However, while the concept of negligence implies a breach of a duty of care, gross negligence should mean more than mere negligence, involving conduct exhibiting a significant degree of carelessness; for example, keeping the credentials used to authorise a payment transaction beside the payment instrument in a format that is open and easily detectable by third parties.

JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Appeal Chamber) 12 July 2011.European Commission v Q.Appeal – Civil service – Officials – Cross-appeal – Psychological harassment – Article 12a of the Staff Regulations – Communication on the policy of psychological harassment at the Commission – Duty on the part of the administration to provide assistance – Article 24 of the Staff Regulations – Scope – Request for assistance – Temporary measures of removal from post – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Liability – Claim for compensation – Unlimited jurisdiction – Conditions for implementation – Career development report – Action for annulment – Interest in bring ...[+++]ing proceedings.Case T-80/09 P.

Delegated acts should also be adopted to specify the conditions subject to which the delegation of AIFM functions should be approved and the conditions subject to which the AIFM has delegated its functions to the extent that it becomes a letter-box entity and can no longer be considered to be the manager of the AIF; as regards depositaries, to specify the criteria for assessing that the prudential regulation and supervision of third countries where the depositaries are established have the same effect as Union law and are effectively ...[+++] enforced, the particulars that need to be included in the standard agreement, the conditions for performing the depositary functions, including the type of financial instruments that should be included in the scope of the depositary’s custody duties, the conditions subject to which the depositary may exercise its custody duties over financial instruments registered with a central depositary and the conditions subject to which the depositary should safekeep the financial instruments issued in a nominative form and registered with an issuer or a registrar, the due diligence duties of depositaries, the segregation obligation, the conditions subject to and circumstances in which financial instruments held in custody should be considered as lost, what is to be understood by external events beyond reasonable control, the consequences of which would have been unavoidable despite all reasonable efforts to the contrary, and the conditions subject to and circumstances in which there is an objective reason to contract a discharge of liability.

They could assess information and data on failure to fulfil the duty of impartiality and possible revenue losses caused by public officials.

I must apologise for the irregularities and derelictions of duty that have been blamed on staff unknown to me, but I cannot allow the fact that duties were neglected anywhere to lead me to also violate my own and to disregard the Commission rules.

5. Where obligations of members or servants deriving from the EC Treaty are infringed, or where obligations deriving from the Staff Regulations of Officials or from the Financial Regulation are infringed, the European Public Prosecutor shall address recommendations to the institution, body, office or agency concerned, which shall notify him, by a deadline he has set, of action taken.