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

from Thursday, December 11, 2025 (9:00 AM) to Friday, December 12, 2025 (1:05 PM)
CERN (503/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Dec 11, 2025
Dec 12, 2025
AM
9:00 AM
Restricted Council (until 4:15 PM)
9:00 AM Report on the credentials  
9:01 AM Matters arising from the previous meeting  
9:04 AM Adoption of the agenda  
9:05 AM Approval of the draft minutes of the two-hundred-and-twenty-third Session - Restricted Council  
9:10 AM President’s report (Oral)  
9:15 AM Director-General’s report (Oral)  
9:50 AM Scientific Policy Committee  
10:00 AM Finance Committee  
10:10 AM Audit Committee (AC)  
10:20 AM Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF): Annual report by the Chair (Ms S. Verth)  
10:35 AM Revision of the Staff Rules and Regulations in the context of the reform of internal justice (Mr R. Bello)  
10:52 AM CERN Pension Fund - Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Dr F. Buzatu - Oral)  
11:05 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:25 AM The Cost-Variation Index for 2026 (Mr R. Bello)  
11:37 AM Final budget of the Organization for the seventy-second financial year 2026 (Mr R. Bello)  
12:02 PM Developments in the Member and Associate Member States relevant for CERN  
12:22 PM Report on non-LHC experiments (Professor J. Mnich - Oral)  
12:45 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM LHC and HL-LHC matters  
3:10 PM Council Working Group on the Rights and Obligations of the CERN Council Office-Holders  
4:00 PM --- Tea break ---
9:00 AM
Restricted Council (until 1:05 PM)
9:00 AM Report on ESPP status (Professor K. Jakobs - Oral)  
9:35 AM European Strategy outcome communications  
9:55 AM Preliminary objectives and deliverables for the FCC pre-TDR phase (Dr M. Benedikt - Oral)  
10:20 AM CERN and Host States tripartite collaboration on the FCC studies (Mr R. Bello)  
10:45 AM Update on FCC funding: more details on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034 (Mr R. Bello - Oral)  
11:05 AM Minor modification to the strategy and framework applicable to knowledge transfer by CERN for the benefit of medical applications (Mr R. Bello)  
11:10 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:30 AM CERN’s main objectives for 2021-2025: achievement report (Directorate)  
12:10 PM Proposal to host the Open Research Europe initiative at CERN as a five-year pilot project (Professor J. Mnich)  
12:30 PM International Cooperation Agreement with Indonesia (Ms C. Warakaulle)  
12:35 PM International Cooperation Agreement with the Sultanate of Oman (Ms C. Warakaulle)  
12:40 PM Fundraising annual report (Ms C. Warakaulle - Oral)  
12:55 PM Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2027  
1:00 PM Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda  
1:02 PM Other business  
PM