There is no breach of the principle of equal treatment where a vacancy notice published by an EU body provides, first, that if the post is filled by an official he will retain his grade and, second, that if it is filled by secondment of a member of staff of a Member State’s diplomatic service he will be recruited as a member of the temporary staff in grade AD 5, which has the effect of preventing the latter from asserting his seniority, in so far as EU officials and staff of the Member States’ national diplomatic services who are seconded to an EU institution or body are not in an identical or a similar situation as regards the framework within which their career is suppos ...[+++]ed to progress, or indeed the way in which their administration of origin assesses their seniority.

I just want to see whether, under the current act—because you are remaining within the framework of the act—a recommendation to that effect could theoretically be taken up by the speakers of the two chambers, and if the two speakers could decide to raise the classification of the PBO position to solve the problem.

After the Greek parliament adopted the national ePrivacy Act on 20 June 2006 and the closure of another non-communication case (concerning transposition in Gibraltar), the 2002 regulatory framework is now formally transposed into the national laws of all Member States.

In drawing up the measures within the Structural Fund programmes, Member States retain the possibility of using a classification best suited to their own national and regional situation, which may, if they so wish, be based on the Commission's classification.

In this respect, data indicate that the less favoured regions had in general good results as far as their participants are concerned in the context of the 4th Community RTD Framework Programme, with entities coming from Greek, Irish and Portuguese regions ranking high (1994-98).

3. Establishment of Community framework rules for measures at airport level: this comprises numerous measures such as a common noise classification scheme, the definition of a standard index and a standard method for calculating noise exposure levels, the introduction of noise-monitoring, noise-zoning and land-use rules, the study of recommended practices for deciding on land use around airports, the setting of eligibility criteria (based on the existence of land-use rules) to be met before any financial aid is granted for the construction or extension of airports and, lastly, the establishment of a Community framework for operating rule ...[+++]s.