Whereas the Public Service Commission has decided that it is not practicable nor in the best interests of the Public Service to apply the provisions of the Public Service Employment Act to all persons appointed on or after April 1, 1993 for one or more specified periods of less than three months totalling less than six months in the aggregate during any consecutive 12-month period for the purpose of being employed in the Department of External Affairs in the Clerical and Regulatory group and the Secretarial, Stenographic, Typing group of the Administrative Support Category, in the Administrative Services group of the Administrative and F ...[+++]oreign Service Category, and in the Social Science Support group of the Technical Category during the period beginning on April 1, 1993 and ending on December 31, 1993;

Whereas the Public Service Commission has decided that it is not practicable nor in the best interests of the Public Service to apply the provisions of the Public Service Employment Act to all persons appointed on or after April 1, 1993 for one or more specified periods of less than three months totalling less than six months in the aggregate during any consecutive 12-month period for the purpose of being employed in the Department of Public Works in the Clerical and Regulatory group, the Secretarial, Stenographic, Typing group, the Data Processing group and the Office Equipment group of the Administrative Support Category, in the General Labour and Trades group, the General Services ...[+++] group, the Heating, Power and Stationary Plant Operation group and the Ships’ Crews group of the Operational Category, in the Drafting and Illustration group, the General Technical group, the Engineering and Scientific Support group, the Electronics group, the Ships’ Officers group and the Social Science Support group of the Technical Category, in the Architecture and Town Planning group and the Engineering and Land Survey group of the Scientific and Professional Category during the period beginning on April 1, 1993 and ending on December 31, 1993;

However, without prejudice to existing sector-specific Community rules, a horizontal approach will be considered with regard to a number of specific issues, such as consumers' interests, the monitoring and evaluation of services of general interest, the application of state aid rules to financial compensation or the use of structural funds for the support of services of general interest.

In general, and subject to control of abuse by the Commission, tariff averaging is compatible with Community law provided it is imposed by a Member State for reasons of territorial and social cohesion and it meets the conditions set out in Article 86(2) of the Treaty [89] (e) Solidarity-based financing and compulsory membership Because of its importance this form of financing is mentioned here, although it only concerns support for services of general interest of a non-economic nature.

The Committee is in favour of maintaining the financial and economic balance in service provision and believes that public authority funding to compensate undertakings entrusted with the operation of these services for costs incurred under public service obligations must be compatible with Community legislation in the proposal for a framework Directive.

10 (1) Appointments to or from within the Public Service shall be based on selection according to merit, as determined by the Commission, and shall be made by the Commission, at the request of the deputy head concerned, by competition or by such other process of personnel selection designed to establish the merit of candidates as the Commission considers is in the best interests of the Public Service.