21. 6. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 162/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM) No 1679/85 of 19 June 1985 introducing special and temporary measures to terminate the service of certain officials in the scientific and technical services 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 Article 24 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission made 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 Article 4 of Council Decision 84/1/Euratom, EEC of 22 December 1983 adopting a research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community and for the European Economic Community (1984 to 1987) (%) provides for the implementation of termina- tion-of-service measures affecting the staff of the Centre, designed to permit the introduction of new skills and a reduction in the average age of the present staff ; Whereas, to achieve the objectives thus defined, special termination-of-service measures should be temporarily adopted which would be valid until 31 December 1986, thus enabling the skills of the staff as a whole to be better adapted to the requirements of the research programmes carried out by the Centre ; Whereas, although in this context application of the termination-of-service measures must generally be made conditional on the officials willingness to ter- minate their service, such measures may, by way of exception and if the exclusive interest of the services () OJ No C 46, 18. 2. 1985, p. 102. () OJ No L 3, 5. 1. 1984, p. 2. so requires, also be taken in a mandatory fashion with regard to officials holding posts corresponding to a particularly high degree of scientific and technical responsibility in the execution of programmes, - HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. In the interests of the service, and in order to take account of the adjustment of skills required by the new structure of the Joint Research Centre, the Commission is hereby authorized until 31 December 1986 to adopt, within the meaning of Article 47 of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Commu- nities, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Staff Regulations’, and on the conditions set out in this Regulation, measures terminating the service of officials in the scientific and technical services who are in active employment or on secondment, who are paid from research and investment appropriations and who are . included in the list of posts of the Centre. 2. The number of officials to whom the measures are to be applied shall not exceed 120. Article 2 1. After consulting the Joint Committee, the Commission shall : (a) draw up the list of grade A 3 or A 4 officials, aged 50 or over, exercising responsibility for the conduct of scientific programmes or performing management tasks, to whom the measures referred to in Article 1 are to be applied. To this end it shall : — give priority, showing due regard to the inte- rests of the service, to those officials who request application of these measures, and