At the Whirlpool Factory Outlet, our members can find discounted household appliances (up to 50%) of the following brands:

  Whirlpool - Hotpoint - KitchenAid - Indesit

Below you will find the latest flyer with the special offers you can purchase at the Whirlpool Factory Outlet of Cassinetta _Biandronno!

The offers are available until END OF NOVEMBER AND FOR THE BLACK FRIDAY 2024 while stocks last.  

The Whirlpool showroom is open to public for visits. You will be able to purchase articles for sale by showing your JRC badge and informing at the counter that you are a member of the R&D trade union, with which Whirlpool has entered an agreement.

For further information you can contact the R&D Ispra Secretariat by email

jrc-rd-ispra@ec.europa.eu  or by phone : Ext 9645 from Monday to Friday 9:00-13:00.

R&D Ispra wishes to inform you that a FREE TAX ADVICE is now available to answer all your questions relating to Italian taxation for employees of the European Institutions, whether resident or not.

The accountant, Mr Claudio Belmonte, from the accounting firm STUDIOBELMONTE, will be available EVERY FRIDAY from 9:00 to 10:00 (upon appointment) in presence at the JRC and on request remotely.

Mr Claudio Belmonte and his team will be able to assist you with the following professional activities of tax and fiscal nature:

• Tax declaration - taxes on the value of financial and real estate assets held abroad (IVIE and IVAFE)

• Tax residence and tax domicile - double taxation agreements

• IMU and income from real estate

• Omitted declarations - supplementary and/or amending

• Tax litigation – Tax payment slips/Tax assessments – Ruling procedure

• Declaration of inheritance and notary services

• Tax Deduction (e.g. Ecobonus/ Superbonus / Building renovations)

Free TAX advice service

This is an exclusive and free of charge service for all R&D Ispra members and future members (Join our Union, Become a Member!).

This is only a “first advice” service, for further subsequent consultations, only and exclusively for R&D members, STUDIO BELMONTE will apply a special 20% discount on its ordinary rates.            

         HOW TO GET AN APPOINTMENT:

If you wish to take advantage of this service, you can contact our secretariat by phone: 0332 78 9645 or by e-mail to arrange an appointment : 

UPDATE : For those who could not attend the e-conference on the 23^rd 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, 

ONLINE TRAININGS FOR EPSO COMPETITIONS

PRESELECTION TESTS organised by R&D Ispra

For the preparation of the first step of EPSO competitions, PRESELECTION TESTS, R&D Ispra and its team of trainers whose experience speaks for itself offer preparatory ONLINE sessions in English.

We invite you to register for the training sessions that interest you by sending a mail to: JRC-RD-ISPRA@ec.europa.eu

   Places are limited – Deadline for registration: 11/11/2022

Our trainings are FREE for R&D members, members of their family and those who wish to join us.

If you are not yet a member and wish to benefit from our trainings and other services, we will be glad to welcome you.

For this purpose, please send us the completed and signed membership form ( Become a Member ) and a proof of payment of the membership fee to: JRC-RD-ISPRA@ec.europa.eu

Upon receipt of these documents, we will be glad to register you for the courses.

For those who are already our members please mention your status as already being a member of our Union when submitting your request for the training sessions. All registered participants will receive a confirmation!

REPLY RECEIVED BY MR QUEST, DG OF THE JRC on 13/12/2022 - FOLLOWING THE NOTE SENT BY R&D DATED 14/12/2022 

Ispra,14th October 2022 

NOTE TO THE ATTENTION OF
MR S. QUEST - DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE JRC

Subject: Our Concerns Regarding Possible Staff Cuts and Future of the Ispra Site 

Dear Mr Quest,

R&D Ispra would like to draw your attention to some concerns regarding the JRC’s budgetary situation. We are aware of the current difficult situation of the overall Commission, and particularly the JRC’s, budget caused by a conjunction of the following factors:

•    Impact on EU budget due to the annual update of the remuneration 2022;
•    Impact on budget of high energy costs;
•    EURATOM cuts;
•    Missing participation of the UK and Switzerland in Horizon Europe.

Additionally, within the JRC, we have clearly noticed that the staff policy implemented in recent years has already  lead to a low level of replacement of retired staff (especially AST scientific staff) and the ratio between permanent and non-permanent staff has worsened significantly.

The acute ongoing crisis is therefore exacerbating an already difficult situation. We are disappointed that ambitious scenarios1 for improving the energy efficiency of the Ispra site have only been partially implemented in recent years (e.g. substantial increase of solar PV, installation of heat pumps and smart meters, building renovation and insulation, and demolition of obsolete buildings, etc.). These measures would have greatly reduced the impact of the excessive energy costs we are now facing.

We are concerned that the fact that the JRC budget includes its infrastructure and operating costs, unlike other DGs, may penalise the JRC’s staff and its research objectives and also makes the Ispra site less attractive.

The above-mentioned budgetary pressures are now leading to additional real concerns about further pressures on permanent staffing levels, the possible non-extension of CA contracts and an uncertain situation concerning external staff (crucial for specific scientific projects due to the reductions of statutory staff). This would lead to a loss of talent in many scientific fields, which could in turn negatively affect many scientific projects. We are also concerned about reductions in investments for scientific and social infrastructures exacerbated by the reduction in Ispra infrastructure and maintenance staff.
Our main aspiration is the preservation of the integrity of the Ispra site, which is threatened by the above mentioned risks. R&D Ispra would therefore like to contribute with an open and transparent discussion on the future of the JRC Ispra site. We take the opportunity to list a number of measures that we believe essential to be considered immediately:

•    Ensure that the JRC defends its correct functioning as an essential service of the Commission by negotiating all additional budgetary measures that can avoid it is treated unfavourably vis-à-vis other DGs. This is consistent with, but additional to, the recent promise from Commissioner Hahn’s Head of Cabinet that the Commission intends to ask the European Parliament and the Council for additional human resources in order to ensure the existing budget is more productive and we can successfully face the current challenges.
•    Agreeing energy saving measures for all the JRC sites, additionally taking advantage of the recent Commission Decision on Working Time and Hybrid Working fully involving the staff representatives;  
•    Investment in additional infrastructure energy efficiency measures within the limit of the budget available;  
•    Moving from the JRC budget line all the infrastructure investments related to the well-being (e.g. new canteen/new garderie, projects for which we understand are currently blocked due to budgetary reasons);
•    Prioritisation of the JRC scientific projects in order to ensure full compliance with EU policy, and in particular the European Green Deal as a new growth strategy;
•    Regular targeted open scientific competitions to ensure the JRC has the talents to meet its future scientific needs.
•    We believe this would be the right time to focus on creating a dedicated Office for infrastructure management (OII – Office Infrastructure Ispra or OIJ – Office Infrastructure JRC sites), in this way the infrastructure/operational costs would not continue to be a burden on the JRC budget, and at same time will give the possibility to stabilise concerned Contract Agents.   

Returning to the immediate energy crisis, while all staff must make their own efforts in its own energy saving behaviour, and we offer our help in promoting awareness, fundamental structural changes must be put in place. We hope that appropriate action can avoid the need for any cuts in staff or investments, but where any savings do become necessary, we request that the Ispra site does not carry an unfair burden.

We trust that you will act in every possible way to defend the JRC Ispra site as well as its staff who play a fundamental role in supporting Commission policy making as well as the international scientific community. We look forward to the possibility of fruitful discussions about all these critical issues.

Yours Sincerely, 

Gianfranco Selvagio                        Salvatore Tirendi 

       President, R&D Ispra                  Vice-President, R&D Ispra

Cc. Bernard MAGENHANN, Sabine HENZLER, Philippe DUPONTEIL

 1 Maschio, I., Bavetta, M. and Paci, D., JRC Ispra site energy transition: Energy transition scenarios to 2030 for JRC Ispra site, European Commission,
Ispra, 2018, JRC113368

Ref. Ares(2022)7118351 – 14/10/2022

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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

TRAININGS FOR EPSO COMPETITIONS 

ASSESSMENT CENTRE

 ONLINE TRAINING COURSES in ENGLISH

Topics : Case Study / Situational Competency-Based Interview / General Competency-Based Interview

Dear Colleagues,

For the preparation of the second step of EPSO open competitions, ASSESSMENT CENTRE, R&D Ispra in collaboration with R&D Brussels and our team of highly qualified trainers will offer you preparatory sessions in English.

The training sessions will be held ONLINE and cover the specificities of that phase of the competitions:

Case Study / Situational Competency-Based Interview /  General Competency-Based Interview

TRAINING SESSIONS PROGRAMME:

TO REGISTER…

We invite you to register for the training sessions that interest you by sending an email to:

JRC-RD-ISPRA@ec.europa.eu

Places are limited ! The deadline for the registration is the 16^th of September 2022 at 13:00.

Our trainings are FREE for R&D members, members of their family and those who wish to join us.

If you are not yet a member and wish to benefit from our trainings and other services, we will be glad to welcome you.

For this purpose, please send us the completed membership form (JOIN OUR UNION, BECOME A MEMBER!) and a proof of payment of the membership fee to : JRC-RD-ISPRA@ec.europa.eu

Upon receipt of these documents, we will be glad to register you for the courses.

For those who are already our members please mention your status as already being a member of our Union when submitting your request for the training sessions.

All registered participants will receive a confirmation!