WRITTEN QUESTION E-2046/99 by Jeffrey Titford (EDD) to the Commission. Full list of allowances claimable by the President and the European Commissioners.
Date: 1999-11-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commissioner, President of the Commission, allowances and expenses, family benefit, pay

1.8.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 219 E/77

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(9 December 1999)

Under the terms of article 62 of the Staff Regulations, the remuneration of an official may comprise in
addition to a basic salary, a number of family and other allowances that are set out below. The following
information does not infer that the remuneration of any official is composed of the sum of all allowances.

Family allowances: a household allowance fixed at 5 % of the basic salary for married officials; a child
1.
allowance of € 213,61 per month per dependent child; an education allowance of maximum € 190,90 per
month per child in regular full-time attendance at an educational establishment; a grant of € 198,31 on
the birth of a child. Family allowances are granted after deduction of any sums of the same nature that the
official would receive from another source.

2.
Allowances linked to active service before entering the service of an institution of the European
Communities: for expatriated officials, depending on their situation, either an expatriation allowance equal
to 16 % of the total amount of the basic salary + household allowance + dependant child allowance, or a
foreign residence allowance equal to 4 % of basis salary; for C grade officials, a secretarial allowance of
€ 99,55 or € 152,63 per month depending on the grade; payment once a year of the annual travel
expenses between the place of employment and the place of origin of the official;

Annex VII of the Staff Regulations also provides for the payment of: a fixed rate allowance for
3.
entertainment expenses (only the heads of the Representations of the Commission in the Member States
and the heads and deputy heads of the private office of a Commissioner may currently benefit); a rent
allowance or a transport allowance in places where the problem of either accommodation or transport is
recognised as being particularly difficult (these places are determined in a Council Regulation and Brussels
is not one of them); a fixed allowance not exceeding € 892,42 a year for those officials whose duties
constantly require them to make journeys for which they are authorised to use their own car to cover
normal travel within the boundaries of the town where they are employed (fewer than 10 officials
currently receive this allowance).

4.
Allowances when taking up duties, when transferring between places of employment, or upon
termination of service: an installation allowance equal to one month(cid:146)s basic salary or to two months(cid:146) if the
official is entitled to the household allowance; a resettlement allowance equal to one month(cid:146)s basic salary
or to two months(cid:146) basic salary if the official is entitled to the household allowance; reimbursement of
travel expenses; reimbursement of removal expenses; a daily subsistence allowance.

5.
Other allowances linked to working conditions: compensation of overtime work for categories C and
D in cases of urgency or exceptional pressure of work; compensation for those officials who work
regularly at night, on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays; compensation for standby duty because of the
exigencies of the service or safety rules.

6.
For the officials who occupy posts in nuclear science and who are paid from appropriations in the
from the
Research and Development budget: pecuniary advantages, granted on a special proposal
Commission, for a small number of officials who belong to grades A1 and A2; awards granted in
appropriate cases for officials who are authors of a patented invention; awards granted for exceptional
service; special allowances to compensate for particularly arduous working conditions.

(2000/C 219 E/092)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2046/99

by Jeffrey Titford (EDD) to the Commission

(3 November 1999)

Subject: Full list of allowances claimable by the President and the European Commissioners

Can the Commission list, in full, all allowances that are paid to or can be claimed by the President and the
Commissioners in addition to their salaries?

C 219 E/78

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

1.8.2000

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(13 December 1999)

Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2778/98 of 17 December 1998 amending Regulation
No 422/67/EEC, No 5/67/Euratom determines the emoluments of the President and members of the
Commission, of the President, Judges, Advocates-General and Registrar of the Court of Justice, and of the
President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance (1).

Under the terms of that legislation, the remuneration of the Commissioners, the President and Vice-
Presidents may comprise, in addition to a basic salary, family allowances and other allowances. Family
allowances are granted after deduction of any sums of the same nature that the Commissioner would
receive from other source. Clearly, the total remuneration of each Commissioner will depend upon the
allowances to which he or she is entitled.

The family allowances to which Commissioners, the President and the Vice-Presidents are entitled monthly
consist of a household allowance of 5 % of basic salary (if there is a dependent spouse), a childrens(cid:146)
allowance of € 213,62 per dependent child, and education allowances which vary according to the child(cid:146)s
age and stage of academic development (36 %, 50 % or 100 % of € 190,90 respectively for primary,
secondary and university education).

A residence allowance is paid, equal to 15 % of the basic salary.

There is a representation allowance, currently € 607,71 for Commissioners, € 911 for Vice-Presidents, and
€ 1 418 for the President. Expenditure incurred for reasons of representation is reimbursed after
presentation of the invoice. Reimbursement is limited annually to € 11 347 for most members of the
Commission. For the Vice-Presidents and members with external relations responsibility, the ceiling is
€ 17 023 and for the President it is € 22 694.

When first taking up duty, a Member of the Commission (unless he or she is Belgian) is entitled to an
to two months basic gross salary
allowance to cover his or her installation expenses, equivalent
(i.e. currently € 31 209 for a Commissioner), reimbursement for travel expenses for himself or herself
and dependent family, and reimbursement of the cost of moving personal effects (insurance included).

(1) OJ L 347, 23.12.1998.

(2000/C 219 E/093)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2048/99

by Jeffrey Titford (EDD) to the Commission

(3 November 1999)

Subject: Net contribution/net subsidy from/to the European Union

Can the Commission list the net contribution to or net subsidy from the European Union paid by or to
each of the 15 nation states of the European Union during the past three years for which figures are
available?

Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(8 December 1999)

The Honourable Member will find the information he requested in (cid:145)Allocation of 1998 EU operating
expenditure by Member State(cid:146). This document, dating from June 1999, covers the period from 1992 to
1998.

It is available on the Internet at http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg19/pdf/agenda2000/statdepenses98.pdf