Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 10 March 2025 amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament
Date: 2025-03-10
Institutions: Bureau of the European Parliament
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, Statute for Members of the Parliament, assistant, servant (EU)




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C/2025/1848


1.4.2025







            DECISION OF THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 10 March 2025
         
amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament
(C/2025/1848)


THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 223(2) thereof,


Having regard to the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (1), and in particular Article 21 thereof,


Having regard to Rule 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament,

Whereas:







(1)


According to Article 73(2) of the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (2) (‘the Implementing Measures’), the maximum monthly amount defrayable in respect of the personal staff referred to in Article 29(4) thereof, is, where appropriate, to be index-linked annually by the Bureau, on the basis of the Joint Index for measuring the change in the cost of living for EU officials (‘Joint Index’) established by Eurostat pursuant to Article 65 of, and in accordance with Annex XI to, the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (3) (‘Staff Regulations’).












(2)


That index-linking is normally decided by the Bureau in December and takes effect retroactively from July of the year in question. However, the Joint Index established by Eurostat for the period 1 July 2023 to 1 January 2024 was set at 103,0 (+ 3,0 %), equal to the threshold of 3 % established by the Staff Regulations to trigger an intermediate update in the remuneration of EU officials, and consequently an intermediate update of the monthly amount of Members’ parliamentary assistance allowance became necessary.












(3)


For the first half of 2024, the Commission set the applicable adjustment rate at 3 %. Accordingly, at its meeting of 24 June 2024, the Bureau decided to increase the monthly amount of the parliamentary assistance allowance by 3 %, to EUR 29 557, with effect from 1 January 2024 (4).












(4)


For the second half of 2024, the Commission set the applicable adjustment rate at 5,3 %, to be implemented in two steps, through a first indexation of 4,1 %, with effect from 1 July 2024, and a second indexation of 1,2 %, with effect from 1 April 2025.












(5)


Accordingly, at its meeting of 16 December 2024, the Bureau decided to increase the monthly amount of the parliamentary assistance allowance by 4,1 %, to EUR 30 769, with effect from 1 July 2024 (5).












(6)


In order to fully reflect the applicable adjustment rate of 5,3 % set by the Commission, the monthly amount of the parliamentary assistance allowance should now be further increased by 1,2 %, to EUR 31 138, with effect from 1 April 2025. To this end, Article 29(4) of the Implementing Measures should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Article 29 of the Implementing Measures, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:


‘4.   The maximum monthly amount defrayable in respect of all the personal staff referred to in Article 30 shall be EUR 31 138 with effect from 1 April 2025.’.




Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Decision shall apply from 1 April 2025.


                
            





(1)  Decision 2005/684/EC, Euratom of the European Parliament of 28 September 2005 adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (OJ L 262, 7.10.2005, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2005/684/oj).

(2)  Decision of the Bureau of 11 September 2023 concerning the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament and repealing the Decision of the Bureau of 19 May and 9 July 2008 (OJ C, C/2024/2814, 26.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2814/oj).

(3)  
            OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.

(4)  Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 24 June 2024 amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (OJ C, C/2024/4279, 1.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4279/oj).

(5)  Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 16 December 2024 amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (OJ C, C/2024/7537, 20.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7537/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1848/oj
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