1. Document reference, if any
Ag.No. 4 Context
Working Group on Articles 64 and 65 of the Staff Regulations
Meeting in Luxembourg March 2018

2. Content of this presentation
STAFF
EU staff numbers at per Pension Scheme database and Commission "keycard"
Geographical origin of EU permanent staff at per EP research brief January 2016
Distribution of contract agents at
Distribution of EEAS staff at per annual report
OTHER CONTEXT
New European Statistics Code of Practice
New Eurostat manuals on indicators
Annual Pension Contribution Rate report 2

3. EU staff numbers Place Comm. 1 % Brussels 21 150 85.0 74.0 65.1
Luxembourg
3 728
Subtotal
24 878
Other EU
3 334
28 212
Non-EU
4 018
Total
32 230
All inst. 2 %
35 229
7 250
42 479
16 086 -
58 565
Notes 1 Actual per "Statistics Bulletin", European Commission only (NB. includes local staff, seconded national staff, contract agents, permanent)
2 Actual (ie ) per PSEO database, all institutions except EIB+ECB. (NB. excludes local staff, seconded national staff, contract agents, permanent) 3

4. Commission permanent staff origin
Source: EP research brief January 2016
Higher % staff than national population
Lower % staff than national population 4

5. 7,161 Commission contract agents 1.1.2018
Place No BE
4,319 LU
512 IT
776 ES
203 NL
100 DE 49 UK 24 PL 23 FR 20 EL 18
Place No IE 15 HU 13 CZ RO SK FI 12 BG CY HR 11 AT 10
Place No PT 9 LT SE SI EE DK 7 MT 6 LV
Extra-EU
929
+ similar number in other institutions + 2,500 EEAS "others"

6. Distribution of EEAS staff 31.12.2015
Source: HR report
DEL TOTAL: 5,501
EEAS: 1, %
COM: 3, % 6

7. Further information: statistical bulletin
(New internet address…) 7

8. Update of European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP)
Previous CoP version in force: 2011
Explicit application to A6465 work since Jan. 2015
New CoP version adopted: 2017
Minor changes:
preamble – replace "vision" with more general text
new principle 1bis = coordination and cooperation
expand 11.1 to highlight innovative solutions
Keeps commitment to impartiality and quality

9. Eurostat manuals of (partial) relevance
3-part manual on indicator design
2014 Indicator typologies and terminologies
2017(a) Communicating through indicators
2017(b) Relevance of indicators for policy-making
One-off publication
2017 Handbook on rapid estimates

10. Another Eurostat publication to note
2018 Handbook on compilation of statistics on illegal activities
…may affect GDP statistics (A65)
…may affect ECP and HICP statistics (A64)
…may affect expenditure statistics (A64)

11. Pension Contribution Rate
Unit C3 colleagues (Pensions Team)
Annual working group (A83WG)
Annual review of methodology
Defined benefit scheme, accrual rate 2% pa. Funded 1/3 staff, 2/3 employer
Annual calculation: report in September
Staff contribution rate per 2017 report: 9.8%

12. Thank you for your attention!