Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1945/2006 of 11 December 2006 amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 495/77 determining the categories of officials entitled to, and the conditions for and rates of, allowances for regular standby duty
Date: 2006-12-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, remuneration of work

22.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 367/25

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 1945/2006

of 11 December 2006

amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 495/77 determining the categories of officials
entitled to, and the conditions for and rates of, allowances for regular standby duty

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials of
the
European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of
other servants of the Communities,
laid down in Regulation
(EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 56b of the Staff Regulations,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission submitted
after consulting the Staff Regulations Committee,

Whereas Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 495/77 (2)
should be amended in order to adapt it to the changing need
for regular standby services within the European institutions,

(ICT)

— paid from appropriations in the operating budget and
employed to run or supervise technical
installations or
employed in a safety and security department, another
service
involved in performing safety and security
functions, an information and communication tech-
department,
nology
department
a
providing
the Common Foreign and
Security Policy (CFSP)/European Security and Defence
Policy (ESDP) operations or for emergency and crisis
coordination arrangements or in services where there is
a confirmed necessity for regular standby services for the
execution of tasks in the framework of a mechanism
established to provide assistance to Member States 24
hours a day,

services
for

support

shall be entitled to an allowance when they are regularly
required to carry out standby duty in accordance with
Article 56b of the Staff Regulations.’.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

2. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

Article 1

‘Article 3

Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 495/77 is hereby amended
as follows:

1. The first subparagraph of Article 1(1) shall be replaced by

the following:

‘Officials

— paid from appropriations in the research and investment
budget and employed in an establishment of the Joint
Research Centre or in indirect action, or

In April each year,
the Commission shall submit to the
Council a report on the number of officials and servants
in each category who have received the allowance referred
to in this Regulation, with special reference to the cases
where the allowance has been granted under the provisions
of the second subparagraph of Article 1(1)’.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. TUOMIOJA

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC, Euratom) No 31/2005 (OJ L 8, 12.1.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 66, 12.3.1977, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC, Euratom) No 859/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 23).