Finance Committee - Four-Hundred-and-First Meeting

Europe/Zurich
503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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    • - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 1
        Adoption of the agenda
      • 2
        Approval of the draft minutes of the four-hundredth meeting
      • 3
        Matters arising from the previous meeting (Oral)
      • 4
        Briefing by the President of Council (Oral)
      • 5
        Report by the Director-General (Oral)
      • 6
        Financial and budgetary matters
      • 10:45
        Coffee break
      • 7
        Audit Committee (AC) (J. Schieck)
        • a) Report on the AC meeting held on 26 February 2026 (Oral)
        • b) AC โ€“ Annual activity report 2025
        • c) Questions from the Finance Committee to the Audit Committee
      • 8
        Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF) - Report on the meeting held on 18 March 2026 (S. Verth - Oral)
      • 9
        Proposal for revision of maternity and paternity / co-parent leave (J-P. Brouwer - Oral)
      • 10
        Pension Fund matters (Oral)
        • a) Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (F. Buzatu - Oral)
        • b) Investment performance report and other Pension Fund activities (D. Heron - Oral)
    • - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
      • 11
        Update of the Associate Member State contribution arrears (U. Bassler - Oral)
      • 12
        Financial contribution of Ukraine to CERN for 2026 (J-P. Brouwer)
    • 12:40
      - - - LUNCH - - -
    • - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 13
        Relations with industrial stakeholders
        • a) Update from the ILO Forum (R. Farrow - Oral)
        • b) Report on procurement activities in 2025 (C. Lara)
        • c) Update from the KT Forum (J. Visser - Oral)
        • d) Report on knowledge transfer in 2025 (H. Dols - Oral)
      • 14
        New contract adjudications (G. Anelli)
        • a) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of civil engineering consultancy services for the second site investigation campaign for the Future Circular Collider Study at CERN
        • b) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of civil engineering consultancy services for the Future Circular Collider Study at CERN
        • c) Proposal for the negotiation of a contract, without competitive tendering, for the provision of academic journal subscriptions and open access publishing services
        • d) Proposal for the award of a contract, without competitive tendering, for the provision of outreach and community engagement support for the Open Research Europe publishing platform
        • e) Proposal for the award of three blanket purchase contracts for the supply of cryogenic modules for the cryogenic distribution lines of the High-Luminosity LHC
        • f) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of ten thick-septum magnets
        • g) Proposal for the award of two blanket purchase contracts for the supply and installation of ventilation systems on the CERN site
        • h) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply and installation of overhead travelling cranes with capacities of up to 15 tonnes and mobile maintenance walkways
        • i) Proposal for the award of a contract for the maintenance of low-voltage switchboards on the CERN site
        • j) Proposal to conclude a collaboration agreement in the areas of accelerator research and injector complex design in support of the FCC-ee Technical Design Phase
        • k) Proposal for the award of a contract, without competitive tendering, for the maintenance and support of Oracle software licences
        • l) Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of implementation services for an Oracle human capital management solution
      • 15
        Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda
      • 16
        Other business