# Ability to work in a third EU language - Link: https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/ - Published: 2024-02-24T16:23:23+01:00 - Author: Ben The Staff Regulation requires most categories of employees of EU institutions to prove their **ability to work in a third EU language **(in French – **[Évaluation de la capacité à travailler dans une troisième langue](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/evaluation-de-la-capacite-a-travailler-dans-une-troisieme-langue/)**) before their first [promotion](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/reclassification/) or award of an indefinite employment contract. Read an[ article about the requirement for a third EU language](https://euemployment.eu/working-knowledge-of-a-third-eu-language/) to find out more. --- [#](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-#) [a](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-a) [b](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-b) [c](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-c) [d](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-d) [e](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-e) [é](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-é) [f](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-f) [g](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-g) 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[v](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/#glossary-v) wxyz # * [#EUcareers](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/eucareers/) a * [Ability to work in a third EU language](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ability-to-work-in-a-third-eu-language/) * [Abstract reasoning test](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/abstract-reasoning-test/) * [AD 10](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-10/) * [AD 11](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-11/) * [AD 12](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-12/) * [AD 13](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-13/) * [AD 14](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-14/) * [AD 15](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-15/) * [AD 16](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-16/) * [AD 5](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-5/) * [AD 6](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-6/) * [AD 7](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-7/) * [AD 8](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-8/) * [AD 9](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/ad-9/) * [Administrators](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/administrators/) * [Agent contractuel](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/agent-contractuel/) * [AIACE](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/aiace/) * [Allowances](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/allowances/) * [AMLA](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/amla/) * [Assistants](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/assistants/) b * [Basic pay](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/basic-pay/) * [Basic salary](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/basic-salary/) * [Birth grant](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/birth-grant/) * [Blue Book trainee](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/blue-book-trainee/) c * [CAST](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/cast/) * [CEFRL](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/cefrl/) * [College of Commissioners](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/college-of-commissioners/) * [Commission Representation](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/commission-representation/) * [Commissioner](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/commissioner/) * [Community tax](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/community-tax/) * [Competency-based interview](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/competency-based-interview/) * [Consolidated Annual Activity Report (CAAR)](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/) * [Contract agent](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/contract-agent/) * [Contract Agents 3a and 3b Contracts](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/contract-agents-3a-and-3b-contracts/) * [Contract renewal](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/contract-renewal/) * [Correction coefficient](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/correction-coefficient/) * [Council of Europe](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/council-of-europe-coe/) * [Council of the European Union](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/council-of-the-european-union/) * [Court of Auditors](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/court-of-auditors/) * [Court of Justice of the European Union](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/court-of-justice-of-the-european-union-cjeu/) d * [Daily subsistence allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/daily-subsistence-allowance/) * [Deputy Director-General](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/deputy-director-general/) * [DG](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/directorate-general-dg/) * [Director-General](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/director-general/) * [Directorate-General](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/directorate-general/) * [Disability](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/disability/) e * [E-tray exercises](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/e-tray-exercises/) * [Early retirement](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/early-retirement/) * [Education allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/education-allowance/) * [EPSO](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/epso/) * [EU civil servant](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/eu-civil-servant/) * [EU Delegations](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/eu-delegations/) * [European Central Bank](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-central-bank/) * [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/) * [European Council](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-council/) * [European Defence Agency](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-defence-agency-eda/) * [European External Action Service](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-external-action-service-eeas/) * [European Institute for Gender Equality](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-institute-for-gender-equality-eige/) * [European Parliament](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-parliament/) * [European Parliament Positive Action Programme](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-parliament-positive-action-programme/) * [European School](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-school/) * [European Union agencies](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-union-agencies/) * [Eurostat](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/eurostat/) * [Executive Director](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/executive-director/) * [Expatriation allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/expatriation-allowance/) é * [Évaluation de la capacité à travailler dans une troisième langue](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/evaluation-de-la-capacite-a-travailler-dans-une-troisieme-langue/) f * [FGI, FGII, FGIII, FGIV](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/contract-agents-fgi-fgii-fgiii-fgiv/) * [Fonctionnaire](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/fonctionnaire/) * [Foreign residence allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/foreign-residence-allowance/) * [Frontex](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/frontex/) * [Function group](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/function-group/) g * [Grade and Step](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/grade/) h * [Hardship allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/hardship-allowance/) * [Hardship station](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/hardship-station/) * [Head of Sector](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/head-of-sector/) * [Head of Unit](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/head-of-unit/) * [Household allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/household-allowance/) i * [Installation allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/installation-allowance/) * [Interim staff (Intérimaire)](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/interim-staff-interimaire/) * [Internal mobility](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/internal-mobility/) j * [Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/joint-sickness-insurance-scheme-jsis/) m * [Maternity leave](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/maternity-leave/) * [Medical examination](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/medical-examination/) * [Mission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/mission/) n * [No-cost SNE](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/no-cost-sne/) * [Numerical reasoning test](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/numerical-reasoning-test/) o * [Official](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/official/) * [Official EU languages](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/official-eu-languages/) * [OLAF](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/olaf/) p * [Paymasters Office](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/paymasters-office-pmo/) * [Pensions of the officials and other servants of the European Union](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/pensions-of-the-officials-and-other-servants-of-the-european-union/) * [Permanent official](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/permanent-official/) * [Personal Development Plan](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/personal-development-plan/) * [Place of employment](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/place-of-employment/) * [Place of origin](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/place-of-origin/) * [Preschool allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/preschool-allowance/) * [Probation period](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission-probation-period/) * [Psychometric tests](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/psychometric-tests/) r * [Reasonable accommodation](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/reasonable-accommodation/) * [Reclassification](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/reclassification/) * [Removal expenses](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/removal-expenses/) * [Representation allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/representation-allowance/) * [Reserve list](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/reserve-list/) * [Resignation](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/resignation/) * [Retirement age](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/retirement-age/) * [Rotation policy](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/rotation-policy/) s * [Salary grid](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission-salary-grid/) * [Seconded National Expert](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/seconded-national-expert-sne/) * [Secretaries and Clerks AST/SC](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/secretaries-and-clerks-ast-sc/) * [Senior management](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/senior-management/) * [Situational judgement test](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/situational-judgement-test/) * [Solidarity levy](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/solidarity-levy/) * [Staff Committee](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/staff-committee/) * [Staff Regulations](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/staff-regulations/) t * [Team Leader](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/team-leader/) * [Temporary Agent](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/temporary-agent/) * [Trainee](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/trainee/) * [Travel costs on taking up duties](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/travel-costs-on-taking-up-duties/) u * [Unemployment allowance](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/unemployment-allowance/) v * [Verbal reasoning test](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/verbal-reasoning-test/)