Commission Decision of 15 December 2006 establishing the Commission's standard security measures and alert states and amending its Rules of Procedure as regards operational procedures for management of crisis situations (2007/65/EC) (repealed)

4.2. Valid access passes

(a)

Service cards shall be issued to Commissioners and Commission staff i.e. persons covered by the Staff Regulations or by the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities and seconded national experts and when deemed necessary also to staff of other institutions, agencies and other bodies housed in Commission premises. Service cards from other EU institutions shall be accepted on the basis of an agreement with the institution concerned.

(b)

Access cards shall be issued to all other personnel requiring access to the Commission buildings to fulfil contractual obligations with the Commission services. Cards for personnel with a contract limited in time shall not extend beyond this time-limit unless authorised by the Commission's Security Directorate. The period of validity of an access card for such persons shall never extend beyond the end of the current year. Where a Member of the European Parliament wishes to enter a Commission building, he may do so on presentation of his access card issued by the European Parliament to the security guard on duty, without the need to undergo the additional security checks required of external visitors.

(c)

Laissez-passer passes shall be issued by the Commission Security Directorate for legitimate reasons justifying access to Commission's buildings.

(d)

Press passes: The request for accreditation by journalists is processed by DG Communications, in cooperation with the Council and the national services. If a request for accreditation is approved, DG Communications asks the Commission Security Directorate to issue a pass.

(e)

Visitors ’ access passes or contractor visitors ’ access passes shall be issued temporarily to visitors at the reception point to Commission buildings upon verification of a bona fide identification.

(f)

Only holders of a service card may invite visitors to Commission buildings. Where the Commission department responsible for the holders of other valid access passes wishes to invite visitors, it may make a motivated request to the Commission Security Directorate.

(g)

Family members of Commission officials requesting access to the administrative areas shall be treated as visitors.

(h)

All service cards and access passes remain Commission property and shall be handed back to the Commission Security Directorate upon its request. The services of the Commission that asked the Commission Security Directorate for the issue of valid access passes shall ensure that the pass is returned to the Commission Security Directorate either at the end of the contract or if the basis upon which the pass was issued is no longer valid.