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CONFERENZA IN MERITO AI NUOVI OBBLIGHI FISCALI PER IL PERSONALE UE RESIDENTE ALL’ESTERO MA CON DOMICILIO FISCALE IN ITALIA

10/06/2025 , , ,

 


 
R&D 
E-CONFERENCE 


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LSC elections in Ispra and Seville - Oooops! R&D did it again!

18/12/2024 , ,

 


LSC elections in Ispra and Seville 


Oooops! R&D did it again!
                   

For an unprecedented 4th time in a row,  R&D was again the most voted Trade Union in the Local Staff Committee (LSC) elections in Ispra and Seville (17/11/24 – 4/12/24).

AnotherR&Dimension and Seville Voice registered together almost 43% of all votes!

The staff sent once again a clear message of appreciation, trust and confidence to our candidates, recognising their work, seriousness, transparency and dedication in addressing staff issues 

THANK YOU! We thank those who supported us, and we will appreciate even more, if those who didn’t vote for us share with us their concerns. No matter these reasons, our battles will continue!
 

These results consolidate the role of Federal R&D as the leading Trade Union
in the Social Dialogue of the European civil service!

The guidelines for new ways of working, anti-harassment, and missions were discussed at the highest level and implemented in the past three years. We have made sure that the Ispra and Seville site-specific issues were considered and supported the physical visits of the Central Staff Committee to these sites. We have worked in detail regarding the access to the Italian Health system and the understanding of the local coefficient, incl. urgent measures to mitigate the negative impact on staff.  In Seville, R&D has underlined its support via the Seville Voice list towards developing the new building and establishing an own Local Staff Committee, which would put this site in the same conditions as the others. The collaboration of R&D colleagues in the Local and Central Staff Committees asserted staff interests towards the administration, avoiding that unreasonable, detrimental to staff, decisions were taken.

We are all the more proud that these results have been achieved without renouncing the common values that constitute the basis for action of all R&D sections. Federal R&D , the first union at the level of all institutions is above all a community of values!

R&D has not worked in isolation! For R&D it has never been a matter of boasting of being the leading Trade Union by dividing the staff representation: we have always JOINED FORCES with all Unions based on an attitude of mutual respect.

Hence, the R&D sections in the different Local Staff Committees extend their sincere gratitude to the colleagues from JRC Ispra and Seville for this remarkable success, which came notwithstanding the challenging timing and political circumstances. In the light of budget constraints, ever increasing workloads and new priorities in the Commission, it is important that we all stand together. These results will add to the ones from the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economical and Social Committee and many other Institutions confirming the highest positioning of R&D as the leading trade union of the European Institutions!

Standing up for one set of Staff Regulations for all institutions and places of employment, protecting the rights of the colleagues, the equality of treatment, the transparency of procedures, fighting against abuses, preventing the erosion of the service ... always at the heart of the R&D action.

For R&D, standing up for a scingle set of Staff Regulations and protecting the values on which our civil service is based have never been, are not, and will never be an empty slogan! In all negotiations, we highlight the best practices of each institution and demand equal treatment of colleagues regardless of their institution or place of employment.

Within each institution and in all places of employment, we demand transparency of procedures, we oppose abuses and "parachuting" .... we defend the rights of colleagues by also offering the help of a pool of specialized lawyers to guide, help and serve you better.

Solidarity always at the heart of R&D action       

Solidarity being the foundation of our joint action, we do not spare our efforts to assist and defend our colleagues in precarious situations, without ever making deceptive promises, nor playing demagoguery.

Cristiano SEBASTIANI,
President

All we are saying… is give AST-SCs a chance!

05/12/2023 , , ,



All we are saying… is give AST-SCs a chance! 




There is no doubt that AST-SC colleagues are constantly being let down by our institution's staff policy and this is no longer acceptable! 

Enough is enough! AST-SC colleagues have always been treated as “Children of a lesser God”, by our administration, whether in terms of promotions or opportunities for career advancement through internal competitions. 
 
R&D has always been a vocal opponent of this scandalous practice ( R&D  alongside AST/SC colleagues! – Renouveau & Démocratie (renouveau-democratie.eu), by putting all its skills and efforts at the service of AST SC colleagues and with the help of leading experts in all fields. 

 As the FIRST trade union of European public service, we have always used the best practices also of other institutions to fight the bad practices of the Commission and reject any unreasonable decision of our administration. 

The NON-PROMOTION EXERCISE: a catastrophic three-act saga for AST-SCs! 

First act: “Sorry dear colleague, your performance has been outstanding! We would have proposed you for promotion, but there was not a single quota in our DG for your grade”. 

Every year, around the month of June, the Administration publishes in SYSPER2 the list of colleagues that are proposed by their Directors-General for a promotion to the higher grade. Unfortunately, very few AST-SC colleagues are on this list! 

When most of the AST-SC colleagues meet with their line managers in order to understand why they didn’t get the desired promotion, they always receive a very frustrating reply, confirming the very high quality of their performance without being able to reward them the due to the desperate lack of promotions’ quota (or very limited) in the DG for AST-SCs! And unfortunately for us, this disappointing response is not the typical excuse given often by managers, but absolutely true, because in many DGs the Available quotas are 0 or 1, for all SCs categories together. 

Second act: “An appeal is your only option!” 

Following the non-proposal for a promotion, the DGs and HR correspondents encouraged the outstanding AST-SC colleagues who could not even be considered for promotion due to a lack of quota to go on launching an appeal, while themselves would support the colleagues by sending an exceptional request to the administration in order to increase the SCs’ promotion possibilities. Too good though to be true… 

Third and final (?) act: “Adding insult to injury!!” 

The (NON) promotions exercise is concluded at the beginning of November, where the additional list of successful appeals is added to the list of June. For the 2023 the publication of the proposals for promotion in June and the final published list in November included the following results for the entire Commission: 


A first visual inspection of this table shows that DG-HR reserved just eleven (11) quotas for the promotion of SC colleagues during the appeals phase. In these circumstances, it is clear that despite all its more than admirable efforts, the Joint Promotions Committee has no way of providing a satisfactory response to colleagues' more than legitimate expectations. And, within this “War of the poor”, out of these 11 quotas, nothing was given to SC4s or to SC3s. Just two SC2 colleagues and 9 SC1s. That is why, even the encouragement to appeal, wasn’t but an additional disappointment to the already extremely frustrated colleagues. 

R&D wonders? In the end, is the letter and spirit of article 45 of the Staff Regulation really applied for AST-SCs? 

In fact, when an entire DG is not given any quota for a given grade and it is not possible to get quotas down from higher grades, it means that for our AST-SC colleagues, in these grades and in this specific DG, the Article 45 of the Staff Regulations is not really applied. And while, DG-HR will always find a way to (try to) convince us that the AST-SC promotions “algorithm” respects the Annex I of the staff regulations, the truth is probably far from that. 

Not all algorithms are the same, obviously… 

Worse still, every year it becomes clear that some highly visible AD colleagues, "sitting close to the sun" are promoted with much less seniority in their grade compared to the seniority provided for in Annex IB. 

Internal AST-SCs competitions – 

NOT THE FOURTH ACT of the story but a real opportunity for our colleagues, which we are going to defend! 

However, this file had already got off a very bad start: as soon as the Commission's new policy on internal competitions was announced, R&D  stated that it was incredible that there should be ABSOLUTELY NO provision for the AST-SC! 

The administration's response was that the Staff Regulations did not permit the organisation of such internal competitions. R&D  immediately supported the petition organised by our colleagues in TAO-AFI, members of the Alliance to which we belong, asking for internal competitions to be organised for AST-SC colleagues. 

The immediate consequence of this unacceptable approach was, of course that many AST-SC colleagues left the Commission to join other Institutions that were more responsive to the legitimate demands and expectations of our colleagues. 
 
With the aim of countering the administration’s arguments and proving that they had no basis, R&D  presented the ‘good practices’ that our R&D ’s sections in other institutions had negotiated, namely at the Committee of the Regions, European Council, European Parliament, etc... that had actually organised such internal competitions for AST-SC under the same Staff Regulations. 
 
Better late than never: reason has finally prevailed! 

We are pleased to say that we have won a battle here and that our advocacy has tipped the scales, as the administration has finally announced that an internal competition will be held to allow AST-SC colleagues to access the AST career will be published before the end of 2023. 
 
However, R&D  deeply regrets to see the departure of highly qualified AST-SC colleagues as a result of the administration's refusal to accept immediately the legitimate requests to rectify this injustice. 
 
FACTA NON VERBA! 

Making big announcements is no longer enough! Action must be taken. And it's not enough just to act; it's all about doing the right things. 

Thus, finally announcing that these internal competitions will be organised for AST-SCs is not enough. 

These internal competitions must finally meet our colleagues' AST-SC more than legitimate expectations concerning: 

- how many posts will be on the reserve list, 
- the grades of access,
- the frequency of their organisation. 
 
R&D  will ensure that all these requirements be duly taken into account in the internal competitions organised for AST-SC. 

Enough of a piecemeal strategy! 

R&D  calls on the Commission to meet our demands and the expectations of our AST-SC colleagues by offering them real career development, while at the same time repairing the damage caused by delays in their careers for which the Commission alone is responsible. 

Cristiano Sebastiani, 
President

SAVE THE DATE : 03/10 - Cyberbullying: Let’s Talk About It! & REPLAYS

02/10/2023 , ,

 


 

 

 


  For joining the e-conference  click on this 

https://renouveau-et-democratie.webex.com/renouveau-et-democratie/j.php?MTID=m92b96e77e12654a406a663e8963a4eb1

 
This conference will be held in  French - You will be able to intervene in English

 Join us to explore the world of cyberbullying and take action to support children and families affected by it.

Cyberbullying is a form of cyber violence characterized by its repetition and duration. It encompasses various actions in the digital space, including humiliation, threats, insults, slander, gossip, rumors (denigration), the use of aggressive or sexually related text (sexting), or the public dissemination of intimate images or information (outing). These actions can have severe consequences for the victims. Whether it takes the form of aggressive instant messaging (flaming) or repeated offensive and violent messages (harassment), cyberbullying often acts as an echo chamber, magnifying the effects of harassment. The immediate multiplication of bystanders further intensifies the impact of violence in an uncontrollable manner.
 

At this conference, you will learn to recognize and respond to instances of digital space misuse that can lead to harm. We will dis¬cuss prevention strategies, how to deal with cyberbullying, ways to protect our children, and effective actions to address this issue.
 

Our guest speaker, Bruno Humbeeck, will answer your questions and provide valuable advice on helping children navigate and overcome cyberbullying.


Don't hesitate to join us and ask your questions!

 
For more information, please contact us by email: OSP-RD@ec.europa.eu

 

 

SAVE THE DATE 21/06/23 - Conférence - "TRAVAIL HYBRIDE : les défis du management et du personnel!"

20/06/2023 , , ,

Afin de rejoindre l’e-conférence veuillez cliquer sur le lien suivant:

https://renouveau-et-democratie.webex.com/renouveau-et-democratie/j.php?MTID=mb4af3406584febfed3a434d8a40dbf36





Il faut repenser le lien de subordination dans le monde du travail

Danièle LINHART


Le travail hybride, une nouvelle organisation du travail!

 Le travail hybride fait partie dorénavant de notre vie quotidienne. Il apporterait une meilleure conciliation de la vie privée et de la vie professionnelle tout en s’assurant de respecter le droit à la déconnection. 

Ce nouveau mode de travail nécessite tout de même un management et une organisation du travail basés sur la confiance.

Quels sont les défis que les managers et le personnel doivent surmonter afin d’atteindre cet équilibre et pouvoir travailler en toute sérénité?

Afin d ’y répondre, R&D a fait appel, une fois de plus,

à Danièle LINHART, afin de nous apporter son expertise!

Pour de plus amples informations, merci de nous contacter par email: OSP-RD@ec.europa.eu

La conférence se tiendra en français. Vous pourrez poser vos questions en anglais


SAVE THE DATE - 4 May - THE PICARD CASE _Pension rights

02/05/2023 , ,

 

In case you were unable to attend the conference, you will find the complete recording below:

REPLAY – The Picard case concerning the continuity of pension rights

You can follow the conference

by attending : room SPAAK 6B1 (European Parliament) or online by clicking on this link.

https://renouveau-et-democratie.webex.com/renouveau-et-democratie/j.php?MTID=m96ab9354cb45884a403f0eeb70dc2761

 

  You were a contract agent or a temporary agent before 1 May 2004 or before 1 January 2014 and you have been appointed as an official after these dates ?  

You were a contract agent or a temporary agent before 1 May 2004 or before 1 January 2014 and you have changed status or you have been recruited with a new contract after these dates ?

You may be affected by the new very IMPORTANT Case Law C-366/21 from 15 December 2022,

the PICARD CASE concerning the continuity of pension rights

Other Trade Unions have conveyed contradictory information to colleagues potentially involved: from the compulsory necessity to introduce a collective Article 90 to the ex officio automatic application of the Picard Case Law to all colleagues in all the EU Institutions.

R&D wants to convey the correct information

and let colleagues concerned ask questions in this regard to the best expert in the field.

This is why R&D invites all colleagues potentially concerned to attend the conference with our specialist lawyer,

Maître Sébastien ORLANDI, the lawyer who won the Picard case concerning the continuity of pension rights after the Reform of the Staff Regulations - for CAs, TAs and those who have become officials in the meantime.

This conference will be held in English. You can ask your questions in French

E-conference 23/11/22 - Supplementary Health Insurance

18/11/2022 , ,

 


UPDATE : For those who could not attend the e-conference on the 23rd of November, you will find the replay and all related materials on the following link:  e-conference : « Supplementary Health Insurance » – Renouveau & Démocratie (renouveau-democratie.eu)

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R&D is pleased to invite you to the e-conference

    « Supplementary Health Insurance »

How can such insurance help you in case of extra costs in Luxembourg?

How do you know if such insurance is necessary?

How do you figure out which insurance is best for you?

 23 November at 13h-14h30

With

Serge CRUTZEN - Former Official

Serge co-operates with DG HR to provide accurate information on supplementary
insurance. In an impartial approach, he shall present a comparative study of these
available insurance policies

The - sometimes-limited - reimbursements of the JSIS (ceilings, excessiveness, 

exclusions,...) may yield significant costs for you in case of illness and hospitalisation.   
If you are ill or have an accident during your holiday, some hospitals do not accept 
the JSIS and require immediate payment.A supplementary insurance could help you avoid this 
situation.

If you wish to participate, please click on the YES/NO voting button attached to this
invitation and do not forget to save the dates in your Outlook calendar.

To join the meeting you should follow : THIS LINK
  
Should you have any questions, please contact  : OSP-RD@ec.europa.eu
 
 
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Le Renard Déchaîné special " Court of Auditors EU Institutions and COVID-19 Special Report" - The Court of Auditors confirms the analyses of R&D and acknowledges the exceptional efforts made by the staff!

07/10/2022 , , , , ,

 

Le Renard Déchaîné special " Court of Auditors EU Institutions and COVID-19 Special Report" - The Court of Auditors confirms the analyses of R&D and acknowledges the exceptional efforts made by the staff!

 

Court of Auditors

EU Institutions and COVID-19

Special Report

 In its special report on the institutions' response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Court of Auditors confirms the analyses of R&D and acknowledges the exceptional efforts made by the staff!

The Commission's staff deserves all the institution's trust and has proven that a modern and flexible man¬agement model is the best response to the challenges!


 ……READ MORE

 

 

 






THE TAXATION OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS of ITALIA ORIGIN - LA FISCALITÀ DEI FUNZIONARI INTERNAZIONALI di ORIGINE ITALIANA

27/06/2022 , ,

 

 


You can find below the presentation slides and documents relating to the conference held on Friday, 24 June on the taxation of international officials organised by R&D Brussels :


Programma Download
 
22-6-24-Presentazione-FIN-1Download
 
La-fiscalita-dei-funzionari-europei-Scadenz-ario-e-Fattispecie-Ricorrenti-19.06.2022Download
 
2009-6-11-C-155-e-C-157-08-X-NL-EU-C-2009-368-ITDownload
 
2017-2-15-C-317-15-XCH-EU-C-2017-119-ITDownload
 
2022-1-27-C-788-19-Com-SPagna-EU-C-2022-55-ITDownload

 

https://renouveau-democratie.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2019-DL-201-2011-7.pdf

https://renouveau-democratie.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Art-12-DL-78-2009-1-1.pdf

https://renouveau-democratie.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Protocollo-7-Privilegi-e-immunità-UE-IT.pdf

Opening and introductory greetings/remarks / Apertura e saluti introduttivi

Cristiano Sebastiani

President of R&D / Presidente di R&D

Gen. (c.a.) Alessandro Butticé,

President of the Brussels-European Union Section  of ANFI*

Presidente della Sezione di Bruxelles-Unione Europea dell’ANFI

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Gen. (r) Prof. Avv. Pierpaolo Rossi,

Vice-President of the Brussels-European Union Section ANFI and

Counsellor at the Legal Service of the European Commission

Vicepresidente della Sezione di Bruxelles-Unione Europea ANFI e

Consigliere presso il Servizio Giuridico della Commissione Europea

Ten. (r) Prof. Avv. Francesco Fratini,
Brussels-European Union ANFI Section, tax lawyer.

Sezione di Bruxelles-Unione Europea ANFI, tributarista.

*ANFI (Associazione Nazionale Finanzieri d’Italia – National Association of Italian Financial Police)

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1. Criteri per la definizione del domicilio fiscale ai fini delle imposte sui redditi e patrimoniali, e delle imposte su successioni e donazioni / Criteria for defining tax residence for the purposes of income and estate tax and succession and donations tax

2. L’Incrocio tra Protocollo privilegi e immunità dell’Unione diritto interno e trattati per evitare le doppie imposizioni / The Conflict between the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Union domestic law and treaties for the avoidance of double taxation

3. Aspetti dichiarativi per Imposte sui redditi; redditi finanziari; redditi immobiliari; redditi da lavoro e da pensione), profili applicativi, fattispecie ricorrenti e chiarimenti di prassi / Declaratory aspects for income tax; financial income; property income; employment and pension income), application profiles, recurring cases and clarifications of practice

4. Aspetti dichiarativi per imposte patrimoniali (IVAFE e IVIE), profili applicativi, fattispecie ricorren­ti e chiarimenti di prassi / Declaratory aspects for wealth taxes (IVAFE and IVIE), application profi­les, recurring cases and clarifications of practice

5. Dichiarazioni integrative e ravvedimento operoso / Complementary declarations and tax amne­sty

6. Attività di verifica da parte delle autorità fiscali: controlli incrociati su banche dati, lettere di com­pliance ed eventuale ravvedimento / Verification activities by tax authorities: cross-checks on data­bases, compliance letters and possible amends 

7. La tassazione delle prime case in Italia dei residenti all’estero di origine italiana / Taxation of first residences in Italy of Italian-born foreign residents

Modera / Moderator : Gen. (c.a.) Alessandro Butticé

You can now watch the replay of our 50 conferences on our R&D YOUTUBE channel !

14/02/2022 , ,


More than 16.000 of you have attended our conferences.

Thank you very much for your TRUST!

You can already access all the REPLAY on our YOUTUBE channel !

Subscribe to be notified when a video is published

R&D has chosen the best experts to safeguard your health and well-being 

but also to provide concrete proposals based on the expertise of our guest speakers!

You asked us, we did it!

It is more than 50 conferences, in less than a year, gathering distinguished academics, researchers, virologists, MEPs, doctors in psy­chology, sociology, educational psychology... to inform you, to be attentive to you and to jointly prepare the proposals pre­sented during the social dialogue meetings as well as to prepare our work programme 2021-2024.

 YES, this programme is the output of common labour, YOU, the EXPERTS and R&D!

 

Analysis of psychosocial risk factors (see Renard Déchaîné special Analysis of psychosocial risk fac­tors in our services )

THE HUMAN AT THE HEART OF MANAGEMENT

R&D has always called for management to lead by example and to move towards a culture of trust, which is also reflected in Commissioner Hahn’s statements. It is essential to change the managerial culture !

CONTENT AND MEANING AT WORK

An insignificant and repetitive work content favours, in the long run, the settling of monotony and a loss of meaning in the work, both of which are elements of psychosocial risk. It is necessary to implement the meaning of work

CAREER & RECOGNITION

Our mandate is well defined: we are committed to ‘staff unity’, rejecting any corporatist, competitive and divisive approach! The Commission must definitively ban social dumping!

HEALTH & PREVENTION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK

Occupational health then becomes a measure to assess the well-being and working conditions of colleagues.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

The working environment is a key element in ensuring the well-being and health of staff. This environment cannot be de­signed without prior study of the specific nature of the jobs and the conditions in which the work must be carried out

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Without a genuine equal opportunities policy, the Commission as an employer can neither be attractive nor enable its staff to evolve. This is why, through its actions R&D was already advocating for this strategy well before the Commis­sion’s proposal 

 

« Management HUMAIN »

Laurent TASKIN, Holder of the HR lab Chair in Management in « Management Humain » and Work Transformation at UCL, Doctor in economic and management sciences, professor of management, researcher

Danièle LINHART, Labour sociologist, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS*, member of the GTM-CRESPPA* laboratory, UMR-CNRS-Universities of Paris 8 and Paris 10

Eric CHABOT, Coach d’entreprise et entrepreneurs -CBS Partners France 

 

 

SAVE THE DATES -11 new e-Conferences of the Renard _ R&D

11/01/2022 , , ,

 

SAVE THE DATES

  11 new e-Conferences of the Renard 

 

 More than 14500 of you have attended  

our latest 40 e-conferences

 see the « replay »

Thank you very much !

R&D is organising a new series of e-conferences to promote the implementation of a "Management of Trust" as well as for the prevention of psychosocial risks, health and ergonomics

 R&D, as always, at your side and in tune with you


 

 

 

 

 

 

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