EC staff regulation: recruitment of officials following the 1995 enlargement of the Community

Parliament approved the Commission's proposal subject to the three amendments it had introduced. The aims of these amendments were: - to recall that the Commission had undertaken to present a proposal for a regulation instituting special measures for the retirement of officials and temporary staff members of the European Communities and that Parliament was calling for the immediate introduction of such a proposal for a regulation for its own personnel, - to reduce the period of application of the proposed measures from 31 December 1999 to 31 December 1997. The Commission rejected this amendment, - to make it compulsory for appointments to grades A6, A7, A8, LA6, LA7, LA8, B4, B5, C2 to C5 and D1 to D4 to be based on competition. The Commission rejected this amendment. �