Restricted Council - Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fifth Session

Name: Restricted Council - Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fifth Session
Start: 2025-12-11T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-12T13:05:00+01:00
Location: CERN

11 Dec 2025, 09:00 → 12 Dec 2025, 13:05 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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Thursday, 11 December at 09:00
- Thu, 11 Dec
- Fri, 12 Dec
- Restricted Council
  - 1
    
    Report on the credentials
  - 2
    
    Matters arising from the previous meeting
  - 3
    Adoption of the agenda
    
    CERN/3948/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
  - 4
    Approval of the draft minutes of the two-hundred-and-twenty-third Session - Restricted Council
    
    CERN/3949/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 5
    
    President’s report (Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 6
    
    Director-General’s report (Oral)
    
    slides.pdf
  - 7
    Scientific Policy Committee
    
    a) Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee (Dr H. Montgomery - Oral)
    
    b) Questions to the Scientific Policy Committee
  - 8
    Finance Committee
    
    a) Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Dr L. Salzarulo - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Questions to the Finance Committee
  - 9
    Audit Committee (AC)
    
    a) Key messages from the AC meeting held on 18 and 19 November 2025 (Professor J. Schieck)
    
    CERN/3950/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    b) Questions to the Audit Committee
  - 10
    Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF): Annual report by the Chair (Ms S. Verth)
    
    CERN/3951/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 11
    Revision of the Staff Rules and Regulations in the context of the reform of internal justice (Mr R. Bello)
    
    CERN/FC/6964 CERN/3952
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 12
    
    CERN Pension Fund - Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Dr F. Buzatu - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 11:05
    
    Coffee break
  - 13
    The Cost-Variation Index for 2026 (Mr R. Bello)
    
    CERN/FC/6962 CERN/3953
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 14
    Final budget of the Organization for the seventy-second financial year 2026 (Mr R. Bello)
    
    CERN/SPC/1275 CERN/FC/6963 CERN/3954
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    Developments in the Member and Associate Member States relevant for CERN
  - 16
    
    Report on non-LHC experiments (Professor J. Mnich - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 12:45
    
    Lunch
  - 17
    LHC and HL-LHC matters
    
    a) Status of the accelerator complex and upgrade (Dr M. Lamont - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Status report on the LHC experiments and computing (Professor J. Mnich - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 18
    Council Working Group on the Rights and Obligations of the CERN Council Office-Holders
    
    Slides
    
    a) Status report on the implementation of the recommendations made by the Council Working Group on the Rights and Obligations of the CERN Council Office-Holders
    
    CERN/SPC/1276/RA CERN/FC/6984/RA CERN/3955/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    b) CERN Pension Fund: Amendment to Article I 2.05 of the Rules of the CERN Pension Fund
    
    CERN/FC/6986 CERN/3972
    
    English
    
    French
  - 16:00
    
    Tea break
Friday, 12 December at 09:00
- Thu, 11 Dec
- Fri, 12 Dec
- Restricted Council
  - 19
    
    Report on ESPP status (Professor K. Jakobs - Oral)
  - 20
    European Strategy outcome communications
    
    CERN/3956/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 21
    
    Preliminary objectives and deliverables for the FCC pre-TDR phase (Dr M. Benedikt - Oral)
  - 22
    
    CERN and Host States tripartite collaboration on the FCC studies (Mr R. Bello)
    
    Slides
  - 23
    
    Update on FCC funding: more details on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034 (Mr R. Bello - Oral)
  - 24
    Minor modification to the strategy and framework applicable to knowledge transfer by CERN for the benefit of medical applications (Mr R. Bello)
    
    CERN/SPC/1091/Rev.2 CERN/FC/6125/Rev.2 CERN/3311/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
  - 11:10
    
    Coffee break
  - 25
    CERN’s main objectives for 2021-2025: achievement report (Directorate)
    
    CERN/SPC/1272/RA CERN/FC/6965/RA CERN/3960/RA
    
    English
  - 26
    Proposal to host the Open Research Europe initiative at CERN as a five-year pilot project (Professor J. Mnich)
    
    CERN/SPC/1266/RA/Rev. CERN/3931/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 27
    International Cooperation Agreement with Indonesia (Ms. C. Warakaulle)
    
    CERN/3957/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 28
    International Cooperation Agreement with the Sultanate of Oman (Ms. C. Warakaulle)
    
    CERN/3958/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 29
    
    Fundraising annual report (Ms C. Warakaulle - Oral)
  - 30
    Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2027
    
    CERN/3959/Draft
    
    English
  - 31
    
    Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda
  - 32
    
    Other business