Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 620/1999 of 22 March 1999 adjusting the daily subsistence allowance rates for officials on mission within the European territory of the Member States laid down in Article 13 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
Date: 1999-03-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, allowances and expenses, regulations for civil servants

24. 3. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) No 620/1999

of 22 March 1999

adjusting the daily subsistence allowance rates for officials on mission within the
European territory of the Member States laid down in Article 13 of Annex VII to
the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of
Other Servants of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom,
ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2762/98 (2),
and in particular Article 13 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations and Articles 22 and 67 of
the Conditions of Employment,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the rates of daily subsistence allowance for officials on mission should be adjusted
in order to take account of the changes in prices and exchange rates recorded since 1991
in the different mission locations within the European territory of the Member States,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 13 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be amended as follows:
1. The scale in paragraph 1(a) shall be replaced by the following:

I

II

III

(in euro)

‘Member States

Grades A1 to A3
and LA3

Grades A4 to A8,
LA4 to LA8 and
category B

Other companies

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Portugal
United Kingdom

(1) OJ L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 1.

84,06
91,70
74,14
66,04
68,89
72,58
80,94
60,34
82,00
78,26
68,91
86,89

149,63
179,28
127,10
113,19
141,30
130,29
165,20
129,82
143,48
147,69
142,98
199,21

138,47
165,82
117,63
104,74
130,76
120,60
152,73
120,10
132,65
136,66
132,30
184,31'

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2. The first sentence in paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

‘2.
In addition to the rates set out in column I of the foregoing scale, the hotel bill
covering room, service and taxes, but excluding breakfast, shall be reimbursed up to a
maximum of:

— EUR 117,08 for Belgium,
— EUR 148,07 for Denmark,
— EUR 97,03 for Germany,
— EUR 99,63 for Greece,
— EUR 126,57 for Spain,
— EUR 97,27 for France,
— EUR 139,32 for Ireland,
— EUR 114,33 for Italy,
— EUR 106,92 for Luxembourg,
— EUR 131,76 for Netherlands,
— EUR 124,89 for Portugal,
— EUR 149,03 for United Kingdom.'

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 March 1999.

For the Council

The President

G. VERHEUGEN