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Date: 1975-09-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION adjusting the weightings applied to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                       COM(75)470 final
                                       Brussels , 15 September 1975
                          Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION
            adjusting the weightings applied to the
            remuneration and pensions of officials and
            other servants of the European; Communities
            ( submitted to the . Council by the Commission )
CC".:(75 ) 470 final
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                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 65(2 ) of the Staff Regulations stipulates :
 "In the event of a substantial change in the cost of living the
Council shall decide within two months what adjustments should "be
made to the weightings and , if appropriate , to apply them
retrospectively."
The Statistical Office of the European Communities , in agreement
with the statistical offices of the Member States and the OECD , has
prepared joint indexes showing changes in the cost of living in the
first half of 1975 in Brussels and in the various countries where
staff are employed.
On 30 June 1975 (December 1974 = 100) the figures for the various
countries were as follows :
            Belgium                       105.58
                    1 -
            Denmark                       103.01
            Germany                       103.91
            Prance                        105.66
            Ireland                                (... at 31 March 1975)
            Italy                         105.35
            Luxembourg
            Netherlands                   105.02
            United Kingdom                113.58 ( 105.11 on 31 March 1975)
            Switzerland                   102.34
            USA1                          103.32
The Commission feels that the considerable increases shown in the table
for the United Kingdom and Ireland require interim adjustments for these
countries to take effect on 1 April 1975 *
^ National index.
2 _.                            '   .   .  _
  The Belgian joint index also applies to Luxembourg.
  Estimated annual figures for Ireland are of the same order as those
  given for the United Kingdom.
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The Commission therefore proposes that the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials in the various countries where
officials are employed should be adjusted as indicated in the
attached proposal for a regulation*
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                                PROPOSAL FOR
                             A COUNCIL REGULATION
                  adjusting the weightings applied to the
                 remuneration and pensions of officials and
                other servants of the European Communities
 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single
Commission of the European Communities ;
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions
of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities laid down "by
                                                     A
Council Regulation (EEC , Euratom , ECSC ) No 259/ 68 , as last amended "by
Council Regulation (Euratom , ECSC , EEC ) No 712/75 » and- in particular
Articles 64 , 65(2 ) and 82 of the said Staff Regulations and the first
paragraph of Article 20 and Article 64 of the said Conditions of Employment ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas , "by reason of the substantial rise in the cost of living which has
taken place during the first half of 1975 in Belgium and in the other
countries where officials and other servants of the European Communities are
employed , the weightings applied to the remuneration and pensions of officials
and other servants should be adjusted with effect from 1 July 1975 ?
Whereas the weightings applied to the remuneration and pensions of officials
and other servants employed in Ireland and the United Kingdom should be
adjusted with effect from 1 April 1975 "to take account of the very substantial
rise in the cost of living in these countries ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
1 .  With effect from 1 April 1975 "the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials employed in Ireland and the United Kingdom shall
be as follows :
  OJ No L 56 , 4 March 1968 , p.1 .
^OJ No L 71 j 20 March 1975 » P * 3 «
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                       Ireland
                       United Kingdom :   170.28
 2.    With effect from 1 April 1975 the weightings applicable to pensions in
 accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 82 (1 ) of the Staff
 Regulations shall be          and 1 70.28 for persons entitled to pension who
declare their' homes to be in Ireland and the United Kingdom respectively .
                                    Article 2
 1 . . With effect from 1 July 1975 "the weightings applicable to the
 remuneration of officials employed in the countries listed below shall
be as follows :
             Belgium                              1 49 • 5
                                                  149.5
     '       Denmark                              188.0
             Germany                              129.3
                                                  1 29 - 3
             Prance                               178.9
             Ireland                                 -
             Italy                                167.5
             Luxembourg           •               149-5
                                                  149*5
             Netherlands                          142.6
             United Kingdom                       184.0
             Switzerland                          133*3
                                                  133.3
             USA                                  201.3
                                                  201  .3
2.     With effect from 1 July 1975 the weightings applicable to pensions in
accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 82(1 ) of the Staff
Regulations shall be as shown below for the Community country in which
the person entitled to the pension declares his home to be :
             Belgium                              149.5
             Denmark                              188.0
             Germany                              129.3
             Prance                               178.9
             Ireland
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           Italy                               167.5
           Luxembourg                          1 49 • 5
           Netherlands                         142.6
           United Kingdom                    ; 184.0
If a person entitled to a pension declares his home to be in a country-
other than those listed above , the weighting applicable to the pension
shall be that for Belgium .
                               Article 3
Article 1 of Council Regulation (Euratom , ECSC , EEC ) No 712/ 75 is
repealed with effect from 1 July 1975 » except for the words and figures
"Ireland . ..." and "United Kingdom 162.0" in both paragraphs of Article 1
which are repealed with effect from 1 April 1975 *
                               Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                     For the Council
                                                        The President
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 STATISTICAL OFFICE
      OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Directorate for Demographic
   and Social Statistics
                                           Luxembourg , 28 August 1975
                              REPORT
        "by the Statistical Office of the European Communities
                  on the preparation of the joint index
                              - for 1975
                   ( Article 65 of the Staff Régulations )
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As required, by virtue of Article 65 of the Staff Regulations of
Officials of the European Communities , the Statistical Office has
prepared a joint index on the basis of a price survey for Brussels
carried out by the Index Department of the Ministry of Economic
Affairs and Energy and on the basis of figures provided by the
Inter-Organization Section for the Study of Wages and Prices ( coordi­
nated organizations , Paris ).
For Denmark and Ireland the Office has used the national cost-of-
living index , since there is no index for international purposes
for these two countries .
The Statistical Office once again carried out a survey of rents
paid by Community staff in Brussels .  The results of this survey
were passed on to the Belgian Index Department and used in calculating
the joint index .
All the index numbers in this report ( except for Ireland) were
established on 1 July 1975 0 July 1974 = 100 ).
The general index numbers for each country are shown in the first
table attached ;  specific index numbers for groups of expenditure
are set out in the following tables .
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                  Summary table of the joint index
                                                     Index numbers at
                                                        1 July 1975
                                                   (■1 July 1974 = 100 )
  Belgium
        Brussels                excluding rent               1 1 3. 1
                                including rent               113.0
  Italy
        Rome                      ν                         118.3
  Prance
        Paris                                               112.3
' Germany
        Bonn                                                106.3
  Netherlands
        The Hague                                           110.3
  United Kingdom
        London                                              122.1
  Ireland
  Denmark                                                   110.2
  Switzerland
       Geneva                                               107.8
   August 1975 - August 1974
   The cost-of-living index is calculated quarterly .
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                                              1
                            List of "tables
Index numbers "by group of expenditure :
                 Table 1a                         Belgium
                 Table 1b                   ■     Belgium
                 Table 2                          Italy-
                 Table 3                          Prance
                 Table 4                          Germany-
                 Table 5                          Netherlands
                 Table 6                          United Kingdom
1
  As the figures are rounded off , the separate index numbers
  multiplied by the weightings do not always give the general
  index number exactly .
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                                                                 BELGIUM
                                                               (Brussels )
                                 Table 1a
                    Consumer price index by group of expenditure
                     ( prepared from a price survey carried out by
                    the Index Department of the Ministry of Economic
                    Affairs and Energy , weighted to take account of ■
                    the inquiry into European officials' family budgets )
                               including rent
                                                 Weighting     Index numbers
Group of expenditure                               (700 )      at 1 July 1975
                                                               (1 July 1974 = 100 )
GENERAL INDEX MJMBER                             1000              113.0
Pood                                              256.2           112.5
Housing , furniture , household
equipment and articles , related
services                                          328.0           113.9
Rent                                              160.4     I     112.7
Clothing                       '                   98.7           112.5
Medical services and personal
hygiene                                            54-9           120.7
Transport                                         144.1           108.3
Cultural activities , entertainment                83.7           114.7
Miscellaneous                                      34-4           114.8
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                                                                       BELGIUM
                                                                    ( Brussels )
                                  Table 1b
                   Consumer price index by group of expenditure
                   ( prepared from a price survey carried out by
                  the Index Department of the Ministry of Economic
                  Affairs and Energy , weighted to take account of
                  the inquiry into European officials * family budgets )
                                 excluding rent
ι
                                                Weighting    Index numbers
  Group of expenditure                           (%»)        at 1 July 1975
                                                            (1 July 1974 = 100 )
  GENERAL INDEX NIMBER                          1000           113.1
  Food •                                         305-2         112.5
  Housing , furniture , household
  equipment and articles , related
  services                                       199-6         114.9
  Clothing                                       117.6         112.5
  Medical services and personal
  hygiene                                         65.3         120.7
  Transport                                      171.7         108.3
  Cultural activities , entertainment             99-6         114-7
  Miscellaneous                                   41.0         114.9
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                                                                     ITALY
                                                                      ( Rome )
                                      Table 2
                 Consumer price index by group of expenditure
                 ( calculated from index numbers prepared by the
                 Inter-Organization Section for the Study of
                 Wages and Prices )
                                                                 Index numbers at
                                                Weighting
          Group of expenditure                                     1 July 1975
                                                   (°/oo )       (1 July 1974=100 )
GENERAL INDEX MJMBER                             1 000                  118.3
   I.    Food , drink                               302.0               122.4
  II .   Housing and household services             201.0               111.4
 III . . Household equipment and
         maintenance                                 78.0               119.7
  IV .   Domestic service                            32.0               120.4
   V.    Clothing and footwear                      102.0               115-4
  VI .   Personal hygiene                            35.5               125.1
 VII .   Medical care                                22.5               123.5
VIII .   Transport                                  124.0               117.4
  IX .   Recreation , reading                        69.5               111.3
   X.'   Miscellaneous                               33.5               127.8
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                                                                   FRAITCE
                                                                   ( Paris )
                                     Tabl e 3
                    Consumer price index by group of expenditure
                    ( based on index numbers prepared by INSEE
                    for the Inter-Organization Section for the
                    Study of Wages and Prices )
                                                             ' Index numbers at
                                                  Weighting
        Group of expenditure                                     1 July 1975
                                                     (°/oo )   (1 July 1974=100 )
                                              I
                                              I
GENERAL INDEX NUMEER                        ' I   1 000              112.3
   I.  Food , drink                                 296.5            110.9
  II . Housing and household services               194.5            110.5
 III . Household equipment and
       maintenance                                   76.5            112.5
  IV . Domestic service                              50.0            119.1
   V.  Clothing and footwear                         99.0            114.4
  VI . Personal hygiene                              31.0            111.8
 VII . Medical care                                  31.0            112.4
VIII . Transport                                    1,10.5           111.4
  IX . Recreation , reading                          78.0            114.9
   X.  Miscellaneous    -                            33.0            111.8
                                                I
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                                                                         GERMANY
                                                                         ( Bonn )
                                     Table 4
                    Consumer price index by group of expenditure
                     ( calculated from index numbers prepared by the
                    Inter-Organization Section for the study of
                    Wages and Prices )
Group of expenditure                            Weighting        Index numbers at
                                                   (Voo )        1 July 1975
                                                                (1 July 1974=100 )
                                                              i
GENERAL INDEX NUKBER                              1000             106.3
    I. Food , drink                                271.0           106.7
   II . Housing and household services             191.0           107.5
  III . Household equipment and
        maintenance                                121.0           106.1
   IV . Domestic service                            18.5           108.2
    V. Clothing and footwear                       100.0           105.2
   VI . Personal hygiene                            28.0           107.5
 VII . Medical care                                 25.O           104.3
VIII . Transport                                   145.5           103.8
   IX . Recreation , reading                        64.5           106.5
 •  X. Miscellaneous                                35.5           112.1
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                                                                  lx/1 580/75
                                                                 Netherlands
                                                                 (The Hague )
                            1 Table 5
                  Consumer price index by group of expenditure
                  ( calculated from index numbers 'prepared by the
                 Intern-Organization Section for the Study of
                 Wages and Prices )
                                            Weighting         Index numbers at
Group of expenditure                         ( °/oo )         1 July 1975
                                                              (1 July 1974=100 )
GENERAL INDEX NIMBER                         1000                110.3
    I. Food , drink                            253.0             109.5
                                                            I
   II . Housing and household services         180.0             109.7
 III . Household equipment and
        maintenance                            117.0             110.2
   IV . Domestic service                     .  22.0             115.9
    V. Clothing and footwear                    98.0             114.0
   VI . Personal hygiene                        29.0             113.2
 VII . Medical care                             36.0             113.6
VIII . Transport                               158.0             107.5
 . IX . Recreation , reading                    72.0             110.3
    X. Miscellaneous                            35.0             109.4
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                                                             UNITED KINGDOM
                                                               ( London )
                                     Table 6
                  Consumer price index by group of expenditure
                  ( calculated from index numbers prepared by
                  the Inter-Organization Section for the
                  Study of Wages and , Prices )
                                                Weighting     Index numbers at
Group of expenditure                             ( %o )           1 July 1975
                                                              (1 July 1974=100 )
GENERAL INDEX NUMBER                             1000                122.1 '
                                                          I
   I.  Food , drink                                246.5             125.3
  II . Housing and household services           . 244.5              113.1
 III . Household equipment and
       maintenance                                  78.5             125.2
  IV . Domestic service                             42.0             124.7
   V.  Clothing and footwear                        83.5             116.0
  VI . Personal hygiene                             28.0             122.0
 VII . Medical care                                 24.5             105.6
VIII . Transport                                   144.0             128.4
  IX . Recreation , reading                         65 .O            124.4
   X.  Miscellaneous                                43.5             139.3
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                   FICHE     FINANCIERE
BUDGET GENERAL : COMMISSION
Incidence budgétaire de la fixation de nouveaux coefficients correcteurs
avec effet au 1er juillet 1975
- Chapitre !0 (Membres de 1 Institution)
  - Art . 101 - Couverture des risques d accident et de
                maladie et autres charges sociales                        1,100 UC
  - Art . 104 - Coefficient correcteur                                43.100 UC
                                    Total chapitre 10 î               44.200 UC
- Chapitre 11 (Personnel ) :
  - Poste il 10 - Agents auxiliaires                                  12.800 UC
  - Poste 1111 - Interprètes auxiliaires                              14.100 UC
  ~ Poste 1130 - Couverture des risques de maladie                  103.600 UC
                                                    ( donc 1.637 UC pour l' Office
                                                          des publications )
  - Art . 116 - Coefficients correcteurs                        3,858.800 UC
                                                    (dont 63.650 UC pour l' Offic
                                                          des publications )
                                    Total chapitre I 1          3.989.300 UC
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^ III . BUDGET RECHERCHES : COMMISSION
C
        Incidences financières des adaptations des coefficients correcteurs proposées
        par la Cornais s ton avec effet au 1er juillet 1975
                                                 r                                             ,
        I. - C.C.R.                 1 Z pondéré coûte                        14.850 UC par mois
                Pondération
                  B - 10,02 Z de 5,58 Z - 0;56 X
                  D - 12,38 Z de 3,91 Z - 0,48 X
                  I - 72,00 Z de 5,35 % » 3,85 Z
                 NL »    5,60 ZX de 5,02 Z « 0,28 Z
                                                5,17 Z
                5,17 Z pondérés coûtent 76.774 UC par mois :                460.644 UC.
                                                                               pour 6 mois
                                                 +
                                              +     *
        II .- Siège                 1 Z pondéré coûte                         4.450 UC
                Pondération
                  Β  B  34 Z de '•5,58 Z     1,90 Ζ
                  F  B  24 Z de    5,66 Z    1,35 Z
                 NL      4 Z de    5,02 Z   0,20 Ζ
                 UK      6 Ζ de   13,58 Ζ   0,81 Z
                  D     14 % de    3,91 Z Β
                                            0,55 Ζ
                   I    18 Z de    5,35 Z Β 0.96 Ζ
                                             5,77 Z
                5,77 Z pondérés coûtent 25.677 UC par mois :                154.062 UC
                                                                               pour 6 mois
                                                   Total général : 614.706 UC
                     TOTAL. GENERAL "COMMISSION <1 + II + III) - 5.428.906 UC
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