Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2700/1999 of 17 December 1999 adjusting with effect from 1 July 1999 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities and the weightings applied thereto
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, pay, pension scheme, ratio, servant (EU)

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) No 2700/1999

of 17 December 1999

adjusting with effect from 1 July 1999 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other
servants of the European Communities and the weightings applied thereto

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 Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and in
particular Article 13 thereof,

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) and last amended
by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1238/1999 (2), and in particular Articles 63, 64, 65, 65a and 82 of
the Staff Regulations, Annex XI to the Staff Regulations, and the first subparagraph of Article 20 and
Article 64 of the Conditions of Employment,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

A review of the remuneration of officials and other servants carried out on the basis of a report by
the Commission has shown that the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the
European Communities should be adjusted under the 1999 annual review;

In accordance with Annex XI to the Staff Regulations, the annual adjustment in respect of 2000 will
entail the establishment before 31 December 2000 of new weightings with retroactive effect from 1
July 2000;

These new weightings could lead to retroactive adjustments to remuneration and pensions (positive
or negative) in respect of the period of 2000 for which payments will already have been made on the
basis of this Regulation;

Provision should therefore be made for the payment of arrears in the event of an upward adjustment
as a result of these weightings or for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a downward
adjustment for the period between the effective date and the date of entry into force of the Council's
decision on the annual adjustment in respect of 2000;

Provision should be made for the effects of any such recovery to be spread over a period of not more
than twelve months following the date of entry into force of the Council's decision on the annual
adjustment in respect of 2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

With effect from 1 July 1999:

Article 1

(a) the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by the

following:

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 150, 17.6.1999, p. 1.

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Grade

A 1
A 2
A 3/LA 3
A 4/LA 4
A 5/LA 5
A 6/LA 6
A 7/LA 7
A 8/LA 8
B 1
B 2
B 3
B 4
B 5
C 1
C 2
C 3
C 4
C 5
D 1
D 2
D 3
D 4

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Step

11 255,79
9 988,58
8 272,36
6 949,66
5 729,65
4 951,49
4 262,23
3 769,56
4 951,49
4 290,09
3 598,48
3 112,37
2 782,05
3 174,49
2 761,14
2 575,62
2 327,27
2 145,89
2 425,17
2 211,29
2 058,13
1 940,54

11 853,71
10 559,13
8 771,43
7 339,20
6 069,09
5 221,65
4 474,31
3 921,58
5 221,65
4 491,22
3 765,72
3 257,40
2 899,42
3 302,50
2 878,45
2 676,13
2 421,54
2 233,82
2 531,21
2 305,47
2 146,22
2 020,12

12 451,63
11 129,68
9 270,50
7 728,74
6 408,53
5 491,81
4 686,39

5 491,81
4 692,35
3 932,96
3 402,43
3 016,79
3 430,51
2 995,76
2 776,64
2 515,81
2 321,75
2 637,25
2 399,65
2 234,31
2 099,70

13 049,55
11 700,23
9 769,57
8 118,28
6 747,97
5 761,97
4 898,47

5 761,97
4 893,48
4 100,20
3 547,46
3 134,16
3 558,52
3 113,07
2 877,15
2 610,08
2 409,68
2 743,29
2 493,83
2 322,40
2 179,28

13 647,47
12 270,78
10 268,64
8 507,82
7 087,41
6 032,13
5 110,55

6 032,13
5 094,61
4 267,44
3 692,49

3 686,53
3 230,38
2 977,66
2 704,35

2 849,33
2 588,01
2 410,49

14 245,39
12 841,33
10 767,71
8 897,36
7 426,85
6 302,29
5 322,63

6 302,29
5 295,74
4 434,68
3 837,52

3 814,54
3 347,69
3 078,17
2 798,62

2 955,37
2 682,19
2 498,58

11 266,78
9 286,90
7 766,29
6 572,45

11 765,85
9 676,44
8 105,73
6 842,61

6 572,45
5 496,87
4 601,92
3 982,55

3 942,55
3 465,00
3 178,68
2 892,89

3 061,41
2 776,37
2 586,67

6 842,61
5 698,00
4 769,16
4 127,58

4 070,56
3 582,31
3 279,19
2 987,16

3 167,45
2 870,55
2 674,76

(b) — EUR 165,87 shall be replaced by EUR 170,35 in Article 1(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations,

— EUR 213,61 shall be replaced by EUR 219,38 in Article 2(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations,

— EUR 381,61 shall be replaced by EUR 391,91 in the second sentence of Article 69 of the Staff

Regulations and in the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Annex VII thereto,

— EUR 190,90 shall be replaced by EUR 196,05 in the first subparagraph of Article 3 of Annex VII

to the Staff Regulations.

Article 2

With effect from 1 July 1999, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 63 of the Conditions of
Employment of Other Servants shall be replaced by the following:

Category

Group

Step

A

B

C

D

1

2

3

4

5 284,60
3 835,48
3 223,12

5 939,19
4 209,22
3 366,70

6 593,78
4 582,96
3 510,28

7 248,37
4 956,70
3 653,86

3 096,23
2 432,04

3 399,34
2 592,35

3 702,45
2 752,66

4 005,56
2 912,97

2 313,05
2 070,25

2 449,23
2 140,69

2 585,41
2 211,13

2 721,59
2 281,57

1 871,18
1 802,02

1 981,39
1 827,12

2 091,60
1 852,22

2 201,81
1 877,32

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II
III

IV
V

VI
VII

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Article 3

With effect from 1 July 1999, the fixed allowance referred to in Article 4a of Annex VII to the Staff
Regulations shall be:
— EUR 102,24 per month for officials in Grade C4 or C5,
— EUR 156,75 per month for officials in Grade C1, C2 or C3.

Article 4

Pensions for which entitlement has accrued by 1 July 1999 shall be calculated from that date by reference
to the table of basic monthly salaries laid down in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations, as amended by
Article 1(a) of this Regulation.

With effect from 1 July 1999, the date ‘1 July 1998’ in the second subparagraph of Article 63 of the Staff
Regulations shall be replaced by ‘1 July 1999’.

Article 5

Article 6

1. With effect from 16 May 1999, the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials and other
servants employed in the countries and places listed below shall be as follows:
— Ireland 112,7.

2. With effect from 1 July 1999, the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials and other
servants employed in the countries and places listed below shall be as follows:

Belgium
Denmark
Germany

except:

Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy

Bonn
Karlsruhe
Munich

except:

Varese

Luxembourg
Netherlands
Austria
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
except:

Culham

100,0
131,7
107,6
101,7
98,8
108,8
86,5
92,3
118,8
109,7
101,3
94,7
100,0
114,4
110,2
85,4
117,8
120,0
156,5
123,8

The weightings applicable to pensions shall be determined in accordance with Article 82(1) of the
3.
Staff Regulations. Articles 3 to 10 of Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2175/88 (1) shall remain in
force.

4.
In accordance with Annex XI to the Staff Regulations these weightings could be adjusted before 31
December 2000 by a Council Regulation establishing new weightings with effect from 1 July 2000. In this
event, the institutions shall make the corresponding positive or negative adjustment to the remuneration
and pensions of the officials, former officials and other persons concerned with retroactive effect for the
period between the effective date and the date of entry into force of the decision on the 2000 adjustment.

(1) OJ L 191, 22.7.1988, p. 1.

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If this retroactive adjustment necessitates the recovery of sums overpaid, such recovery may be spread over
a period of not more than twelve months from the date of entry into force of the decision on the 2000
annual adjustment.

With effect from 1 July 1999, the table in Article 10(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be
replaced by the following:

Article 7

Entitled to household allowance

Not entitled to household allowance

1st to 15th day

from 16th day

1st to 15th day

from 16th day

EUR per calendar day

A 1-A 3 & LA 3
A 4-A 8 & LA 4-LA 8
and category B
Other grades

66,45
64,49

58,51

45,62
43,76

37,65

26,22
22,84

18,84

31,31
29,20

27,24

Article 8

With effect from 1 July 1999, the allowances for shiftwork laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (ECSC,
EEC, Euratom) No 300/76 (1) shall be EUR 296,34, EUR 447,28, EUR 489,06 and EUR 666,74.

Article 9

With effect from 1 July 1999, the amounts in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 (2)
shall be subject to a weighting of 4,277878.

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

Article 10

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ

(1) OJ L 38, 13.2.1976, p. 1. Regulation as supplemented by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1307/87 (OJ L 124,
13.5.1987, p. 6) and last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2461/98 (OJ L 307, 17.11.1998, p. 5).
(2) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2459/98 (OJ L 307

17.11.1998, p. 3).