
PENSION RIGHTS FOR CONTRACT STAFF "PICARD" JUDGMENT : TAO REQUESTS AN IMMEDIATE REGULARISATION
After a long battle that lasted 8 years, on December 15, 2022, the European Union Tribunal ruled that Maxime Picard, a contract agent at the Commission since 2008, should keep his acquired pension rights despite his change of Function Group (FG) after the entry into force of the 2014 Staff Regulations.

LANGUAGES IN EPSO COMPETITIONS
MEMBER STATES VS COMMISSION
According to Umberto Eco, the language of Europe is translation.
An adage that echoes within the EU through its motto ‘In varietate concordia’.
This has never been more true since the recent case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on competitions and language arrangements.

CATERING : ARE THERE ANY NOVELTIES?

INTERNAL COMPETITIONS FOR AST/SC...WHEN?
Still almost no news on the internal competitions for AST/SC colleagues. This matter is key for the career development of colleagues belonging to this function group. Dead calm sea in the offices of DG HR, as usual… Stress is only created at the other side of the fence.
