23. Notes that 24 new permanent posts and prolongation of 10 temporary posts, as well as the creation of a director's post (A*14/15) within DG Personnel, are requested by the Bureau for non-enlargement related needs in the General Secretariat; approves these posts, but enters in the reserve 7 AST posts foreseen for the operation of a round-the-clock 'Crisis Centre' and for the supervision of outside staff, pending the update on recruitment to the currently unfilled posts in the Security Division;

23. Notes that 24 new permanent posts and prolongation of 10 temporary posts, as well as the creation of a director's post (A*14/15) within DG Personnel, are requested by the Bureau for non-enlargement related needs in the General Secretariat; approves these posts, but enters in the reserve 7 AST posts foreseen for the operation of a round-the-clock 'Crisis Centre' and for the supervision of outside staff, pending the update on recruitment to the currently unfilled posts in the Security Division;

In other Member States, grants were made to employers recruiting women where they are under-represented, and preference was given to women taking posts temporarily vacated by those on parental leave.

Measures could include the annualization of working time, the possibility to take leaves for training, childcare or other purposes, job-rotation schemes, or the provision of incentives for the unemployed to fill temporary vacancies.

In this context they will apply the procedure laid down in Part II of Regulation No 1612/68, as amended by Regulation No 2434/92, and in the light of Commission Decision No 93/569/EEC on the implementing of the Regulation, in particular with regard to Article 15(16); - without prejudice to the application of the above two criteria, third-country nationals may, if necessary, be admitted on a temporary basis and for a specific duration to the territory of a Member State for the purpose of employment where: = such an offer is made to a named worker or named employee of a service provider and is of a special nature in view of the requiremen ...[+++]t of specialist qualifications (professional qualifications, experience, etc.); = an employer offers named workers vacancies only where the competent authorities consider, if appropriate, that the grounds adduced by the employer, including the nature of the qualifications required, are justified in view of a temporary manpower shortage on the national or Community labour market which significantly affects the operation of the undertaking or the employer himself; = vacancies are offered to: . seasonal workers, whose numbers are strictly controlled on admission to the territory of the Member States of the European Community and who undertake well-defined jobs, normally fulfilling a traditional need in the Community country concerned.

Temporary services are normally engaged when there is a short-term vacancy, when an exempt staff member or Public Service employee is absent for a short period, or when there is a temporary increase in workload for which staff is not available.