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503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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    • - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
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      • 1
        Adoption of the agenda
        • CERN/FC/7012/Rev.2
        English
        French
      • 2
        Approval of the draft minutes of the:
        • a) - four-hundred-and-first meeting
          • CERN/FC/7013/RA
          English
        • b) - the four-hundred-and-second meeting
          • CERN/FC/7014/RA
          English
      • 3
        Matters arising from the previous meeting (Oral)
      • 4
        Briefing by the President of Council (Oral)
        Council Resolution
        Résolution du Conseil
      • 5
        CERN Annual Progress Report 2025
        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
      • 6
        CERN finances 2025
        • a) Financial Statements for 2025
          Speaker: Kasia Pokorska (CERN)
          • CERN/FC/7008 CERN/3992
          English
          French
          Slides
        • b) Opinion and report from the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of CERN for the year ended 31 December 2025
          • CERN/FC/7009 CERN/3993
          English
          French
          Slides
      • 7
        Pension Fund finances 2025
        • a) Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2025
          Speaker: Doug Heron (CERN)
          • CERN/FC/7010 CERN/3994
          English
          Slides
        • b) 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
          • CERN/FC/7011 CERN/3995
          English
          French
          Slides
      • 10:40
        Coffee break
      • 8
        Financial and budgetary matters for 2026 and beyond
        • a) Status of payment of 2026 contributions by the Member and Associate Member States and status of 2026 cash flow
          Speaker: Jan-Paul Brouwer (CERN)
          • CERN/FC/7028/RA/Rev.
          English
          French
          Slides
        • b) Medium-Term Plan for the period 2027-2031 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the Seventy-Third Financial Year 2027
          Speaker: Jan-Paul Brouwer (CERN)
          • CERN/SPC/1287/Rev.2 CERN/FC/7007/Rev.2 CERN/4002/Rev.
          English
          Slides
        • c) Key messages from the Finance Committee on the Medium-Term Plan for the period 2027-2031
          • CERN/FC/7025/RA
          English
          French
        • d) Preliminary information on the Cost-Variation Index for 2027
          Speaker: Kasia Pokorska (CERN)
          • CERN/FC/7026/RA
          English
          French
          Slides
        • e) 2027 Scale of Contributions by the Member and Associate Member States
          Speaker: Kasia Pokorska (CERN)
          • CERN/FC/7016 CERN/4003
          English
          French
          Slides
      • 12:00
        Lunch
      • 9
        Audit Committee (AC)
        • a) Report on the AC meeting held on 11 and 12 June 2026 (Oral)
          Speaker: Jochen Schieck (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))
          Slides
        • b) Questions from the Finance Committee to the Audit Committee
      • 10
        Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF) - Report on the meeting held on 13 May 2026 (Oral)
        Speaker: Sarah Verth
        Slides
        TREF Chair's report to FC June 2026
      • 11
        Proposed revision of the 11th edition of the Staff Rules and Regulations: maternity and remunerated parental leave
        Speaker: Lisette Van Den Boogaard (CERN)
        • CERN/FC/7024 CERN/4012
        English
        French
        Slides
      • 12
        2027 Five-Yearly Review of the financial and social conditions of members of the personnel
        Speaker: Lisette Van Den Boogaard (CERN)
        Slides
        • a) Introduction
          • CERN/FC/7019/RA CERN/4007/RA
          English
          French
        • b) Report on main recruitment markets for staff members
          • CERN/FC/7020/RA CERN/4008/RA
          English
        • c) Report on recruitment and retention of staff members
          • CERN/FC/7021/RA CERN/4009/RA
          English
        • d) Report on comparator research institutions for graduates
          • CERN/FC/7022/RA CERN/4010/RA
          English
          French
        • e) Management’s proposal identifying the financial and social conditions to be reviewed
          • CERN/FC/7023/RA CERN/4011/RA
          English
          French
      • 13
        Pension Fund matters
        • a) Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Oral)
          Speaker: Florin-Dorian Buzatu
          Slides
        • b) Investment performance report and other Pension Fund activities (Oral)
          Speaker: Doug Heron (CERN)
          Slides
        • c) Actuarial dashboard as at 1 January 2026 (AON)
          • CERN/FC/7027/RA
          English
          French
        • d) Proposed amendments to factors and parameters in the Rules and Regulations of the Pension Fund
          • CERN/FC/7017/RA CERN/4005/RA
          English
          French
        • e) Editorial Changes to the Rules of the Pension Fund relating to inclusive language and minor linguistic amendments
          • CERN/FC/7018/RA CERN/4006/RA
          English
          French
    • 15:40
      Coffee break
    • - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
      • 14
        Update of the Associate Member State contribution arrears (Oral)
        Speaker: Ursula Bassler (CERN)
        Slides
    • - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 15
        Policy for the conclusion of collaboration agreements covering R&D activities with institutions for the purposes of CERN’s scientific programme
        Speaker: Cristina Lara Arnaud (CERN)
        • CERN/FC/7015/RA
        English
        French
        Slides
      • 16
        New contract adjudications
        Speaker: Giovanni Anelli (CERN)
        Slides
        • a) Proposal for the award of three blanket purchase contracts for the supply of industrial tooling and workshop consumables through punch-out catalogues
          • CERN/FC/7029/RA
          English
          French
        • b) 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
          • CERN/FC/7030/RA
          English
          French
        • c) Proposal for the award of a contract for façade and roof renovation work for Buildings 889 and 893 on the CERN Prévessin site
          • CERN/FC/7031/RA
          English
          French
        • d) Proposal for the award of a contract for the construction of Building 3189 at LHC Point 1.8 in France
          • CERN/FC/7032/RA
          English
          French
        • e) Proposal to negotiate an extension to an existing contract for the final disposal of very low-level radioactive waste in France
          • CERN/FC/7033/RA
          English
          French
        • f) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the Supply of 18 kV Cast-Resin Transformers for BOREAL Power Converter
          • CERN/FC/7034/RA
          English
          French
        • g) Proposal for the award of two contracts for the maintenance of the high-voltage electrical installations on the CERN site
          • CERN/FC/7035/RA
          English
          French
        • h) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply of radiation-resistant cables
          • CERN/FC/7036/RA
          English
          French
        • i) Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of licences, maintenance and support of ANSYS computer-aided engineering software tools
          • CERN/FC/7038/RA
          English
          French
        • j) Proposal to negotiate an amendment to an existing blanket purchase contract for the supply of monolithic silicon pixel detector chips
          • CERN/FC/7039/RA
          English
          French
      • 17
        Overview of current service contracts
        Speaker: Giovanni Anelli (CERN)
        • CERN/FC/7040/RA
        English
        Slides
      • 18
        Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda
      • 19
        Other business