EC to announce rules for employing new bureaucrats after Union expansion

Today the European Commission (EC) will officially announce the rules for e mploying European Union (EU) officials after the ten new members join the U nion. The EU envisages that up to 2,700 new positions could be created in t he main EU administration. The majority of these positions could be opened in the EC. Recruitment is expected to start after January 1, 2004 when Pola nd becomes an EU member. Every several months written examinations will be held in Warsaw and other major cities in Poland. Those who pass these will be sent to Brussels for further language tests. "Passing all the exams does not mean that a candidate will be immediately employed. The applicant will probably have to wait for a vacancy," says Marian Stasiak, acting director of the European Education Department, UKIE. Monthly salaries range from eu ro 1,981 for entry level clerical staff to euro 14,544 for a general manager with several year's experience. Poles could make up between 5.1% to 7.6% of EU administration staff. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) A.Z.