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            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 2104/2005

of 20 December 2005         

adjusting, with effect from 1 July 2005, the remuneration to pensions of officials to other servants of the European Communities to the correction coefficients applied thereto

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Protocol on the Privileges to Immunities of the European Communities, to in particular Article 13 thereof,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials to the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular Articles 63, 64, 65 and 82 of the Staff Regulations to Annexes VII, XI and XIII thereto, and the first paragraph of Article 20 and Articles 64 and 92 of the Conditions of employment of other servants,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

in order to guarantee that the purchasing power of Community officials to other servants develops in parallel with that of national civil servants in the Member States, the remuneration to pensions of officials to other servants of the European Communities should be adjusted under the 2005 annual review,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2005, the date ‘1 July 2004’ in the second paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by ‘1 July 2005’.

Article 2

With effect from 1 July 2005, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations applicable for the purposes of calculating remuneration to pensions shall be replaced by the following:

Article 3

With effect from 1 July 2005, the correction coefficients applicable under Article 64 of the Staff Regulations to the remuneration of officials and other servants shall be as indicated in column 2 of the following table.

With effect from 1 January 2006, the correction coefficients applicable under Article 17(3) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations to transfers by officials and other servants shall be as indicated in column 3 of the following table.

With effect from 1 July 2005, the correction coefficients applicable to pensions under Article 20(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as indicated in column 4 of the following table.

With effect from 1 May 2006, the correction coefficients applicable to pensions under Article 20(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as indicated in column 5 of the following table.

Article 4

With effect from 1 July 2005, the amount of the parental leave allowance referred to in Article 42a of the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 822,06 to EUR 1 096,07 for single parents.

Article 5

With effect from 1 July 2005 the basic amount of the household allowance referred to in Article 1(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 153,75.

With effect from 1 July 2005 the amount of the dependent child allowance referred to in Article 2(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 335,96.

With effect from 1 July 2005 the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 227,96.

With effect from 1 July 2005 the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 82,07.

With effect from 1 July 2005, the minimum amount of the expatriation allowance referred to in Article 69 of the Staff Regulations and in the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Annex VII thereto shall be EUR 455,69.

Article 6

With effect from 1 January 2006, the kilometric allowance referred to in Article 8 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be adjusted as follows:

A flat-rate supplement shall be added to the above kilometric allowance, amounting to:

Article 7

With effect from 1 July 2005 the daily subsistence allowance referred to in Article 10 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be:

Article 8

With effect from 1 July 2005, the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 24(3) of the conditions of employment of other servants shall be:

Article 9

With effect from 1 July 2005, for the unemployment allowance referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 28a(3) of the Conditions of employment of other servants, the lower limit shall be EUR 1 205,67, the upper limit shall be EUR 2 411,35 and the standard allowance shall be EUR 1 096,07.

Article 10

With effect from 1 July 2005, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 63 of the Conditions of employment of other servants shall be replaced by the following:

Article 11

With effect from 1 July 2005, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 93 of the Conditions of employment of other servants shall be replaced by the following:

Article 12

With effect from 1 July 2005, the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 94 of the Conditions of employment of other servants shall be:

Article 13

With effect from 1 July 2005, for the unemployment allowance referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 96(3) of the Conditions of employment of other servants, the lower limit shall be EUR 904,26, the upper limit shall be EUR 1 808,51 and the standard allowance shall be EUR 822,06.

Article 14

With effect from 1 July 2005, the allowances for shiftwork laid down in Article 1 of Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/76 (2) shall be EUR 344,58, EUR 520,10, EUR 568,66 and EUR 775,27.

Article 15

With effect from 1 July 2005, the amounts in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 (3) shall be subject to a coefficient of 4,974173.

Article 16

With effect from 1 July 2005, the table in Article 8 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by the following:

Article 17

With effect from 1 July 2005 the amount of the dependent child allowance referred to in Article 14(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as follows:

Article 18

With effect from 1 July 2005 the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 15(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as follows:

Article 19

With effect from 1 July 2005, for the purposes of application of Article 18 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations, the amount of the fixed allowance mentioned in Article 4a of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations in force before 1 May 2004 shall be:

Article 20

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2005.

For the Council

The President

M. BECKETT            

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(1)OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1).

(2)  Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/76 of 9 February 1976 determining the categories of officials entitled to allowances for shiftwork, and the rates and conditions thereof (OJ L 38, 13.2.1976, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 860/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 26).

(3)  Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 8). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1750/2002 (OJ L 264, 2.10.2002, p. 15).

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