Finance Committee - Four-Hundred-and-Third Meeting

Name: Finance Committee - Four-Hundred-and-Third Meeting
Start: 2026-06-24T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-24T17:37:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Wednesday 24 Jun 2026, 09:00 → 17:37 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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- 09:00 → 15:40
  - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  
  Zoom link - FC Normal Session
  - 09:00
    Adoption of the agenda 5m
    
    CERN/FC/7012/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:05
    Approval of the draft minutes of the: 5m
    
    - four-hundred-and-first meeting 2m
    
    CERN/FC/7013/RA
    
    English
    
    - the four-hundred-and-second meeting 2m
    
    CERN/FC/7014/RA
    
    English
  - 09:10
    
    Matters arising from the previous meeting (Oral) 5m
  - 09:15
    
    Briefing by the President of Council (Oral) 5m
    
    Council Resolution
    
    Résolution du Conseil
  - 09:20
    CERN Annual Progress Report 2025 20m
    
    Speaker: Kasia Pokorska (CERN)
    
    CERN/SPC/1279/Appendices/Rev. CERN/FC/6989/Appendices/Rev. CERN/3980/Appendices/Rev.
    CERN/SPC/1279/Rev. CERN/FC/6989/Rev. CERN/3980/Rev.
    
    Appendices - CERN Annual Progress Report 2025
    
    CERN Annual Progress Report 2025
    
    Slides
  - 09:40
    CERN finances 2025 30m
    
    Financial Statements for 2025 15m
    
    Speaker: Kasia Pokorska (CERN)
    
    CERN/FC/7008 CERN/3992
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    Opinion and report from the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of CERN for the year ended 31 December 2025 15m
    
    CERN/FC/7009 CERN/3993
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 10:10
    Pension Fund finances 2025 30m
    
    Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2025 15m
    
    Speaker: Doug Heron (CERN)
    
    CERN/FC/7010 CERN/3994
    
    English
    
    Slides
    
    Opinion and Report from the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of the Pension Fund for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 and Comments from the Pension Fund Management 15m
    
    CERN/FC/7011 CERN/3995
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 10:40
    
    Coffee break 20m
  - 11:00
    Financial and budgetary matters for 2026 and beyond 1h
    
    Status of payment of 2026 contributions by the Member and Associate Member States and status of 2026 cash flow 10m
    
    Speaker: Jan-Paul Brouwer (CERN)
    
    CERN/FC/7028/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    Medium-Term Plan for the period 2027-2031 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the Seventy-Third Financial Year 2027 30m
    
    Speaker: Jan-Paul Brouwer (CERN)
    
    CERN/SPC/1287/Rev.2 CERN/FC/7007/Rev.2 CERN/4002/Rev.
    
    English
    
    Slides
    
    Key messages from the Finance Committee on the Medium-Term Plan for the period 2027-2031 2m
    
    CERN/FC/7025/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Preliminary information on the Cost-Variation Index for 2027 10m
    
    Speaker: Kasia Pokorska (CERN)
    
    CERN/FC/7026/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    2027 Scale of Contributions by the Member and Associate Member States 10m
    
    Speaker: Kasia Pokorska (CERN)
    
    CERN/FC/7016 CERN/4003
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 12:00
    
    Lunch 1h 30m
  - 13:30
    Audit Committee (AC) 10m
    
    Report on the AC meeting held on 11 and 12 June 2026 (Oral) 9m
    
    Speaker: Jochen Schieck (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))
    
    Slides
    
    Questions from the Finance Committee to the Audit Committee 1m
  - 13:40
    
    Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF) - Report on the meeting held on 13 May 2026 (Oral) 25m
    
    Speaker: Sarah Verth
    
    Slides
    
    TREF Chair's report to FC June 2026
  - 14:05
    Proposed revision of the 11th edition of the Staff Rules and Regulations: maternity and remunerated parental leave 10m
    
    Speaker: Lisette Van Den Boogaard (CERN)
    
    CERN/FC/7024 CERN/4012
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 14:15
    2027 Five-Yearly Review of the financial and social conditions of members of the personnel 35m
    
    Speaker: Lisette Van Den Boogaard (CERN)
    
    Slides
    
    Introduction 5m
    
    CERN/FC/7019/RA CERN/4007/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Report on main recruitment markets for staff members 5m
    
    CERN/FC/7020/RA CERN/4008/RA
    
    English
    
    Report on recruitment and retention of staff members 5m
    
    CERN/FC/7021/RA CERN/4009/RA
    
    English
    
    Report on comparator research institutions for graduates 5m
    
    CERN/FC/7022/RA CERN/4010/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Management’s proposal identifying the financial and social conditions to be reviewed 5m
    
    CERN/FC/7023/RA CERN/4011/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 14:50
    Pension Fund matters 50m
    
    Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Oral) 10m
    
    Speaker: Florin-Dorian Buzatu
    
    Slides
    
    Investment performance report and other Pension Fund activities (Oral) 15m
    
    Speaker: Doug Heron (CERN)
    
    Slides
    
    Actuarial dashboard as at 1 January 2026 (AON) 15m
    
    CERN/FC/7027/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposed amendments to factors and parameters in the Rules and Regulations of the Pension Fund 15m
    
    CERN/FC/7017/RA CERN/4005/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Editorial Changes to the Rules of the Pension Fund relating to inclusive language and minor linguistic amendments 1m
    
    CERN/FC/7018/RA CERN/4006/RA
    
    English
    
    French
- 15:40 → 15:55
  
  Coffee break 15m
- 15:55 → 16:00
  - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
  - 15:55
    
    Update of the Associate Member State contribution arrears (Oral) 5m
    
    Speaker: Ursula Bassler (CERN)
    
    Slides
- 16:00 → 17:00
  - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  - 16:00
    Policy for the conclusion of collaboration agreements covering R&D activities with institutions for the purposes of CERN’s scientific programme 10m
    
    Speaker: Cristina Lara Arnaud (CERN)
    
    CERN/FC/7015/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 16:10
    New contract adjudications 35m
    
    Speaker: Giovanni Anelli (CERN)
    
    Slides
    
    Proposal for the award of three blanket purchase contracts for the supply of industrial tooling and workshop consumables through punch-out catalogues 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7029/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of a contract for façade renovation work for Buildings 376, 377 and 378 on the French part of CERN’s Meyrin site 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7030/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of a contract for façade and roof renovation work for Buildings 889 and 893 on the CERN Prévessin site 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7031/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of a contract for the construction of Building 3189 at LHC Point 1.8 in France 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7032/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal to negotiate an extension to an existing contract for the final disposal of very low-level radioactive waste in France 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7033/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the Supply of 18 kV Cast-Resin Transformers for BOREAL Power Converter 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7034/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of two contracts for the maintenance of the high-voltage electrical installations on the CERN site 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7035/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply of radiation-resistant cables 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7036/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of licences, maintenance and support of ANSYS computer-aided engineering software tools 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7038/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal to negotiate an amendment to an existing blanket purchase contract for the supply of monolithic silicon pixel detector chips 3m
    
    CERN/FC/7039/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 16:45
    Overview of current service contracts 10m
    
    Speaker: Giovanni Anelli (CERN)
    
    CERN/FC/7040/RA
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 16:55
    
    Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda 2m
  - 16:57
    
    Other business 3m