Brussels, 30/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 21 June, ahead of the next enlargement of the EU which will see Bulgaria and Romania become Member States in 2007, the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) published notification of a series of competitions to recruit officials from these two countries. The purpose of these competitions is to create a reserve pool from which to recruit Administrators (AD5) in the fields of European Public Administration, Law, Economics and Audit and Secretaries (AST1). The competitions are targeted at candidates meeting the educational and other requirements laid down in the notices of competition. The closing date for on-line registration is 20 July 2006. Bulgarian and Romanian national press have already carried announcements of the competitions. All relevant information can be found on the EPSO website: http://www.europa.eu/epso .