17/12/2010
126th Meeting of the Administrative Council
The Administrative Council of the EPO met on 14 and 15 December in TheHague. The agenda (CA/146/10) was dominated by financial issuessuch as the budget for 2011 and questions concerning the financing of staffpensions and health insurance. Two documents were alsopresented (CA/155/10 and CA/156/10) which reported on the resultsof staff surveys held during the last months of the previous presidency.The Administrative Council noted with approval that discussions between thenew administration and the staff representation about how to address theseissues are ongoing.