Mission
‘Mission’ is term used for business trips of EU institutions’ staff. While on mission, staff of EU institutions are entitled to a special mission-related daily subsistence allowance.
No-cost SNE
A ‘no-cost SNE’ refers to a seconded national expert at the European Commission, an EU agency or other EU institution where the receiving institution does not have to pay any of the expenses associated with “regular” SNEs like the Daily or Monthly Subsistence Allowances. However, if no-cost SNEs go on missions on behalf of the…
Numerical reasoning test
The Numerical Reasoning Test is a standardized assessment used in the EPSO competitions to evaluate candidates’ ability to interpret, analyze, and draw conclusions from numerical data. This test is part of EPSO psychometric testing even for positions that do not require strong quantitative analysis skills. A typical Numerical Reasoning Test presents candidates with data in…
Official
In the context of the European Union (EU), an “official” refers to a permanent member of staff employed by one of the EU institutions or agencies, such as the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, or others. The term “permanent” refers to the fact that the staff member has an…
Official EU languages
According to Article 55 of the Treaty of the European Union, the following are the official European Union languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
OLAF
OLAF, or the European Anti-Fraud Office, is an integral institution of the European Union, established to protect the EU’s financial interests by combating fraud, corruption, and any illegal activities affecting the EU budget. OLAF fulfills this role by conducting administrative investigations into cases of fraud, corruption, and serious misconduct within the EU institutions and bodies,…
Paymasters Office
PMO or the Paymaster Office is the European Commission’s Department for Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements. PMO is responsible for the calculation and record keeping of the financial entitlements of staff of the European Commission and most other EU institutions.
Pensions of the officials and other servants of the European Union
Officials and other staff of the European Commission and other EU institutions are entitled to an EU pension after at least 10 years of service during their working life.
Permanent official
EU official on an indefinite contract in grades of Administrator, Assistant, and Secretaries and clerks. Indefinite contracts can be attained in several ways: (a) through an EPSO competition for AD grades (Administrators), AST grades (Assistants), and AST/SC (Secretaries and clerks) positions, (b) after two contract prolongations that entitle an EU employee to an indefinite contract.
Personal Development Plan
A Personal Development Plan (PDP) is a strategic tool employed within the European Union (EU) institutions to help employees identify their professional goals, strengths, and areas for improvement. It serves as a structured framework that guides individuals in mapping out their career objectives and the competencies they need to develop to achieve these goals. The…
Place of employment
The term ‘place of employment’ means the location where an employee of an EU institution is expected to perform his duties according to the employment contract. According to article 20 of the Staff Regulations, an official is expected to live in a location that is compatible with the “proper performance of his duties”. some EU…
Place of origin
The term ‘place of origin’ means the declared location from which an employee of an EU institution formally is relocating to her/his ‘place of employment’. The ‘place of origin’ is used for calculating an official’s entitlement to the annual travel grant (amount depends on the distance between the declared ‘place of origin’ and ‘place of…
