7.5.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 119/49 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 1 May 1999 laying down the detailed arrangements for the integration of the Schengen Secretariat into the General Secretariat of the Council (1999/307/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas: ) pursuant to the aforementioned Protocol, the agree- ments and rules containing the Schengen acquis are to be incorporated into the framework of the European Union; pursuant to Article 7 of that Protocol, it is up to the Council, acting by a qualified majority, to adopt the detailed arrangements for the integration of the Schengen Secretariat into the General Secretariat of the Council; the aim of this integration is to ensure that, when the Schengen acquis is integrated into the frame- work of the European Union, application and development of the provisions relating to the acquis continue in conditions which ensure they function properly; the detailed arrangements for this integration should make it possible, on the one hand, to limit recruitment to the administrative needs arising for the General Secretariat of the Council from the new tasks it will have to perform and, on the other hand, to check the competence, efficiency and integrity of those recruited; the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 1999 has made provision for the necessary permanent posts, broken down into category and grade, within the General Secretariat of the Council; (6) the staff complement thus determined is necessary and sufficient to enable the General Secretariat of the Council to cope efficiently with the needs arising from integration of the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union; it is necessary, by way of derogation from the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities, hereafter referred to as ‘the Staff Regulations’, to adopt the arrangements necessary to enable the Appointing Authority (IAA) to appoint those concerned as probationer officials of the European Communities at the General Secre- tariat of the Council, with the appointments taking effect from the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam; such appointments should be subject to compli- ance by each of those concerned with certain conditions; such appointments should also be subject to the provision of supporting documents proving that those concerned were employed in various capacities at the Schengen Secretariat on the date on which the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed (2 October 1997), i.e. the date on which it was decided in principle to carry out that integra- tion; and proving that those concerned were still employed there on the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam (1 May 1999) and were actually performing duties involved in applying and developing the Schengen acquis, assisting the Presidency and delegations, managing financial and budget matters, translating and/or interpreting, documentation or secretarial work, with the excep- tion of technical or administrative duties for which the administrative needs do not require additional recruitment to the General Secretariat of the Council;