Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1895/2006 of 19 December 2006 adjusting with effect from 1 July 2006 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities and the correction coefficients applied thereto
Date: 2006-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, pay, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU), social-security benefit

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, Euratom) No 1895/2006

of 19 December 2006

adjusting with effect from 1 July 2006 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants
of the European Communities and the correction coefficients applied thereto

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 Con-
ditions of employment of other servants of the European Com-
munities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC)
No 259/68 (1), and in particular Articles 63, 64, 65 and 82 of
the Staff Regulations and Annexes VII, XI and XIII thereto, and
the first paragraph of Article 20, Article 64 and Article 92 of
the Conditions of employment of other servants,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In order to guarantee that the purchasing power of Com-
munity officials and other servants develops in parallel
with that of national civil servants in the Member States,
the remuneration and pensions of officials and other ser-
vants of the Communities should be adjusted under the
2006 annual review.

Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, which
shall take effect as from 1 January 2007, the correction
coefficients applying to the remuneration of officials and
other servants of the European Communities should be
fixed for
those Member States in accordance with
Annex XI to the Staff Regulations,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2006, the date ‘1 July 2005’ in the sec-
ond subparagraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations shall be
replaced by ‘1 July 2006’.

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

(EC, Euratom) No 1066/2006 (OJ L 194, 14.7.2006, p. 1).

With effect from 1 July 2006, the table of basic monthly salaries
in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations applicable for the purposes
of calculating remuneration and pensions shall be replaced by
the following:

Article 3

With effect from 16 May 2006, the correction coefficients appli-
cable to the remuneration of officials and other servants
employed in the countries and places listed below shall be as
follows:

Slovenia – 86,8.

Article 4

With effect from 1 July 2006, the correction coefficients appli-
cable under Article 64 of the Staff Regulations to the remunera-
tion of officials and other servants shall be as indicated in column
2 of the following table. However, the date of entering into force
of the correction coefficients for Bulgaria and Romania shall be
1 January 2007.

With effect from 1 January 2007, the correction coefficients
applicable under Article 17(3) of Annex VII to the Staff Regula-
tions to transfers by officials and other servants shall be as indi-
cated in column 3 of the following table.

With effect from 1 July 2006, the correction coefficients appli-
cable to pensions under Article 20(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff
Regulations shall be as indicated in column 4 of the following
table. However, the date of entering into force of the correction
coefficients for Bulgaria and Romania shall be 1 January 2007.

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With effect from 1 May 2007, the correction coefficients appli-
cable to pensions under Article 20(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff
Regulations shall be as indicated in column 5 of the following
table.

With effect from 1 July 2006, the minimum amount of the expa-
triation allowance referred to in Article 69 of the Staff Regula-
tions and in the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Annex VII
thereto shall be EUR 466,17.

Article 7

With effect from 1 January 2007, the kilometric allowance
referred to in Article 8 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall
be adjusted as follows:

EUR 0 for every km from 0 to 200 km

EUR 0,3496 for every km from 201 to 1 000 km

EUR 0,5826 for every km from 1 001 to 2 000 km

EUR 0,3496 for every km from 2 001 to 3 000 km

EUR 0,1165 for every km from 3 001 to 4 000 km

EUR 0,0561 for every km from 4 001 to 10 000 km

EUR 0 for every km over 10 000 km.

To the above kilometric allowance a flat-rate supplement shall
be added, amounting to:

— EUR 174,77 if the distance by train between the place of
employment and the place of origin is between 725 km and
1 450 km,

— EUR 349,52 if the distance by train between the place of
employment and the place of origin is greater
than
1 450 km.

*

**

The correction coefficients for Bulgaria and Romania indicated in column 2
(Remuneration) and column 4 (Pension) shall enter
into force from
1 January 2007.
The correction coefficient for Slovenia indicated in column 2 (Remuneration)
shall enter into force from 16 May 2006.

Article 5

Article 8

With effect from 1 July 2006, the amount of the parental leave
allowance referred to in Article 42a of the Staff Regulations shall
be EUR 840,97 and EUR 1 121,28 for single parents.

With effect from 1 July 2006 the daily subsistence allowance
referred to in Article 10 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations
shall be:

Article 6

— EUR 36,12 for an official who is entitled to the household

allowance,

With effect from 1 July 2006 the basic amount of the house-
hold allowance referred to in Article 1(1) of Annex VII to the
Staff Regulations shall be EUR 157,29.

— EUR 29,12 for an official who is not entitled to the house-

hold allowance.

With effect from 1 July 2006 the amount of the dependent child
allowance referred to in Article 2(1) of Annex VII to the Staff
Regulations shall be EUR 343,69.

With effect from 1 July 2006 the amount of the education allow-
ance referred to in Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regula-
tions shall be EUR 233,20.

Article 9

With effect from 1 July 2006, the lower limit for the installation
allowance referred to in Article 24(3) of the Conditions of
employment of other servants shall be:

— EUR 1 028,45 for a servant who is entitled to the house-

hold allowance,

With effect from 1 July 2006 the amount of the education allow-
ance referred to in Article 3(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regula-
tions shall be EUR 83,96.

— EUR 611,52 for a servant who is not entitled to the house-

hold allowance.

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Article 10

Article 14

With effect from 1 July 2006, for the unemployment allowance
referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 28a(3) of the
Conditions of employment of other servants, the lower limit shall
be EUR 1 233,40, the upper limit shall be EUR 2 466,81 and
the standard allowance shall be EUR 1 121,28.

With effect from 1 July 2006, for the unemployment allowance
referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 96(3) of the
Conditions of employment of other servants, the lower limit shall
be EUR 925,06, the upper limit shall be EUR 1 850,11 and the
standard allowance shall be EUR 840,97.

Article 11

With effect from 1 July 2006, the table of basic monthly salaries
in Article 63 of the Conditions of employment of other servants
shall be replaced by the following:

Article 15

With effect from 1 July 2006, the allowances for shiftwork laid
down in Article 1 of Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom)
No 300/76 (1) shall be EUR 352,51, EUR 532,06, EUR 581,74
and EUR 793,10.

Article 16

Article 12

With effect from 1 July 2006, the amounts in Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 (2) shall be subject to a
coefficient of 5,088579.

With effect from 1 July 2006, the table of basic monthly salaries
in Article 93 of the Conditions of employment of other servants
shall be replaced by the following:

Article 17

With effect from 1 July 2006, the table in Article 8(1) of
Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by the
following:

Article 13

With effect from 1 July 2006, the lower limit for the installation
allowance referred to in Article 94 of the Conditions of employ-
ment of other servants shall be:

— EUR 773,57 for a servant who is entitled to the household

allowance,

— EUR 458,63 for a servant who is not entitled to the house-

hold allowance.

(1) Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/76 of 9 Febru-
ary 1976 determining the categories of officials entitled to allowances
for shiftwork, and the rates and conditions thereof
(OJ L 38,
13.2.1976, p. 1). Regulation as supplemented by Regulation (Eura-
tom, ECSC, EEC) No 1307/87 (OJ L 124, 13.5.1987, p. 6) and last
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 860/2004 (OJ L 161,
30.4.2004, p. 26).

(2) Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council of
29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for
applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities
(OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 8). Regulation as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC, Euratom) No 1750/2002 (OJ L 264, 2.10.2002, p. 15).

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Article 18

Article 20

With effect from 1 July 2006 the amount of the dependent child
allowance referred to in Article 14(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff
Regulations shall be as follows:

1.7.06-31.12.06

1.1.07-31.12.07

1.1.08-31.12.08

302,32

316,11

329,89

Article 19

With effect from 1 July 2006 the amount of the education allow-
ance referred to in Article 15(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regu-
lations shall be as follows:

1.7.06-31.8.06

1.9.06-31.8.07

1.9.07-31.8.08

33,59

50,361

67,16

With effect from 1 July 2006, for the purposes of application of
Article 18 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations, the amount of
the fixed allowance mentioned in the former Article 4a of
Annex VII to the Staff Regulations in force before 1 May 2004
shall be:

— EUR 121,61 per month for officials in Grade C4 or C5,

— EUR 186,45 per month for officials in Grade C1, C2 or C3.

Article 21

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, 19 December 2006.

For the Council
The President
J. KORKEAOJA