The average promotion speed per grade are laid down in Annex IB of the Staff Regulations, by means of ‘promotion rates’ expressed in percentage points. These are by no means individual entitlements for promotion, but counted across the entire Commission population, over a period of 5 years.
The so-called ‘guarantees’ emitted by Commissioner Sefcovic guarantee a minimum percentage of population in a grade to be promoted at average speed or quicker for the various types of grades (3-4-5 years).
AD grades:
|
Average seniority Annex IB of Staff Regulation |
% of colleagues to be promoted within the average seniority of faster |
|
|
AD5 |
2,8 years* |
85% |
|
AD6 |
2,8 years* |
85% |
|
AD7 |
2,8 years* |
85% |
|
AD8 |
3 years |
85% |
|
AD9 |
4 years |
75% |
|
AD10 |
4 years |
75% |
|
AD11 |
4 years |
75% |
|
AD12 |
6,5 years (Senior expert posts) |
No guarantee |
|
AD13 |
6,5 years (Senior expert posts) |
No guarantee |
* promotion rates raised to 36% (from 33%) in the new staff regulations
AST and AST/D grades:
|
Average seniority Annex IB of Staff Regulation |
% of colleagues to be promoted within the average seniority of faster |
|
|
AST1 |
3 years |
85% |
|
AST2 |
3 years |
85% |
|
AST3 |
3 years |
85% |
|
AST4 |
3 years |
85% |
|
AST5 |
4 years |
75% |
|
AST6 |
4 years |
75% |
|
AST7 |
4 years |
75% |
|
AST8 |
4 years |
75% |
|
AST9 |
12 years (Senior Assistant posts) |
No guarantee |
|
AST10 |
5 years |
No guarantee |
|
AST2D |
4,5 years |
No guarantee |
|
AST3D |
4,5 years |
70% |
|
AST4D |
10 years |
No guarantee |
ex- AST/C and AST have similar promotion rates