2004/240/EC: Council Decision of 8 March 2004 amending Decision 2003/479/EC concerning the rules applicable to national experts and military staff on secondment to the General Secretariat of the Council
Date: 2004-03-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: allowances and expenses, international organisation, military personnel, public administration, staff regulations (EU)

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 8 March 2004

amending Decision 2003/479/EC concerning the rules applicable to national experts and military
staff on secondment to the General Secretariat of the Council

(2004/240/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in par-
ticular Article 28(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,

Having regard to Decision 2003/479/EC,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 15(7) of Decision 2003/479/EC provides that the
daily and monthly allowances shall be adjusted each year
without retroactive effect on the basis of the adaptation
of the basic salaries of Community officials in Brussels
and Luxembourg.

The Council,
through Regulations (EC, Euratom) No
2148/03 of 5 December 2003 correcting with effect
from 1 July 2002 the remuneration and pensions of offi-
cials and other servants of the European Communities (1)
and (EC, Euratom) No 2182/03 of 8 December 2003
adjusting with effect from 1 January 2004 the remunera-
tion and pensions of officials and other servants of the
European Communities and the weightings applied
thereto (2), has adopted an adjustment of 3,4 % and 1 %
respectively of the remuneration and pensions of Com-
munity officials,

Article 1

Article 15 of Decision 2003/479/EC is hereby amended as
follows:

1. paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

A SNE shall be entitled to a daily subsistence allow-
‘1.
ance throughout
the period of secondment. Where the
distance between the place of residence and the place of
secondment is 150 km or less, the daily allowance shall be
EUR 27,96. Where the distance is more than 150 km, the
daily allowance shall be EUR 111,83.’;

2. paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

If the SNE has not received removal expenses from
‘2.
either the GSC or from the employer, an additional monthly
allowance shall be paid as shown in the table below:

Distance between place of recruit-
ment and place of secondment
(km)

Amount in euro

0-150

> 150

> 300

> 500

> 800

> 1 300

> 2 000

0

71,89

127,80

207,68

335,48

527,18

631,03

(1) OJ L 323, 10.12.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 327, 16.12.2003, p. 3.

This allowance shall be paid monthly in arrears.’;

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3. paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:

‘4.
SNEs who during the three years ending six months before the secondment habitually resided or
pursued their principal professional activity at a location situated at a distance of 150 km or less from
the place of secondment shall receive a daily subsistence allowance of EUR 27,96. For the purpose of
this provision, circumstances arising from work done by SNEs for a State other than that of the place of
secondment or for an international organisation shall not be taken into account.’

This Decision shall take effect on the first day of the month following its adoption.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 8 March 2004.

For the Council

The President

D. AHERN