CHAPTER X

This Decision shall not affect the legal force of agreements concluded by Europol as established by the Europol Convention before the date of application of this Decision. Paragraph 1 shall apply in particular to the Headquarters Agreement concluded on the basis of Article 37 of the Europol Convention, as well as the agreements between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the other Member States established on the basis of Article 41(2) of the Europol Convention and to all international agreements, including their provisions on the exchange of information, and to contracts concluded by, liabilities incumbent on and properties acquired by Europol, as established by the Europol Convention. The Director and Deputy Directors appointed on the basis of Article 29 of the Europol Convention shall, for the remaining periods of their terms of office, be the Director and Deputy Directors within the meaning of Article 38 of this Decision. If their terms of office end one year or less after the date of application of this Decision, they shall be extended automatically until one year after the date of application of this Decision. Should the Director or one or more of the Deputy Directors be unwilling or unable to act in accordance with paragraph 1, the Management Board shall appoint an interim Director or interim Deputy Director(s) as required for a maximum period of 18 months, pending the appointments provided for in Article 38(1) and (2). 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. The discharge procedure in respect of the budgets approved on the basis of Article 35(5) of the Europol Convention shall be carried out in accordance with the rules established by Article 36(5) of the Europol Convention and the financial regulation adopted on the basis of Article 35(9) of the Europol Convention. In carrying out the discharge procedure described in paragraph 1, the following shall apply: for the purpose of carrying out the discharge procedure in respect of the annual accounts for the year preceding the date of application of this Decision, the Joint Audit Committee shall continue to operate in accordance with the procedures established by Article 36 of the Europol Convention. The discharge procedures established by the Europol Convention shall apply to the extent required for this purpose; the Management Board referred to in Article 36 of this Decision shall have the right to decide upon the substitution of the functions previously performed by the financial controller and the Financial Committee on the basis of the Europol Convention. All expenditure resulting from commitments made by Europol in accordance with the financial regulation adopted on the basis of Article 35(9) of the Europol Convention before the date of application of this Decision which has not yet been paid at that time shall be paid in the manner described in paragraph 4 of this Article. Before the expiry of a period of twelve months after the date of application of this Decision, the Management Board shall establish the amount covering the expenditure referred to in paragraph 3. A corresponding amount, financed from the accumulated surplus of the budgets approved on the basis of Article 35(5) of the Europol Convention, shall be transferred into the first budget established under this Decision and shall constitute an assigned revenue to cover that expenditure. If the surpluses are not sufficient to cover the expenditure referred to in paragraph 3, Member States shall provide the financing necessary in accordance with the procedures established by the Europol Convention. The remainder of the surpluses of the budgets approved on the basis of Article 35(5) of the Europol Convention shall be paid back to the Member States. The amount to be paid to each of the Member States shall be calculated on the basis of the annual contributions from the Member States to Europol’s budgets established on the basis of Article 35(2) of the Europol Convention. The payment shall be made within three months of the establishment of the amount covering the expenditure referred to in paragraph 3 and the completion of discharge procedures regarding the budgets approved on the basis of Article 35(5) of the Europol Convention. The Management Board set up on the basis of the Europol Convention, the Director appointed on the basis of that Convention and the Joint Supervisory Body set up on the basis of that Convention shall prepare the adoption of the following instruments: the rules regarding the rights and obligations of liaison officers referred to in Article 9(5); the rules applicable to the analysis work files referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 14(1); the rules regarding the relations of Europol referred to in Article 26(1)(b); the implementing rules applicable to Europol staff referred to in Article 37(9)(d); the rules on the selection and dismissal of the Director and Deputy Directors referred to in Article 38(3) and (7); the rules on confidentiality referred to in Article 40(1); the financial regulation referred to in Article 44; any other instrument necessary for the preparation of the application of this Decision. For the purpose of adopting the measures referred to in paragraph 1(a), (d), (e), (g) and (h), the composition of the Management Board shall be as laid down in Article 37(1). The Management Board shall adopt those measures in accordance with the procedure laid down in the provisions referred to in paragraph 1(a), (d), (e) and (g) of this Article. The Council shall adopt the measures referred to in paragraph 1(b), (c) and (f) in accordance with the procedure laid down in the provisions referred to in paragraph 1(b), (c) and (f). The Management Board, in its composition as laid down in Article 37(1), shall take all financial actions and decisions necessary for the application of the new financial framework. The actions and decisions referred to in paragraph 1 shall be taken in accordance with Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 and shall include, inter alia, the following: the preparation and adoption of all actions and decisions referred to in Article 42 in relation to the first budgetary year after the date of application of this Decision; the appointment of the accounting officer as provided for in Article 37(9)(e) by 15 November in the year preceding the first budgetary year after the date of application of this Decision; the establishment of the internal audit function as provided for in Article 37(9)(f). The authorisation of operations which accrue to the first budgetary year after the date of application of this Decision shall be performed by the Director appointed under Article 29 of the Europol Convention from 15 November in the year preceding the first budgetary year after the date of application of this Decision. From that date onwards, the Director shall also be entitled to delegate the function of authorising officer as necessary. In the performance of the role of authorising officer, the requirements of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 shall be observed. The ex-ante verification of operations that accrue to the first budgetary year following the date of application of this Decision shall be taken by the financial controller established under Article 27(3) of the Europol Convention during the period 15 November to 31 December in the year preceding the first budgetary year following the date of application of this Decision. The financial controller shall perform that function in accordance with Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002. A proportion of the transition costs incurred by Europol to prepare for the new financial framework from the year preceding the first budgetary year following the date of application of this Decision shall be borne by the general budget of the European Union. The financing of those costs may take the form of a Community grant.

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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.