Council Decision (EU) 2022/2410 of 5 December 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community as regards certain changes to administrative and staff rules and the introduction of an education allowance and rules on secondment and locally contracted experts

The position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community regarding the decisions amending Decision No 2019/3 on rules on education allowances for the Transport Community Permanent Secretariat and rules on secondment and locally contracted experts, respectively, shall be based on the draft decisions of the Regional Steering Committee attached to this Decision. Minor changes to the draft decisions may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the Regional Steering Committee without further decision by the Council.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Decision N° 2019/3 of the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community of 5 June 2019 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Heading 3 of Annex I, point 30, first sentence shall read as follows: ‘In the selection procedure, the Director shall be supported by a Selection Committee, which shall consist of at least four members: one representative from the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community, one representative of the Presidency and two representatives of the European Commission.’; (2) Heading 5 of Annex II, ‘Staff regulations of the Transport Community’ is amended and shall read as follows: ‘5. WORKING HOURS, PART-TIME WORK AND TELEWORKING’; (3) a new Article 5.3 is added to Annex II, Staff Regulations of the Transport Community, and shall read as follows: ‘5.3 Teleworking Teleworking shall be applicable in exceptional circumstances and only when it is within the clear interest and priorities of the Secretariat. Teleworking shall be granted by the Director or a Deputy Director. Teleworking shall be limited in time and duration. The Director shall issue detailed rules on teleworking within the normal working week.’; (4) Heading 9 of Annex II, Staff Regulations of the Transport Community shall read as follows: ‘9. SALARIES, TRAVEL, MOVING EXPENSES AND EDUCATION ALLOWANCE’; 5. a new Article 9.4 is added to Annex II, Staff Regulations of the Transport Community, and shall read as follows: ‘9.4 Education allowance The Transport Community may contribute to the education allowance for a dependent child or children of staff members who is or are attending an educational institution charging schooling fees at the place where the seat of the Permanent Secretariat is located, in accordance with detailed rules to be laid down by the Steering Committee.’

The rules on the education allowance for the Transport Community Permanent Secretariat, attached to this Decision, are hereby adopted.

The rules on secondment and locally contracted experts, attached to this Decision, are hereby adopted.