Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union
Date: 2011-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, regulations for civil servants, retirement conditions, servant (EU), working conditions

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 13.12.2011 
COM(2011) 890 final 

2011/0455 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other 
Servants of the European Union 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1. 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

The  Staff  Regulations  constitute  the  legal  framework  for  employment  and  working 
conditions for the approximately 55 000 officials and other agents employed by more 
than fifty institutions and agencies located in different places of employment in the 
European Union and in third countries.  

Given  the  historic  challenges  the  EU  is  facing  today,  the  quality,  commitment, 
independence and loyalty of its staff are more important than ever. At the same time, 
these  challenges  require  a  particular  effort  by  each  and  every  public  administration 
and  each  and  every  member  of  its  staff  to  improve  efficiency  and  to  adjust  to  the 
changing economic and social context in Europe. 

Recent events in the global economy as well as the subsequent need to consolidate 
public finances cannot fail to have an impact on the European civil service and the 
administrations  of  all  EU 
institutions,  bodies  and  agencies.  Administrative 
expenditure  of  the  EU  is  a  mere  5.8%  of  the  multi-annual  financial  framework  for 
2007 – 2013 which itself represents around 1% of the EU's GDP. Nevertheless, it is 
important to demonstrate that all EU institutions and their staff continue their drive 
for  efficiency  and  economy  and  to  reflect  the  fiscal  constraints  which  many  public 
administrations in Europe experience. 

Given that the EU and its institutions face great challenges, the proposal must strike a 
balance  between  the  necessary  drive  for  further  efficiency  and  economies  and  the 
ability  of  the  institutions  to  carry  out  their  policies.  This  includes  the  needs  of  EU 
institutions  as  employers  to  attract  and  retain  staff  of  the  highest  professional 
competence  in  various  fields  of  expertise.  The  institutions  recruit  on  a  market  for 
highly  qualified  persons  who  are  able  to  work  in  a  multicultural  and  multilingual 
environment and who are ready to move and stay abroad with their families. In the 
light of upcoming retirements in EU institutions, which will mainly affect staff from 
the 15 Member States of the Union before 2004, it will be a particular challenge to 
maintain  the  geographical  balance  of  all  Member  States  among  staff.  Given  the 
demographic  changes  in  Europe,  attracting  and  retaining  excellent  staff  from  all 
Member States will be even more difficult in the future. 

The  proposal  has  to  be  seen  in  the  context  of  the  major  reform  of  the  Staff 
Regulations  which  entered  into  force  on  1  May  2004.  This  reform  overhauled  the 
entire European civil service law and brought significant changes to all areas of the 
European  civil  service.  The  entire  career  system  was  revised.  A  new  category  of 
staff, contract agents, was introduced, with generally lower salaries. The salary grid 
for  officials  and  temporary  agents  was  revised,  by  allowing  recruitment  of  staff  at 
lower  grades  and,  consequently,  with  lower  starting  salaries.  The  reform  also 
introduced  more  flexible  and  family-friendly  working  conditions  by  extending  the 
maximum duration of leave on personal grounds and introducing parental leave. 

As regards the pension scheme, the retirement age was increased from 60 to 63 with 
transitional measures for staff members already in place, the pension accrual rate for 
newcomers was reduced from 2 % to 1.9 %, and the pension rights acquired after 1 

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May 2004  are  no longer  subject  to  correction coefficients for higher cost  of living. 
The  method  for  keeping  the  pension  scheme  in  actuarial  balance  was  laid  down  in 
Annex  XII  to  the  Staff  Regulations.  Lastly,  a  new  method  for  adjusting  the 
remuneration and pensions of EU civil servants was adopted.  

All these changes taken together have brought significant savings to the EU budget 
and  their  annual  impact  continues  to  increase:  the  reform  has  produced  3  billion 
Euros  of  savings  so  far  and  will  produce  another  5  billion  Euros  of  savings  until 
2020.  The  Eurostat  study  on  the  long-term  budgetary  implications  of  pension  costs 
showed  that,  in  the  long  run,  annual  savings  of  the  2004  reform  on  pension  costs, 
leaving aside the impacts on other areas, will exceed 1 billion Euros. 

A method for adjusting salaries and pensions has existed since 1972 and proved to be 
a  helpful  tool  for  avoiding  annual  discussions  on  salary  adjustments  and  possible 
strikes  that  are  linked  to  such  discussions.  Through  the  years  the  method  has  been 
modified  on  several  occasions,  for  the  last  time  in  2004.  Given  that  the  current 
method expires at the end of 2012, the Commission is now proposing a new method, 
which reflects the political decisions adopted by Member States as regards the salary 
adjustments  of  their  civil  servants,  whilst  addressing  the  shortcomings  that  have 
become  apparent  during  and  after  the  discussions  on  the  2009  annual  adjustment. 
The computation system for the pension contribution rate expires on 30 June 2013, 
and  the  Commission  is  proposing  a  new  system  in  line  with  a  common  actuarial 
practice. 

This proposal also takes account of the Council's conclusions and the requests made 
in accordance with Article 241 TFEU: on the application of the exception clause for 
the  method,  on  the  pension  scheme  of  EU  civil  servants,  including  the  early 
retirement  scheme,  and  the  career  structure  in  order  to  link  closer  the  salary  and 
responsibilities.  Moreover,  it  takes  account  of  the  criticism  expressed  on  some 
outdated elements of the Staff Regulations to the extent that criticism is justified. 

The Commission proposal strikes the balance between cost-efficiency and the needs 
of  the  institutions  in  the  field  of  human  resource  management.  The  European 
Commission  considers  that,  if  this  proposal  is  adopted,  the  EU  institutions  will 
continue  to  be  assisted  by  an  independent,  efficient  and  modern  European  civil 
service that will allow them to fulfil the tasks which they have been entrusted with by 
the treaties. 

2. 

RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND 
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 

This  proposal  has  been  discussed  with  the  staff  representatives  in  accordance  with 
the appropriate procedures and takes into account the outcome of those discussions. 

Before  the  adoption,  the  proposal  has  been  subject  to  consultations  with  the  Staff 
Regulations Committee and the Staff Committee of the European Commission. 

Collection and use of expertise 

There was no need for external expertise. 

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3. 

MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL 

Reducing staff by 5% 

It  is  proposed  to  reduce  the  staff  of  each  institution  and  agency  by  5%,  and  this 
would be done by not replacing a certain number of departures, i.e. those who retire 
and those whose contracts come to an end. Without prejudice to future decisions of 
the  budgetary  authority,  the  obligation  for  the  institutions  and  agencies  to  respect 
their commitment to reduce the number of staff is to be reflected in Article 6 of the 
Staff Regulations. 

Method for adjusting salaries and pensions 

The new method would preserve the principle of parallelism between the evolution 
of  salaries  of  national  officials  and  that  of  the  EU  officials,  and  would  address  the 
shortcomings of the current method: 

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The  new  method  would  reflect  nominal  salary changes (instead of real salary 
changes)  in  all  Member  States.  In  this  way  the  method  will  precisely  follow 
salary changes in all Member States of the European Union and not only in a 
limited sample; 

In order to reduce the time lag in an extraordinary situation, the new exception 
clause  would  be  automatically  applied  in  case  two  conditions  are  met:  1)  a 
decrease in the EU's GDP, and 2) the gap between the adjustment value of the 
remuneration  and  pensions  of  EU  staff  and  the  change  in  the  EU's  GDP 
exceeds  two percentage  points.  If  both  conditions  are  fulfilled,  half  of  the 
adjustment value would be postponed to the next year. For instance, this clause 
would have been triggered in 2009. 

The Brussels International Index would be suppressed. The differences in  the 
increase in the cost of living between each place of employment and that of the 
Member States would be calculated and reflected in correction coefficients. A 
new  joint  correction  coefficient  would  be  introduced  for  Belgium  and 
Luxemburg, considering these Member States as a single place of employment. 
It will be fixed at 100 for the first year. 

As is the case for the current method, the proposed method is not an indexation based 
on inflation, as it simply follows the evolution of the purchasing power of national 
civil servants, as decided by each Member State at the national level. 

Solidarity levy 

Since  1982,  the method has  been linked to an additional tax on salaries, due to the 
effects  of  the  oil  crisis.  Despite  the  improvement  in  the  economic  situation,  this 
additional  tax  has  not  been  phased  out,  but  has  become  a  measure  linked  to  the 
automatic  application  of  the  method.  It  is  suggested  that,  for  the  duration  of  the 
proposed method, the solidarity levy be increased at the rate of 6%. 

Modifications  to  the  pension  system  in  order  to  keep  pace  with  demographic 
developments 

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Increasing the normal retirement age to 65 years 

Currently,  the  normal  retirement  age  is  63  years  for  officials  recruited  after  1  May 
2004.  Officials  recruited  before  1  May  2004  are  subject  to  transitional  provisions 
according to which the retirement age varies from 60 years to 63 years. 

It  is  proposed  to  increase  the  normal  retirement  age  for  officials  recruited  as  of  1 
January 2013 at 65 years. Similar transitional rules as those applied in 2004 would be 
implemented, i.e. the retirement age of officials recruited before 1 May 2013 would 
vary from 60 to 65 years. 

Furthermore, it will no longer be only on an exceptional basis that the possibility to 
continue working until 67 years would be granted. 

Additional measures would be provided in order to take due account of the acquired 
pension rights and the obligation to maintain the pension scheme in actuarial balance. 

Raising the age for early retirement to 58 years and reducing the number of officials 
benefiting from early retirement 

Currently,  the  minimum  early  retirement  age  is  set  at  55  years.  Under  the  new 
proposal, the minimum early retirement age would be set at 58 years. In addition, the 
maximum  number  of  officials  retiring  in  a  given  year  without  a  reduction  of  their 
pension  rights  would  be  fixed  at  5 %  of  the  officials  in  all  institutions  who  retired 
during the previous year (as opposed to 10% in the current system). This scheme is 
maintained since it has proven useful for all institutions as a HR management tool in 
the course of the last enlargement exercise.  

Aligning  the  methodology  for  calculating  the  pension  contribution  rate  to 
international actuarial practice 

The computation system for the pension contribution rate expires on 30 June 2013. It 
is proposed to  keep the same  methodology, but  to  increase  the  moving  average  for 
interest  rates  and  salary  growth  to  30  years.  A  transitional  period  of  eight  years 
would apply. 

As  a  result  of  this  amendment,  the  pension  contribution  rate  would  become  more 
stable  and  less  sensitive  to  short-term  variations  in  the  interest  rates,  and  thus  less 
subject  to  debates.  It  would  put  the  computation  system  in  line  with  common 
actuarial practice, suggesting that past observations ranging between 20 and 40 years 
be used for ensuring the balance of pension schemes. 

Adapting the conditions of employment  

Introducing a minimum number of weekly working hours 

The  5 %  staff  cut  would  require  that  every  staff  member  take  a  share  of  the 
additional work burden, if the same policy objectives are to be achieved. 

It is therefore proposed to introduce in the Staff Regulations a minimum number of 
working hours per week, i.e. 40. 

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Maintaining flexitime working-time arrangements 

Flexible  working-time  arrangements  allow  reconciling  work  and  private  life  and 
facilitate  suitable  gender  balance  within  the  Institutions  while  respecting  the 
mandatory working time obligations. It is therefore appropriate to introduce a clear 
reference  to  these  arrangements  in  the  Staff  Regulations.  Managers  would  not  be 
subject  to  these  general  arrangements  for  staff,  as  managers  are  empowered  by  the 
institutions to manage time of their staff and their own time. 

Allowances  and  entitlements:  reducing  the  annual  travelling  time,  the  annual 
travelling  allowance  and  adaptation  of  the  rules  on  the  reimbursement  of  removal 
costs and on missions 

Staff members are currently entitled to a maximum of six days per year of travelling 
time  to  their  place  of  origin.  It  is  proposed  to  limit  the  annual  travelling  time  to  a 
maximum of three days. 

The  annual  travel  allowance  is  based  on  kilometric  distance  by  railway,  which  is 
often  not  the  most  habitual  route  to  travel  to  the  place  of  origin.  Therefore,  the 
distance would be calculated as a great circle distance, which would have an effect of 
decreasing  individual  allowances.  Furthermore,  the  payment  of  annual  travel 
expenses would be limited to territories of the Member States of the EU. 

In  order  to  reduce  the  administrative  burden  both  for  the  staff  members  concerned 
and  the  administration,  the  rules  on  the  reimbursement  of  removal  costs  should  be 
simplified. It is therefore proposed to introduce cost ceilings which take account of 
the  official's  or  agent's  family  situation  and  of  the  average  cost  of  removal  and 
associated insurance. 

The rules on mission should be adapted in order to take account of the specific need 
of an institution whose staff members must frequently go on mission to the principal 
places  of  work  of  their  institution.  It  is  proposed  to  allow  in  such  cases  the 
reimbursement of accommodation costs on the basis of a flat-rate sum. 

Transparency measures for Institutions and agencies 

The Staff Regulations are implemented through a series of measures adopted by the 
Institutions  and  agencies. 
to  ensure  coherent  and  harmonised 
implementation  of  the  Staff  Regulations  and  for  reasons  of  simplification,  the 
Commission implementing rules would apply by analogy to agencies. 

In  order 

However, in order to take account of the specific situation of agencies, they will be 
able, after receiving an authorisation from the Commission, either to adopt different 
implementing rules or to decide, where appropriate, not to apply any implementing 
rules. 

For  the  sake  of  transparency,  the  Court  of  Justice  would  establish  a  register 
containing the implementing rules of all the institutions. 

Career  of  assistants,  new  career  stream  for  secretaries  and  more  flexibility  in 
recruiting contract staff  

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Reserving the highest grades for staff with the high level of responsibilities 

In order to establish a clear link between responsibilities and grade, the career stream 
in the assistants' function group would be restructured in such a way to reserve the 
two  highest  grades  (AST  10  and  11)  only  for  officials  and  temporary  agents  who 
exercise  significant  responsibilities  for  staff  management,  budget  implementation 
and/or coordination. 

New function group "AST/SC" for secretaries and clerical staff 

In the current domains of AST staff, career structures need to be adjusted further to 
different  levels  of  responsibility,  so  as  to  establish  a  suitably  nuanced  spectrum  of 
career streams in the European civil service and to limit administrative expenses, as 
envisaged  in  the  multi-annual  financial  framework.  To  this  end,  a  new  function 
group "AST/SC" for secretarial and clerical staff should be introduced. Salaries and 
promotion  rates  proposed  for  this  new  function  group  establish  a  suitable 
correspondence between the level of responsibility and the level of remuneration. In 
this  way  it  will  be  possible  to  preserve  a  stable,  comprehensive  and  well-balanced 
European civil service, as considered necessary by many institutions. 

Recruitment of contract staff 

In order to give more flexibility to the institutions, the maximum length of contracts 
for auxiliary contract staff would be extended from 3 to 6 years. 

In addition, while the vast majority of officials will continue to be recruited on the 
basis of open competitions, the institutions would be authorised to organise internal 
competitions which are also open to contract staff. 

Addressing unjustified geographical imbalances 

The Staff Regulations stipulate that European Union officials are to be recruited on 
the  broadest  possible  geographical  basis.  However,  the  statistical  data  show  that, 
while some nationalities are overrepresented in comparison with the relative weight 
of  their  population  in  the  European  Union,  others  are  largely  under-represented. 
These imbalances are particularly noticeable in certain grades. 

Therefore, Article 27 of the Staff Regulations should be amended in order to allow 
the institutions to take measures correcting long lasting and significant geographical 
imbalances,  while  preserving  the  principle  of  recruitment  based  upon  the  highest 
standard of ability, efficiency and integrity. This measure shall be adopted by way of 
general implementing measures and shall be subject to a report after five years. 

Increasing efficiency in staff management for the agencies 

European  agencies  have  become  an  important  part  of  the  institutional  landscape  of 
the  European  Union.  Today  there  are  45  structures  (32 regulatory  agencies,  7  joint 
undertakings and 6 executive agencies). In total, they employ almost 8 000 members 
of  staff,  mostly  engaged  as  temporary  agents.  However,  the  provisions  of  the  Staff 
Regulations  and  the  Conditions  of  Employment  of  Other  Servants  are  not  fully 
adapted to the needs of small structures such as agencies. 

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For  this  reason  the  Commission  suggests  introducing  a  new  category  of  temporary 
staff  for  agencies.  They  would  be  recruited  following  a  transparent  and  objective 
selection  procedure  and  could  be  engaged  for  an  indefinite  period  of  time.  If 
necessary,  agencies  would  be  able  to  second  them  in  the  interests  of  the  service. 
Also,  temporary  staff  in  agencies  could  take  unpaid  leave  up  to  a  maximum  of  15 
years throughout their entire career. The mobility within the agency and between the 
agencies  would  be  facilitated,  because  grade  and  step  would  be  maintained  in  case 
they  decide  to  apply  for  a  new  post,  provided  that  the  range  of  grades  for  the  new 
posts includes their grade. 

Agencies would have a certain flexibility when setting up a series of committees that 
shape the social dialogue or must be consulted before a decision is taken. 

4. 

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS 

The proposal would have a budgetary impact on the expenditure and revenue of the 
European  Union.  Due  to  transitional  provisions,  the  financial  impact  of  certain 
provisions would gradually increase and would reach its full effect only in the long 
term.  The  savings  over  the  next  multiannual  financial  framework  are  estimated  to 
exceed 1 billion Euros. In the long run, the savings from the proposed amendments 
would  be  1  billion  Euros  per  year.  More  details  are  provided  in  the  financial 
statement, which is annexed to this proposal. 

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2011/0455 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other 
Servants of the European Union 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 336 
thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  Protocol  on  the  Privileges  and  Immunities  of  the  European  Union,  and  in 
particular Article 12 thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  European  Commission,  submitted  following  consultation 
with the Staff Regulations Committee,  

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national Parliaments, 

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice, 

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors,  

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, 

Whereas: 

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(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

The European Union and its more than 50 institutions and agencies should be equipped with 
a high-quality European public administration, so as to enable it to perform its tasks to the 
highest possible standard in accordance with  the Treaties  and to  meet the challenges, both 
internal and external, that it will face in the future. 

Consequently, it is necessary to provide a framework for the recruitment of high calibre staff 
in terms of productivity and integrity, drawn on the widest possible geographical basis from 
among  citizens  of  the  Member  States,  and  to  enable  such  staff  to  carry  out  their  duties  as 
effectively and efficiently as possible. 

A  broader  aim  should  be  to  optimise  the  management  of  human  resources  in  a  European 
civil service characterised by competence, independence, loyalty, impartiality and stability, 
as well as by cultural and linguistic diversity. 

In  the  interest  of  guaranteeing  that  the  purchasing  power  of  European  Union  officials  and 
other servants develop in parallel with that of national civil servants in central governments 
of the Member States, it is essential to preserve the principle of a multi-annual mechanism 
for  pay,  known  as  ‘the  method',  by  extending  its  application  until  the  end  of  2022  with  a 
review at the end of the fifth year. The discrepancy between the mechanism of the method 
which has always been administrative in nature and the adoption by the Council alone of the 
result of the method led to difficulties in the past and is not in line with the Treaty of Lisbon. 

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It is therefore appropriate to let the legislators decide in adopting these amendments to the 
Staff  Regulations  upon  a  method  that  would  update  annually  all  salaries,  pensions  and 
allowances in an automatic manner. This update will be based upon the political decisions 
taken by each Member States for salary adjustment of its civil servants at the national level.  

It  is  important  to  ensure  the  quality  of  statistical  data  used  for  updating  remuneration  and 
pensions. In accordance with the principle of impartiality, national statistical offices should 
collect the data at national level and transmit them to Eurostat.  

The  potential  advantages  for  officials  and  other  servants  of  the  European  Union  of  the 
application of the method should be balanced by the continuation of the system of special 
levy, to be renamed as 'solidarity levy'. While the rate of the special levy in force during the 
period from 2004  to 2012 increased gradually over time and averaged at  4.23 %, it seems 
appropriate in the present circumstances to increase the solidarity levy at the uniform rate of 
6%,  so  as  to  take  account  of  a  difficult  economic  context  and  its  ramifications  for  public 
finances throughout the European Union. Such a solidarity levy should apply to all officials 
and other servants of the European Union for the same period as the 'method' itself. 

Demographic  changes  and  the  changing  age  structure  of  the  population  concerned  require 
that the pension age be increased, subject however to transitional measures for officials and 
other  servant  of  the  European  Union  already  in  service.  These  transitional  measures  are 
necessary to respect acquired rights of officials already in service who have contributed to 
the notional pension fund for European Union officials.  

Since the European Union pension scheme is in actuarial balance and this balance has to be 
maintained in the short and in the long term, staff employed before 1 January 2013 should 
be  compensated  for  their  pension  contribution  by  transitional  measures,  such  as  a  higher 
accrual rate for the years of service after the statutory retirement age (Barcelona incentive) 
and  by  applying  half  of  the  reduction  for  early  retirement  between  the  age  of  60  and  the 
statutory retirement age. 

The  commonly  accepted  actuarial  practice  requires  that  a  period  of  past  observations 
between 20 and 40 years be used for interest rates and salary growth with a view to ensuring 
the  balance  of  pension  schemes.  The  moving  averages for interest rates and  salary growth 
should therefore be extended to 30 years with a transitional period of 8 years. 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

(10)  The  Council  requested  from  the  Commission  a  study  and  the  submission  of  appropriate 
proposals on Article 5(4), Annex I.A and Article 45(1) of the Staff Regulations with a view 
to establishing a clear link between responsibilities and grade in the AST function group and 
in order to ensure a greater emphasis on the level of responsibility when comparing merits in 
the context of promotion. 

(11)  Taking this request into account, it is appropriate that promotion to a higher grade should be 
made conditional on performing duties whose importance justifies the official's appointment 
to that higher grade.  

(12)  The career stream in the AST function group should be restructured in such a way that the 
top grades will be reserved for a limited number of officials exercising the highest level of 
responsibilities with regard to staff management, budget implementation or coordination in 
this function group. 

(13)  With a view to adjusting career structures in the current domains of AST staff even further 
to  different  levels  of  responsibility  and  as  an  indispensable  contribution  to  limiting 

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administrative  expenses,  a  new  function  group  "AST/SC"  for  secretarial  and  clerical  staff 
should  be  introduced.  Salaries  and  promotion  rates  establish  a  suitable  correspondence 
between  the  level  of  responsibility  and  the  level  of  remuneration.  In  this  way  it  will  be 
possible to preserve a stable and comprehensive European civil service.  

(14)  Working hours applied in the institutions should be aligned to those in force in certain of the 
Member  States  of  the  European  Union  to  compensate  for  the  reduction  of  staff  in  the 
institutions.  The  introduction  of  a  minimum  number  of  weekly  working  hours  will  ensure 
that the staff employed by the institutions is able to carry out the work-load resulting from 
the  European  Union's  policy  objectives  while,  at  the  same  time,  harmonising  working 
conditions  in  the  institutions,  in  the  interest  of  solidarity  throughout  the  European  Union's 
civil service.  

(15)  Flexible  working-time  arrangements  are  an  essential  element  of  a  modern  and  efficient 
public  administration  allowing  for  family-friendly  working  conditions  and  enabling  a 
suitable  gender  balance  within  the  institutions.  It  is  therefore  necessary  to  introduce  an 
explicit reference to these arrangements in the Staff Regulations.  

(16)  The rules on annual travelling time and annual payment of travel expense between the place 
of employment and the place of origin should be modernised, rationalised and linked with 
the  expatriate  status,  in  order  to  make  their  application  simpler  and  more  transparent.  In 
particular, the annual travelling time should be limited to a maximum of three days.  

(17)  Likewise, the rules on the reimbursement of removal costs should be simplified, in order to 
facilitate their application both for the administration and the staff members concerned. To 
this end, cost ceilings which take account of the official's or agent's family situation and of 
the average cost of removal and associated insurance should be introduced. 

(18)  Some staff members must frequently go on mission to the other principal places of work of 
their institution. These situations are at present not adequately taken into account in the rules 
on  missions.  These  rules  should  therefore  be  adapted,  in  order  to  allow  in  such  cases  the 
reimbursement of accommodation costs on the basis of a flat-rate sum.  

(19) 

It is appropriate to provide a more flexible framework for the employment of contract staff. 
The institutions of the European Union should therefore be enabled to engage contract staff 
for  a  maximum  period  of  six  years  in  order  to  perform  tasks  under  the  supervision  of 
officials or temporary staff. In addition, while the vast majority of officials will continue to 
be  recruited  on  the  basis  of  open  competitions,  the  institutions  should  be  authorised  to 
organise internal competitions which are also open to contract staff. 

(20)  Transitional  arrangements  should  be  provided  to  enable  the  new  rules  and  measures  to  be 
applied  gradually,  whilst  respecting  the  acquired  rights  and  legitimate  expectations  of  the 
staff employed before the entry into force of these amendments to the Staff Regulations. 

(21) 

In  the  interest  of  simplification  and  of  a  consistent  staff  policy,  the  rules  adopted  by  the 
Commission  to  implement  the  Staff  Regulations  should  apply  by  analogy  to  the  agencies. 
However,  in  order  to  ensure  that  the  specific  situation  of  agencies  may,  if  necessary,  be 
taken into account, agencies should be entitled to request the Commission's authorisation to 
adopt implementing rules which derogate from those adopted by the Commission, or not to 
apply the Commission's rules at all. 

(22)  A register of all of the rules adopted to give effect to the Staff Regulations should be set up 
and  administered  within  the  Court  of  Justice  of  the  European  Union.  This  register,  which 

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can be consulted by all institutions and agencies, will allow for transparency and promote a 
cohesive application of the Staff Regulations. 

(23) 

In order to harmonise and clarify the rules on the adoption of implementing provisions and 
having  regard  to  their  internal  and  administrative  nature,  it  is  appropriate  to  confer  the 
relevant decision-making powers on the appointing authority and the authority authorised to 
conclude contracts. 

(24)  Taking  into  account  the  high  number  of  temporary  staff  within  agencies  and  the  need  to 
define a consistent staff policy, it is necessary to create a new category of temporary staff 
and to lay down specific rules for this category. 

(25) 

In order to achieve the objectives set out in the Staff Regulations, the power to adopt acts in 
accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should 
be delegated to the Commission notably in respect of certain aspects of working conditions. 

(26)  The  Commission,  when  preparing  and  drawing-up  delegated  acts,  should  ensure  a 
simultaneous,  timely  and  appropriate  transmission  of  relevant  documents  to  the  European 
Parliament and Council, 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

The Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union shall be amended as follows: 

Article 1 

1. 

2. 

In Article 1d(3), the word ‘institutions’ shall be replaced by ‘appointing authorities of the 
institutions’; 

Article 5 shall be amended as follows: 

(a)  Paragraph 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the following: 

'1. The posts covered by the Staff Regulations shall be classified, according to the nature 
and  importance  of  the  duties  to  which  they  relate,  in  an  administrators'  function  group 
(hereinafter ‘AD’), an assistants' function group (hereinafter ‘AST’) and a secretaries and 
clerks' function group (hereinafter 'AST/SC'). 

2.  Function  group  AD  shall  comprise  twelve  grades,  corresponding  to  managerial, 
conceptual and analytical as well as to linguistic and scientific duties. Function group AST 
shall  comprise  eleven  grades,  corresponding  to  executive  and  technical  duties.  Function 
group AST/SC shall comprise six grades, corresponding to clerical and secretarial duties.'; 

(b) 

In point (a) of paragraph 3 the words 'and function group AST/SC' shall be inserted 
after the words 'in function group AST'; 

(c)  Paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following: 

'4.  A  table  showing  types  of  posts  is  given  in  Annex  I,  Section  A.  By  reference  to  this 
table, the appointing authority of each institution may define in more detail the duties and 
powers attaching to each type of post after consulting the Staff Regulations Committee.'; 

3. 

Article 6 shall be replaced by the following: 

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'Article 6 

1. The establishment plan appended to the section of the budget related to each institution 
shall indicate the number of posts in each grade and function group. 

Each institution's establishment plan shall reflect the obligations set out in the multi-annual 
financial framework and the inter-institutional agreement on its implementation. 

2. Without prejudice to the principle of promotion based on merit as laid down in Article 
45, this plan shall ensure that for each institution, the number of vacant positions at every 
grade  of  the  establishment  plan  on  1  January  of  each  year  corresponds  to  the  number  of 
officials  in  the  lower  grade  in  active  employment  on  1  January  of  the  preceding  year, 
multiplied by the rates laid down in Annex I, Section B, for that grade. These rates shall be 
applied on a five-year average basis as from 1 January 2013. 

3. The rates laid down in Annex I, Section B, shall be reviewed at the end of a five-year 
period starting on 1 January 2013 on the basis of a report, submitted by the Commission to 
the European Parliament and the Council, and a proposal by the Commission. 

The European Parliament and the Council shall decide in accordance with Article 336 of 
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 

4. After the same five-year period, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament 
and to the Council on the implementation of the provisions on the function group AST/SC 
and  of  the  transitional  provisions  laid  down  in  Article  30  of  Annex  XIII,  taking  into 
account the evolution of the need for staff carrying out secretarial and clerical tasks in all 
institutions and the evolution of permanent and temporary posts in function group AST and 
of the number of contract agents in function group II.'; 

4. 

Article 9 shall be amended as follows:  

(a)  Paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: 

'1. Without prejudice to paragraph 1a, there shall be set up within each institution: 

– 

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a  Staff  Committee,  which  may  be  organised  in  sections  for  the  different  places  of 
employment; 

one or more Joint Committees, as appropriate for the number of officials at the places 
of employment;  

one  or  more  Disciplinary  Boards,  as  appropriate  for  the  number  of  officials  at  the 
places of employment; 

one  or  more  Joint  Advisory  Committees  on  professional  incompetence,  as 
appropriate for the number of officials at the places of employment; 

a Reports Committee, if required; 

an Invalidity Committee, 

which shall perform the functions assigned to them by these Staff Regulations.'; 

(b)  Paragraph 1a shall be replaced by the following: 

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5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

'For  the  application  of  certain  provisions  of  these  Staff  Regulations,  a  common  Joint 
Committee may be established for two or more institutions. The other Committees referred 
to in paragraph 1 and the Disciplinary Board may be established as common bodies by two 
or more agencies.'; 

(c) 

In  paragraph  2,  the  following  subparagraph  shall  be  inserted  after  the  first 
subparagraph: 

'The  agencies  may  derogate  from  the  provisions  of  Article  1  of  Annex  II  regarding 
membership of Staff Committees to take into account the composition of their personnel. 
The  agencies  may  decide  not  to  appoint  alternate  members  in  the  Joint  Committee  or 
Committees provided for in Article 2 of Annex II.'; 

In the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 10, the word ‘institutions’ shall 
be replaced by ‘appointing authorities of the institutions’; 

Article 18(1) shall be replaced by the following: 

'1. All rights in any writings or other work done by any official in the performance of his 
duties shall be the property of the European Union or, where such writings or work relate 
to the European Atomic Energy Community, property of that Community. The Union or, 
where applicable, the European Atomic Energy Community shall have the right to acquire 
compulsorily the copyright in such works.'; 

In  Article  26a,  the  word  'institutions'  shall  be  replaced  by  'appointing  authorities  of  the 
institutions'; 

Article 27 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Article 27 

Recruitment shall be directed to securing for the institution the services of officials of the 
highest  standard  of  ability,  efficiency  and  integrity,  recruited  on  the  broadest  possible 
geographical  basis  from  among  nationals  of  Member  States  of  the  European  Union.  No 
posts shall be reserved for nationals of any specific Member State.  

The  principle  of  the  equality  of  Union’s  citizens  shall  allow  each  institution  to  adopt 
corrective measures following the observation of a long lasting and significant imbalance 
between  nationalities  among  officials  which  is  not  justified  by  objective  criteria.  These 
corrective  measures  shall  never  result  in  recruitment  criteria  other  than  those  based  on 
merit.  Before  such  corrective  measures  are  adopted,  the  appointing  authority  of  the 
institution  concerned  shall  adopt  general  provisions  for  giving  effect  to  this  paragraph  in 
accordance with Article 110. 

After  a  five-year  period  starting  on  1  January  2013,  the  Commission  shall  report  to  the 
European  Parliament  and  to  the  Council  on  the  implementation  of  the  preceding 
paragraph.'; 

9. 

In Article 29, the following subparagraph shall be added to paragraph 1: 

'While maintaining the principle that the vast majority of officials shall be recruited on the 
basis  of  open  competitions,  the  appointing  authority  may  decide,  by  way  of  derogation 
from point (b), to hold a competition internal to the institution which shall also be open to 

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contract staff as defined in Articles 3a and 3b of the Conditions of Employment of Other 
Servants of the European Union.';  

10. 

The first sentence of Article 31 (2) shall be replaced by the following: 

'Without prejudice to Article 29(2), officials shall be recruited only at grades SC 1, AST 1 
to AST 4 or AD 5 to AD 8.' 

In the third paragraph of Article 32, the word 'institution' shall be replaced by 'appointing 
authority of each institution'; 

In the second indent of point (b) of Article 37, the word 'institutions' shall be replaced by 
'appointing authorities of the institutions'; 

11. 

12. 

13. 

Article 42a shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

(b) 

In the second sentence of the first paragraph, the word 'institutions' shall be replaced 
by 'appointing authority of each institution'; 

In  the  last  sentence  of  the  third  paragraph,  the  word  'adapted'  shall  be  replaced  by 
'updated'; 

14. 

Article 43 shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

(b) 

In  the  first  sentence  of  the  first  paragraph,  the  words  ‘each  institution’  shall  be 
replaced by ‘the appointing authority of each institution’; 

In  the  second  sentence  of  the  first  paragraph,  the  words  ‘Each  institution’  shall  be 
replaced by ‘The appointing authority of each institution’; 

15. 

Article 45 shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In paragraph 1, the following sentence shall be inserted after the second sentence: 

'Unless the procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 29(1) is applied, officials may only be 
promoted  if  they  occupy  a  post  which  corresponds  to  one  of  the  types  of  post  set  out  in 
Annex I, Section A, for the next higher grade.'; 

(b) 

(c) 

In the first sentence of paragraph 2, the words 'Article 55 of the Treaty on European 
Union' shall be replaced by 'Article 55(1) of the Treaty on European Union'; 

In  the  second  sentence  of  paragraph  2,  the  word  'institutions'  shall  be  replaced  by 
'appointing authorities of the institutions'; 

In  paragraph  5  of  Article  45a,  the  word  'institutions'  shall  be  replaced  by  'appointing 
authority of each institution'; 

In the third paragraph of Article 48, the words 'function group AST' shall be replaced by 
'function groups AST and AST/SC'; 

In the last paragraph of Article 50, the words 'fifty-five' shall be replaced by 'fifty-eight'; 

Article 51 shall be amended as follows: 

16. 

17. 

18. 

19. 

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(a) 

(b) 

In the first sentence of paragraph 1, the words ‘Each institution’ shall be replaced by 
‘The appointing authority of each institution’; 

In  the  first  and  in  the  last  sentences  of  the  first  subparagraph  of  paragraph  6,  the 
words 'grade 1' shall be replaced by the words 'grade AST 1'; 

20. 

Article 52(b) shall be replaced by the following: 

'(b)  at  his  own  request  on  the  last  day  of  the  month  in  respect  of  which  the  request  was 
submitted where he is between 58 and 65 years of age and satisfies the requirements for 
immediate payment of a pension in accordance with Article 9 of Annex VIII. The second 
sentence of the second paragraph of Article 48 shall apply by analogy. 

However, an official may at his own request and where the appointing authority considers 
it justified in the interest of the service, carry on working until the age of 67, in which case 
he shall be retired automatically on the last day of the month in which he reaches that age.'; 

21. 

Article 55 shall be amended as follows: 

(a)  The paragraphs shall be numbered; 

(b)  The first sentence of paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: 

'The normal working week shall range from 40 to 42 hours, the hours of the working 
day to be determined by the appointing authority';  

(c) 

 In the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word 'institution' shall be replaced 
by 'appointing authority of each institution'; 

(d)  The following paragraph shall be added: 

'4. The appointing authority of each institution may introduce flexible working-time 
arrangements. Officials to whom the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 44 
apply shall manage their working-time without resorting to such arrangements.'; 

22. 

Article 55a shall be amended as follows: 

(a)  Point (e) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: 

'(e)  during  the  last  three  years  before  he  reaches  retirement  age,  but  not  before  the 
age of 58'; 

(b) 

In the second subparagraph of paragraph 2, the words ', or as of the age of 55' shall 
be replaced by ', or during the last three years before reaching retirement age, but not 
before the age of 58'; 

23. 

The third paragraph of Article 56 shall be replaced by the following: 

'As provided in Annex VI, overtime worked by officials in grades SC 1 to SC 6 and grades 
AST 1 to AST 4 shall entitle them either to compensatory leave or to remuneration where 
requirements of the service do not allow compensatory leave during the month following 
that in which the overtime was worked.'; 

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24. 

The  second  paragraph  of  Article  56a  and  the  second  paragraph  of  Article  56b  shall  be 
replaced by the following: 

'After  consulting  the  Staff  Regulations  Committee,  the  Commission  shall  determine,  by 
means  of  delegated  acts  in  accordance  with  Articles  110a  and  110b,  the  categories  of 
officials  entitled  to  such  allowances,  the  conditions  for  granting  the  allowances  and  the 
rates thereof.'; 

25. 

The second paragraph of Article 56c shall be replaced by the following: 

'After  consulting  the  Staff  Regulations  Committee,  the  Commission  shall  determine,  by 
means  of  delegated  acts  in  accordance  with  Articles  110a  and  110b,  the  categories  of 
officials entitled to the special allowances, the conditions for granting such allowances and 
the rates thereof.'; 

26. 

27. 

In the first paragraph of Article 57, the word 'institutions' shall be replaced by 'appointing 
authorities of the institutions'; 

In  Article  61,  the  word  'institutions'  shall  be  replaced  by  'appointing  authorities  of  the 
institutions'; 

28. 

Article 63 shall be amended as follows: 

(a)  The second paragraph shall be replaced by the following: 

'Remuneration paid in a currency other than euros shall be calculated on the basis of the 
exchange rates used for the implementation of the general budget of the European Union 
on 1 July of that year.'; 

(b)  The third paragraph shall be replaced by the following: 

'Every  year  the  exchange  rates  shall  be  updated  retroactively  at  the  time  of  the  annual 
update of remuneration provided for in Article 65.'; 

(c)  The fourth paragraph shall be deleted; 

29. 

Article 64 shall be replaced by the following: 

'An  official's  remuneration  expressed  in  euros  shall,  after  the  compulsory  deductions  set 
out  in  these  Staff  Regulations  or  in  any  implementing  regulations  have  been  made,  be 
weighted at a rate above, below or equal to 100 %, depending on living conditions in the 
various places of employment. 

The  correction  coefficients  shall  be  updated  annually  in  accordance  with  Annex  XI.  The 
updated values shall be published by the appointing authority of each institution two weeks 
after the update in order to inform the staff of the institution.'; 

30. 

Article 65 shall be replaced as follows: 

'1.  The  remuneration  of  the  officials  and  other  servants  of  the  European  Union  shall  be 
updated every year in accordance with Annex XI. This update shall take place before the 
end  of  each  year  in  the  light  of  a  report  by  the  Commission  based  on  statistical  data 
prepared  by  the  Statistical  Office  of  the  European  Union  in  agreement  with  the  national 

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statistical offices of the Member States; the statistical data shall reflect the situation as at 1 
July in each of the Member States. 

The amounts in the second and third paragraphs of Article 42a, Articles 66 and 69, Articles 
1(1),  2(1),  3(1)  and  (2),  4(1),  7(2),  8(2),  10(1)  of  Annex  VII  and  Article  8(2)  of  Annex 
XIII, the amounts in the former Article 4a of Annex VII to be updated in accordance with 
Article  18(1)  of  Annex  XIII  ,  the  amounts  in  Article  24(3),  the  second  subparagraph  of 
Article 28a(3), Articles 28a(7), 93, 94, the second subparagraph of Article 96(3), Articles 
96(7), 133, 134 and 136 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, the amounts 
in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 
300/76, the coefficient for the amounts in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, 
ECSC)  No  260/68  shall  be  updated  annually  in  accordance  with  Annex  XI.  The  updated 
amounts shall be published by the appointing authority of each institution two weeks after 
the update in order to inform the staff of the institution. 

2.  In  the  event  of  a  substantial  change  in  the  cost  of  living,  the  amounts  referred  to  in 
paragraph  1  and  the  weightings  referred  to  in  Article  64  shall  be  updated  in  accordance 
with  Annex  XI.  The  updated  amounts  and  the  weightings  shall  be  published  by  the 
appointing authority of each institution two weeks after the update in order to inform the 
staff of the institution.'; 

31. 

Article 66 shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

 The introductory sentence shall be replaced by the following: 

'Basic  monthly  salaries  are  for  each  grade  and  step  in  function  groups  AD  and  AST  as 
provided in the following table:' 

(b) 

 The following shall be added: 

'Basic monthly salaries are for each grade and step in function group AST/SC as provided 
in the following table: 

Step 

Grade 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

SC 6 

SC 5 

SC 4 

SC 3 

SC 2 

SC 1 

3.844,31 4.005,85

4174,78  4290,31  4349,59 

3.397,73 3.540,50 3.689,28 3.791,92  3.844,31 

3.003,02 3.129,21 3.260,71 3.351,42  3.397,73 

2.654,17 2.765,70 2.881,92 2.962,10  3.003,02 

2.345,84 2.444,41 2.547,14 2.617,99  2.654,17 

2.160,45 2.251,24 2.313,87 2.345,84 

'; 

32. 

Article 66a shall be modified as follows: 

(a)  Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the following: 

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'1. By way of derogation from Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) 
No 260/681 and in order to take account of the application of the method for updating the 
remuneration and pensions of officials, a temporary measure regarding remuneration paid 
by the Union to staff in active employment, to be known as the ‘solidarity levy’, shall be 
applied from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022. 

2.  The  rate  of  this  solidarity  levy,  which  shall  apply  to  the  base  defined  in  paragraph  3, 
shall be 6 %.'; 

(b)  Paragraph 3 shall be amended as follows: 

(i) In the introductory sentence and in sub-point (i) of point (a) and in point (b), the 
words 'special levy' shall be replaced by the words 'solidarity levy'; 

(ii) In point (a)(ii), the words 'grade 1, step 1' shall be replaced by the words 'grade 
AST 1, step 1'; 

(c) 

In paragraph 4, the words 'special levy' shall be replaced by the words 'solidarity 
levy'; 

33. 

Article 72 shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In  the  first  sentence  of  the  first  subparagraph  of  paragraph  1  and  in  the  third 
subparagraph of paragraph 1, the word 'institutions' shall be replaced by 'appointing 
authorities of each institution'; 

(b) 

In paragraphs 2 and 2a the number '63' shall be replaced by '65';  

(c) 

In paragraph 2b, the words 'grade 1' shall be replaced by the words 'grade AST 1'; 

34. 

35. 

36. 

In Article 73(1), the word 'Institutions' shall be replaced by 'appointing authorities of the 
institutions'; 

In  the  second  sentence  of  Article  76a,  the  word  'institutions'  shall  be  replaced  by 
'appointing authorities of the institutions'; 

In the first and fifth paragraphs of Article 77, in the sixth paragraph of Article 80 and in 
Article 81a(1)(d), the number '63' shall be replaced by '65'; 

37. 

Paragraph 2 of Article 82 shall be replaced by the following: 

'2. Where remuneration is updated in accordance with Article 65(1), the same update shall 
be applied to pensions.'; 

38. 

39. 

1 

The second subparagraph of Article 83(1) shall be deleted.; 

Article 83a shall be amended as follows: 

(a)  Paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: 

Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions 
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'Agencies which do not receive a subsidy from the general budget of the European Union 
shall  pay  into  that  budget  the  entire  amount  of  the  contributions  needed  to  finance  the 
scheme. Agencies  which  are partially  financed from  that budget shall pay the part of the 
employers'  contributions  which  corresponds  to  the  proportion  between  the  agency's 
revenues without the subsidy from the general budget of the European Union and its total 
revenues.'; 

(b) 

In paragraph 3, the word 'Council' shall be replaced by 'Commission'; 

(c)  Paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following: 

'4. Each year the Commission shall present an updated version of the actuarial assessment, 
in accordance with Article 1(2) of Annex XII. Where it is shown that there is a gap of at 
least 0,25 points between the rate of contribution currently applied and the rate required to 
maintain  actuarial  balance,  the  Commission  shall  adjust  the  rate,  in  accordance  with  the 
arrangements laid down in Annex XII.'; 

(d)  Paragraph 5 shall be replaced by the following: 

'5.  For  the  purposes  of  paragraphs  3  and  4  of  this  Article,  the  Commission  shall  act  by 
means  of  delegated  acts  in  accordance  with  Articles  110a  and  110b,  after  consulting  the 
Staff Regulations Committee.'; 

40. 

Title VIII 'Special provisions applicable to officials in the scientific or technical services of 
the Union' shall be deleted; 

41. 

Article 110 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Article 110 

1.  The  general  provisions  implementing  these  Staff  Regulations  shall  be  adopted  by  the 
appointing authority of each institution after consulting the Staff Committee and the Staff 
Regulations Committee. 

2. Implementing rules adopted by the Commission to give effect to these Staff Regulations, 
including  the  general  implementing  provisions  referred  to  in  paragraph 1,  shall  apply  by 
analogy to the agencies. To this end, the Commission shall inform the agencies of any such 
implementing rule without delay after adoption. 

Such implementing rules shall enter into force at the agencies nine months after their entry 
into  force  at  the  Commission  or  nine  months  after  the  date  on  which  the  Commission 
informed  the  agencies  of  the  adoption  of  the  respective  implementing  rule,  whichever  is 
later.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  an  agency  may  also  decide  that  such  implementing 
rules will enter into force at an earlier date.  

By way of derogation, an agency may, before the expiry of the nine-month period referred 
to  above  and  after  consulting  its  Staff  Committee,  submit  to  the  Commission  for  its 
agreement implementing rules which are different from those adopted by the Commission. 
Under the same conditions, an agency may request the agreement of the Commission for 
not applying certain of these implementing rules. In the latter case, the Commission may, 
instead of accepting or rejecting the request, require the agency to submit for its agreement 
implementing rules which are different from those adopted by the Commission. 

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The nine-month period referred to in the previous subparagraphs shall be suspended from 
the date on which the agency has requested the Commission's agreement until the date on 
which the Commission has expressed its position. 

An agency may also, after consulting its Staff Committee, submit to the Commission for its 
agreement  implementing  rules  which  concern  other  subjects  than  the  implementing  rules 
adopted by the Commission.  

For the purpose of the adoption of implementing rules, the agencies shall be represented by 
the  management  board  or  the  equivalent  body  referred  to  in  the  European  Union  act 
establishing them. 

3.  For  the  purpose  of  the  adoption  of  rules  by  agreement  between  the  institutions,  the 
agencies  shall  not  be  treated  as  institutions.  However,  the  Commission  shall  consult  the 
agencies before the adoption of these rules. 

4.  Rules  giving  effect  to  these  Staff  Regulations,  including  the  general  implementing 
provisions  referred  to  in  paragraph  1,  and  rules  adopted  by  agreement  between  the 
appointing authorities of the institutions, shall be brought to the attention of the staff.  

5.  The  administrative  departments  of  the  institutions  and  the  agencies  shall  consult  each 
other  regularly  concerning  the  application  of  these  Staff  Regulations.  Agencies  shall  be 
jointly represented in these consultations in accordance with rules to be fixed by agreement 
between them. 

6.  The  Court  of  Justice  of  the  European  Union  shall  administer  a  register  of  the  rules 
adopted  by  the  appointing  authority  of  each  institution  to  give  effect  to  these  Staff 
Regulations, and those rules adopted by the agencies to the extent they derogate from the 
rules adopted by the Commission, in accordance with the procedure provided in paragraph 
2. Institutions and agencies shall have direct access to this register and full right to amend 
their own rules. Every three years, the Commission shall present a report to the European 
Parliament and the Council on rules adopted by each institution to give effect to these Staff 
Regulations.';  

42. 

The following Articles shall be inserted after Article 110: 

'Article 110a 

The  Commission  shall  be  empowered  to  adopt  delegated  acts  in  accordance  with  Article 
110b  concerning  certain  aspects  of  working  conditions  and  certain  aspects  of  the 
implementation of the rules on remuneration and expenses. 

Article 110b 

1.  The  power  to  adopt  delegated  acts  is  conferred  on  the  Commission  subject  to  the 
conditions laid down in this Article.  

2.  The  delegation  of  power  referred  to  in  Articles  56a,  56b,  56c,  83a  of  the  Staff 
Regulations, Article 13 of Annex VII, Article 13 of Annex X and Article 12 of Annex XII 
to the Staff Regulations and Articles 28a and 96 of the Conditions of Employment of Other 
Servants shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time as of 1 
January 2013.  

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The delegation of power referred to in Articles 9 and 10 of Annex XI shall be conferred on 
the Commission for a period of 10 years as of 1 January 2013.  

3.  The  delegation  of  power  referred  to  in  Articles  56a,  56b,  56c,  83a  of  the  Staff 
Regulations,  Article  13  of  Annex  VII,  Article  13  of  Annex  X,  Articles  9  and  10  of 
Annex XI and Article 12 of Annex XII of the Staff Regulations and Articles 28a and 96 of 
the  Conditions  of  Employment  of  Other  Servants  may  be  revoked  at  any  time  by  the 
European  Parliament  or  by  the  Council.  A  decision  of  revocation  shall  put  an  end  to  the 
delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the 
publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date 
specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.  

4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the 
European Parliament and to the Council.  

5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 56a, 56b, 56c, 83a of the Staff Regulations 
and Article 13 of Annex VII, Article 13 of Annex X, Articles 9 and 10 of Annex XI and 
Article 12 of Annex XII of the Staff Regulations and Articles 28a and 96 of the Conditions 
of  Employment  of  Other  Servants  shall  enter  into  force  only  if  no  objection  has  been 
expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months 
of  notification  of  that  act  to  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  or  if,  before  the 
expiry  of  that  period,  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  have  both  informed  the 
Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the 
initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.';  

43. 

Annex I shall be amended as follows: 

(a)  Section A shall be replaced by the following: 

'A. TYPES OF POSTS IN EACH FUNCTION GROUP, AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 5(4) 

AD 16 

AD 15 

AD 14 

1. Function Group AD 

Director-General 

Director-General 

Director 

Director 

Administrator, working for example as: 
Head of unit/ 
Adviser 
linguistic expert; 
economic expert; 
legal expert; 
medical expert; 
veterinary expert; 
scientific expert; 
research expert; 
financial expert, 

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audit expert 
Administrator, working for example as: 
Head of Unit/ 
Adviser/ 
linguistic expert; 
economic expert; 
legal expert; 
medical expert; 
veterinary expert; 
scientific expert; 
research expert; 
financial expert, 
audit expert 
Administrator, working for example as: 
Head of Unit/ 
principal translator, 
principal interpreter, 
principal economist; 
principal lawyer; 
principal medical officer; 
principal veterinary inspector; 
principal scientist; 
principal researcher; 
principal financial officer, 
principal audit officer 
Administrator, working for example as: 
Head of Unit/ 
principal translator, 
principal interpreter, 
principal economist; 
principal lawyer; 
principal medical officer; 
principal veterinary inspector; 
principal scientist; 
principal researcher; 
principal financial officer, 
principal audit officer 
Administrator, working for example as: 
Head of Unit/ 
senior translator; 
senior interpreter; 
senior economist; 
senior lawyer; 
senior medical officer; 
senior veterinary inspector; 
senior scientist; 
senior researcher; 
senior financial officer, 
senior audit officer 
Administrator, working for example as: 
Head of Unit/ 
senior translator; 

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AD 12 

AD 11 

AD 10 

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senior interpreter; 
senior economist; 
senior lawyer; 
senior medical officer; 
senior veterinary inspector; 
senior scientist; 
senior researcher; 
senior financial officer, 
senior audit officer 
Administrator, working for example as: 
Translator; 
interpreter; 
economist; 
lawyer; 
medical officer; 
veterinary inspector; 
scientist; 
researcher; 
financial officer, 
auditor 
Administrator, working for example as: 
Translator; 
interpreter; 
economist; 
lawyer; 
medical officer; 
veterinary inspector; 
scientist; 
researcher; 
financial officer, 
auditor 
Administrator, working for example as: 
Junior translator; 
junior interpreter; 
junior economist; 
junior lawyer; 
junior medical officer; 
junior veterinary inspector; 
junior scientist; 
junior researcher; 
junior financial officer, 
junior auditor 
Administrator, working for example as: 
Junior translator; 
junior interpreter; 
junior economist; 
junior lawyer; 
junior medical officer; 
junior veterinary inspector; 
junior scientist; 
junior researcher; 
junior financial officer, 

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AD 7 

AD 6 

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junior auditor 

2. Function Group AST 

Senior Assistant2 

AST 10 – AST 11 

technical  or 

Carrying  out  administrative, 
training 
activities  requiring  a  high  degree  of  autonomy  and 
carrying  significant  responsibilities  in  terms  of  staff 
implementation  or  political 
management,  budget 
coordination 

Assistant3 

AST 1 – AST 9 

technical  or 

Carrying  out  administrative, 
training 
activities  requiring  a  certain  degree  of  autonomy, 
notably  with  regard  to  the implementation  of  rules  and 
regulations  or  general  instructions  or  as  personal 
assistant of a Member of the institution, of the Head of a 
Member's  private  office  or  of  a  (Deputy)  Director-
General or an equivalent senior manager 

3. Function Group AST/SC 

Secretary/Clerk  

SC 1 – SC 6 

Carrying  out  clerical  and  secretarial  tasks,  office 
management  and  other  equivalent  tasks  requiring  a 
certain degree of autonomy4 

(b)  Section B shall be amended as follow: 

(i) The following shall be inserted after the title:  

'1.  Multiplication  rates  for  guiding  average  career  equivalence  in  function  groups 
AST and AD:'; 

(ii) In point 1, the term '20 %' set out in the table for grade 9 of function group AST 
shall be replaced by '8%'.; 

(iii) The following shall be added: 

2 

3 

4 

The  first  assignment  of  an  official  to  a  post  of  Senior Assistant  may  only  take  place  in  accordance with  the 
procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 29(1) of the Staff Regulations. 
The first assignment of an official to a post of Assistant may only take place in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Articles 4 and 29(1) of the Staff Regulations. 
The number of posts of Parliamentary ushers in the European Parliament shall not exceed 85. 

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'2.  Multiplication  rates  for  guiding  average  career  equivalence  in  function  group 
AST/SC: 

Grade  

Secretaries / Clerks 

SC 6 

SC 5 

SC 4 

SC 3 

SC 2 

SC 1 

- 

12% 

15% 

17% 

20% 

25% 

44. 

Annex II shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

In the second sentence of the first subparagraph of  Article  1, the word ‘institution’ 
shall be replaced by ‘appointing authority of each institution’; 

In the second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 1, the word 'institution' 
shall be replaced by 'appointing authority of each institution'; 

In  the  fourth  subparagraph  of  Article  1,  the  words  'both  function  groups'  shall  be 
replaced by 'the three function groups'; 

In  the  first  indent  of  the  second  paragraph  of  Article  2,  the  words  ‘the  third 
subparagraph of’ shall be deleted; 

45. 

The Sole Article of Annex IV shall be modified as follows: 

(a) 

In the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 and the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 
4, the number '63' shall be replaced by '65'; 

(b)  The third subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be deleted; 

46. 

In  the  first  paragraph  of  Article  4  of  Annex  IVa,  the  words  'officials  aged  over  55 
authorised  to  work  half  time  in  preparation  of  retirement'  shall  be  replaced  by  'officials 
authorised,  in  accordance  with  Article  55a(2)(e)  of  the  Staff  Regulations,  to  work  half 
time'; 

47. 

Article 7 of Annex V shall be replaced by the following: 

'Article 7 

To the annual leave of officials entitled to the expatriation or foreign residence allowance 
shall  be  added  travelling  time  based  on  the  geographical  distance  between  the  place  of 
employment and the place of origin, calculated as follows: 

– 

– 

250 to 600 km: one day of home travelling time, 

601 to 1200 km: two days of home travelling time, 

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– 

more than 1200 km: three days of home travelling time. 

The preceding provisions shall apply to officials whose place of employment is within the 
territories of the Member States. If the place of employment is outside these territories, the 
travelling time shall be fixed by special decision taking into account particular needs. 

Where special leave is granted in pursuance of Section 2 above, any home travelling time 
shall be fixed by special decision taking into account particular needs.'; 

48. 

Annex VI shall be amended as follow: 

(a)  The introductory sentence of Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:  

'Within the limits laid down in Article 56 of the Staff Regulations, overtime worked by an 
official in grade SC 1 to SC 6 or grade AST 1 to AST 4 shall entitle him to compensatory 
leave or to remuneration as follows:'; 

(b)  Article 3 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Annex remuneration for overtime worked 
by certain groups of officials in grades SC 1 to SC 6 and grades AST 1 to AST 4 in special 
conditions may be paid in the form of a fixed allowance the amount and terms of which 
shall be determined by the appointing authority after consulting the Joint Committee.'; 

49. 

Annex VII shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In Article 1(3), the words 'grade 3' shall be replaced by 'grade AST 3'; 

(b)  Article 7 shall be replaced by the following: 

'1.  An  official  shall  be  entitled  to  a  flat-rate  payment  corresponding  to  the  cost  of 
travel for himself, his spouse and his dependents actually living in his household: 

(a)  on  taking  up  his  appointment,  from  the  place  where  he  was  recruited  to  the 

place where he is employed; 

(b)  on  termination  of  service  within  the  meaning  of  Article  47  of  the  Staff 
Regulations,  from  the  place  where  he  is  employed  to  the  place  of  origin  as 
defined in paragraph 3 below; 

(c)  on any transfer involving a change in the place where he is employed. 

In the event of the death of an official, the surviving spouse and the dependants shall 
be entitled to the flat rate payment under the same conditions. 

Travel expenses for children aged less than two years during the entire calendar year 
shall not be reimbursed. 

2.  The  flat-rate  payment  shall  be  based  on  an  allowance  per  kilometre  of 
geographical distance between the places referred to in paragraph 1. 

The kilometric allowance shall be: 

EUR 0 for every km from 

0 to 200 km 

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EUR 0,1895 for every km from 

201 to 1000 km 

EUR 0,3158 for every km from 

1001 to 2000 km 

EUR 0,1895 for every km from 

2001 to 3000 km 

EUR 0,0631 for every km from 

3001 to 4000 km 

EUR 0,0305 for every km from 

4001 to 10000 km 

EUR 0 for every km over 

10000 km. 

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

– 

– 

EUR 94,74  if  the  geographical  distance  between  the  places  referred  to  in 
paragraph 1 is between 600 km and 1200 km, 

EUR 189,46  if  the  geographical  distance  between  the  places  referred  to  in 
paragraph 1 is greater than 1200 km. 

The  above  kilometric  allowances  and  flat-rate  supplements  shall  be  updated  every 
year in the same proportion as remuneration. 

2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, travel expenses which relate to a transfer 
involving  a  change  between  a  place  of  employment  within  the  territories  of  the 
Member  States  of  the  European  Union  and  a  place  of  employment  outside  these 
territories or to a transfer involving a change between places of employment outside 
these territories shall be reimbursed in the form of a flat-rate payment based on the 
cost of air travel in the class immediately superior to economy class. 

3. An official's place of origin shall be determined when he takes up his appointment, 
account  being  taken  in  principle  of  where  he  was  recruited  or,  upon  express  and 
motivated  request,  the  centre  of  his  interests.  The  place  of  origin  as  so  determined 
may by special decision of the appointing authority be changed while the official is 
in  service or when  he leaves  the service. While he is in the service, however, such 
decision  shall  be  taken  only  exceptionally  and  on  production  by  the  official  of 
appropriate supporting evidence. 

The effect of such a change shall not, however, be such as to recognise as the centre 
of the official's interests, a place which is outside the territories of the Member States 
of the Union as well as outside the countries and territories listed in Annex II to the 
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the territories of the Member 
States of the European Free Trade Association.'; 

(c)  Article 8 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Article 8 

'1.  Officials  entitled  to  the  expatriation  or  foreign  residence  allowance  shall  be 
entitled,  within  the  limit  set  out  in  paragraph  2,  in  each  calendar  year  to  a  flat-rate 

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payment  corresponding  to  the  cost  of  travel  from  the  place  of  employment  to  the 
place of origin as defined in Article 7 for themselves and, if they are entitled to the 
household allowance, for the spouse and dependants within the meaning of Article 2. 

Where  a  husband  and  wife  are  both  officials  of  the EuropeanUnion, each  has  the 
right  in  respect  of  himself  or  herself  and  in  respect  of  dependants  to  the  flat-rate 
payment  of  travelling  expenses,  in  accordance  with  the  above  provisions;  each 
dependant  shall  be  entitled  to  one  payment  only.  The  payment  in  respect  of 
dependent children is fixed at the request of the husband or wife, on the basis of the 
place of origin of one or other of them. 

Where  an  official  marries  during  a  given  year  and  thereby  becomes  entitled  to  the 
household allowance, the travel expenses payable for the spouse shall be calculated 
in proportion to the period from the date of the marriage to the end of the year. 

Any  alteration  to  the  basis  of  calculation  which  may  arise  from  changes  in  family 
status after the date of payment of the sums in question shall not render the official 
concerned liable to make repayment. 

Travel expenses for children aged less than two years during the entire calendar year 
shall not be reimbursed. 

2.  The  flat-rate  payment  shall  be  based  on  an  allowance  per  kilometre  of 
geographical  distance  between  the  official's  place  of  employment  and  his  place  of 
origin. 

Where  the  place  of  origin  as  defined  in  Article  7  is  outside  the  territories  of  the 
Member States of the Union as well as outside the countries and territories listed in 
Annex II to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the territories 
of the Member States of the European Free Trade Association, the flat-rate payment 
shall be based on an allowance per kilometre of geographical distance between the 
official's  place  of  employment  and  the  capital  city  of  the  Member  State  whose 
nationality he holds. Officials whose place of origin is outside the territories of the 
Member States of the European Union as well as outside the countries and territories 
listed in Annex II to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the 
territories of the Member States of the European Free Trade Association and who are 
not  nationals  of  one  of  the  Member  States  shall  not  be  entitled  to  the  flat-rate 
payment.  

The kilometric allowance shall be: 

EUR 0 for every km from 

0 to 200 km 

EUR 0,3790 for every km from 

201 to 1000 km 

EUR 0,6316 for every km from 

1001 to 2000 km 

EUR 0,3790 for every km from 

2001 to 3000 km 

EUR 0,1262 for every km from 

3001 to 4000 km 

EUR 0,0609 for every km from 

4001 to 10000 km 

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EUR 0 for every km over 

10000 km. 

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

– 

– 

EUR 189,48 if the geographical distance between the place of employment and 
the place of origin is between 600 km and 1200 km, 

EUR 378,93 if the geogrphical distance between the place of employment and 
the place of origin is greater than 1200 km. 

The  above  kilometric  allowances  and  flat-rate  supplements  shall  be  updated  every 
year in the same proportion as remuneration. 

3.  An  official  whose  service  is  terminated  in  the  course  of  a  calendar  year  for  any 
reason  other  than  death  or  who  is  on  leave  on  personal  grounds  during  part  of  the 
year  shall,  if  he  is  in  active  employment  in  the  service  of  an  institution  of the 
European Union for less than nine months of that year, be entitled only to part of the 
flat-rate payment provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, calculated in proportion to the 
time spent in active employment. 

4.  The  preceding  provisions  shall  apply  to  officials  whose  place  of  employment  is 
within the territories of the Member States. Officials whose place of employment is 
outside the territory of the Member States shall be entitled for themselves and, if they 
are entitled to receive the household allowance, for their spouse and other dependants 
within  the  meaning  of  Article  2,  in  each  calendar  year,  to  repayment  of  travel 
expenses to their place of origin, or to repayment of travel expenses to another place 
not exceeding the expense of travel to the place of origin. However, if the spouse and 
the  persons  referred  to  in  Article  2(2)  do  not  live  with  the  official  at  the  place  of 
employment,  they  shall  be  entitled  each  calendar  year  to  reimbursement  of  travel 
expenses from the place of origin to the place of employment or to another place not 
exceeding the cost of the former journey. 

These travel expenses shall be reimbursed in the form of a flat-rate payment based on 
the cost of air travel in the class immediately superior to economy class.'; 

(d)  Article 9 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Article 9 

1.  Within  the  limits  of  costs  ceilings,  officials  obliged  to  change  the  place  of 
residence in order to comply with Article 20 of the Staff Regulations upon entry into 
service or on a subsequent change of place of employment while in service and who 
have not been reimbursed in respect of the same expenses from another source, shall 
be  entitled  to  the  reimbursement  of  expenses  incurred  in  respect  of  the  removal  of 
furniture and personal effects, including the cost of insurance against ordinary risks 
(notably breakage, theft, fire). 

The ceilings shall take into account the official’s family situation at the time of the 
removal, and the average costs of removal and associated insurance.  

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General  implementing  provisions  shall  be  adopted  by  the  appointing  authority  of 
each institution to give effect to this paragraph.  

2.  On  termination  of  service  or  on  death  of  an  official,  the  expenses  incurred  in 
respect of removal from the place where he was employed to his place of origin shall 
be reimbursed within the limits defined in paragraph 1. Where the deceased official 
was unmarried, the expenses shall be reimbursed to those entitled under him. 

3. In the case of an established official, removal shall be effected within one year of 
the  end  of  his  probationary  period.  On  termination  of  service,  removal  shall  be 
effected within three years as provided in the second subparagraph of Article 6 (4). 
Removals  effected  after  the  expiry  of  the  time  limits  set  out  above  shall  be 
reimbursed  only  in  exceptional  cases  and  by  special  decision  of  the  appointing 
authority.' 

(e)  Article 13 shall be amended as follows: 

(i) Paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:  

'3. The Commission shall review every two years the rates set out in paragraph 2(a). 
This review shall take place in the light of a report on the prices of hotels, restaurants 
and  catering  services,  and  shall  be  based  on  the  indexes  on  the  evolution  of  such 
prices.  For  the  purpose  of  this  review,  the  Commission  shall  act  by  means  of 
delegated acts in accordance with Articles 110a and 110b of the Staff Regulations.'; 

(ii) The following paragraph 4 shall be added: 

'4.  By  way  of  derogation  from  paragraph  1,  accommodation  costs  incurred  by 
officials for missions to the principal places of work of their institution as referred to 
in Protocol N°6 to the treaty may be reimbursed on the basis of a flat-rate sum which 
shall not exceed the maximum fixed for the Member States in question.'. 

(f) 

In  Article  13a,  the  words  'various  institutions'  shall  be  replaced  by  the  'appointing 
authorities of the various institutions'; 

(g)  Article 17 shall be modified as follows: 

(i) In paragraph 1 the words 'at the place' shall be replaced by 'into a bank within the 
European Union'; 

(ii) The first subparagraph of paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: 

‘Under the conditions laid down in rules fixed by the appointing authorities of each 
institution  by  common  consent  after  consulting  the  Staff  Regulations  Committee, 
officials may apply for special regular transfer of part of their remuneration.'; 

(iii) In the first sentence of paragraph 3, after the words 'shall be made', the words 'in 
the currency of the relevant Member State' shall be inserted. 

(iv) In the first sentence of paragraph 4, after the words 'to another Member State', 
the words 'in local currency' shall be inserted; 

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Annex VIII shall be amended as follows: 

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(a) 

In Article 5, the number '63' shall be replaced by '65''; 

(b) 

In Article 6, the words 'at the first step of grade 1' shall be replaced by 'the first step 
of grade AST 1'; 

(c)  Article 9 shall be amended as follows: 

(i) The number '63' shall be replaced by '65'; 

(ii) In point (b) of paragraph 1, the number '55' shall be replaced by '58'; 

(iii) Paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: 

'The appointing authority may decide, in the interests of the service on the basis of 
objective  criteria  and  transparent  procedures  introduced  by  means  of  general 
implementing provisions, not to apply the above reduction to the officials concerned. 
The  total  number  of  officials  and  temporary  servants  who  retire  without  any 
reduction of their pension each year shall not be higher than 5 % of the officials in all 
institutions who retired the previous year. The annual percentage may vary from 4 % 
to  6  %,  subject  to  a  maximum  of  5 %  over  two  years  and  the  principle  of  budget 
neutrality.'; 

(d) 

In the second subparagraph of Article 11(2), the word 'institution' shall be replaced 
by 'appointing authority of each institution'; 

(e) 

In Article 12(1) and (2), the number '63' shall be replaced by '65'; 

(f) 

In Articles 15 and 18a, the number '63' shall be replaced by '65'; 

(g) 

In  the  second  paragraph  of  Article  27,  the  word  'adjusted'  shall  be  replaced  by 
'updated'; 

(h)  Article 45 shall be modified as follows: 

(i) In the third paragraph, the words 'Member State of residence' shall be replaced by 
'European Union'; 

(ii) In the first sentence of the fourth paragraph, the words 'in the European Union or' 
shall be inserted after the word 'bank'; 

(iii) In the second sentence of the fourth paragraph, the words 'in euro into a bank in 
the country where the institution has its headquarters, or' shall be deleted; 

51. 

Annex IX shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In  Article  2(3),  the  word  'institutions'  shall  be  replaced  by  'appointing  authority  of 
each institution'; 

(b) 

the first sentence of Article 5(1) shall be replaced by the following: 

'A Disciplinary Board, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Board’, shall be established in each 
institution, unless two or more agencies decide, in accordance with paragraph 1a of Article 
9 of the Staff Regulations, to set up a common Board.'; 

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(c)  Article 30 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Without  prejudice  to  Article  2(3),  the  appointing  authority  of  each  institution  shall,  if  it 
sees  fit,  adopt  implementing  arrangements  for  this  Annex  after  consulting  the  Staff 
Committee';  

52. 

Annex X shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In  the  first  sentence  of  Article  11,  the  word  'Belgium'  shall  be  replaced  by  'the 
European Union''; 

(b)  Article 13 shall be replaced by the following:  

'Article 13 

In  order  to  ensure  as  far  as  possible  that  officials  enjoy  equivalent  purchasing  power 
irrespective of their place of employment, the Commission shall determine the weighting 
referred to in Article 12 once a year. The Commission shall act by means of delegated acts 
in accordance with Articles 110a and 110b of the Staff Regulations. 

Where however, in the case of a given country, the variation in the cost of living measured 
on  the  basis  of  the  weighting  and  the  corresponding  exchange  rate  is  found  to  have 
exceeded 5 % since the last adjustment, the Commission shall decide on interim measures 
for  adjusting  the  weighting  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  the  first 
paragraph.'; 

53. 

Annex XI shall be replaced by the following: 

'Annex XI 

Rules for implementing Articles 64 and 65 of the Staff Regulations 

CHAPTER 1 

ANNUAL UPDATE OF REMUNERATION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 
65(1) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS 

SECTION 1 

FACTORS DETERMINING ANNUAL UPDATES 

Article 1 

1. 

Report from the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) 

For  the  purposes  of  the  update  provided  for  in  Article  65(1)  of  the  Staff  Regulations, 
Eurostat  shall  draw  up  every  year  before  the  end  of  October  a  report  on  the  nominal 
changes of salaries in national civil services in central government and changes in the cost 
of living in Member States. 

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2. 

European Index of Consumer Prices  

(a)  Eurostat shall use the European Index of Consumer Prices to measure changes in the 

cost of living in the European Union. 

(b)  This index shall take into account the changes between June of the previous year and 

June of the current year. 

3. 

Changes in the cost of living in Member States 

(a)  Eurostat  shall  draw  up  the  economic  parities  to  establish  the  equivalence  of 
purchasing power for salaries and pensions of officials. The economic parities shall 
refer to the month of June each year. 

(b)  On  1  January  2013  the  economic  parity  for  each  country  or  place  of  employment 
shall  be  the  purchasing  power  parity  as  established  by  Eurostat  on  1  July  2012  for 
salaries and pensions. Every year the economic parity shall be updated by the ratio 
between  the  inflation  in  the  corresponding  country  and  the  European  Index  of 
Consumer Prices. 

(c)  However,  one  joint  economic  parity  shall  be  calculated  for  Belgium  and 
Luxembourg.  For  this  purpose,  the  inflation  in  those  countries  shall  be  weighted 
according  to  the  distribution  of  the  staff  serving  in  those  countries.  On  1  January 
2013 the purchasing power parity for Belgium and Luxembourg shall be 1. 

(d)  The economic parities shall be calculated in such a way that each basic component 

can be updated twice per year. 

(e)  Before 1 July 2017 the Commission shall, on the basis of data collected by Eurostat, 
submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the cost of living for 
European Union officials in the places of employment not referred to in point (c). 

4. 

Changes in the remuneration of national civil servants in central government 

(a)  Eurostat shall, on the basis of information supplied before the end of August by the 
national statistical offices, calculate salary indicators for each of the Member States 
reflecting either upward or downward changes in the nominal remuneration of civil 
servants in central government, between the month of July of the previous year and 
the  month  of  July  of  the  current  year.  The  two  should  include  one  twelfth  of  all 
annually-paid elements. 

The salary indicators shall take two forms: 

(i) one indicator for each of the function groups as defined by Eurostat, 

(ii)  an  average  indicator  weighted  to  reflect  the  number  of  national  civil  servants 
corresponding to each function group. 

To establish the global salary indicator for the European Union total, the results per 
country  shall  be  weighted  in  proportion  to  its  national  GDP  measured  using 
purchasing  power  parities  as  shown  in  the  most  recent  statistics  published  in 
accordance  with  the  national  accounts  definitions  in  the  European  System  of 
Accounts currently in force. 

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Each  of  these  indicators  shall  be  established  in  nominal  gross  terms.  Eurostat  shall 
establish a definition of gross remuneration for each of the reference Member States 
after consulting their statistical offices. 

(b)  At  the  request  of  Eurostat,  the  national  statistical  offices  shall  supply  it  with  the 
additional  information  which  it  considers  necessary  in  order  to  draw  up  a  salary 
indicator accurately measuring changes in the remuneration of national civil servants. 

If, after further consultation of the national statistical offices, Eurostat finds statistical 
anomalies  in  the  information  obtained  or  finds  it  impossible  to  draw  up  indicators 
which measure with statistical accuracy the changes in the nominal income of civil 
servants  in  a  given  Member  State,  it  shall  report  to  the  Commission  and  provide  it 
with all the material it needs to make an assessment. 

(c) 

In addition to the salary indicators, Eurostat shall establish and calculate appropriate 
control indicators. 

The Eurostat report on the  salary  indicators shall be accompanied by comments on 
the differences between these indicators and the above-mentioned control indicators. 

Article 2 

The  Commission  shall  produce  a  comprehensive  report  every  three  years  on  the 
recruitment requirements of the institutions and transmit it to the European Parliament and 
the  Council.  On  the  basis  of  this  report  the  Commission  shall,  if  necessary,  present 
proposals  based  on  all  relevant  factors  to  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  after 
consulting the other institutions within the framework of the Staff Regulations. 

SECTION 2 

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ANNUAL UPDATE OF REMUNERATION AND PENSIONS 

Article 3 

1. Under Article 65 of the Staff Regulations, on the basis of the criteria set out in Section 1 
of this Annex, the remuneration and pensions shall be updated before the end of each year, 
with effect from 1 July. 

2. The amount of the update shall be the global value of the salary indicators. The update 
shall be in gross terms as a uniform across-the-board percentage. 

3.  The  amount  of  the  update  thus  fixed  shall  be  incorporated  in  the  basic  salary  tables 
appearing in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations and in Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations 
and in Articles 20 and 93 of the Conditions of Employment of other servants. 

4.  For  the  purposes  of  applying  Regulation  (EEC,  Euratom,  ECSC)  No  260/68,  the 
amounts in Article 4 of that Regulation shall be multiplied by a factor composed of: 

(a) 

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(b) 

 the factor of update of remuneration referred to in paragraph 2. 

5.  The  correction  coefficients  shall  be  determined  on  the  basis  of  the  ratios  between  the 
corresponding  economic  parities  referred  to  in  Article  1  of  this  Annex  and  the  exchange 
rates specified in Article 63 of the Staff Regulations for the relevant countries. They shall 
be applicable: 

(a) 

to  the  salaries  of  officials  of  the  European  Union serving  in  each  of  the  Member 
States and in certain other places of employment, 

(b)  by  way  of  derogation  from  Article  82(1)  of  the  Staff  Regulations,  to  European 
Union pensions paid in each of the Member States for the part corresponding to the 
rights  acquired  before  1  May  2004.  European  Union  pensions  paid  for  the  part 
corresponding  to  the  rights  acquired  as  of  1  May  2004  shall  be  subject  to  the 
economic parity referred to in point (c) of Article 1(3) of this Annex. 

The  procedures  laid  down  in  Article  8  of  this  Annex  concerning  the  retrospective 
application of correction coefficients in places of employment with a high rate of inflation 
shall apply. 

6.  The  institutions  shall  make  the  corresponding  positive  or  negative  update  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 next update. 

If this retroactive update 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 next annual update. 

CHAPTER 2 

INTERMEDIATE UPDATES OF REMUNERATION AND PENSIONS 
(ARTICLE 65(2) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS) 

Article 4 

1. Intermediate update of remuneration and pensions pursuant to Article 65(2) of the Staff 
Regulations, taking effect on 1 January, shall be made in the event of a substantial change 
in the cost of living between June and December (by reference to the sensitivity threshold 
defined in Article 6 of this Annex). 

2. These intermediate updates shall be taken into account in the annual salary update. 

Article 5 

The change in the cost of living shall be measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer 
Prices for the period from June to December of the previous calendar year. However, for 
Belgium  and  Luxembourg  the  change  in  the  cost  of  living  shall  be  measured  by  the 
inflation in those countries weighted as laid down in point (c) of Article 1(3). 

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Article 6 

The  sensitivity  threshold  for  the  six-month  period  mentioned  in  Article  5  of  this  Annex 
shall  be  the  percentage  corresponding  to  5  %  for  a  12  month  period.  If  the  sensitivity 
threshold is reached or exceeded in a Member State, the remuneration and pensions for all 
places of employment in that country shall be updated. 

Article 7 

For the purposes of Article 6 of this Annex, correction coefficients shall be updated to take 
into account the changes in the cost of living as referred to in Article 5. 

CHAPTER 3 

DATE ON WHICH A CORRECTION COEFFICIENT COMES INTO EFFECT 
(PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT WITH A HIGH COST-OF-LIVING 
INCREASE) 

Article 8 

1. For places with a high cost-of-living increase, the correction coefficient shall come into 
effect before 1 January in the case of the intermediate update, or 1 July in the case of the 
annual  update.  This  is  so  as  to  bring  the  loss  in  purchasing  power  into  line  with  what  it 
would be in a place of employment where the change in the cost of living corresponded to 
the sensitivity threshold. 

2. The effective dates for the annual update shall be as follows: 

(a)  16 May for places of employment having an inflation higher than 5 %, and 

(b)  1 May for places of employment having an inflation higher than 10 %. 

3. The effective dates for the intermediate update shall be as follows: 

(a)  16 November for places of employment having an inflation higher than 5 %, and 

(b)  1 November for places of employment having an inflation higher than 10 %. 

CHAPTER 4 

CREATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS 
(ARTICLE 64 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS) 

Article 9 

1.  The  appropriate  authorities  of  the  Member  States  concerned,  the  administration  of  an 
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in a given place of employment can request the creation of a correction coefficient specific 
to that place. 

This request should be supported by objective factors revealing an appreciable difference 
over some years in the cost of living between that place of employment and the capital of 
the Member State concerned (except for the Netherlands where The Hague is used instead 
of Amsterdam). If Eurostat confirms that the difference is appreciable (more than 5 %) and 
sustainable,  the  Commission  shall  enact,  by  means  of  delegated  acts  in  accordance  with 
Articles 110a and 110b of the Staff Regulations, a correction coefficient for that place. 

2.  Likewise  the  Commission  shall  decide  to  withdraw  the  application  of  a  correction 
coefficient specific to a certain place. In that case the proposal shall be based on one of the 
following: 

(a) 

a  request  by  the  appropriate  authorities  of  the  Member  State  concerned,  the 
administration  of  an  institution  of  the  European  Union or  the  representatives  of 
officials  of  the  European  Union in  a  given  place  of  employment  showing  that  the 
cost  of  living  in  that  place  is  no  longer  significantly  different  (less  than  2  %)  than 
that  of  the  capital  of  the  Member  State  concerned.  This  convergence  should  be 
sustainable and validated by Eurostat, 

(b) 

the  fact  that  there  are  no  longer  any  officials  and  temporary  staff  of  the  European 
Union employed in that place. 

3. Eurostat shall establish the purchasing power parity between the place of employment 
and the capital city of the Member State concerned. The economic parity for the place of 
employment  shall  be  the  product  of  the  purchasing  power  parity  and  the  correction 
coefficient applicable to the capital city.  

CHAPTER 5 

EXCEPTION CLAUSE 

Article 10 

If there is a decrease in the gross domestic product of the European Union for the current 
year, forecast by the Commission's directorate-general for economic and financial affairs, 
and the annual update value exceeds the forecasted change in the gross domestic product of 
the European Union by two percentage points, the update value, in case it is positive, shall 
be divided into two equal parts. The Commission shall act by means of delegated acts in 
accordance with Articles 110a and 110b of the Staff Regulations, according to which the 
first half of the update value shall come into effect from 1 July of the current year and the 
second half shall come into effect from 1 July of the following year.  

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CHAPTER 6 

ROLE OF EUROSTAT AND RELATIONS WITH THE STATISTICAL 
OFFICES OF THE MEMBER STATES 

Article 11 

It shall be the task of Eurostat to monitor the quality of basic data and statistical methods 
used  to  work  out  the  factors  taken  into  account  for  the  update  of  remuneration.  In 
particular,  it  shall  make  any  assessments  or  carry  out  any  studies  required  for  such 
monitoring. 

National  statistical  offices  shall  carry  out  their  tasks  in  accordance  with  the  principle  of 
impartiality and supply Eurostat with all necessary data and explanations. 

Article 12 

In March each year Eurostat shall convene a working group composed of experts from the 
statistical offices of the Member States to be known as the ‘Working Group on Article 65 
of the Staff Regulations’. 

At this meeting, the statistical methodology and its implementation concerning specific and 
control indicators shall be examined. 

The  information  required  to  produce  a  forecast  of  changes  in  nominal  salaries  for  the 
purposes  of  the  update  of  remuneration  shall  also  be  provided,  together  with  the  data  on 
working hours in central government departments. 

Article 13 

At  the  request  of  Eurostat,  Member  States  shall  inform  Eurostat  of  any  factors  having  a 
direct  or  indirect  impact  on  the  composition  and  changes  in  the  remuneration  of  central 
government civil servants. 

CHAPTER 7 

FINAL PROVISION AND REVIEW CLAUSE 

Article 14 

1. The provisions of this Annex shall apply from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022. 

2.  They  may  be  reviewed  at  the  end  of  the  fifth  year  particularly  in  the  light  of  their 
budgetary implications. To this end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European 
Parliament and the Council and, where appropriate, a proposal to amend this Annex on the 
basis of Article 336 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.'; 

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54. 

Annex XII shall be amended as follows: 

(a)  Article 2 shall be amended as follows: 

(i) In paragraph 1, the word 'adjustment' shall be replaced by 'update'; 

(ii) Paragraph 2 shall be deleted and paragraph 3 shall become paragraph 2;  

(b) 

In Article 4(6), the words '12-year' shall be replaced by '30-year'; 

(c) 

In Articles 10(2) and 11(2) the words '12 years' shall be replaced by '30 years'; 

(d)  Article 11(1) shall be replaced by the following: 

'1. The annual change in the salary scales of officials to be taken into consideration for the 
actuarial  calculations  shall  be  based,  for  the  period  until  2012,  on  the  specific  indicators 
referred to in Article 1(4) of Annex XI as in force in 2012 and, for the period starting in 
2013, on specific indicators corresponding each year to the ratio between the global salary 
indicator  referred  to  in  Article  1(4)  of  Annex  XI  and  the  European  Index  of  Consumer 
Prices'; 

(e)  After Article 11 the following Article shall be inserted: 

'Article 11a 

Until 2020, for the application of Articles 4(6), 10(2) and 11(2) of this Annex, the moving 
average shall be calculated on the basis of the following time scale: 

In 2013 – 14 years 

In 2014 – 16 years 

In 2015 – 18 years 

In 2016 – 20 years 

In 2017 – 22 years 

In 2018 – 24 years 

In 2019 – 26 years 

In 2020 – 28 years.'; 

(f)  The following sentence shall be added to Article 12: 

'For that purpose, the Commission shall act by means of delegated acts in accordance with 
Articles 110a and 110b of the Staff Regulations.'; 

(g)  Article 14 shall be replaced by the following: 

'On the occasion of the five-yearly actuarial assessment, this Annex may be reconsidered 
by  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council,  particularly  in  the  light  of  its  budgetary 
implications and actuarial balance, on the basis of a report together with, if appropriate, a 
proposal  from  the  Commission  made  after  securing  the  opinion  of  the  Staff  Regulations 
Committee.  The  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  shall  act  on  this  proposal  on  the 
basis of Article 336 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.'; 

55. 

Annex XIII shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In the third subparagraph of Article 7(2), the word 'adjustment' shall be replaced by 
'update'; 

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(b)  Articles 10, 14 to 17, 18(2) and 19 shall be deleted; 

(c) 

In  Article  18(1),  the  word  'adjusted'  shall  be  replaced  by  'updated'  and  the  word 
'adjustment' shall be replaced by 'update'; 

(d)  Article 20 shall be amended as follows: 

(i) Paragraph 2 shall be deleted; 

(ii) The second subparagraph of paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Their pensions shall be subject to the correction coefficient only if the residence of 
the official coincides with their last place of employment or with the country of their 
place of origin within the meaning of Article 7(3) of Annex VII. However, for family 
or  medical  reasons,  officials  receiving  a  pension  may  request  the  appointing 
authority to change their place of origin; this decision shall be taken on production 
by the official concerned of appropriate supporting evidence.'; 

(iii)  The  following  subparagraph  shall  be  inserted  after  the  second  subparagraph  of 
paragraph 3: 

'The minimum economic parity referred to in point (b) of Article 3(5) of Annex XI 
shall be 1.'; 

(iv) After paragraph 3, the following paragraph shall be inserted: 

'3a. For officials recruited before 1 January 2013 the third subparagraph of paragraph 
3 shall apply.'; 

(v) The last sentence of paragraph 4 shall be deleted.; 

(e)  Article 22 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Article 22 

1.  Officials  with  20  or  more  years'  service  on  1  May  2004  shall  become  entitled  to  a 
retirement pension when they reach the age of 60. 

Officials  aged  30  years  or  more  on  1  May  2013  and  who  entered  the  service  before  1 
January 2013 shall become entitled to a retirement pension at the age shown in the table 
below: 

Age on 1 May 
2013 

Pensionable age 

Age on 1 May 
2013 

Pensionable age 

59 years and above 

60 years 0 months 

44 years 

62 years 8 months 

58 years 

57 years 

56 years 

55 years 

60 years 2 months 

43 years 

62 years 11 months 

60 years 4 months 

42 years 

63 years 1 months 

60 years 6 months 

41 years 

63 years 3 months 

60 years 8 months 

40 years 

63 years 5 months 

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54 years 

53 years 

52 years 

51 years 

50 years 

49 years 

48 years 

47 years 

46 years 

45 years 

60 years 10 months 

39 years 

63 years 7 months 

61 years 0 months 

38 years 

64 years 0 months 

61 years 2 months 

37 years 

64 years 1 months 

61 years 4 months 

36 years 

64 years 2 months 

61 years 6 months 

35 years 

64 years 3 months 

61 years 9 months 

34 years 

64 years 4 months 

62 years 0 months 

33 years 

64 years 5 months 

62 years 2 months 

32 years 

64 years 6 months 

62 years 4 months 

31 years 

64 years 7 months 

62 years 6 months 

30 years 

64 years 8 months 

Officials  aged  less  than  30  years  on  1  May  2013  shall  become  entitled  to  a  retirement 
pension at the age of 65 years. 

However,  for  officials  aged  43  years  or  more  on  1  May  2013  who  entered  the  service 
between 1 May 2004 and 31 December 2012, the retirement age shall remain 63 years. 

For  officials  in  service  before  1  January  2013  the  pensionable  age  to  be  taken  into 
consideration for all references to the pensionable age in these Staff Regulations shall be 
determined in accordance with the above provisions, save as otherwise provided in these 
Staff Regulations. 

2.  Notwithstanding  Article  2  of  Annex  VIII,  officials  who  enter  the  service  before 
1 January  2013  and  remain  in  service  after  the  age  at  which  they  would  have  become 
entitled to a retirement pension shall be entitled to an additional increase of 3 % of their 
final basic salary for each year worked after that age, provided that their total pension does 
not exceed 70 % of final basic salary within the meaning of the second or third paragraph 
of Article 77 of the Staff Regulations, as the case may be.  

However, for officials aged 50 years or over or with 20 or more years' service on 1 May 
2004, the increase in pension provided for in the previous subparagraph shall not be less 
than 5 % of the amount of the pension rights acquired at the age of 60. 

The  increase  shall  also  be  granted  in  the  event  of  death,  if  the  official  has  remained  in 
service beyond the age at which he became entitled to a retirement pension. 

If,  pursuant  to  Annex  IVa,  an  official  who  enters  the  service  before  1  January  2013  and 
working part-time contributes to the pension scheme in proportion to the time worked, the 
increase  in  pension  entitlements  provided  for  in  this  Article  shall  be  applied  only  in  the 
same proportion. 

3. If the official retires before reaching the retirement age as laid down in this Article, only 
half of the reduction laid down in Article 9(1)(b) of Annex VIII, shall be applied for the 
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4. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of the Sole Article 
of  Annex  IV,  an  official  to  whom  a  retirement  age  of  less  than  65  years  applies  in 
accordance with paragraph 1 shall receive the allowance provided for in that Annex under 
the conditions laid down therein until the day on which the official reaches the age of 63 
years or his retirement age, if the latter is higher than 63 years. 

However, above that age and up to the age of 65 years the official shall continue to receive 
the allowance until he reaches the maximum retirement pension.'; 

(f)  Article 23 shall be amended as follows: 

(i) Paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: 

'1.  Notwithstanding  Article  52  of  the  Staff  Regulations,  officials  who  enter  the 
service before 1 January 2013 and who leave the service before the age at which they 
would have become entitled to a retirement pension in accordance with Article 22 of 
this  Annex  may  request  the  second  subparagraph  of  point  (b)  of  Article  9(1)  of 
Annex  VIII  to  be  applied  from  the  age  determined  in  accordance  with  the  table 
below: 

Date 

Age when drawing an immediate pension 

Until 31 December 2013 

55 years 6 months 

Until 31 December 2014 

56 years 

Until 31 December 2015 

56 years 6 months 

Until 31 December 2016 

57 years 

Until 31 December 2017 

57 years 6 months 

(ii) Paragraph 2 shall be deleted; 

(g)  After Article 24, the following article shall be inserted: 

'Article 24a 

In  the  case  of  a  pension  determined  before  1  January  2013,  the  recipient's  pension 
entitlement  shall  continue  to  be  determined  after  that  date  in  accordance  with  the 
rules applied when the entitlement was initially determined. The same applies to the 
cover under the joint sickness insurance scheme.'; 

(h)  Article 28 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Article 28 

1.  The  servants  referred  to  in  Article  2  of  the  Conditions  of  Employment  of  Other 
Servants who were under contract on 1 May 2004 and who are appointed as officials 
after  that  date  and  before  1  January  2013  shall,  on  retirement,  be  entitled  to  an 
actuarial adjustment of the pension rights they acquired as temporary servants which 
takes into account the change in their pensionable age within the meaning of Article 
77 of the Staff Regulations. 

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2. The servants referred to in Article 2 and Articles 3a and 3b of the Conditions of 
Employment  of  Other  Servants  who  are  under  contract  on  1  January  2013  and  are 
appointed  as  officials  after  that  date  shall,  on  retirement,  be  entitled  to  an  actuarial 
adjustment of the pension rights they acquired as temporary or contract staff which 
takes into account the change in their pensionable age referred to in Article 77 of the 
Staff Regulations, in case they are at least 30 years old on 1 May 2013.'; 

(i)  After Section 4, the following Section shall be added: 

'Section 5 

Article 30 

1. By way of derogation from Annex I, Section A, point 2, the following table of types of 
posts in function group AST shall apply to officials in service on 31 December 2012: 

Senior Assistant5 

AST 10 – AST 11 

technical  or 

Carrying  out  administrative, 
training 
activities  requiring  a  high  degree  of  autonomy  and 
carrying  significant  responsibilities  in  terms  of  staff 
implementation  or  political 
management,  budget 
coordination 

Assistant6 

AST 1 – AST 9 

technical  or 

Carrying  out  administrative, 
training 
activities  requiring  a  certain  degree  of  autonomy, 
notably  with  regard  to  the  implementation  of  rules  and 
regulations  or  general  instructions  or  as  personal 
assistant of a Member of the institution, of the Head of a 
Member's  private  office  or  of  a  (Deputy)  Director-
General or an equivalent senior manager 

5 

6 

Without prejudice to paragraph 2 point (a), the first assignment of an official to a post of Senior Assistant may 
only take place in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 29(1). 
Without prejudice to paragraph 2 point (b) and (e), the first assignment of an official to a post of Assistant may 
only take place in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 29(1). 

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Administrative Assistant in transition 

AST 1 – AST 7 

Working  for  example  as:  (junior)  clerk,  (junior) 
documentalist, (junior) technician, (junior) IT operative, 
Parliamentary usher7  

Support Agent in transition 

AST 1 – AST 5 

Carrying  out  simple  manual  or  administrative  support 
activities 

2.  With  effect  from  1  January  2013,  the  appointing  authority  shall  classify  officials  in 
service  on  31  December  2012  in  function  group  AST  in  types  of  posts  as  follows, 
notwithstanding the descriptions given in paragraph 1: 

(a)  Officials  who  were  in  grade  AST  10  or  AST  11  on  31  December  2012  shall  be 

classified as Senior Assistant. 

(b)  Officials  not  covered  by  point  (a)  who  were  before  1  May  2004  in  the  former 
category B or who were before 1 May 2004 in the former category C or D and have 
become  member  of  function  group  AST  without  restriction  shall  be  classified  as 
Assistant. 

(c)  Officials  not  covered  by  points  (a)  and  (b)  who  were  before  1  May  2004  in  the 
former category C shall be classified as Administrative Assistant in transition. 

(d)  Officials  not  covered  by  points  (a)  and  (b)  who  were  before  1  May  2004  in  the 

former category D shall be classified as Support Agent in transition. 

(e)  Officials not covered by points (a) to (d) shall be classified on the basis of the grade 
of  the  competition  that  resulted  in  the  list  of  suitable  candidates  from  which  they 
were recruited. Officials who passed a competition of grade AST3 or higher shall be 
classified  as  Assistants,  all  other  officials  shall  be  classified  as  Administrative 
Assistants  in  transition.  The  correlation  table  in  Article  13(1)  of  this  Annex  shall 
apply by analogy, irrespective of the date on which the official was recruited. 

3. By derogation to paragraph 2, point (e), officials recruited on the basis of a competition 
at  a  grade  lower  than  AST  3  may  be  classified  by  the  appointing  authority  before  31 
December 2015 as Assistants in the interest of the service and upon the basis of the post 
occupied  on  31  December  2012.  Each  appointing  authority  shall  lay  down  provisions  to 
give  effect  to  this  Article  in  accordance  with  Article  110  of  the  Staff  Regulations. 

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However, the total number of Administrative Assistants in transition benefiting from this 
provision shall not exceed 5% of the Administrative Assistants in transition on 1 January 
2013. 

4.  Without  prejudice  to  Article  86  and  Annex  IX  of  the  Staff  Regulations,  officials  shall 
keep  their  initial  classification  until  they  are  assigned  to  a  post  of  a  superior  type. 
Promotion shall only be allowed within the career streams corresponding to each type of 
post indicated in paragraph 1. 

5.  By  way  of  derogation  from  Article  6(1)  of  the  Staff  Regulations  and  from  Annex  I, 
Section B, the number of vacant positions in the next higher grade required for promotion 
purposes  shall  be  calculated  separately  for  Support  Agents  in  transition.  The  following 
multiplication rates shall apply: 

Support 
Agents in 
transition 

Grade 

Rate 

5 

4 

3 

2 

1 

- 

10 % 

22 % 

22 % 

- 

As far as Support Agents in transition are concerned, comparative merits for the purposes 
of promotion (Article 45(1) of the Staff Regulations) shall be considered between eligible 
officials of the same grade and classification. 

6. Administrative Assistants in transition and Support Agents in transition who were before 
1  May  2004  in  the  former  category  C  or  D  shall  continue  to  be  entitled  either  to 
compensatory leave or to remuneration, where the requirements of the service do not allow 
compensatory leave during the month following that in which the overtime was worked, as 
provided for in Annex VI. 

7. Officials who were authorised, on the basis of Article 55(2)(e) of the Staff Regulations 
and Article 4 of Annex IVa to the Staff Regulations, to work part time for a period starting 
before  1  January  2013  and  extending  beyond  that  date  may  continue  to  work  part  time 
under the same conditions during a maximum overall period of five years. 

Article 31 

By  way  of  derogation  from  the  first  sentence  of  the  fourth  subparagraph  of  Article  1  of 
Annex II to the Staff Regulations, the representation of the function group AST/SC need 
not to be ensured in the Staff Committee until 1 January 2017.'; 

Article 2 

The Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union shall be amended 
as follows: 

1. 

The second indent of Article 1 shall be deleted.; 

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2. 

The following point shall be added to Article 2: 

'(f) staff engaged to fill a post which is included in the list of posts appended to the section 
of the budget relating to an agency as referred to in Article 1a(2) of the Staff Regulations 
and which the budgetary authorities have classified as temporary, except heads of agencies 
and  deputy  heads  of  agencies  as  referred  to  in  the  European  Union  act  establishing  the 
agency.'; 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Article 3 shall be deleted.; 

In point (b) of Article 3b, point (i) shall be replaced by the following: 

'Officials or temporary staff in function groups AST/SC and AST;'; 

In the first paragraph of Article 8, the terms 'Article 2(a)' shall be replaced by 'Article 2(a) 
or Article 2(f)'; 

Article 10(4) shall be deleted; 

Article 11 shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In the first sentence of the first paragraph, the number '26' shall be replaced by '26a'; 

(b) 

In the third paragraph, the word 'second' shall be replaced by 'third'; 

8. 

Article 12 shall be amended as follows:  

(a)  The following sentence shall be added to paragraph 1: 

'No  posts  shall  be  reserved  for  nationals  of  any  specific  Member  State.  However,  the 
principle of the equality of European Union’s citizens shall allow each institution to adopt 
corrective measures following the observation of a long lasting and significant imbalance 
between  nationalities  among  temporary  staff  which  is  not  justified  by  objective  criteria. 
These corrective measures shall never result in recruitment criteria other than those based 
on merit. Before such corrective measures are adopted, the authority referred to in the first 
paragraph of Article 6 shall adopt general provisions for giving effect to this paragraph in 
accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations. 

After  a  five-year  period  starting  on  1  January  2013  the  Commission  shall  report  to  the 
European  Parliament  and  to  the  Council  on  the  implementation  of  the  preceding 
paragraph.'; 

(b) 

In paragraph 5, the word 'Each institution' shall be replaced by 'The authority referred 
to in the first paragraph of Article 6'; 

9. 

The first and second paragraphs of Article 14 shall be replaced by the following: 

'A member of the temporary staff shall serve a nine month probationary period. 

Where, during his probationary period, a member of the temporary staff is prevented, by 
sickness,  maternity  leave  under  Article  58  of  the  Staff  Regulations,  or  accident,  from 
performing his duties for a continuous period of at least one month, the authority referred 
to  in  the  first  paragraph  of  Article  6  may  extend  his  probationary  period  by  the 
corresponding length of time.'; 

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10. 

In  paragraph  1  of  Article  15,  the  following  sentence  shall  be  added  to  the  first 
subparagraph: 

'Members of the temporary staff graded in accordance with the grading criteria adopted by 
the authority referred to in the first paragraph of Article 6 shall retain the seniority in the 
step  acquired  in  that  capacity  if  they  are  engaged  as  temporary  staff  in  the  same  grade 
immediately following the preceding period of temporary service.'; 

11. 

The second paragraph of Article 17 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Any  period  of  leave  granted  in  accordance with  the  preceding  paragraph  shall  not  count 
for  the  purposes  of  the  application  of  the  first  paragraph  of  Article  44  of  the  Staff 
Regulations.'; 

12. 

Article 20 shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In paragraph 3, the words 'special levy' shall be replaced by 'solidarity levy'; 

(b)  Paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Article 44 of the Staff Regulations shall apply by analogy to temporary staff.'; 

13. 

Article 28a shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In paragraph 10 the word 'Institutions' shall be replaced by 'authorities referred to in 
the first paragraph of Article 6 of the Institutions'; 

(b)  Paragraph 11 shall be replaced by the following:  

'Every  two  years  the  Commission  shall  present  a  report  on  the  financial  situation  of  the 
unemployment  insurance  scheme.  Independently  of  this  report,  the  Commission  may,  by 
means  of  delegated  acts  in  accordance  with  Articles  110a  and  110b  of  the  Staff 
Regulations, adjust the contributions provided for in paragraph 7 if this is necessary in the 
interests of the balance of the scheme.'; 

14. 

Article 34 shall be amended as follows: 

(a) 

In the second and third paragraphs, the number '63' shall be replaced by '65'; 

(b) 

In the second subparagraph, the words 'Article 2 (a), (c) or (d)' shall be replaced by 
'Article 2 (a), (c), (d), (e) or (f)'; 

In the third sentence of Article 36, the words 'Article 2(a), (c) or (d)' shall be replaced by 
'Article 2 (a), (c), (d), (e) or (f)'; 

In  the  fourth  paragraph  of  Article  37,  the  number  '63'  shall  be  replaced  by  '65',  and  the 
words 'Article 2(a), (c) or (d)' shall be replaced by 'Article 2 (a), (c), (d), (e) or (f)'; 

15. 

16. 

17. 

Article 39(1) shall be replaced by the following: 

'1. On leaving the service, a servant within the meaning of Article 2 shall be entitled to a 
retirement  pension,  transfer  of  the  actuarial  equivalent  or  the  payment  of  the  severance 
grant in accordance with Chapter 3 of Title V of, and Annex VIII to, the Staff Regulations. 

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Where the servant is entitled to a retirement pension his pension rights shall be reduced in 
proportion to the amounts paid under Article 42. 

Article  9(2)  of  Annex  VIII  to  the  Staff  Regulations  shall  apply  under  the  following 
conditions: the authority referred to in the first paragraph of Article 6 may decide, in the 
interests  of  the  service  on  the  basis  of  objective  criteria  and  transparent  procedures 
introduced by means of general implementing provisions, not to apply any reduction to the 
pension  of  a  temporary  servant,  up  to  a  maximum  of  four  temporary  servants  in  all 
institutions  in  any  one  year.  The  annual  number  may  vary,  subject  to  a  maximum  of  six 
every two years and the principle of budget neutrality.'; 

18. 

In  the  first  paragraph  of  Article  42,  the  word  'institution'  shall  be  replaced  by  'authority 
referred to in the first paragraph of Article 6'; 

19. 

Point (a) of Article 47 shall be replaced by the following: 

'at the end of the month in which the servant reaches the age of 65, or, on an exceptional 
basis, at the date fixed in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 52(b) of the 
Staff Regulations; or'; 

20. 

21. 

Article 50c(2) shall be deleted; 

The following Chapter shall be added to Title II: 

'Chapter 11 

Special provisions for members of temporary staff referred to in Article 2(f) 

Article 51 

Article 37, with the exception of point (b) of the first paragraph, and Article 38 of the Staff 
Regulations shall apply by analogy to members of the temporary staff referred to in Article 
2(f). 

Article 52 

'By  way  of  derogation  from  the  second  sentence  of  the  first  paragraph  of  Article  17, 
members  of  temporary  staff  referred  to  in  Article  2(f)  with  a  contract  for  an  indefinite 
period  may,  irrespective  of  their  seniority,  be  granted  unpaid  leave  for  periods  not 
exceeding one year.  

The total length of such leave may not exceed 15 years in the course of the staff member's 
entire career. 

Another  person  may  be  engaged  to  the  post  occupied  by  the  member  of  the  temporary 
staff. 

On the expiry of his leave a member of the temporary staff must be reinstated in the first 
post corresponding to his grade which falls vacant in his function group, provided that he 
satisfies the requirements for that post. If he declines the post offered to him, he shall retain 
his right to reinstatement when the next vacancy corresponding to his grade occurs in his 
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may be terminated by the institution without notice. Until effectively reinstated or placed 
on secondment he shall remain on unpaid leave on personal grounds. 

Article 53  

Temporary  staff  referred  to  in  Article  2(f)  shall  be  engaged  on  the  basis  of  a  selection 
procedure  organised  by  one  or  more  agencies.  The European  Personnel  Selection  Office 
shall,  at  the  request  of  the  agency  or  agencies  concerned,  provide  assistance  to  the 
agencies,  in  particular  by  defining  the  contents  of  the  tests  and  organising  the  selection 
procedures. The Office shall ensure the transparency of the selection procedures. 

In case of an external selection procedure, temporary staff referred to in Article 2(f) shall 
be engaged only at grades SC1, AST 1 to AST 4 or AD 5 to AD 8. However, the agency 
may,  where  appropriate,  authorise  the  engagement  at  grade  AD  9,  AD  10,  AD  11  or,  on 
an exceptional basis, at grade AD 12. The total number of engagements at grades AD 9 to 
AD  12  in  an  agency  shall  not  exceed  20  %  of  the  total  number  of  engagements  of 
temporary staff to the function group AD, calculated over a five-year rolling period. 

Article 54  

In  the  case  of  temporary  staff  referred  to  in  Article  2(f),  classification  in  the  next  higher 
grade shall be exclusively by selection from among staff members who have completed a 
minimum period of two years in their grade, after consideration of the comparative merits 
of such temporary staff and of the reports on them. The last sentence of Article 45(1) and 
Article 45(2) of the Staff Regulations shall apply by analogy. The multiplication rates for 
guiding average career equivalence, as set out for officials in Section B of Annex I to the 
Staff Regulations, may not be exceeded.  

In accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations, each agency shall adopt general 
provisions for the implementation of this Article. 

Article 55 

Where  a  member  of  the  temporary  staff  referred  to  in  Article  2(f)  moves,  following  an 
internal  publication  of  a  post,  to  a  new  post  within  his  function  group,  he  shall  not  be 
classified in a lower grade or step than in his former post, provided that his grade is one of 
the grades set out in the vacancy notice.  

The  same  provisions  shall  apply  by  analogy  where  the  member  of  such  temporary  staff 
concludes a new contract with an agency immediately following a preceding contract for 
such temporary staff with another agency. 

Article 56  

In accordance with Article 110(2) of the Staff Regulations, each agency shall adopt general 
provisions on the procedures governing the engagement and use of temporary staff referred 
to in Article 2(f).'; 

22. 

Title III 'Auxiliary staff' shall be deleted;  

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23. 

In Article 79(2), the word 'Each institution' shall be replaced by ' The authority referred to 
in the first paragraph of Article 6'; 

24. 

Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 80 shall be replaced by the following: 

'3. Based on this table the authority referred to in the first paragraph of Article 6 or body 
referred to in Article 3a may, after consulting the Staff Regulations Committee, define in 
more detail the powers attaching to each type of duties. 

4. Articles 1d and 1e of the Staff Regulations shall apply by analogy.'; 

25. 

In Article 82(6), the word 'Each institution' shall be replaced by 'The authority referred to 
in the first paragraph of Article 6'; 

26. 

Paragraph 2 of Article 84 shall be replaced by the following: 

27. 

28. 

29. 

30. 

'Where,  during  his  probationary  period,  a  member  of  the  contract  staff  is  prevented,  by 
sickness,  maternity  leave  under  Article  58  of  the  Staff  Regulations,  or  accident,  from 
performing his duties for a continuous period of at least one month, the authority referred 
to  in  the  first  paragraph  of  Article  6  may  extend  his  probationary  period  by  the 
corresponding length of time.'; 

In Article 85(3), the words 'Article 314 of the EC Treaty' shall be replaced by 'Article 55(1) 
of the Treaty on European Union'; 

In  paragraph  1  of  Article  86,  the  following  subparagraph  shall  be  inserted  after  the  first 
subparagraph: 

''For  function  group  I  Article  32  (2)  of  the  Staff  Regulations  shall  apply  by  analogy. 
General  implementing  provisions  shall  be  adopted  to  give  effect  to  this  Article  in 
accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations.'; 

In point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 88, the terms 'three years' shall be replaced 
by the terms 'six years'; 

In  paragraph  1  of  Article  89,  the  following  subparagraph  shall  be  inserted  after  the  first 
subparagraph:  

'For  function  group  I  Article  32  (2)  of  the  Staff  Regulations  shall  apply  by  analogy. 
General  implementing  provisions  shall  be  adopted  to  give  effect  to  this  Article  in 
accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations.'; 

31. 

In  Article  95,  Article  103(2)  and  (3)  and  in  Article  106(4),  the  number  '63'  shall  be 
replaced by '65'; 

32. 

Paragraph 11 of Article 96 shall be replaced by the following: 

'Every  two  years  the  Commission  shall  present  a  report  on  the  financial  situation  of  the 
unemployment  insurance  scheme.  Independently  of  this  report,  the  Commission  may,  by 
means  of  delegated  acts  in  accordance  with  Articles  110a  and  110b  of  the  Staff 
Regulations, adjust the contributions provided for in paragraph 7 if this is necessary in the 
interests of the balance of the scheme.'; 

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33. 

34. 

In Article 120, the word 'each institution' shall be replaced by 'the authority referred to in 
the first paragraph of Article 6'; 

In Article 141, the word 'each institution' shall be replaced by 'the authority referred to in 
the first paragraph of Article 6'; 

35. 

The Annex shall be amended as follows: 

(a)  The following sentences shall be added to Article 1(1): 

'Articles 22, with the exception of paragraph 4, Article 23, Article 24a and paragraph 7 of 
Article  30  of  that  Annex  shall  apply  by  analogy  to  other  servants  employed  on  31 
December  2012.  Paragraphs  1,  2,  3,  4  and  6  of  Article  30  of  that  Annex  shall  apply  by 
analogy to temporary staff employed on 31 December 2012.’; 

(b)  The following Article shall be added: 

'Article 6 

With effect from 1 January 2013, contracts of temporary staff to whom Article 2(a) of the 
Conditions  of  Employment  of  Other  Servants  applies  and  who  are  in  service  on  31 
December  2012  in  an  agency  shall  be  transformed,  without  selection  procedure,  into 
contracts  under  point  (f)  of  these  Conditions  of  Employment.  The  conditions  of  the 
contract shall remain unchanged for the rest. This paragraph does not apply to contracts of 
temporary staff engaged as heads of agencies or deputy heads of agencies as referred to in 
the European Union act establishing the agency.'; 

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2013. 

Article 3 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

1.1.  Title of the proposal/initiative  

1.2.  Policy area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB structure 

1.3.  Nature of the proposal/initiative  

1.4.  Objective(s)  

1.5.  Grounds for the proposal/initiative  

1.6.  Duration and financial impact  

1.7.  Management method(s) envisaged  

2. 

MANAGEMENT MEASURES  

2.1.  Monitoring and reporting rules  

2.2.  Management and control system  

2.3.  Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities  

3. 

ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

3.1.  Heading(s)  of  the  multiannual  financial  framework  and  expenditure  budget 
line(s) affected  

3.2.  Estimated impact on expenditure  

3.2.1. Summary of estimated impact on expenditure  

3.2.2. Estimated impact on operational appropriations  

3.2.3. Estimated impact on appropriations of an administrative nature 

3.2.4. Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework 

3.2.5. Third-party participation in financing  

3.3.  Estimated impact on revenue

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

1.1. 

Title of the proposal/initiative 

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Staff 
Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European 
Union. 

1.2. 

Policy area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB structure8 

All areas and activities are potentially concerned.  

1.3. 

Grounds for the proposal/initiative  

1.3.1.  Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term 

Optimising  human  resources  management  in  the  EU  Institutions  by  providing  appropriate 
legal framework. 

1.4. 

Duration and financial impact  

(cid:58) Proposal/initiative of unlimited duration 

–  Implementation with a start-up period from 1 January 2013, 

–  followed by full-scale operation. 

1.5.  Management mode(s) envisaged9  

(cid:58) Centralised direct management by the EU institutions 

2. 

2.1. 

ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

Heading(s)  of  the  multiannual  financial  framework  and  expenditure  budget  line(s) 
affected  

•  The proposal has a financial impact on all budgetary lines relating to staff expenditure in all 
Institutions and Agencies, i.e. it concerns expenditure for salaries of staff in headquarters 
and  in  delegations,  contract  agents,  staff  in  the  administrative  offices,  Members, 
parliamentary assistants, research staff, staff financed under BA-lines, staff paid under the 
provisions of early termination of service, pensions. 

8 
9 

ABM: Activity-Based Management – ABB: Activity-Based Budgeting. 
Details  of  management  modes  and  references  to  the  Financial  Regulation  may  be  found  on  the  BudgWeb  site: 
http://www.cc.cec/budg/man/budgmanag/budgmanag_en.html 

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2.2. 

Estimated impact on expenditure  

2.2.1. 

Summary of estimated impact on administrative expenditure under all headings 

–  (cid:58)  The proposal/initiative requires the use of administrative appropriations, as explained below: 

Budget lines as defined in 2.1 

Year 
2013 

Year 
2014 

Year 
2015 

Year 
2016 

Year 
2017 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 
2020 

Total 
2013-
2020 

In lon
term1

EUR million in 2011 prices (to 3 decimal places) 

TOTAL appropriations 
under HEADING 5 
of the multiannual financial framework 

(Total commitments  
= Total payments) 

TOTAL appropriations 
outside HEADING 5 
of the multiannual financial framework 

(Total commitments  
= Total payments) 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADINGS 1 to 5 
of the multiannual financial framework 

(Total commitments  
= Total payments) 

-33,120 

-63,057 

-94,666 

-127,501 

-163,021 

-174,092 

-186,388 

-199,399 

-1041,24511 

-1022,48

-8,280 

-15,758 

-23,644 

-31,800 

-40,579 

-43,210 

-46,074 

-49,015 

-258,360 

-106.28

Year 
2013 

Year 
2014 

Year 
2015 

Year 
2016 

Year 
2017 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 
2020 

Total 
2013-
2020 

In lon
term

EUR million in 2011 prices (to 3 decimal places) 

-41,400 

-78,815 

-118,310 

-159,301 

-203,600 

-217,302 

-232,462 

-248,414 

-1299,605 

-1128,77

10 

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The  column  "long  term"  gives  the  amount  of  the  annual  savings  when  the  effects  of  the  2013  review  of  the  Staff  Regulations  reach  their  cruising  speed.  This  would 
correspond to the 2060's, i.e. when the impact on pension expenditure is the highest. 
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2.2.2.  Estimated impact on operational appropriations  

–  (cid:58)  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations  

2.2.2.1.  Estimated requirements of human resources  

–  (cid:58)  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources  

2.2.3.  Compatibility with the multiannual financial framework  

–  (cid:58)  Proposal/initiative is compatible with the multiannual financial framework. 

2.2.4.  Third-party contributions  

–  The proposal/initiative does not provide for co-financing by third parties  

2.3. 

Estimated impact on revenue  

–  (cid:133)  Proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue. 

–  (cid:58)  Proposal/initiative has the following financial impact: 

– 

– 

(cid:133) 

(cid:58) 

on own resources  

on miscellaneous revenue  

Appropriations 
forecasted in 
DB2012 (in 
2011 prices) 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Impact of the proposal/initiative 

Year 
2013 

Year 
2014 

Year 
2015 

Year 
2016 

Year 
2017 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 
2020 

In long 
term 

461,746 

-12,359 

-20,730 

-28,496 

-35,909 

-42,897 

-44,258 

-45,596 

-46,859 

-60,161 

615,079 

-7,239 

-11,797 

-16,218 

-20,628 

-24,988 

-26,461 

-28,042 

-29,669 

-103,331 

63,344 

+5,847 

+5,147 

+4,458 

+3,762 

+3,082 

+2,799 

+2,514 

+2,236 

-4,643 

Budget 
revenue line: 

410 

Article 
Pension 
contribution 

Article 
Tax 

400 

Article 
Special levy 

404 

Specify the method for calculating the impact on revenue. 

The impact on revenue is based on changes in the changes in basic salaries, allowances and 
pensions to which these deductions apply. 

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