Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 76/228/ECSC on the granting of daily subsistence allowances and refunds of travel expenses to Members of the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community
Date: 1999-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ECSC, European official, administrative expenditure, allowances and expenses, regulations for civil servants

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 26.07.1999
COM(1999)395 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

amending Decision 76/228/ECSC on the granting of daily subsistence allowances
and refunds of travel expenses to Members of the Consultative Committee of the
European Coal and Steel Community

(presented by the Commission))

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

General considerations

1.

2.

3.

After Council Regulation EC/ECSC/EURATOM No
of
22 March 1999 adjusted the daily subsistence allowance rates for officials on
mission, the allowances paid to experts invited to participate in the work of
the subcommittees of the ECSC Consultative Committee were also adjusted.

620/1999

The most recent adjustment
to the daily subsistence allowance paid to
Members of the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel
Community was on 13 November 19921.

In order to remedy the situation created by the adjustment referred to in
paragraph 1. above, which has resulted in experts being paid a level of
the
than that paid to the Members
allowances higher
Commission proposes that the Council adopt the proposal for a decision
annexed.

themselves,

The proposal

4.

5.

The Commission considers that, before the ECSC Treaty expires in
July 2002, there needs to be a final adjustment of the daily subsistence
allowance paid to Members of the Consultative Committee.

On the basis of changes running strictly in parallel with changes in mission
rates, for which the daily subsistence allowance for grades A1 to A3 in
Luxembourg has risen by 30.5%,
the daily allowance for each day of
attendance at meetings should increase from EUR 141.30 to EUR 184.40 and
the allowance for each day of travel from EUR 110.31 to EUR 143.95.

This will lead to an annual budget increase of approximately EUR 18 000
(please see the financial memorandum annexed).

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OJ L 353, 3.12.1992.

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

amending Decision 76/228/ECSC on the granting of daily subsistence allowances
and refunds of travel expenses to Members of the Consultative Committee of the
European Coal and Steel Community

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
and in particular Article 18 thereof,

(1) Whereas the daily subsistence allowance rates for officials on mission have just
been adjusted under Council Regulation EC/ECSC/Euratom No 620/1999 of 22
March 1999 adjusting the daily subsistence allowance rates for officials on
mission,

(2) Whereas the daily subsistence allowances granted to Members of

the
Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community should be
adjusted pro rata to take account of the increase in travel and subsistence
expenditure incurred by Members of the Committee,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 2 (1) of Decision 76/228/ECSC2, is hereby replaced by the following:

"1.

The daily subsistence allowance shall be:

- EUR 184.40 for each day of attendance at meetings,
- EUR 143.95 for each day of travel."

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels,

For the Council
The President

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OJ L 44, 20.2.1976, p. 33. Decision last amended by Decision 92/550/ECSC (OJ L 353,
3.12.1992, p. 29)

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.

TITLE OF OPERATION

Council Decision on the granting of daily subsistence allowances and refunds
of travel expenses to Members of the Consultative Committee of the
European Coal and Steel Community

2.

BUDGET HEADING(S) INVOLVED

A-2520: Consultative Committee of
Community

the European Coal and Steel

3.

LEGAL BASIS

Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, Article 18

4.

4.1

DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION

General objective

Adjustment
to the daily subsistence allowances and refunds of travel
expenses to Members of the Consultative Committee of the European Coal
and Steel Community

4.2

Period covered and arrangements for renewal

The adjustment will take effect on the day following publication in the OJ.
The new scale of allowances will remain in force until the expiry of the
ESCC Treaty on 23 July 2002.

5.

5.1

5.2

CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURE OR REVENUE

NCE

NDA

6.

TYPE OF EXPENDITURE OR REVENUE

Expenditure for the organisation of meetings under budget
line A-2520
includes daily subsistence allowances, travelling expenses of participants
(members, deputies,
the
individual group insurance policy for the benefit of said participants, as well
as the allowances paid to the analysts responsible for compiling the
analytical records. This credit line can also be used for the financing of
events of a European nature.

technical advisers) and premiums due under

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FINANCIAL IMPACT

No financial impact on operational expenses (Section B).

8.

FRAUD PREVENTION MEASURES

Measures relating to the reimbursement of expenses apply.

9.

ELEMENTS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS

Does not apply.

10.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE (SECTION III, PART A OF THE BUDGET)

Actual mobilization of the necessary administrative resources will depend on
the Commission’s annual decision on the allocation of resources, taking into
the number of staff and additional amounts authorized by the
account
budgetary authority.

10.1 Effect on the number of posts

Type of post

Staff to be assigned to
managing the operation

Permanent
posts

Temporary
posts

Officials or
temporary staff

A
B
C

2,5
1
4,5

Other resources

Total

8

1

1

Source

Duration

Additional
resources

1999-2002

Existing
resources in
the DG or
department
concerned

2,5
1
4,5

1

9

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10.2 Overall financial impact of additional human resources

EUR

Amounts

Method of calculation

Officials

864.000

8 x 108.000/year (Titles A1, A2, A4, A5, A7)

Temporary staff

Other resources
(indicate budget
heading)

48.000

1 x 48.000

Total

912.000

10.3 Increase in other administrative expenditure as a result of the operation

EUR

Budget heading

Amounts

Method of calculation

A-2520:Consultative
Committee of
the ECSC

678.000

Total

678.000

as

compared with

impact of the proposed adjustment

in
The annual
corresponding
allowances,
€
.
expenditure in preceding financial years, is 18.000
The commitment appropriation requested by the
Commission under budget line A-2520 in the PDB
2000 (678.000
) takes this impact into account and is
broken down as follows:

€

- 4 ordinary sessions
- 2 extraordinary sessions
- Other meetings
- Adjustment of subsistence allowance

490.000
135.000
35.000
18.000

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