31.12.92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 404/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 3947/92 of 21 December 1992 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, and in particular Articlé 24 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, submitted after consulting the Staff Regulations Committee (%), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (*), Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice, Whereas, for matters in respect of which joint management by the institutions is desirable, provision should be made to delegate to one of them the powers conferred on the appointing authority; Whereas it is desirable to establish a system of interin- stitutional competitions, to be organized by two or more institutions, according to uniform criteria and resulting in a common reserve list; whereas provision should therefore be made for setting up a common Joint Committee; - , Whereas it should be possible for the limits on additional seniority in grade laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 32 of the Staff Regulations to be exceeded in the case of a member of temporary staff appointed as a probationer official in order to take account of his years of service as a member of temporary staff; ‘Whereas the arrangements governing the probationary period should be adjusted to enable the probationer’s merits to be assessed more accurately; (* OJ No C 55, 2. 3. 1991, p. 6. (* OJ No C 295, 26. 11. 1990, p. 203. Whereas it is desirable to modify the end-of-probation dismissal procedure so that the appointing authority is better placed to take an informed decision; Whereas, in the event of dismissal, the former prob- ationer’s pecuniary interests should be protected in view of the increase in the duration of the probationary period; Whereas it is desirable to widen the scope for seconding officials to temporary posts; Whereas each institution should be given the option, if it deems this appropriate to its staffing requirements, of derogating from Article 45 (2) of the Staff Regulations in order to allow the transfer without competition of officials from the Language Service to Category A and vice-versa, having regard to the specific qualifications of officials in that service and that category; Whereas the recruitment conditions and career prospects of law clerks at the Court of Justice should be improved; Whereas it is- advisable to amend Article 81 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants to give the institutions the option of going to arbitration in the event of a dispute with a member of local staff serving in a third country; Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 () lays down the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and Article 3 thereof lays down the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of such Communities, () O] No L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1. Reéulauon as last amended by Regulation (EEC Euratom, E L 62,7.3.1992, p. 1). SC) No 571/92 (O] No