REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT on the use made in 2022 by the institutions of Council Regulations No 495/77, last amended by Regulation No 1945/2006 (on standby duty), No 858/2004 (on particularly arduous working conditions), and No 300/76, last amended by Regulation No 1873/2006 (on shift work)
Date: 2025-02-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, European Commission
Subjects: European official, allowances and expenses, application of EU law, continuous working day, servant (EU), shift work, staff regulations (EU), working conditions

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 4.2.2025  COM(2025) 28 final  REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT on the use made in 2022 by the institutions of Council Regulations No 495/77, last amended by Regulation No 1945/2006 (on standby duty), No 858/2004 (on particularly arduous working conditions), and No 300/76, last amended by Regulation No 1873/2006 (on shift work)  
 
 
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT 

on the use made in 2022 by the institutions of Council Regulations No 495/77, last 
amended by Regulation No 1945/2006 (on standby duty), No 858/2004 (on particularly 
arduous working conditions), and No 300/76, last amended by Regulation No 1873/2006 
(on shift work) 

1. 

INTRODUCTION 

The  Council  Regulations  on  standby  duty  (No 495/77)  and  on  particularly  arduous  working 
conditions (No 858/2004) require the Commission to submit an annual report to the Council 
on  the  number  of  officials  and  other  servants  in  each  category  receiving  the  allowances 
referred to in the respective Regulations and on the total related expenditure. 

This report is based on the latest full-year figures available at the time of its preparation and 
refers to 2022. It covers all the institutions1. To be complete, this report also contains the same 
type of information on the use of shift work (Council Regulation No 300/76). 

2. 

STANDBY DUTY ALLOWANCE 

The  legal  bases  for  this  allowance  are  Articles 55  and  56b  of  the  Staff  Regulations  and 
Council Regulation No 495/77 of 8 March 1977, as amended. 

Payment of the allowance is limited to officials and other servants  

-  paid from research appropriations and employed in: 

– 
– 

an establishment of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), or  
indirect action, or 

-  paid from operating appropriations and employed in: 

– 
– 
– 
– 

– 

the running or supervision of technical installations, 
a safety and security department, 
an information and communication technology (ICT) services department, 
a department  providing  support for the Common Foreign  and Security Policy 
(CFSP)/European Security  and Defence Policy  (ESDP) or for emergency and 
crisis coordination arrangements, or 
a  mechanism  established  to  provide  assistance  to  Member  States  24 hours  a 
day,  7 days  a  week  (MS 24/7),  for  emergency  and  crisis  coordination 
arrangements or services where there is a confirmed necessity for the execution 
of  tasks  in  order  to  guarantee  a  mechanism  for  providing  assistance  to 
Member States. 

1 Within the meaning of the Staff Regulations. 

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The  standby  duty  allowance  is  expressed  in  points.  The  number  of  points  granted  for  each 
hour of actual standby duty is fixed as follows: 

– 
– 
– 
– 

standby duty at home, working day: 2.15 points; 
standby duty at home, weekend and public holidays: 4.3 points; 
standby duty at the place of work, working day: 11 points; 
standby duty at the place of work, weekend and public holidays: 22 points. 

Each point is equal to 0.032% of the basic salary of an official in grade 1, step 1 (= EUR 1.05 
in 2022). 

The following figures indicate the number of allowances granted by each institution for 2022. 

2.1.  Number of beneficiaries (officials/temporary staff and contract staff) 

Institution 

AD 

AST 

Parliament 
Council 
Commission 
- of which JRC: 
Court of Justice 
Court of Auditors 
EESC 
CoR 
EEAS 
Ombudsman 
EDPS 

48 

76 

18 

0 

4 

7 

153 

  0 
33 
141 

0 
110 
274 

16 
0 
0 
0 
12 
0 
0 

18 
3 
2 
3 
7 
0 
0 

AC 

FG I 
0 
3 
47 

FG II  FG III  FG IV 
0 
1 
11 

0 
2 
39 

0 
0 
16 

Total 

0 
149 
528 

1 
17 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

68 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 

35 
20 
3 
4 
20 
0 
0 

16 

43 

13 

759 

Total 

202 

417 

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2.2.  Number of beneficiaries per type of standby duty 

Institution 

At home 

At home and 
at the place of 
work 

At the place 
of work 

Total 

Parliament 
Council 
Commission 
- of which JRC: 
Court of Justice 
Court of Auditors 
EESC 
CoR 
EEAS 
Ombudsman 
EDPS 

Total 

0 
149 
513 

140 

5 

35 
20 
0 
0 
20 
0 
0 

8 

0 
0 
7 

0 
0 
3 
4 
0 
0 
0 

737 

14 

153 

0 
0 
8 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

8 

0 
149 
528 

35 
20 
3 
4 
20 
0 
0 

759 

2.3. 

Number of beneficiaries per type of employment 

Institution 

JRC 

Indirect 
action 

Parliament 
Council 
Commission 
- of which 
JRC: 
Court of 
Justice 
Court of 
Auditors 
EESC 
CoR 
EEAS 
Ombudsman 
EDPS 

0 
0 
153 

153 

0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

Total 

153 

0 
0 
2 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

2 

Technical 
installations 
0 
18 
65 

Safety/ 
Security 
0 
32 
129 

ICT 

0 
65 
117 

CFSP/
ESDP 
0 
34 
0 

MS 
24/7 
0 
0 
62 

Total 

0 
149 
528 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

153 

17 

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

11 

20 

3 
4 
5 
0 
0 

7 

0 

0 
0 
7 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
8 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

35 

20 

3 
4 
20 
0 
0 

100 

204 

196 

42 

62 

759 

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3. 

ALLOWANCE FOR PARTICULARLY ARDUOUS WORKING CONDITIONS 

The  legal  bases  for 
this  allowance  are  Article 56c  of  the  Staff  Regulations  and 
Council Regulation  No 858/2004  of  29 April 2004.  The  allowance  is  granted  to  compensate 
for particularly arduous working conditions relating to (i) ‘safety of the individual’ (wearing 
of  particularly  uncomfortable  special  clothing,  partial  protection),  (ii)  ‘place  of  work’ 
(confined,  noisy  and  dangerous  places)  and  (iii)  ‘nature  of  work’  (for  example,  handling  of 
corrosive substances, work with explosives)2.  

The  allowance  is  expressed  in  terms  of  points  granted  for  each  hour  of  actual  work.  The 
number of points varies between 2, e.g. for an average sound level exceeding 85 decibels, and 
an upper limit of 50 in the case of an official wearing a self-contained protective suit against 
fire.  Each  point  is  equal  to  0.032%  of  the  basic  salary  of  an  official  in  grade 1,  step 1 
(= EUR 1.05 in 2022). 

3.1. 

Number of beneficiaries (officials/temporary staff and contract staff) 

Institution 

AD 

AST 

AC 

FG I 

FG II 

FG III 

FG IV 

Total 

0 
0 
164 

0 
0 
12 

12 

154 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

12 

164 

Parliament 
Council 
Commission 
- of which JRC:  23 
Court of Justice 
Court of 
Auditors 
EESC 
CoR 
EEAS 
Ombudsman 
EDPS 

0 
0 
23 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
107 

0 
0 
15 

106 

7 

1 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

Total 

23 

107 

15 

5 

0 
0 
2 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

2 

0 
0 
5 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

5 

2 Article 3 of Council Regulation No 858/2004. 

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4. 

SHIFT WORK ALLOWANCE 

The  legal  bases  for 
Council Regulation No 300/76 of 9 February 1976, as amended. 

this  allowance  are  Article 56a  of  the  Staff  Regulations  and 

Payment of the allowance is limited to officials and other servants  

-  paid from research appropriations and employed in: 

–  an establishment of the JRC, or 

– 

indirect action, or  

-  paid from operating appropriations and employed in: 

–  an information and communication technology (ICT) services department, 

–  a safety and security department, 

–  a telephone switchboard/information service or on a reception desk, 

–  a department providing support for the Common Foreign and Security Policy 
(CFSP)/European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) or for emergency and 
crisis coordination arrangements, 

–  a service providing support for emergency or crisis coordination arrangements, 

or 

– 

the running or supervision of technical installations. 

The following figures indicate the number of allowances granted by each institution for 2022. 

4.1. 

Number of beneficiaries (officials/temporary staff and contract staff) 

Institution 

AD 

AST 

Total 

Parliament 
Council 
Commission 
- of which JRC: 
Court of Justice 
Court of Auditors 
EESC 
CoR 
EEAS 
Ombudsman 
EDPS 

Total 

0 

2 
0 
1 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

3 

AC 

FG I 

589 
0 
14 

FG II 
9 
0 
16 

FG III  FG IV 
1 
0 
1 

21 
0 
31 

87 
75 
115 

15 

10 

0 

4 

0 

29 

0 
1 
2 
3 
36 
0 
0 

0 
16 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 

319 

620 

25 

54 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

2 

709 
75 
178 

0 
17 
3 
4 
37 
0 
0 

1023 

Four different rates of the monthly allowance are provided for (2022 figures): 
– 
– 

rate 1: work involving two shifts, excluding weekends and public holidays: EUR 471.12; 
rate 2:  work  involving  two  shifts,  including  one  night,  weekends  and  public  holidays: 
EUR 711.08; 
rate 3: 24 hours a day, excluding weekends and public holidays: EUR 777.48; 
rate 4: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: EUR 1059.95. 

– 
– 

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4.2. 

Number of beneficiaries per rate  

Rate 1 

Rate 2 

Rate 3 

EUR 471.12  EUR 711.08  EUR 777.48 

Institution 

Parliament 
Council 
Commission 
- of which JRC: 
Court of Justice 
Court of Auditors 
EESC 
CoR 
EEAS 
Ombudsman 
EDPS 

Total 

0 

82 
33 
17 

0 
0 
3 
4 
27 
0 
0 

329 
0 
0 

0 

9 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

166 

329 

4.3.  Number of beneficiaries per type of employment  

Institution 

JRC 

Crisis/ 
emerg. 
Coord. 

ICT 

Safety/ 
Security 

0 
0 
29 

0 
0 
26 

0 
0 
12 

644 
75 
111 

29 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Switch
board/ 
Recep-
tion 

34 
0 
0 

Parliament 
Council 
Commission 
- of which 
JRC: 
Court of 
Justice 
Court of 
Auditors 
EESC 
CoR 
EEAS 
Ombudsman 
EDPS 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

Total 

29 

26 

0 
0 
9 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

9 

CFSP/  
ESDP 

Rate 4 
EUR 
1059.95 

298 
42 
152 

20 

29 

0 
17 
0 
0 
10 
0 
0 

Total 

709 
75 
178 

0 
17 
3 
4 
37 
0 
0 

519 

1023 

Indire
ct 
action 

Tech-
nical 
install
ations 
31 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

31 

0 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
10 
0 
0 

10 

Total 

709 
75 
178 

29 

0 

17 

3 
4 
37 
0 
0 

1023 

0 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
17 
0 
0 

29 

0 

17 

3 
4 
10 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

864 

34 

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5. 

SERVICES CONCERNED AND REASONS 

The  European  Parliament, 
the  Court  of  Justice, 
the Court of Auditors,  both  Committees  and  the  EEAS,  use  standby  duty  and/or  shift work 
and pay the allowances provided for by the legislation. 

the  Commission, 

the  Council, 

The  Commission  is  still  the  only  institution  that  pays  allowances  for  particularly  arduous 
working conditions. These allowances are paid to beneficiaries working at the JRC, the Office 
for  Infrastructure  and  Logistics  in  Brussels  (OIB)  and  the  Directorate-General  for  Energy 
(DG ENER). 

5.1. 

Reasons for standby duty 

Council: The Council paid allowances for standby duty to  149 members of its staff in 2022 
(98 in 2021). The increase of around 50% in beneficiairies was due to the regularisation of a 
standby duty service covering technical installations and the creation of several standby duty 
teams to be able to reply to an immediate reaction requested by the President of the European 
Council,  specifically  outside  normal  working  hours,  due  to  the  difficult  political  situation 
since February 2022. 

The  standby  services  have  been  set  up  to  cover  the  following  areas:  (i)  Information  and 
Communication Technologies (ICT), to guarantee the protection and proper functioning of the 
IT  and  communications  networks,  to  provide  support  for  the  unforeseen  activities  of  the 
European Council, the Council and their preparatory bodies, and to cover urgent needs of the 
European  Council,  the  Council  and  the  General  Secretariat,  in  terms  of  managing  the 
EU’s classified information; (ii) Safety and Security, to respond immediately to any incident 
that  could  affect  the  staff  of  the  European  Council,  the  Council  and  the  activities  of  the 
General  Secretariat,  and  to  provide  24/7  support  to  security  officers  on  mission;  (iii) swift 
action  to  draft,  publish  on  the  internet  and  disseminate  immediate  and  urgent  statements  by 
the Member State holding the rotating Presidency of the Council and by the President of the 
European Council in the context of the CFSP/ESDP, and (logistical) support for the activities 
of the President of the European Council and the Secretary-General as part of external policy; 
(iv) Technical Installations, to ensure that the occupants of the buildings are able to work in a 
safe,  pleasant  and  comfortable  environment  and  that  the  rooms  and  necessary  technical 
equipment are properly maintained. 

In 2022, standby duty was performed exclusively at home.   

Commission: In 2022, the Commission paid allowances for standby duty to 528 members of 
its staff, representing an increase of almost 11% compared to 2021 (476 beneficiaries). This 
increase is mainly due to 20 and 19 extra beneficiaries in DG HR and DG ECHO respectively. 
The number of beneficiaries in DG HR increased due to an increase in the number of posts 
allocated  to  the  close  protection  service  in  order  to  guarantee  compliance  with  health  and 
safety requirements and the creation of two new standby duty services. The first new standby 
duty  service  provides  technical  surveillance  to  prevent  and  detect  threats  stemming  from 
espionage during high-level sensitive meetings and the second is to ensure the operations of 
the Communication and Information System (SUE) that allows handling of European Union 

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Classified  Information  and  handle  incidents  related  to  this  system.  The  number  of 
beneficiaries  in  DG  ECHO  increased  to  be  able  to  cover  the  higher  workload  at  the 
Emergency  Response  Coordination  Centre  following  the  increase  of  responsibilities  of  the 
Centre and the general increase in workload due to the evolution of the emergency landscape 
with new risks. 

21% of the beneficiaries (153) work at one of the Commission’s Joint Research Centres. Most 
of the standby duty at the JRC is carried out at home, with the exception of the JRC in Ispra, 
where the duties are undertaken at the place of work or at home due to the specific nature of 
the  tasks  to  be  performed.  OLAF  is  the  other  Directorate-General  where  the  duties  are 
undertaken  at  the  place  of  work  or  at  home.  The  remaining  standby  duty  services  at  the 
Commission are performed at home. 

In  the  Commission’s  other  Directorates-General,  the  number  of  beneficiaries  has  increased 
slightly  for  DG  DIGIT  (+6),  due  to  replacements  of  beneficiaries  who  left.  For  the  other 
services, there was little to no change compared to 2021.  

Court of Justice: In 2022, the Court of Justice paid allowances for standby services at home 
to  35 members  of  its  staff  (27  in  2021).  The  number  of  beneficiaries  increased  due  to  the 
creation of a new standby duty service covering the area of ICT as the international context 
revealed  increased  risks  of  cyberattacks,  which  requires  special  monitoring.  The  rest  of  the 
beneficiaries work in the Directorate for Buildings and Security in the Directorate-General for 
Administration.  The  units  where  the  beneficiaries  work  are  responsible  for  the  Court’s 
development projects and for managing buildings and security. 

Court of Auditors: In 2022, the monthly planning of the Security and Safety service includes 
the need for standby duties at home for 20 staff members (19 in 2021). They ensure the safety 
of buildings and their occupants round the clock throughout the year. 

EESC-CoR: The EESC and the CoR have a joint standby service within the security service 
to ensure that security staff can be reached and are ready to react at all times should incidents 
requiring action arise when the institution is closed. In 2022, the standby service (at home and 
at the place of work) was performed by three EESC staff (2 in 2021) and four CoR staff (same 
as in 2021). 

EEAS:  In  2022,  the  EEAS  paid  allowances  for  standby  duty  to  20  members  of  its  staff 
(22 staff in 2021).  

The standby services in the EEAS cover three areas of work: (i) security services, to provide 
round-the-clock protection to EEAS staff, visitors, premises and property in Brussels and to 
protect classified information at Headquarters; (ii) support to the CFSP/ESDP by monitoring 
events around the world 24/7, respond to crises, incidents, critical events, specific situations 
or  emergencies,  provide  support  to  the  High  Representative  and  EU  actors,  facilitate  EEAS 
crisis meetings outside normal working hours and providing support to Human Resources and 
the Secretary General in their operational tasks protecting the security and essential interests 
of the Union and its member States in case of a threat to or through the Galileo system; (iii) 
the  information  and  communication  technology  service  via  the  COMCEN  (Communication 

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Centre)  which  provides  services  for  the  transmission  of  classified  information  to  all  EEAS 
staff members, while also providing services to the General Secretariat of the Council in the 
operational management of the Central Cortesy system hub and the Cortesy Point of Presence, 
and  via  Central  EUCI  registry  ensuring  registering  of  C-UE/EU-C  and  S-UE/EU-s 
documents.  

5.2. 

Reasons for using the allowance for particularly arduous working conditions 

Commission: As in 2021, the Commission is the only institution to have used this possibility 
in 2022. Allowances were given to staff working for the reproductions service of the Office 
for  Infrastructure  and  Logistics  in  Brussels  (OIB),  for  DG  ENER  for  inspections  of 
installations  at  nuclear  sites,  and  for  the  JRC.  A  total  of  164  beneficiaries  received  the 
allowance in 2022 (165 in 2021). Therefore, the number of beneficiaries remained relatively 
stable. 

In  2022,  the  total  number  of  hours  worked  under  particularly  arduous  conditions  were 
categorised as follows: 
➢  32 752.00 hours (23 565.25 in 2021) relating to safety of the individual (for example, the 

wearing of particularly uncomfortable protective clothing); 

➢  61 073.75 hours (39 351.35 in 2021) relating to the place of work (for example, high noise 

level, dangerous sites); 

➢  5  522.13  hours  (4  819.58  in  2021)  relating  to  the  nature  of  the  work  (for  example, 

handling of corrosive substances); 

➢  0 hours (148.25 in 2021) relating to the safety of the individual and to the place of work. 

The  number  of  hours  increased  compared  to  2021,  because  of  the  reopening  of  JRC 
laboratories after the COVID-19 health crisis. However, the activities are not yet back to pre-
COVID-19 health crisis level. 

5.3. 

Reasons for shift work 

European Parliament: In 2022, the European Parliament paid shift work allowances to cover 
(i)  safety  and  security  services  in  the  three  places  of  work:  Brussels,  Strasbourg  and 
Luxembourg;  (ii)  services  related  to  the  reception,  security  and  control  of  visitors 
(Parlamentarium, House of European History and the Jean Monnet House, Sports Centre) and 
communication via the switchboard, which offers a variety of services in  several languages, 
including  the  transfer  of  incoming  and  outgoing  calls,  the  provision  of  contact  information 
(telephone  and  fax  numbers,  email  and  office  addresses),  information  on  meetings  and  the 
buildings  of  the  European  Parliament;  (iii)  technical  installation  services  to  supervise  and 
coordinate  external  maintenance  service  providers,  in  particular  outside  the  normal  working 
hours  and  to  take  part  in  the  upkeep  of  certain  type  of  sensitive  information,  such  as 
Parliament’s plans.  

The  set-up  consists  of:  a  two-shift  arrangement  (rate 1),  a  two-shift  arrangement  including 
nights, weekends and public holidays (rate 2), and a continuous 24-hour service (rate 4). The 
number of beneficiaries in 2022 increased considerably (709 compared to 627 in 2021). This 
increase of 13% is due to the internalisation of security in Luxembourg. 

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Council:  The  Council  has  a  system  of  shift  work  in  place  to  ensure  the  continuity  of  the 
services  responsible for  the safety  and security of buildings and persons.  There was  a small 
change  (-4)  in  the  number  of  beneficiaries  compared  to  2021  (75  compared  to  79  in  2021). 
Furthermore, following a reorganisation, 8 beneficiaries changed from shiftwork under rate 4 
to rate 1 on 30 May 2022. These beneficiaries are included in the number of beneficiaries (33) 
under rate 1.   

Commission: Within the Commission, DG HR (safety and security department), the JRC (for 
reasons  relating  to  the  nature  of  the  activities)  and  DG  ECHO  (support  for  emergency  and 
crisis  coordination)  are  mainly  using  shift  work  services  (103,  29  and  26  beneficiaries 
respectively in 2022). Compared to 2021, there was an increase of beneficiaries in all of these 
three services.  In the JRC the number of beneficiaries increased with 2 beneficiaries. In DG 
ECHO the number increased with 4 beneficiaries to be able to cover the higher workload at 
the Emergency Response Coordination Centre following the increase of responsibilities of the 
Centre and the general increase in workload due to the evolution of the emergency landscape 
with new risks. In DG HR, there were 21 more beneficiaries, due to an increase in the number 
of posts allocated to the close protection service in order to guarantee compliance with health 
and safety requirements and the creation of a new shiftwork service to ensure the presence of 
specialised in-house armed security officers.  

As in 2021, in 2022, shift work was also performed in two other Directorates-General in the 
following areas: 

– 
– 

Security and prevention: 8 (OIL); 
Information and Communication Technologies: 12 (DG COMM; 14 in 2021); 

Rates 1, 3 and 4 are applied in the Commission, with rate 4 (continuous service) being used 
mainly in the services concerning security, the JRC and emergency and crisis coordination. 

Court of Auditors: In 2022, the only shift work service reported by the Court of Auditors was 
a service put in place in the Human Resources, Finance and General Services Directorate to 
ensure the safety of buildings and their occupants. It is a continuous 24-hour service (rate 4) 
with 17 beneficiaries (the same as in 2021).  

EESC-CoR: The EESC and the CoR have a joint shift work service in place to meet the need 
for  continuous  presence  in  the  security  service.  The  EESC  paid  allowances  to  three 
beneficiaries (rate 1; two in 2021) and the CoR to four beneficiaries (rate 1; same as in 2021). 

EEAS:  In  2022,  the  EEAS  paid  shift  work  allowances  to  37  beneficiaries  (32  in  2021)  to 
provide  round-the-clock  protection  to  EEAS  staff,  visitors,  premises  and  physical  assets  in 
Brussels, to ensure the daily monitoring, assessment and flagging-up of politically significant 
events or situations on a 24/7 basis, and to provide services for the transmission of classified 
information to all EEAS staff, including to Delegations and to the General Secreteriat of the 
Council. The difference is due to a decrease of 1 beneficiary in the service ensuring the daily 
monitoring and assessment of politically significant events, and an increase of 6 beneficiaries 
in the service for the transmission of classified information, filling in the positions that were 
vacant  for  most  of  2021  and  to  cover  for  additional  responsibilities  since  2022.  Both  rate  1 
and 4 are applicable at the EEAS. 

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BUDGET EXPENDITURE PER INSTITUTION AND PER ALLOWANCE (IN EUR) 

Institution 

Standby duty 

Particularly 
arduous 
working 
conditions 

Shift work 

Total 

Parliament 

Council 

Commission 

0 

434 822 

0 

0 

6 373 552.80 

6 373 552.80 

         1 127 410.00  

692 588 

1 768 721.89   

456 738.14   

1 794 552.57  

4 020 012.60   

- of which JRC: 

702 747.57  

430 712.21  

251 958.66  

1 385 418.44  

Court of Justice 

Court of Auditors 

EESC 

CoR 

EEAS 

Ombudsman 
EDPS 

60 751.56 

31 454.18 

8 504.49 

11 077.98 

79 127.44 
0 
0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 

0 

60 751.56 

198 869.01 

9 650.04 

20 242.32 

246 219.52 
0 
0 

230 323.19   

 18 154.53   

31 320.30  

            325 346.96  

0 
0 

Total 

2 394 459.54  

456 738.14  

 9 335 674.26  

12 186 871.94 

The amount spent on the three allowances in all the European institutions in 2022 was EUR 
12 186 871.94  (for comparison, EUR 10 683 129.74 in 2021).  

The  increase  in  total  expenditure  compared  to  2021  is  mainly  due  to  the  increase  of 
expenditure for shiftwork allowances (EUR 8 223 692.75 in 2021), resulting from an increase 
of beneficiaries of shift work allowances at the European Parliament (from 627 to 709) and at 
the Commission (from 153 to 178).  

The expenditure for standby duty allowances increased slightly as well (EUR 2 197 325.09 in 
2021), predominantly because of the increase of beneficiaries of this allowance at the Council 
(from 98 to 149) and at the Commission (from 476 to 528). 

In  addition,  as  the  JRC  laboratories  had  been  opening  again  after  their  closures  during  the 
COVID-19  health  crisis,  the  number  of  hours  worked  under  particularly  arduous  working 
conditions increased, which resulted in the increase of the expenditure for this allowance  by 
almost 75% compared to 2021 (EUR 262 111.90 in 2021).  

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