CELEX: 51984PC0274
Language: en
Date: 1984-07-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC, EEC) adjusting the weightings applicable in Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                      C O M (84) 274 final
                                                      Br u s s e l s , 17th Ju ly 1984
                 PR O P O S A L FOR A COUN CIL R E G U L A T I O N (EURATOM, ECSC, EEC)
     a d j u s t i n g the w e i g hti ng s ap p l i c a b l e in Denmark, the Federal Republic
     of Germany, Ir e l a n d and the U n it ed Ki n g d o m to the r e mu ner at ion and
     p e ns ion s of o f f i c i a l s and ot h e r servants of the Eu r o p e a n Co mm uni ti es
                               (presented by the Co m m i s s i o n to the Council)
    C OM (84) 274 final
 ---pagebreak---                                     E x p l ana to ry Me m o r a n d u m
1.       During 1980 the St at ist ic al Office of the E u ro pea n Communi ti es
(SOEC), in a s s o c i a t i o n with the st at ist ic al of f i c e s of the Member
States, carr ied out a v e r i f i c a t i o n of the w e i g h t i n g s ap p l i c a b l e to
the re m u n e r a t i o n of of f i c i a l s and other serv ant s of the European
Communities.
This v e r i f i c a t i o n , whose findings take effect on 1 J a nu ary 1981, is
in ac c o r d a n c e both with the me th od of a d j u s t i n g r e m u n e r at ion s
adop ted by the Council on 29 June 1976 and with that a d o p t e d on
15 December 1981.
2.       The SOEC c a rr ied out its v e r i f i c a t i o n us i n g a nu m b e r of
pa r a m e t e r s (i ncluding and e x c l u d i n g rent and i n c l udi ng bu i l d i n g
costs) with the results gi v e n in Table I.                           An an a l y s i s of the
figures leads to the co n c l u s i o n that the w e i g h t i n g s for coun tri es
of em p l o y m e n t wh er e d i v e r g e n c e s are s i g n i fi ca nt s h ou ld be adjusted.
The 2.5% t h r e s h o l d for a d j u s t i n g w e i g h t i n g s is felt to be re asonable
in or de r to e l i m i n a t e mi n o r fl u c t u a t i o n s and ju s t i f i e d in view of the
inev ita bl e in a c c u r a c i e s in the st a t i s t i c s and the s h o r t c o m i n g s of the
e x is tin g SOEC approach.
This v e r i f i c a t i o n was c a rr ied out as part of a real c o m p a r i s o n of
national a c co unt s a g g r e g a t e s in the Me mber States and was not based
on specific c r it eri a for c o n s ump ti on by in t e r n a t i o n a l civil servants.
In addi tio n, while the sample of prices for go od s on which the
c o m p ari so n was ba s e d was ta ke n in capital cities, rents are those for
the coun try as a wh ol e and not just the capital.                              Rents in capitals
would have b e e n cl oser to th os e ac t u a l l y pa id by i n t e r n a t i o n a l civil
servants.
3.       More ove r, a c o m p a r i s o n of the figu res in the table, o b t a i n e d with
each of the p a r a m e t e r s , shows that th er e is re a s o n a b l e co r r e l a t i o n
b e tw een the w e i g h t i n g s " e x c l u d i n g rent" and " i n c l u d i n g b u i l d i n g costs"
but the fi gure " i n c l u d i n g rent" di v e r g e s a p p r e ci ab ly.             Howe ver , in
view of the i m p o rta nc e of e x p e n d i t u r e on a c c o m m o d a t i o n in family
b u dg ets and to re main in line with pr e v i o u s pr a c t i c e , it is es sential
that the f i gu res i n c l udi ng rent sh ould be used.
 4.       With regard to Italy, the C o m m i s s i o n co n s i d e r s that the data
 will have to be re a s s e s s e d after a new g e ne ral s u rv ey has be en
 carr ied out, p a r t i c u l a r l y since, in resp ons e to the judg men t of the
 Court of Ju s t i c e of 15 D e ce mbe r 1982, a spec ifi c w e i g h t i n g for the
 Va rese region has be en e s t a b l i s h e d in the m e a n t i m e and that, as a
 result, the da ta for the capital can no longer be a p p l i e d to this
 region.
 5.       With regard to Gree ce, the C o m m i s s i o n th in ks it wo ul d be better
 to wait for the next v e r i f i c a t i o n be f o r e a d j u s t i n g the w e i g h t i n g in
 view of the pr o b l e m s i n vo lve d in e s t a b l i s h i n g a va l i d ba si s for
 comparison.
 6.       For the above reasons the C o m m i s s i o n p r o p o s e s that the w e i g hti ng s
 for Denmark, the Federal R e pu bli c of G e rm any , Ir e l a n d and the Un ited
 K i ng dom sh ou ld be a d j u s t e d with ef fe ct fr om 1 J a n u a r y 1981 as shown
 in Table II, and that the e x i s t i n g w e i g h t i n g s sh o u l d be m a i n t a i n e d
 for the ot he r countries.
 ---pagebreak---                                                PR O P O S A L FOR A
                 COUNCIL RE G U L A T I O N (EURATOM, ECSC, EEC) No                  /84
                                          of
adju sti ng the w e i g hti ng s a p p l i c a b l e in Denmark, the Federal Republic
of Germany, Ireland and the United Ki n g d o m to the re m u n e r a t i o n and
pens ion s of of f i c i a l s and ot he r servants of the E u ro pea n C o m m uni ti es
THE COUN CIL OF THE E U RO PEA N COMMUNI TI ES,
Having regard to the T r e a t y e s t a b l i s h i n g a Si ngle Council and a Single
C o m m iss io n of the Euro pea n Communi ti es,
Ha ving regard to the Staff R e g u l at io ns of O f f i cia ls and the Co nd itions
of Em pl oyment of Other Se r v a n t s of the Euro pea n Co m m u n i t i e s laid down
by Re g u l a t i o n (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68^, as last a m e n d e d by
R e g u lat io n (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 36 47 /83 2, and in p a r t i c u l a r
Articles 63, 64, 65 and 82 of the Staff R e g u lat io ns and the first
p a r a gra ph of Ar ticle 20 and Article 64 of the C o n d iti on s of Employment,
Having regard to the Coun cil Decision of 15 Dece mbe r 1981 amen din g
the me t h o d of a d j u s t i n g the r e mu ner at ion of o f f i c i a l s and other
servants of the Co m m u n i t i e s ^ ,
Having regard to the p r o p o s a l from the Co mm ission,
Whereas, du r i n g 1980, the St a t i s t i c a l Office of the Euro pea n
Co mm uni ti es ca r r i e d out a v e r i f i c a t i o n of the w e i g h t i n g s for all
Member States in a c c o r d a n c e with the me t h o d for a d j u s t i n g the
r e mu ner at ion of of f i c i a l s and ot he r s e rv ant s of the European
Co mm unities;
Whereas the find ing s of this v e r i f i c a t i o n have sh ow n that the
w e i g hti ng s that ought to be a p p l i e d in a n u mb er of c o u n tri es of
e m p l oym en t di v e r g e s i g n i f i c a n t l y from th os e in force at the time;
Whereas A r ti cle 64 of the Staff Re g u l a t i o n s p r o v i d e s for e q u i v a l e n c e
of p u r c h a s i n g po we r b e t w e e n the v a ri ous p l ac es of em p l o y m e n t ;
Whereas the R e g u l a t i o n s e s t a b l i s h i n g , with ef fect from 1 J a nu ary 1981,
the we i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to Denmark, the Federal Repu bli c of Germany,
Ireland and the U n it ed K i n g d o m ne ed t h e r e f o r e to be amended,
HAS A D OP TED THIS REGULATION:
  0J No L 56, 4 . 3 . 196 8, p. 1.
2 0J No L 361, 2 4 . 1 2.1 98 3, p. 1.
3 0J No L 386, 31 . 1 2 . 1 9 8 1 , p. 6.
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                                                  Article 1
1.       With effect from 1 Janu ary 1981, the we i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to
the re m u n e r a t i o n of of f i c i a l s and ot he r s e rv ant s e m p l o y e d in one of
the coun tri es listed be lo w shall be as follows:
DENM ARK                                       123.0
FR OF GE R M A N Y                             104.1
IREL AND                                        84 .9
UN ITED K I N G D O M                           90.9
2.       With effect fr om 16 May 1981, the w e i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to the
r e mu ner at ion of o f f i c i a l s and other serv ant s e m p l o y e d in one of the
countries listed b e l o w shall be as follows:
DENMARK                                       133.9
IRELAND                                       94.7
3.       With ef fect from 1 July 1981, the we i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to the
re m u n e r a t i o n of o f f i c i a l s and ot he r serv ant s e m p l o y e d in one of the
co untries listed be l o w shall be as follows:
DENM ARK                                       126.2
FR OF G E RM ANY                               104.4
IRELAND                                         87.7
UNITED K I N G D O M                           103.1
4.       With effect from 16 No v e m b e r 1981, the w e i g h t i n g a p p l i c a b l e to
the r e m u n e r a t i o n of of f i c i a l s and ot he r serv ant s e m p l o y e d in the
country be l o w shall be as follows:
IREL AND                                        96.6
5.       With ef fect from 1 J a nu ary 1982, the w e i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to
the r e m u n e r a t i o n of o f f i c i a l s and ot he r serv ant s e m p l o y e d in one of
the c o u n tri es listed be lo w shall be as follows:
D E NM ARK                                     129.6
FR OF G E R M A N Y                            105.2
U N IT ED K I N G D O M                        106.0
6.       With effect fr om 16 May 1982 the w e i g h t i n g a p p l i c a b l e to the
re m u n e r a t i o n of o f f i c i a l s and ot he r serv ant s e m p l o y e d in the country
be lo w shall be as follows:
IRELAND                                        101.8
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7.      With effect from 1 July 1982, the we i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to the
remuner at ion of o f f i cia ls and other serv ant s e m p l o y e d in one of the
countries listed be l o w shall be as follows:
DENMARK                                  131.9
FR OF G E RM ANY                         116.3
IRELAND                                  105.7
UNITED K I N G D O M                     109.9
8.      With effect from 1 Ja n u a r y 1983, the w e i g hti ng s a p p l i c a b l e to
the r e mu ner at ion of o f f i c i a l s and ot he r serv ant s em p l o y e d in one of
the co untries listed be l o w shall be as follows:
DENMARK                                  136.0
FR OF G E RM ANY                         116.6
IRELAND                                  108.7
UNITED K I N G D O M                     10 9. 9
9.      With effect from 1 Ju ly 1983, the we i g h t i n g s ap p l i c a b l e to the
r e mu ner at ion of o f f i c i a l s a n d ot he r s e rv ant s em p l o y e d in one of the
co untries listed be l o w shall be as follows:
DE NMARK                                 132.2
FR OF G E RM ANY                         11 5. 9
IRELAND                                  102.7
UN ITED K I N G D O M                    100.8
                                              Ar ticle 2
1.      With effect from 1 J a n u a r y 1981, the we i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to
pe nsions, in a c c o r d a n c e with the second s u b p a r a g r a p h of A r ti cle 82(1)
of the Staff R e g u l at io ns, shall be as gi v e n be l o w for the coun try in
which the pe r s o n e n t i t l e d to the p e n s i o n de c l a r e s his home to be:
DENM ARK                                 123.0
FR OF G E RM ANY                         104.1
IRELAND                                    84 .9
U N IT ED KI N G D O M                     90.9
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2.        With effect from 16 May 1981, the we i g h t i n g s ap p l i c a b l e to
pensions, in a c c o r d a n c e with the second su b p a r a g r a p h of Arti cle 82(1)
of the Staff Re gu lat io ns, shall be as gi ve n be l o w for the country in
which the pe r s o n e n t i t l e d to the pe n s i o n d e cl are s his home to be:
DENMARK                                  133.9
IRELAND                                    94.7
3.        With effect from 1 July 1981, the we i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to
pe nsions, in ac c o r d a n c e with the second su b p a r a g r a p h of A r ti cle 82(1)
of the Staff Re gu lat io ns, shall be as gi ve n be l o w for the co untry in
which the pe r s o n e n t i t l e d to the p e n s i o n de c l a r e s his home to be:
DENMARK                                   126.2
FR OF GE R M A N Y                        104.4
IRELAND                                     87.7
UNITED K I N G D O M                      103.1
4.        With ef fect from 16 N o ve mbe r 1981, the w e i g h t i n g a p p l i c a b l e to
pe nsions, in a c c o r d a n c e with the se cond s u b p a r a g r a p h of A r ti cle 82(1)
of the Staff Re g u l a t i o n s , shall be as gi ve n be l o w for a p e r s o n
e n ti tle d to the p e n s i o n d e c l a r i n g his home to be in Ireland:
 IRELAND                                    96.6
 5.        With ef fect from 1 J a n u a r y 1982, the w e i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to
 pe nsions, in a c c o r d a n c e with the se co nd s u b p a r a g r a p h of A r ti cle 82(1)
 of the Staff Re g u l a t i o n s , shall be as gi ve n b e l o w for the coun try in
 which the p e r s o n e n t i t l e d to the pe n s i o n d e c l a r e s his home to be:
 DENMARK                                   129.6
 FR OF G E R M A N Y                       105.2
 UN IT ED K I N G D O M                    106.0
 6.        With ef fect from 16 May 1982, the w e i g h t i n g a p p l i c a b l e to
 p e n s ion s, in a c c o r d a n c e with the second s u b p a r a g r a p h of A r t i c l e 82(1)
 of the Staff Re g u l a t i o n s , shall be as gi v e n be l o w for a p e r s o n
 en t i t l e d to the p e n s i o n d e c l a r i n g his home to be in Ireland:
 IR ELAND                                  101.8
 7.        With effect from 1 July 1982, the w e i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to
 pens ion s, in a c c o r d a n c e with the se co nd s u b p a r a g r a p h of A r ti cle 82(1)
 of the Staff Re g u l a t i o n s , shall be as gi v e n b e l o w for the c o un try in
 which the pe r s o n e n t i t l e d to the p e n s i o n d e c l a r e s his home to be:
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 DENMARK                                  131.9
 FR OF GERM ANY                           116.3
IRELAND                                   105.7
UN ITED K I NG DOM                        109.9
8.       With effect from 1 Ja n u a r y 1983, the we i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to
pens ion s, in ac c o r d a n c e with the second su b p a r a g r a p h of A r ti cle 82(1)
of the Staff R e gu lat io ns, shall be as gi ve n be l o w for the co untry in
which the pe r s o n e n t i t l e d to the pe n s i o n de c l a r e s his home to be:
DENMARK                                   136.0
 FR OF G E RM ANY                         116.6
IRELAND                                   108.7
UNITED K I NG DOM                         109.9
9.       With effect from 1 July 1983, the we i g h t i n g s a p p l i c a b l e to
pe nsions, in ac c o r d a n c e with the se cond s u b p a ra gr aph of Arti cle 82(1)
of the Staff Re g u l a t i o n s , shall be as gi v e n be l o w for the country in
which the p e r s o n e n t i t l e d to the p e n s i o n p r o v e s he has his residence:
DENMARK                                   132.2
FR OF GE RMANY                            11 5. 9
IRELAND                                   102.7
UNITED KI N G D O M                       100.8
                                              A r ti cle 3
The w e i g h t i n g s a p p l i e d in Denmark, the Federal R e pu bli c of Germany,
Ireland and the Un ited K i n g d o m to the r e m u n e r a t i o n and pe n s i o n s of
o f f i cia ls and ot he r se r v a n t s of the E u ro pea n C o m m u n i t i e s d e t e r m i n e d
in Re g u l a t i o n s (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1 9 7 4 / 8 1 ”', (ECSC, EEC,
Euratom) No 3 7 2 / 8 2 2 , (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 16 25/82^, (EEC, Euratom,
ECSC) No 440/834, (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2 0 2 2 / 8 3 5 , and (EEC,
Euratom, ECSC) No 3647/836 are repealed.
  0J No L 193, 16 .7 .19 81 , p. 1.
2 0J No L 47, 19 .2 .19 82 , p. 13.
3 0J No L 181, 2 5 . 6 .19 82 , p. 1.
4 0J No L 53, 26 . 3 . 1 9 8 3 , p. 1.
5 0J No L 199, 22 . 7 . 1 9 8 3 , p. 1.
6 0J No L 361, 2 4 . 1 2 . 1 9 8 3 , p. 1.
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                                          Article 4
This Re g u l a t i o n shall en te r into force on the day fo l l o w i n g its
p u b l i c a t i o n in the Official Journal of the E u ro pea n Communities.
This R e g u l a t i o n shall be bi n d i n g in its e n t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y
ap p l i c a b l e in all Me mber States.
Done at B r us sel s                                            For the Council
                                                                The P r e s ide nt
 ---pagebreak---                           Ve ri fic at ion of weightings on the basis of the
                                     1980 five-yearly price survey
                                            (Brussels - 100)
               Weightings  Weightings o b ta ine d from price survey                   Divergence
               applied on
               1.1.1981   including         ex cluding        including      including   excluding   including
                             rent              rent       b u il din g costs    rent       rent    building costs
Denmark         104,92       118,74            120,20            117,74        113,2      114,6       112,2
FR of Germany    95,75       100,42            100,91            102,83        104,9      105,4       107,4
France           98,46        99,41            104,13            101,62        101,0      105,8       103,2
Ireland           74,42       81,92             87,16             84,79        110,1      117,1       113,9
Italy             79,54       73,34             8 0 ,1 0          78,94          92,2     100,7        99,3
Netherlands       94,98       93,64            1 0 0 ,1 6        102,30          98,6     105,5       107,7
United Kingdom    85,23       87,75             96,86             97,35        103,0      113,6       114,2
Greece            80,31       77,65              78,05            76,17          96,7      97,2        94,4
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                            AD J U S T M E N T S TO BE MADE TO THE W E I G HTI NG S FOR
               DENMARK, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, IRELAND AND THE
                           UN I T E D KI N G D O M WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JA NU ARY 1981
REGULATIONS           E F F E CTI VE                         P R EV IOU S W E I G HTI NG S
                          DATES                                                                                 UNITED
                                                DE NM ARK         FR OF GERM ANY             IRELAND            KING DOM
1974/81                1.1.81                       108,7                  99,2                  77,1               88,3
372/82                 16.5.81                      118,3                     -                  86,0
372/82                 1.7.81                       111,5                  99,5                  79,7              100,1
 1625/82               16.11.81                         -                     -                  87,7                  -
 1625/82               1.1.82                       114,5                100,3                       -             102,9
 440/83                16.5 .82                         -                      -                 92,5                  -
 440/83                1.7.82                       116,5                110,9                   96,0              106,7
 2022/83               1.1.83                       120,1                111,2                   98,7              106,7
 3647/83                1. 7.83                     116,8                110,5                   93,3               97,9
                                                     113,2                104,9                 110,1              103,0
 ADJUSTMENTS
                                                                  NE W W E I G H T I N G S
                        1.1.81                       123,0                104,1                   84,9               90,9
                        16.5.81                      133,9                      -                 94,7                  -
                        1.7.81                       126,2                104,4                    87,7             103,1
                        16.11.81                          -                     -                  96 ,6                 -
                         1.1.82                       129,6               105,2                        -            106,0
                         16 .5 .82                        -                      -               101,8                    -
                         1.7.82                       131,9                116,3                 105,7              109,9
                         1. 1.83                      136,0                116,6                 108,7              109,9
                         1. 7.83                      132,2                11 5, 9               102,7              •100,8
 The new w e i g h t i n g s are o b t a i n e d by m u l t i p l y i n g the p r e v i o u s we i g h t i n g s by the
 relevant a d j u stm en t figure.