Selection of middle management and advisers - Commission
Opinion of 17 June 2009 on a notification for prior checking regarding the selection of middle management staff and advisers in the Commission (Case 2008-751)
DG ADMIN organizes and manages the selection process of middle management staff and advisers in the Commission in order to select the best suited candidates for a particular position. In order to select the best suited candidates, applicants have to follow various procedures (interviews with pre-selection panel, interview of shortlisted with the Director General and the Rapporteur, in some cases, opinion of the Consultative Committee on Appointments, etc). Such procedures entail the collection and further processing of candidates' personal data for the purposes of evaluating their competences for a given position.
In his opinion, the EDPS concluded that the DG ADMIN has substantially followed all the principles of the Regulation. Nevertheless the EDPS recommended, among others, that DG ADMIN:
- Ensures that no data related to closed disciplinary proceedings is collected and further processed.
- Reconsiders the storage periods.
- Limits the amount of information transferred during the second phase.
- Provides an information notice to applicants for all middle management and adviser posts, including those published at level AD 9 / AD 14.