Recruitment procedure for contract agents at the JRC - Commission

Opinion of 9 October 2008 on a notification for prior checking regarding the recruitment procedure for contract agents at the Joint Research Centre (Case 2008-142)

This prior-check is part of several opinions adopted by the CEPD this day in the field of recruitment at JRC.

The processing concerns the selection and recruitment of JRC's contractual staff referred to in Title IV of the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities. The main purpose of the processing is the constitution and management of Contract Agent recruitment files. The recruitment files collect all the information needed in order to start, process and finalize the recruitment procedure, which, at different stages, involves DG JRC Institutes/Directorates (Management Support Units –"MSUs"- and scientific staff), the Human Resources Unit of the Resource Management and the candidates concerned.

The EDPS concludes that on a general basis the procedure complies with the principles established in the data protection regulation. However the EDPS did make number of recommendations mainly as concerns data quality, transfer of data, rights of access and rectification, information of the data subject. The EDPS is also requesting detailed information on security measures adopted.