office of the European Commission that ensures the implementation of all actions connected with the accommodation of personnel, the management of social infrastructure and the logistics of the institution in Brussels as well as social infrastructure on the Ispra site of the Commission in Italy
The Office (for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels) shall be responsible, in particular, in respect of the Brussels site, for: (a) administering the acquisition, leasing and maintenance of the moveable and immovable property of the Commission together with the associated inventories and questions relating to VAT; (b) organising removals and space management; (c) administering: (i) transport services for staff and goods for internal purposes; (ii) incoming and outgoing mail and the internal distribution of documents for the Commission's directorates-general; (iii) the reproduction services; (iv) office supplies; (d) implementing rules relating to the physical security of buildings, on the basis of the instructions of the Security Directorate of the Directorate-General for Personnel and Administration, and in particular administering the "security contract" (contrat gardiennage); (e) administering the social welfare facilities provided for staff of the Community institutions, such as restaurants, self-service canteens, staff shops and sports centres; (f) providing services to the institutions covering certain social welfare facilities such as crèches and after-school child-minding services; (g) adopting the necessary measures to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements in Commission buildings.
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In English, all the nouns and adjectives in names take initial capitals, unless the name is particularly long, which this one isn't. The name is written correctly in the Interinstitutional Style Guide IISG, but unfortunately not in the Commission Decision establishing the Office [04.11.2016]
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