Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1197/98 of 5 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities
Date: 1998-06-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Community tax, European official, disability insurance, pay, pension scheme, survivor's benefit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) No 1197/98

of 5 June 1998

amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 laying down the condi-
tions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European
Communities

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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

Article 1

Having regard to the Protocol on the privileges and
immunities of the European Communities, and in partic-
ular Articles 13 and 23 thereof,

Article 12a of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/
68 shall be repealed with effect from the day after the
date on which the liquidation of the European Monetary
Institute is completed.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Article 2

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (2),

The following shall be inserted in Regulation (EEC,
Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68:

(1) Whereas

the European Monetary Institute has

‘Article 12c

delivered an opinion (3);

(2) Whereas the European Central Bank is already

established;

the tax for

(3) Whereas it is appropriate to extend the application
of
the European
the benefit of
Communities, on the terms and in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC,
to the salaries,
Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 (4),
the
wages and emoluments of
Governing Council and the General Council of the
European Central Bank and the staff of that Bank;
whereas the application of this tax to the European
Monetary Institute becomes irrelevant when the
liquidation of the Institute is completed,

the members of

(1) OJ C 118, 17. 4. 1998, p. 14.
(2) Opinion delivered on 28 May 1998 (not yet published in the

(3) Opinion delivered on 6 April 1998 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

Official Journal).

(4) OJ L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) No 2190/97 (OJ L 301, 5.
11. 1997, p. 1).

This Regulation shall apply to the members of the
Governing Council and of the General Council of the
European Central Bank, to members of its staff and to
recipients of the pensions paid by the Bank who are
included in the categories determined by the Council
pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 16 of the
Protocol on the privileges and immunities of
the
European Communities, with regard to salaries, wages
and emoluments and to disability, retirement and
survivors’ pensions paid by the Bank.'

Article 3

This Regulation shall be applicable as from 1 June 1998.

Article 4

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

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

Done at Luxembourg, 5 June 1998.

For the Council

The President

G. BROWN