COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC90) 149 final 
Brussels, 23 April 1990 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EURATOM, EEC) 
amending Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC of the Councils 
(presented by the Commission) 
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1. Adoption by the Council on 5 October 1987 of Annex X to the Staff 
Regulations laying down special rules applicable to staff working 
outside the Community helped, among other things, to resolve the issue 
of the aocommodation costs facing all expatriates. Under these new 
provisions the full cost of aocommodation is met by the institution. 
This means, however, that the emoluments paid (in particular the 
geographical weighting) incorporate no compensation for this 
expenditure. 
However, these provisions apply to non-<!ommunity countries only, and 
make no provision for countries situated within the Community. 
2. It is true that the geographical weightings contain an 'aocommodation 
cost' component based on surveys among estate agents on the going rents 
asked of new arrivals. Experience has shown, however, that in certain 
towns and cities officials who are compulsorily transferred are unable 
to find accommodation at the average rents asked by estate agents. The 
fact that compulsory transfer under the rotation system may force 
officials to take aocommodation at rents outside the reference soale 
means that the weighting does not offset the cost of accommodation and 
that the proportion of salary spent on it is unduly high, thereby 
jeopardizing the principle of equal treatment. Action must be taken to 
cope with this situation, bait only where it actually arises. 
3. Steps consequently need to be taken to remedy this situation to avoid 
imposing an excessive financial burden on the officials concerned and 
deterring qualified candidates from transferring, thereby impairing the 
smooth operation of Commission departments and ultimately compromising 
the attainment of the Commission's objectives. 
The rules as they now stand go only part of the way to meeting these 
requirements. A revision of weightings is not necessarily the best 
solution, since these are designed to establish comparisons between the 
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cost of living on a long-term basis in the various places of employment 
and cannot be used to cater for the very specific situation of staff 
subject to the rotation system. 
Article 14 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations makes provision for 
covering certain costs incurred as a result of an official's posting, 
but relates exclusively to staff members who incur entertainment 
expenses. It does nothing to help those who do not. 
The Regulation implementing Article 14a of Annex VII to the Staff 
Regulations1 is geographically limited. Furthermore, its financial 
provisions are inadequate to meet the case in point since aHowanoes are 
restricted to 8% of net remuneration. 
4. The best course would therefore seem to be to amend this Regulation to 
provide a better solution to the accommodation problem facing officials 
who - in the interests of the service and within the limits of the 
postings available - are subject to the rotation system. 
1 Council Regulation No 6/66 Euratom, 121/66/EEC of 28 July 1966. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EURATOM, EEC) 
amending Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC of the Councils 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European 
Communities and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European 
1 Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 , as last 
2 amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2187/89 , and in particular 
Article 14a of Annex VII thereto, 
Having regard to Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC of the Councils 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, of 28 July 1966 , 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, submitted after consulting 
the Staff Regulations Committee, 
Whereas the officials posted, under a rotation system, to places of employment 
other than the provisional seats of the institutions may be faced with a 
particularly difficult accommodation situation because of the limited duration 
of the posting; 
Whereas this situation is liable to impair the mobility of the officials in 
question and the smooth operation of the departments located in those places 
of employment; whereas consequently Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC of 
the Councils should be amended; 
1 OJ No L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. 
2 OJ No L 209, 21.7.1989, p. 1. 
3 OJ No 150, 12.8.1966, p. 2749/66. 
uAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The following Article 6a is added after Article 6 of Regulation 6/66/Euratom, 
121/66/EEC: 
"Article 6a 
By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 6, officials posted under the 
rotation system to places of employment within the Community, other than the 
seats of the institutions, may be granted a rent allowance in accordance with 
the conditions set out in Articles 4 and 5. 
This allowance may not be combined with the allowance referred to 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 6 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 enter into force on 1 January 1990. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
The President 
FICHE FINANCIERE 
OBJET : incidence budgétaire de la proposition de règlement du Conseil 
portant modification du règlement n° 6/66 EURATOM, 121/66/CEE 
(indemnité de logement) 
Pour l'année 1990 l'incidence prévisible pour le budget des Communautés 
s'établit à environ 140 000 écus. 
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