Article 57

By way of derogation from Article 39, all employment contracts concluded by Europol as established by the Europol Convention and in force on the date of application of this Decision shall be honoured until their expiry date and may not be renewed on the basis of the Europol Staff Regulations Council Act of 3 December 1998 laying down the staff regulations applicable to Europol employees (OJ C 26, 30.1.1999, p. 23). after the date of application of this Decision. All members of staff under contracts as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be offered the possibility of concluding temporary agent contracts under Article 2(a) of the Conditions of employment at the various grades as set out in the establishment plan or contract agent contracts under Article 3a of the Conditions of employment. To that end, an internal selection process limited to staff who have contracts with Europol on the date of application of this Decision shall be carried out after the entry into force and within two years of the date of application of this Decision by the authority authorised to conclude contracts in order to check the ability, efficiency and integrity of those to be engaged. Depending on the type and level of the functions performed, a successful candidate shall be offered either a temporary agent contract or a contract agent contract for a period corresponding at least to the time remaining under the contract concluded before the date of application of this Decision. If a second fixed-term contract was concluded by Europol before the date of application of this Decision and the staff member accepted a temporary agent contract or contract agent contract under the conditions laid down in the third subparagraph of paragraph 2, any subsequent renewal may be concluded only for an indefinite period, in accordance with Article 39(4). If a contract of an indefinite duration was concluded by Europol before the date of application of this Decision and the staff member accepted a temporary agent or contract agent contract under the conditions laid down in the third subparagraph of paragraph 2, that contract shall be concluded for an indefinite period in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 8 and Article 85(1) of the Conditions of employment. The Europol Staff Regulations and other relevant instruments shall continue to apply to staff members who are not recruited in accordance with paragraph 2. By way of derogation from Chapter 5 of the Europol Staff Regulations, the percentage rate of the annual adjustment of remuneration decided by the Council in accordance with Article 65 of the Staff Regulations shall apply to Europol staff.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.