follows: - for a period which makes, in addition to the length of the first contract a maximum period of six years, for staff assigned to a post which can be filled only by staff engaged from the competent authorities; - for a period which makes, in addition to the length of the first contract, a maximum period of six years, for staff subject to national provisions for secondment, special leave or temporary outplacement, assigned to a post not restricted to staff engaged from competent authorities; - for a period which makes, in addition to the length of the first contract, a maximum period of eight years, in all other cases. The Management Board of Europol shall give its consent on a yearly basis insofar as the Director Europol intends to grant contracts of indefinite duration. The Managment Board may fix ceilings for the total number of such contracts to be granted. Moreover, further amendments concern: - medical examinations before the end of the first month of the probationary period and on renewal of the contract; - renumerations, insurance schemes and unemployment funds and pension funds, invalidity pensions; and - rent allowance. �