Council Act of 29 April 2004 amending Europol's staff regulations
Date: 2004-04-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Europol, staff regulations (EU)

30.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 114/7

COUNCIL ACT

of 29 April 2004

amending Europol's staff regulations

(2004/C 114/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Convention on the establishment of a
European Police Office (‘Europol Convention’) (1), and in par-
ticular Article 30(3) thereof,

Having regard to the initiative of Ireland (2),

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (3),

Having regard to the opinion of the Management Board of
Europol (4),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

It is desirable to amend the Staff Regulations applicable
to Europol employees, as laid down in the Council Act
of 3 December 1998 (5) (‘Staff Regulations’) in particular
in order to improve the travel policy.

It is for the Council, acting unanimously, to lay down
the
Europol
applicable
employees, and subsequent amendments,

arrangements

detailed

to

2.
The authorisation shall state the probable duration of
the mission, on the basis of which shall be calculated any
advance which the official may draw against the subsistence
allowance and travel and accommodation costs.

Any contribution, whether

3.
financial,
received from a third party in connection with a mission
shall be declared to Europol by the official concerned. Such
contributions shall be deducted from the reimbursement to
which the official would otherwise be entitled.

in kind or

Acting on a proposal of the Director, the Management
4.
Board acting by a majority of two thirds of its members,
shall lay down detailed rules on mission expenses and the
reimbursement thereof.’;

3) Articles 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of Appendix 5 shall be

deleted;

4) Articles 15 and 16 of Appendix 5 shall be renumbered to

Articles 10 and 11.

HAS ADOPTED THIS ACT:

Article 2

Article 1

This Act shall enter into force on the first day after its adop-
tion.

The Staff Regulations are hereby amended as follows:

1) In Article 56, the following paragraph shall be added:

‘8.
Europol may, after consulting the Staff Committee,
take out an additional sickness insurance which shall be
compulsory for all officials. The full contribution required
to meet this additional insurance cover shall be charged to
the official.’;

Article 3

This Act shall be published in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Union.

2) Article 9 of Appendix 5 shall be replaced by the following:

Done at Luxemburg, 29 April 2004.

‘Article 9

1.
An official travelling on official business (referred to as
a ’mission‘) and holding an appropriate authorisation shall
be entitled to the reimbursement of mission expenses.

For the Council

The President

M. McDOWELL

(1) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2. Convention as last amended by the

Protocol of 27 November 2003 (OJ C 2, 6.1.2004, p. 3).

(2) OJ C 34, 7.2.2004, p. 14.
(3) Opinion delivered on 9 March 2004 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

(4) Opinion delivered on 5 March 2004.
(5) OJ C 26, 30.1.1999, p. 23. Act as last amended by Act of

19 December 2002 (OJ C 24, 31.1.2003, p. 1).