1The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is an interinstitutional body created by Decision 2002/620/EC of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Ombudsman of 25 July 2002 establishing EPSO (OJ 2002 L 197, p. 53). Under the third paragraph of Article 2 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (‘the Staff Regulations’), as worded prior to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004 amending the Staff Regulations (OJ 2004 L 124, p. 1), the institutions signing that decision entrusted to EPSO, by means of Article 2(1) thereof, the exercise the powers of selection conferred under the first paragraph of Article 30 of the Staff Regulations and under Annex III thereto on their appointing authorities. Article 4 of the decision provides that even though, in accordance with Article 91a of the Staff Regulations, requests and complaints relating to the exercise of the powers conferred on EPSO are to be lodged with EPSO, any appeal in these areas is to be made against the European Commission.
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