' manager' means a person holding a senior position, who primarily directs the management of the host entity, receiving general supervision or guidance principally from the board of directors or shareholders of the business or equivalent; that position shall include : directing the host entity or a department or subdivision of the host entity; supervising and controlling work of the other supervisory, professional or managerial employees; having the authority to recommend hiring, dismissing or other personnel action ;

2. Consular staff shall, in the performance of their duties, fully respect human dignity.

92. Notes nevertheless that the EEAS as a new organisation which represents a major European ambition needs to be endowed with sufficient means; in this regard, appropriations for staff remunerations in 2012 need to take into account the actual vacancy rates in the autumn of 2011; calls on the EEAS to exert restraint when it comes to the future creation of high-ranking posts; believes that one way of achieving this could be to replace progressively Seconded National experts posts by permanent posts for Member States' civil servants; notes that Seconded National Experts (SNE) are not counted in the one third of EEAS staff at AD level; nevertheless, recalls the Council decision establishing the organisation and ...[+++]functioning of the EEAS which states that "by the expiry of the contract of an SNE transferred to the EEAS under article 7, the function will be converted into a temporary agent post in cases where the function performed by the SNE corresponds to a function normally carried out by staff at AD level, provided that the necessary post is available under the establishment plan"; moreover, stresses that operational requirements for establishing the EEAS with its own information technology systems in a new building need to be funded;

97. Notes that the EEAS as a new organisation which represents a major European ambition needs to be endowed with sufficient means; in this regard, appropriations for staff remunerations in 2012 need to take into account the actual vacancy rates in the autumn of 2011; calls on the EEAS to exert restraint when it comes to the future creation of high-ranking posts; believes that one way of achieving this could be to replace progressively Seconded National Expert (SNE) posts by permanent posts for Member States' civil servants; notes that SNEs are not counted in the one third of EEAS staff at AD level; nevertheless, recalls the Council decision establishing the organisation and function ...[+++]ing of the EEAS which states that ‘by the date of expiry of the contract of an SNE transferred to the EEAS under Article 7, the relevant function will be converted into a temporary agent post in cases where the function performed by the SNE corresponds to a function normally carried out by staff at AD level, provided that the necessary post is available under the establishment plan’; moreover, stresses that operational requirements for establishing the EEAS with its own information technology systems in a new building need to be funded;

The agency shall review on a regular basis the functions delegated to confirm that the work performed is of satisfactory standard and that it is in compliance with Community rules.

33. Draws attention to Directive 95/46/EC, which considers protection of personal data in the broader context of the guarantees underpinning fundamental rights and freedoms; agrees with the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), which has noted in its opinion No 13 on ethical aspects of the use of health-related personal data that there is as yet no specific European legislation to protect such data; and hopes that the Commission will draw up a directive in order to allow for the implications of their comput ...[+++]erisation; calls therefore on the Commission to review new developments in data protection storage in the light of technical progress;