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Council - Hundred-and-sixty-third Session
CERN

CERN

from Thursday 21 June 2012 (09:30) to Friday 22 June 2012 (14:30)



Thursday 21 June 2012

Documents

9.30: Restricted Session (CERN)

1. Report to the Credentials Committee
2. Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Sixty-Second Session of Council
CERN/3012/RA/Draft English French
3. Adoption of the Agenda
CERN/3013 English French
4. Matters Arising from Previous Meeting
5. President’s Report
6. Director-General’s Report
7. Member State Matters (Director-General – Oral)
   7.1 General Report on Member State Matters (Director-General – Oral)
   7.2 Developments in the Member States relevant for CERN (General Discussion)
8. Non-Member State Matters
   8.1 General Report on non-Member State Matters (Director-General – Oral)
9. LHC Matters:
   9.1 Status Report on the LHC Machine (S. Myers – Oral)
Slides
   9.2 Status Report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (S. Bertolucci – Oral)
Slides
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10. Report by the Chairman of the Finance Committee (Dr B. Jacobsen - Oral)
11. CERN Pension Fund:
   11.1 Report by the Chairman of the Governing Board (Prof. D-O. Riska – Oral)
   11.2 Status of the Pension Fund’s assets and implementation of capital preservation strategy (Mr Th. Economou – Oral)
Slides
   11.3 Financial Regulations of the Pension Fund
CERN/FC/5639 CERN/3021 English French
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12. Report by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. F. Zwirner – Oral)
13. Questions from the Council to the SPC
   13.1 New questions from the delegations
14. Status and outlook of CERN’s general infrastructure and consolidation requirements
CERN/FC/5646/RA CERN/3025/RA English French
15. Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2013-2017 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the Fifty-Ninth Financial Year 2013
CERN/SPC/990 CERN/FC/5642 CERN/3022 English French Slides
16. 2013 Budget: Scale of Contributions
CERN/FC/5643 CERN/3027 English French
17. Proposal for the Extension of the “Corridor Principle” for the indexation of the Member States’ contributions
CERN/FC/5644 CERN/3023 English French
18. Proposed amendments to the 11th Edition of the Staff Rules & Regulations
CERN/FC/5647 CERN/3026 English
19. Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA)
   19.1 Report and Recommendations to Council (Dr B. Jacobsen, Chairman of SACA - Oral)
   19.2 Review by SACA of Management’s analysis of the impact of a major or medium-sized Member State being unable to honor its contribution commitments and of a dramatic change in the euro-Swiss franc exchange rate, and of Management’s related mitigation strategies (Dr B. Jacobsen, Chairman of SACA - Oral)
   19.3 New questions from delegations to SACA
20. Proposal CERN Innovation Prize (Director-General - Oral)
21. Confirmation of Access Status of Documents
22. Other Business
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16.30: Closed Session (CERN)

1. Report on Applicant States
   1.1 Update on the three remaining applications for Membership and on expressions of interest by other non-Member States (Director-General – Oral)
   1.2 Application for Associate Membership at CERN by the Government of Ukraine Report by the fact-finding Task Force (Prof. F. Pauss - Oral)
2. Appointment of the Next External Auditors
   2.1 Background information submitted with a view to the appointment of the Next External Auditors for the period 2013-2015
(Confidential)
CERN/3028/RA/Draft English French
3. Elections
   3.1 Call for nominations for the next President of Council - Preliminary discussion of the list of candidates
   3.2 Call for nominations for one Vice-President of Council
   3.3 Election of 2 new SACA members
4. Appointment of the Vice-Chairman of the Pension Fund Governing Board
CERN/3029/RA (Confidential) English French
5. SPC Membership
6. Revision of Art.2 of the procedure for the selection of the Director-General
CERN/2329/Rev.2 English French
Friday 22 June 2012

Documents

9.30: Open Session (CERN)

1. Report on the Decisions taken at Restricted and Closed Sessions (President of Council - Oral)
2. Report by the Chairman of the Finance Committee (Dr B. Jacobsen - Oral)
3. Annual Progress Report and Annual Accounts (Financial Statements) for 2011
   3.1 Annual Progress Report for 2011
CERN/SPC/985/Rev. CERN/FC/5606/Rev. CERN/3005/Rev. English French
   3.2 Assessment and Comments by the External Auditors on the Annual Progress Report for 2011
CERN/FC/5632 CERN/3014 English French
   3.3 Assessment and Comments by the SPC
   3.4 Assessment and Comments by the FC on the Annual Progress Report for 2011
   3.5 Annual Accounts (Financial Statements) for the Financial Year 2011
CERN/FC/5633 CERN/3015 English French
   3.6 Report by the External Auditors on the Annual Accounts for the Financial Year 2011
CERN/FC/5634 CERN/3016 English French
   3.7 External Auditors' Report on the Annual Accounts for the Financial Year 2011 Comments by the Management
CERN/FC/5635 CERN/3017 English French
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4. CERN Pension Fund:
   4.1 Financial Statements for the Financial Year 2011
CERN/FC/5636 CERN/3018 English French Slides
   4.2 Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for the Financial Year 2011
CERN/FC/5637 CERN/3019 English French
   4.3 Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for the Financial Year 2011 Comments by the Pension Fund Management Unit
CERN/FC/5638 CERN/3020 English French Slides
5. LHC Status Report (Director-General - Oral)
Slides
6. Report by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. F. Zwirner - Oral)
Slides
7. Report by the Scientific Secretary of the European Strategy Sessions (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral)
Slides
8. Draft Timetable for Council Sessions and Committee Meetings 2013
CERN/3024/Draft English/French
9. Other Business
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