Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 laying down the staff regulations of officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities
Date: 1998-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Parliament, European official, personnel administration, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU)

C  179/16

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

11.6.98

II

(Preparatory  Acts)

COMMISSION

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  (EC)  amending  Regulation  (EEC,  Euratom,  ECSC)
No  259/68  laying  down  the  Staff  Regulations  of  Officials  of  the  European  Communities  and  the
Conditions  of  Employment  of  Other  Servants  of  the  Communities

(98/C  179/07)

COM(1998)  312  final  -  98/0176(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  18  May  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

Having  regard 
the  Treaty  establishing  a  single
Council  and  a  single  Commission  of  the  European
Communities,  and  in  particular  Article  24  thereof;

to 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,
made  after  consulting  the  Staff  Regulations  Committee;

Having 
Parliament;

regard 

to 

the  Opinion  of 

the  European

Having  regard  to  the  Opinion  of  the  Court  of  Justice;

Having  regard  to  the  Opinion  of  the  Court  of  Auditors;

Whereas  the  European  Parliament’s  rules  of  procedure
allow  Members  to  engage  one  or  more  persons  to  assist
them  in  the  exercise  of  the  functions  conferred  on  them
by  the  Treaties;

identical
Whereas  the  assistants  exercise  functions 
as
conditions,  which  warrants 
auxiliary  staff  pursuant  to  Article  3  of  the  Conditions  of
Employment  of  Other  Servants;

in 
appointment 

their 

Whereas,  in  view  of  the  specific  functions  exercised  by
Parliamentary  assistants  and  the  autonomy  of  Members
of  the  European  Parliament  to  determine  the  number  of
assistants  to  be  recruited  and  their  remuneration,  by
reference  to  the  secretarial  allowance  to  which  they  are
entitled,  they  should  be  subject  to  specific  rules  on
grading,  duration  of  engagement  and  level  of  remun(cid:220)
eration  on  the  basis  of  internal  rules  to  be  laid  down  by
Parliament;

Whereas  a  new  Article  should  accordingly  be  inserted  in
Title  III  of  the  Conditions  of  Employment  of  Other
Servants,

Article  1

The  following  new  point  (c)  is  inserted  in  Article  3  of
the  Conditions  of  Employment  of  Other  Servants  of  the
Communities:

"(c)(cid:217)staff  engaged  to  act  as  assistants  to  one  or  more
Members  of  the  European  Parliament  for  the
duration  of  their  term  of  office;’.

Article  2

The  following  Article  is  inserted  after  Article  78  of  the
Conditions  of  Employment  of  Other  Servants:

"Article  78(cid:216)a

By  way  of  derogation  from  the  provisions  of  this
Title,  the  conditions  and  duration  of  recruitment  and
the  level  of  remuneration  of  Parliamentary  assistants
engaged  as  auxiliary  staff  to  perform  services  for  one
or  more  Members  of  the  European  Parliament  shall
be  determined 
implementing
the 
provisions  adopted  by  the  European  Parliament.

general 

by 

The  budgetary  authorities  shall  be  notified  of  the
general  implementing  provisions  determining  the  level
of  remuneration,  and  of  any  amendments  thereto,  no
later  than  one  month  before  they  enter  into  force.’

Article  3

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  and  take  effect  on
the  day  following  its  publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of
the  European  Communities.

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

in 

its  entirety  and