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of25July1967
determining the emoluments of the President and members of the Commission and of the Presi-
dent,Judges,Advocates-General andRegistraroftheCourtofJustice
(OJ L 187, 8.8.1967, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Règlement (CEE, Euratom, CECA) no262/68 du Conseil du 29 février
1968 (*)L 57 2 5.3.1968
►M2Règlement (EURATOM, CECA, CEE) no1442/69 du Conseil du 23
juillet 1969 (*)L 184 1 26.7.1969
►M3Regulation (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM) No 721/70 of the Council of 20
March 1970L 89 1 23.4.1970
►M4Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2163/70 of the Council of 27
October 1970L 238 1 29.10.1970
►M5Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 723/71 of the Council of 30
March 1971L 80 1 5.4.1971
►M6Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 519/72 of 15 March
1972L 64 1 16.3.1972
►M7Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2690/72 of the Council of 19
December 1972L 286 1 23.12.1972
►M8Regulation (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM) No 1546/73 of the Council of 4
June 1973L 155 8 11.6.1973
►M9Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 142/76 of 20 January
1976L 15 1 24.1.1976
►M10Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 143/76 of 20 January
1976L 15 2 24.1.1976
(*) This Act was never published in English.
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REGULATION No 422/67/EEC, 5/67/EURATOM OF THE
COUNCIL
of25July1967
determining the emoluments of the President and members of the
Commission and of the President, Judges, Advocates-General and
RegistraroftheCourtofJustice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single
Commission of the European Communities, (1) and in particular Article
6 thereof, and to Articles20 and 21 of the Protocol on the Privilegesand Immunitiesof the European Communities(
2);
Whereas it is for the Council to determine the salaries, allowances and
pensions of the President and members of the Commission and of thePresident, Judges, Advocates-General and Registrar of the Court ofJustice, together with any payment to be made instead of remuneration;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From the date of taking up their dutiesuntil the las t day of the month
in which they cease to hold office, members of the Commission andmembers of the Court shall be entitled to a basic salary, family allow-
ancesand other allowances .
Article 2
1. The basic monthly salary of Members of the Commission shall be
equal to the amount resulting from application of the following percen-
tages to the basic salary of an official of the European Communities onthe last step of Grade A 1:
President 138 %,
Vice-President 125 %,Other Members112·5 %.
2. The basic monthly salary of Members of the Court of Justice
shall be equal to the amount resulting from the application of thefollowing percentages to the basic salary of an official of the European
Communities on the last step of Grade A 1:
President 138 %,
Judge or Advocate-General 112·5 %,Registrar 101 %.
Article 3
Members of the Commission and the Court of Justice shall be entitled
to family allowancesfixed by analogy with the provis ionsof Article 67
of the Staff Regulationsand Articles1 to 3 of Annex VII to thos eRegulations.
Article 4
1. Members of the Commission or of the Court shall be entitled to a
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2. Members of the Commission shall receive a monthly entertain-
ment allowance amounting to:
President Bfrs ►M1034 205◄,
Vice-President Bfrs ►M1021 980◄,
Other MembersBfrs ►M1014 655◄.
3. Members of the Court of Justice shall receive a monthly enter-
tainment allowance amounting to:
President Bfrs ►M1034 205◄,
Judge or Advocate-General Bfrs ►M1014 655◄,
Registrar Bfrs ►M1013 365◄.
Presiding Judges of Chambers of the Court ►M9and the First Advo-
cate-General ◄shall in addition receive during their term of office a
special duty allowance of Bfrs ►M1019 550◄per month.
4. The allowancesreferred to in paragraphs2 and 3 s hall be
increased annually by the Council acting by a qualified majority,
allowing for the increase in the cost of living
Article 4a
The basic salaries referred to in Article 2, the family allowances
referred to in Article 3, and the allowancesreferred to in Article 4
(1), shall be subject to the weighting fixed by the Council pursuant to
Articles64 and 65 of the Staff Regulationsfor officialsof theEuropean Communitiesin res pect of officialsemployed in Belgium.
Article 5
On taking up hisdutiesand on ceas ing to hold office a member of the
Commission or of the Court shall be entitled to:
(a) an installation allowance equal to two months' basic salary on
taking up hisdutiesand a res ettlement allowance equal to one
month's basic salary on ceasing to hold office;
(b) reimbursement of travelling expenses incurred by a member of the
Commission or of the Court for himself and for members of hisfamily, and reimbursement of the cost of removal of ‘his personaleffects and furniture, including insurance against ordinary risks
(theft, breakage, fire).
If histerm of office isrenewed he s hall not be entitled to any of the
allowances set out in this Article. Nor shall he be so entitled it he isappointed member of another institution of the Communities, if that
institution has its provisional seat in the town where he was fomerly
required to reside by reason of his office and if at the time of the newappointment he hasnot already effected hisres ettlement.
Article 6
A member of the Commission or of the Court required in the course of
his duties to travel away from the provisional seat of his institution
shall be entitled to:
(a) reimbursement of travelling expenses;
(b) reimbursement of hotel expenses (room, service and taxes only);
(c) a subsistence allowance of Bfrs 800 for each complete day of
absence; for journeys outside Europe the allowance should beraised to Bfrs 1 500.1967R0422 — EN — 01.01.1976 — 015.001 — 3
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Article 7
1. For three yearsfrom the firs t day of the month following that in
which he ceases to hold office, a former member of the Commission or
of the Court of Justice shall receive a monthly transitional allowancedetermined in accordance with the following procedure:
— 40 % of the basic salary which he was receiving when he ceased to
hold office if his period of service is less than two years;
— 45 % of the same salary if that period is over two years but less
than three years;
— 50 % of the same salary if that period is more than three years and
less than five years;
— 55 % of the same salary if that period is more than five years and
less than ten years;
— 60 % of the same salary if that period is more than ten years and
less than fifteen years;
— 65 % of the same salary in other cases.
2. Entitlement to this allowance shall cease if the former member of
the Commission or of the Court is reappointed to office in one of theinstitutions of the Communities or upon his death. In the event of reap-pointment, the allowance shall be paid up to the date of taking up hisduties; in the event of death the payment for the month in which death
occurred shall be the last.
3. If, during thisthree-year period the pers on concerned takesup
any new gainful activity, the amount by which hisgros smonthly remu-
neration (i.e. before deduction of taxes) together with the allowance
provided for in paragraph 1 exceedsthe remuneration, before deductionof taxes, which he was receiving as a member of the Commission or ofthe Court under Articles2, 3 and 4 (1) s hall be deducted from theallowance. In calculating the amount of remuneration received for thenew activity, all forms of remuneration shall be included, except those
representing reimbursement of expenses.
4. On the date when he ceases to hold office, on 1 January of each
year thereafter and in the event of any changesin hisfinancial s itua-
tion, a member of the Commission or of the Court shall declare to the
President of the institution in which he was previously employed allforms of remuneration received for his services, except those repre-senting reimbursement of expenses.
Additional remuneration legitimately received by the former member in
the course of his duty as a member of the Commission or of the Courtshall not be deductible from the transitional allowance.
This declaration must be made in good faith and shall be treated as
confidential. The information contained therein shall not be used other-wise than for the purposes of this Regulation and shall not becommunicated to third persons.
5. Throughout the period of three yearsmentioned in paragraph 1,
the former member of the Commission or of the Court shall be entitled
to the family allowancesprovided for in Article 3.
Article 8
1. After ceasing to hold office, members of the Commission or of
the Court shall be entitled to a pension for life payable from the date
when they reached the age of sixty-five years.
2. They may, however, ask to start drawing such pension from the
age of sixty years. In that case a coefficient shall be applied to the
pension as follows:
60 years0·701967R0422 — EN — 01.01.1976 — 015.001 — 4
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61 years0·75
62 years0·8063 years0·8764 years0·95
Article 9
The amount of the pension shall be 4·5 % of the basic salary last
received for each full year in office and one-twelfth of that sum foreach complete month. The maximum pension shall be ►
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% of the basic salary last received.
When the person concerned has performed various duties in the
Commission or Court of Justice, the salary on which the pension is tobe calculated shall be related to the proportion of time spent by theperson concerned in each of those various duties. This paragraph shallnot apply to members of the Commission or of the Court who are in
office on the date of entry into force of thisRegulation or who ceas e
to hold office before that date, if they so request.
Article 10
A member of the Commission or of the Court who is suffering from
disablement deemed to be total which prevents him from performinghis duties and who on these grounds resigns or is compelled to resignshall be entitled from the date of resignation or compulsory resignationto the following benefits;
(a) Where disablement is recognised as permanent, he shall be entitled
to a pension for life calculated in accordance with the provisions ofArticle 9, which shall be not less than ►
M430◄% of the basic
salary last received. He shall be entitled to the maximum pension if
the incapacity is the result of disablement or illness contracted inthe performance of hisduties ;
(b) Where disablement is temporary, he shall be entitled, until he
recovers, to a pension at the rate of ►
M460◄% of the basic
salary last received, if the disablement or illness was contracted inthe performance of hisduties , and ►
M430◄% in other cases.
When the recipient of such disability pension reaches the age of
sixty-five years or the disability pension has been in effect forseven years it shall be replaced by a pension for life calculated inaccordance with the provisions of Article 9.
Article 11
A member of the Commission or of the Court shall be entitled to the
benefits of the social security scheme provided for in the Staff Regula-
tions of Officials of the European Communities covering sickness,
occupational disease, industrial accident and birth and death benefits.
This Article shall also apply to former members of the Commission or
of the Court who benefit either under the pension scheme provided for
in Article 8 or under the transitional allowance provided for in Article
7. This paragraph shall not, however, be applied in order to cover risksalready covered by another social security scheme under which theformer member of the Commission or of the Court may benefit.
Article 12
Where a third party is responsible for the disablement or death of a
member, the rightsof that member or thos e entitled under him to bringlegal proceedings against the third party shall devolve on the Commu-1967R0422 — EN — 01.01.1976 — 015.001 — 5
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nity to the extent to which they incur obligationsunder thispens ion
scheme.
Article 13
The transitional allowance provided for in Article 7, the pension
provided for in Article 8 and the pensions provided for in Article 10
shall not be drawn concurrently by the same person. Where a memberof the Commission or of the Court is entitled to claim benefit undermore than one of those provisions, only that provision which is themost favourable to the claimant shall be applied.
Article 14
Where a member of the Commission or Court dies during his term of
office, the surviving spouse or dependent children shall be entitled,until the end of the third month following that in which death occurrs,to the remuneration to which the member of the Commission or of theCourt would have been entitled under Articles2, 3 and 4 (1).
Article 15
1. The widow and dependent children of a member or former
member of the Commission or of the Court to whom pension rights
have accrued at the time of his death shall be entitled to a survivor'spension.
That pension shall be equal to a percentage of the pension accruing to
the member or former member of the Commission or of the Courtunder Article 9 at the date of death, namely:
For a widow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ►
M460◄%
For each child where the mother iss till alive 10 %For each child where both father and mother
are dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 %
However, if the death of a member of the Commission or of the Court
occurs during his term of office, the survivor's pension for the widow
shall, from 1 July 1970, be equal to 36 % of the basic salary receivedat the time of death.
2. The total amount of these survivors' pensions shall not exceed the
amount of the pension of the member or former member of theCommission or of the Court on which they are calculated. Themaximum total survivors' pensions payable shall be divided, whereapplicable, between the beneficiariesin accordance with the abovepercentages.
3. Survivors' pensions shall be granted from the first day of the
calendar month following the date of death; however, where the provi-sions of Article 14 are applied, eligibility shall not commence until thefirst day of the fourth month following that in which death occurred.
4. Entitlement to a survivor's pension shall cease at the end of the
calendar month in which the person entitled dies. Moreover, entitle-
ment to an orphan's pension shall cease at the end of the month in
which the child reachesthe age of twenty-one years . However, entitle-ment shall be extended while the child is receiving vocational training,though not beyond the end of the month in which he reachesthe age oftwenty-five years.
The pension shall remain payable to an orphan who is prevented
through illness or disablement from earning a livelihood.
5. Where a former member of the Commission or of the Court
marriesand at the date of marriage haspens ion rightsaccruing to himunder thisRegulation, the wife and any children of the marriage s hallnot be entitled to a survivor's pension save where the marriage1967R0422 — EN — 01.01.1976 — 015.001 — 6
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precedes the death of the former member of the Commission or of the
Court by five yearsor more.
6. A widow's entitlement to a survivor's pension shall cease on
remarriage. She shall then be entitled to immediate payment of a
lump sum equal to twice the annual amount of her survivor's pension.
Article 16
A member of the Commission or of the Court who is relieved of his
duties on grounds of serious misconduct shall forfeit any right to tran-sitional allowance and retirement pension; this shall not, however,
affect those entitled under him.
Article 17
Should the Council decide to increase the basic salary, it shall at the
same time decide on an appropriate increase in the rates of existingpensions.
Article 18
Payment of the benefits provided for in this pension scheme shall be
entered in the budget of the Communities. Member States shall jointlyguarantee payment of these benefits in accordance with the scale forfinancing such expenditure.
Article 19
1. Payment of the sums due under Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 and 14 shall
be made in the currency of the country where the institution has itsprovisional seat.
2. Beneficiariesmay elect to have s umsdue under Articles7, 8, 10
and 15 paid in the currency either of the country of which they arenationalsor of their country of res idence or of the country where the
institution which they serve has its provisional seat; their choice shall
remain operative for at least two years.
Where neither the first nor the second of these countries is a member
country of the Community the sums due shall be paid in the currencyof the country where the institution by which they were employed hasits provisional seat.
Article 20
This Regulation shall apply to former members of the Commission of
the European Economic Community, the Commission of the EuropeanAtomic Energy Community, the High Authority or the Court of Justiceand to their dependantswho, at the time thisRegulation entersintoforce, are covered by the provisions of Council Regulation No 63
(EEC) (
1) Council Regulation No 14 (EAEC), (2) the Decision of the
Special Council of Ministers of the (EAEC) (3) of 22 May 1962 or
Regulation of the CouncilsNo 62 (EEC), 13 (EAEC) (4)
Article 21
The Regulation laying down the conditionsand procedure for applying
the tax for the benefit of the Communitiess hall apply to membersof
the Commission and the Court. Until that Regulation enters into force,Regulation No 32 (EEC), 12 (EAEC) (
5) shall be applicable.
Article 22
ThisRegulation s hall apply from 6 July 1967.1967R0422 — EN — 01.01.1976 — 015.001 — 7
(1) OJ No 62, 19.7.1962, p. 1724/62.
(2) OJ No 62, 19.7.1962, p. 1730/62.
(3) OJ No 62, 19.7.1962, p. 1734/62.
(4) OJ No 62, 19.7.1962, p. 1713/62.
(5) OJ No 45, 14.6.1962, p. 1461/62.
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Council Regulation No 63 (EEC), 14 (EAEC), the Decision of the
Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Commu-nity of 22 May 1962 and Regulation of the CouncilsNo 62 (EEC), 13
(EAEC) are hereby repealed, with the exception of Article 20.
The Decision of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal
and Steel Community of 13 and 14 October 1958 shall remain in force.
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1967R0422 — EN — 01.01.1976 — 015.001 — 8