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REGULATION (ECSC,EEC,EURATOM )No2188/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of9August1973
adjustingtheremunerationandpensionsofofficialsoftheEuropeanCommunities
andtheremuneration ofotherservantsoftheCommunities
whereas,followingtheabovementioned Judgment
oftheCourt,theCommission ,restatingitsinitial
proposal,proposedtotheCouncilinaletterdated
20June1973thatitadoptitsnewDecisionsonthe
subject,whileretainingthedistributionofthe
adjustmentofremunerations betweenaflat-rate
amountandlinearincrease;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle65oftheStaff
Regulationsforofficials,theCouncilreviewsannu­
allytheratesofremuneration oftheofficialsand
otherservantsoftheCommunities ;andwhereas
underthetermsoftheDecisionof21March1972
theCounciltakesitsDecisionsinthematteronthe
basisoftwoindices,theonebeingrelatedtothe
developments insalaryratesinthecivilservicesof
theMemberStatesoverthepastyearandtheother
relatedtoaggregatepercapitaearningsinthe
Government departments ofthesesameMember
States;
Whereasitisappropriatetoadjust,inrelationto
thetwoindicesaforesaid,theremuneration and
pensionsoftheofficialsoftheEuropeanCommuni­
tiesandtheotherservantsoftheEuropeanCommu­
nitiesasfixedbyRegulation (Euratom,ECSC,EEC)
No2647/72;
Whereastheadjustmentinremuneration must,in
accordancewiththeCouncilDecisionof21March
1972,takeeffectattheendoftheperiodof
reference;
WhereasArticles5to8ofRegulation (Euratom,
ECSC,EEC)No2647/72havenotbeendisputed
undertheJudgmentoftheCourtofJustice;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingaSingle
CouncilandaSingleCommissionoftheEuropean
Communities ;
HavingregardtoRegulation (EEC,Euratom,ECSC)
No259/68(*)of29February1968fixingtheStaffRe­
gulationsoftheofficialsandconditionsofemploy­
mentapplicabletootherservantsoftheEuropean
Communities ,institutingspecialmeasurestemporarily
applicabletoofficialsoftheCommission ,lastamend­
edbyCouncilRegulation (ECSC,EEC,Euratom)No
558/73(2)of26February1973,inparticularArticles
2and3andArticles64,65and82oftheStaff
RegulationsoftheofficialsoftheEuropean
Communities andArticles20(1)and64ofthe
conditionsofemployment applicabletoother
servantsoftheEuropeanCommunities ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
WhereastheCourtofJusticeoftheEuropean
Communities ,initsJudgmentof5June1973,
declaredvoidArticles1to4ofCouncilRegulation
(Euratom,ECSC,EEC)No2647/72(3)of12
December1972adjustingtheremuneration and
pensionsofofficialsandtheremuneration ofother
servantsoftheEuropeanCommunities ;
WhereastheCouncilisbound,underthetermsof
Articles176oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityand149.oftheTreatyesta­
blishingtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,
totakethenecessarymeasurestocomplywiththe
JudgmentoftheCourtofJustice;
WhereastheCouncilactinginaccordancewith
Article65(3)oftheStaffRegulationsforOfficials
onavproposalfromtheCommission ,hadadopted
Regulation (Euratom,ECSC,EEC)No2647/72;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Witheffectfrom1July1972theStaffRegulations
forofficialsoftheEuropeanCommunities and
AnnexVIItheretoshallbeamendedasfollows:
1.Thefollowingtableshallbesubstitutedforthe
tableofbasicmonthlysalariesinArticle66:(»)OJNoL56,4.3.1968,p.1.
HOJNoL55,28.2.1973,p.1.
OlNoI.283,20.12.1972,p.I.

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Step
Grade
1 2 3 4 S 6 7 8
101543
89427
73010
60370
49044
41698
35247
30631
41698
35510
29008
24442
21347
25021
21137
19407
17046
15316
17990
15945
14478
13428118694
105792
87329
71542
58641
49252
41226
49252
41174
33727
28534
24653
28639
24443
22239
19722
17833
20981
18621
16995
15630124411
111247
92102
75266
61840
51770
43219
51770
43062
35300
29898
29845
25545
23183
20614
21978
19513
17834130128
116702
96875
78990
65039
54288
45212
54288
44950
36873
31262
31051
26647
24127
21506
22975
20405
18673101648
82714
68238
56806
56806
46838
38446
32626
32257
27749
25071
22398
23972
21297
19512106421
86438
71437
59324
59324
48726
40019
33990
33463
28851
26015
23290
24969
22189
20351A1
A2
A3L/A3
A4L/A4
A5L/A5
A6L/A6
A7L/A7
A8L/A8
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
D1
D2
D3
D4107260
94882
77783
64094
52243
44216
37240
32047
44216
37398
30581
25806
22449
26227
22239
20351
17938
16155
18987
16837
15317
14162112977
100337
82556
67818
55442
46734
39233
46734
39286
32154
27170
23551
27433
23341
21295
18830
16994
19984
17729
16156
14896
2.(a)TheamountofBfrs1196shallbesubstitutedfortheamountofBfrs1127in
Article67(1)(a)oftheStaffRegulationsandinArticle1(1)ofAnnexVII
thereto;
(b)TheamountofBfrs1859shallbesubstitutedfortheamountofBfrs1752in
Article67(1)(b)oftheStaffRegulationsandinArticle2(1)oftheAnnex
thereto;
(c)TheamountofBfrs3320shallbesubstitutedfortheamountofBfrs3129in
Article69(2),secondsentence,oftheStaffRegulationsandinArticle3(3)and
inArticle4(1),lastparagraphofAnnexVIIthereto;
(d)TheamountofBfrs1660shallbesubstitutedfortheamountofBfrs1565in
Article3(1)ofAnnexVII.
Article2
Witheffectfrom1July1972theconditionsofemploymentofotherservantsofthe
Communities shallbeamendedasfollows :
Thefollowingtableshallbesubstitutedforthetableofbasicmonthlysalariesin
Article63:

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Class
Category Group
1 2 3 4
A I
II
III46208
32519
2675052135
36191
2811458062
39863
2947863989
43535
30842
BIV
V25491
1877828376
2045631261
2213434146
23812
C VI
VII17361
1405818777
1505420193
1605021609
17046
D VIII
IX13480
1279914529
1306115578
1332316627
13585
Article3 monthlysalarieslaiddowninArticle66oftheStaff
Regulations ,asamendedbyArticle1(1)ofthis
Regulation .
Article51.Witheffectfrom1July1972theflat-rateallow­
ancereferredtoinArticle4(a)ofAnnexVIIof
theStaffRegulationsshallbefixedat:
—Bfrs865permonthforofficialsinGradeC4or
C5,
—Bfrs1328permonthforofficialsinGradeC1,
C2orC3.
2.Thetemporaryflat-rateallowancereferredto
inArticle4(a)ofAnnexVIIoftheStaffRegula­
tionsshallbepayableuntil30June1974.AsfromtheentryintoforceofthisRegulation
Articles1to4ofRegulation (Euratom,ECSC,EEC)
No2647/72shallceasetobeeffective.
Article6
Article4ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .Pensionspayableon1July1972shallbecalculated
fromthatdatebyreferencetothetableofbasic
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9August1973.
TortheCouncil
ThePresident
I.NØRGAARD