WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2587/96 by Riccardo GAROSCI to the Commission. Equal treatment in terms of contracts and pay for officials and local staff employed in Commission offices
Date: 1996-10-11
Institutions: European Parliament, GAROSCI
Subjects: EU institution, European official, equal pay, equal treatment, servant (EU), working conditions













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2587/96 by Riccardo GAROSCI to the Commission. Equal treatment in terms of contracts and pay for officials and local staff employed in Commission offices  


Official Journal C 072 , 07/03/1997 P. 0059 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-2587/96 by Riccardo Garosci (UPE) to the Commission (11 October 1996)Subject: Equal treatment in terms of contracts and pay for officials and local staff employed in Commission officesLocal staff employed at Commission offices in the Member States complain that, from the legal and economic point of view, they are not treated in the same way as Commission officials, even though they perform the same tasks and have the same qualifications.Local staff do the same work for the same time and under the same arrangements as officials. That notwithstanding, salary levels, treatment for social security purposes, and terms of contract are subject to two different systems of rules (one example being the rules governing the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme, which covers officials only).Such distinctions enable the Commission to cut costs but manifestly violate the principle of equal treatment within the Community's institutional machinery.Bearing in mind that standard contracts for local staff are in the process of being revised, does not the Commission believe that such staff at least need to be paid the same emoluments and salary as officials performing the same tasks, so as to avert the kind of discrimination referred to above?Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission (20 November 1996)The Honourable Member refers to the presence in the representation offices of local staff and officials carrying out somewhat similar tasks.The rules governing local staff working conditions have evolved with the development of the principles set out in Articles 79 et seq. of Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2615/76 ((OJ L 299, 29.10.1976. )) and subsequent amendments to the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities.On the basis of these rules, a specific set of rules has been made for each Member State, laying down conditions of employment in proper conformity with national law and with the general aim of being among the best employers.Category C and D staff employed in representation offices whose working conditions are governed by the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities will on departure be replaced by local staff in accordance with the Commission decision of 26 April 1989. ((SEC(89) 662. ))A working party is currently looking into the question of a new set of general framework rules to harmonize certain terms of employment for all local staff employed in representation offices in the Community. The framework rules would be supplemented by the special terms applicable in the place of employment to take account of local conditions. It would also make it possible to set up a career structure reflecting the tasks carried out by local staff in accordance with the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities. The staff representatives are fully involved.