The EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), headquartered in Alicante, has initiated the process of selecting the successor to the current executive director of Belgian Euroagency. Christian Archambeau, He He will resign on September 30, 2023..
Administrative Council of the European Union Intellectual Property Protection Office (EYPUS) rejected auto-continuity a month ago Christian Archambeau (Vielsalm, Belgium, 1960) served for the next five years as director of the Alicante-based European office. For Archambeau to be automatically re-elected, the council needed 20 out of 30 votes, but only eleven for, seven against and twelve abstentions.
EUIPO has published the vacancy for the position that can be applied with the application deadline. From 19 January 2023 and also where it is indicated that the new executive director should take office october 1 of next year with monthly base salary 17,639.97 euros to which salary supplements can be added depending on marital status and the number of dependent children.
Archambeau has been in office since October 2018 and is the fourth President of EUIPO since the establishment of the Euro-Agency in 1996. Although he requested an extension of his term, this was not approved by the Office’s one-man administrative council. two members from each member state, Another one from the European Commission and the Community Parliament.
Prior to Archambeau, he was head of EUIPO (formerly Office of Internal Market Harmonization, OHIM). Jean-Claude Combaldieu (1996-2000), Dutch Wubbo de Boer (2000-10) and António Campinos (2010-18)Therefore, the new director or executive director will be the fifth head of the Office.
The position of the Managing Director is independent in the performance of his duties and does not accept instructions from any government or any body, but subordinates to the Commission.
Among the application requirements for the position are to be born in one of Los 27, to be under the age of 61 and to have at least 15 years of work experience, 5 of which must be in a field comparable to the field of activity. Euroagency and also 5th as manager among other aspects.
At least you should have work-related professional experience in languages other than mother tongue and extensive knowledge of another office language (C1 level) in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.
The qualifying interviews of the candidates will be held in Alicante and in a language other than their mother tongue, and the selected candidate will be determined by the Council of Europe.
Among the long list of requirements, EYPUS It clearly declares that it implements an equal opportunity policy and does not accept applications, regardless of gender, race, color, ethnic or social origin, genetic characteristics, language, religion, political or any other belief or opinion. any distinction based on belonging to a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.
EUIPO is one of the largest decentralized Offices in the EU, with a budget of 589 million Euros and a 1,172 Euro-authorities; European Observatory against piracy. The activity takes place in any of the 23 official languages, including five working languages: German, Spanish, French, English and Italian.