COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVTUNITIES 
C0M(94) 369 final 
Brussels, 09.09.1994 
PROPOSAL FOR A 
COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) 
amending Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC 
with regard to rent allowance 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In 1966 the Council, acting on the basis of Article 14a of Annex VII to the 
Staff Regulations, adopted an implementing Regulation granting a rent 
allowance to officials in certain places of employment. At the outset, this 
allowance covered only a few places of employment (in Germany, France, the 
United Kingdom and Switzerland) and was limited to 5% of remuneration. 
In January 1991 the Council adopted Regulation No 150/91, which amended 
the 1966 Regulation, removing the ceiling and extending the allowance to staff 
posted to places in all Member States except Belgium and Luxembourg under 
the rotation system. 
Article 2 also laid down that the Regulation was applicable from 
1 January 1991 to 31 December 1993 and that the Council could decide to 
extend it, on a proposal from the Commission. 
2. A report was laid before the Council on 3 December 1993, with a proposal for 
a Regulation extending the allowance. It concluded that the rules in question 
had been applied with the necessary rigour and that the circumstances which 
warranted the amendment of the 1966 Regulation still prevailed. 
It stressed that there had been an improvement in the recruitment of candidates 
to posts in the Offices, due in part to the assistance granted in respect of 
accommodation. 
It added that the sudden abolition of the allowance would put staff in a 
difficult financial position and potentially disrupt the operation of the Offices 
3. The Commission therefore proposed that the Council extend the application of 
Regulation No 150/91 for a further five years. 
Since a qualified majority was not reached, the Commission decided to leave 
the original proposal before the Council as an instrument satisfying the 
requirements of all staff subject to rotation in the places in question and to 
propose transitional measures for the intervening period. Faced with the 
impasse in current negotiations, it is essential to safeguard at least the rights of 
staff who agreed to make the move on the financial and other conditions that 
applied at the time and received rent allowance on 31 December 1993 
It is accordingly proposed that the terms of Regulation No 150/91 remain 
applicable as an interim measure to those staff for the duration of their posting. 
The number of recipients will evolve from year to year as follows: 
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 
21 19 17 12 X I 
COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) No /94 
of 
amending Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC 
with regard to rent allowance 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment 
of Other Servants of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, 
Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68,1 as last amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) 
No 3608/93,2 and in particular Article 14a of Annex VII thereto, 
Having regard to Council Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC of 28 July 1966 
laying down the list of places for which a rent allowance may be granted, the 
maximum amount of that allowance and the rules for granting it,3 
Having regard to Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 150/91 of 
21 January 1991 amending Regulation 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC with regard to rent 
allowance,4 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Regulation No 150/91 expired on 31 December 1993; 
^JNoLSô, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1 
2OJNoL 328, 29 12 1993,p.1 
JOJ No L 150, 12. 8.1966, p.2749-2766. 
4OJNOL 18, 24. 1. 1991, p.l 
4 
Whereas on 2 December 1993 the Commission proposed to the Council that 
Regulation 150/91 be extended for five years, 
Whereas a decision to extend the said Regulation has not been taken, 
Whereas, meanwhile, commitments valid beyond 31 December 1993 may have been 
entered into on the basis of Regulation 150/91 by officials posted under a rotation 
system to places of employment other than the seats of the institutions; 
Whereas, given the duration of past practice and the need to secure the smooth 
operation of the departments located in those places of employment, transitional 
provisions should be adopted to protect officials who on 31 December 1993 were in 
receipt of a rent allowance in accordance with the Regulation and who have to bear 
identical rent charges after that date; 
Whereas provisions applying until 31 December 1999 would be reasonable in view of 
the financial commitments entered into by those officials in relation to 
accommodation, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
The following Article is inserted in Council Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, 
121/66/EEC: 
"Article 6a 
By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 6, officials who on 31 December 1993 were 
in receipt of a rent allowance in accordance with Regulation No 150/91 shall remain 
eligible for the allowance in accordance with the conditions set out in Articles 4 
and 5. 
This allowance may not be combined with the allowance provided for in the second 
subparagraph of Article 14(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations. It shall be 
limited to the duration of the official's posting and shall not be paid for more than six 
years after the date on which he takes up duty." 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1994 to 31 December 1999. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
The President 
ANNEX 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
Estimated effect on the budget of the amendment of Regulation 
No 6/66 Euratom, 121/66 EEC with regard to rent allowance 
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Year ECU (estimated) 
1994 79 000 
1995 71 850 
1996 55 700 
1997 27 000 
1998 15 750 
1999 750 
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