At the time of closure of candidatures, 5 valid candidature forms have been received by the Election Committee.
The names of the candidates in alphabetical order are:
Andrey Afanasiev;
Aldert Jan de Haan;
Michiel Sonius;
Samuel van der Bijl;
Gyorgy Vida
Elections will be held on Tuesday 19 April. Voting in person will be possible from 11:45-13:45 hours in Rijswijk (Location to be determined).
If you are not able to vote in person, you can request to vote by post by sending a mail to the Election Committee.
The Election Committee will send you envelopes and a voting slip.
Statement by the Federal Bureau of the FFPE
FFPE signs Memorandum of Understanding with the European Patent Office
Brussels, 2 March 2016
The Federal Bureau of the European Civil Service Federation (Fédération de la fonction publique européenne (FFPE)) welcomes the signing today, Wednesday 2 March 2016, of an historic Memorandum of Understanding between the FFPE branch at the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Office’s President, Benoît Battistelli.
