Crisis management. Migration. Internal security.
EPSO/AD/403/23 rebuilt from the amended notice and official law. 12 focused modules. 100 field questions reviewed against official sources. Historical legal cut-off: 28 May 2024.
Run each component on its official clock
The 2024 amendment controls: reasoning → field ranking → written-test and eligibility processing.
Verbal 10/20. Numerical + abstract 10/20 combined. Field 15/30. Written test 5/10.
Only the field MCQ ranked. At most 252 crisis and 177 migration scripts entered the initial marking ceiling.
Reserve lists published 11 August 2025. Valid through 31 December 2028. Database remains useful for adjacent specialist roles.
Competition and EU foundations
Competition Guide and Amended Test Profile
Amended 24-language test profile, exact clocks, ranking sequence, eligibility and the 28 May 2024 legal cut-off.
Study moduleEU Legal and Institutional Foundations
Treaty competences, institutions, agencies, operational responsibility, funding layers and fundamental-rights control.
Study moduleOfficial-Source Navigator
Direct official links, historical-version discipline and a practical method for reading EU legislation.
Study moduleField 1 — Crisis management
Crisis Governance and the Decision Cycle
Risk-to-recovery decision cycle, situational awareness, activation, IPCR, communication, exercises and corrective learning.
Create accountUnion Civil Protection Mechanism, rescEU and ERCC
UCPM competence, capacity layers, rescEU, ERCC workflows, Copernicus, the solidarity clause and deployment safeguards.
Create accountHealth, Cyber, CBRN and Critical-Infrastructure Crises
Health, cyber, critical-entity, CBRN and continuity systems with precise role and escalation boundaries.
Create accountHumanitarian, External-Action and Institutional Continuity
Humanitarian principles, EEAS crisis response, consular coordination, evacuation, secure reporting and emergency funding.
Create accountField 2 — Migration and internal security
Migration, Asylum and International-Protection Architecture
Treaty map, protection statuses, lawful case workflow, institutional roles, third-country cooperation and migration metrics.
Create accountPact on Migration and Asylum at the Legal Cut-Off
The Pact instruments adopted before the cut-off: screening, responsibility, solidarity, border procedure and crisis safeguards.
Create accountBorders, Visas, Returns and Large-Scale Information Systems
Schengen borders, Frontex, visas, ETIAS, EES, lawful return, detention and large-scale information systems.
Create accountInternal Security and Law-Enforcement Cooperation
Europol, Eurojust, EPPO, Prüm II, PNR, terrorism, organised crime, drugs and operational data safeguards.
Create accountRights, case law and written communication
Source boundary
The field bank uses legislation adopted before 28 May 2024, exactly as EPSO instructed. Later amendments do not silently alter historical answers. Official sources and candidate messages prevail.