Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) amending Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 549/69 determining the categories of officials and other servants of the European Communities to whom the provisions of Article 12, the second paragraph of Article 13 and Article 14 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Communities apply
Date: 1998-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, European official, parliamentary immunity, privilege, servant (EU), termination of employment

17.4.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  118/15

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  (Euratom,  ECSC,  EC)  amending  Regulation  (Euratom,
ECSC,  EEC)  No  549/69  determining  the  categories  of  officials  and  other  servants  of  the
European  Communities  to  whom  the  provisions  of  Article  12,  the  second  paragraph  of  Article
13  and  Article  14  of  the  Protocol  on  the  Privileges  and  Immunities  of  the  Community  apply

(98/C  118/10)

COM(97)  725  final  -  98/0059(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  20  February  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

HAS  ADOPTED  THE  FOLLOWING  REGULATION:

the  Treaty  establishing  a  single
Having  regard 
Council  and  a  single  Commission  of  the  European
Communities,

to 

Having  regard  to  the  Protocol  on  the  Privileges  and
in
Immunities  of 
particular  Article  16  and  Article  23  thereof,

the  European  Communities,  and 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having 
Parliament,

regard 

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  European  Monetary
Institute,

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  Court  of  Justice,

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  Court  of  Auditors,

(1)(cid:217)Whereas 

the  European  Central  Bank,  hereafter
referred  to  as  "the  ECB’,  will  be  established  as  soon
as  its  Executive  Board  is  appointed;

(2)(cid:217)Whereas  it  is  appropriate  to  extend  to  the  European
Central  Bank  the  application  of  Council  Regulation
(Euratom,  ECSC,  EEC)  No  549/69  determining  the
categories  of  officials  and  other  servants  of  the
European  Communities  to  whom  certain  provisions
of  the  Protocol  on  the  Privileges  and  Immunities  of
the  Communities  apply,  in  order  to  ensure  that  the
members  of  the  staff  of  the  European  Central  Bank,
in  view  of  their  duties  and  responsibilities  and  of
their  particular  situation,  benefit  from  the  same
privileges,  immunities  and  facilities,

Article  1

Article  4a  of  Regulation  (Euratom,  ECSC,  EEC)  No
549/69  is  replaced  by  the  following  text:

"Article  4a

of 

and 

Immunities 

Without  prejudice  to  Article  23  of  the  Protocol  on
Privileges 
the  European
Communities  with  regard  to  the  members  of  the
Governing  Council  and  of  the  General  Council  of
the  European  Central  Bank, 
the  privileges  and
immunities  provided  for  in  Article  12,  in  the  second
paragraph  of  Article  13  and  in  Article  14  of  the
Protocol  shall  apply  under  the  same  conditions  and
within  the  same  limits  as  those  laid  down  in  Articles
1,  2  and  3  of  this  Regulation  to:

-(cid:217)staff  of  the  European  Central  Bank,

-(cid:217)persons 

receiving 

or
survivors’  pensions  paid  by  the  European  Central
Bank.’

retirement 

disability, 

Article  2

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  on
which  the  establishment  of  the  European  Central  Bank
becomes  effective.

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding 
directly  applicable  in  all  Member  States.

in 

its  entirety  and