CELEX: 51977PC0043
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-02
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATI0N (EEC, ECSC, EURATOM) introducing the European Unit of Account (EUA) into the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities, and into other Council Regulations applying to officials and former officials and to other servants of the Communities#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) introducing the European Unit of Account (EUA) into Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, ECSC, EURATOM) adjusting the weightings applicable to remunerations and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities, consequent upon the introduction of the European Unit of Account into the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                        COM(77)43 final
                                                        Brussels . 2 March 1977
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               \.       v              ^ Proposal for a
                     ^COUNCIL REGULATI0N (EEC , ECSC , EURATOM )
                 introducing the European Unit of Account (EUA )
                 into the Staff Regulations of Officials and the
                 Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the
                European Communities , and into other Council
                Regulations applying to officials and former
                officials and to other servants of the Communities
                                         Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM , ECSC )
                introducing the European Unit of Account (EUA )
                into Council Regulation ( EEC , Euratom , ECSC )
                No 260/68 of 29 February 1968 laying down the
                conditions and procedure for applying the tax for
                the benefit of the European Communities
                                         Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC , ECSC , EURATOM )
                adjusting the weightings applicable to remunerations
                and pensions of officials and other servants of the
                European Communities , consequent upon the introduction
                of the European Unit of Account into the Staff
                Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of
                Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM ( 77 ) 43 final
 ---pagebreak---                                        EXPLANATORY MMORANDIM
                 On 5 April 1976 the Council agreed "that the European tfriit of Account
       ( EUA) should be introduced as soon as possible into all areas of Community
      activity and that it should apply to the Community budget by the 1978
      financial year at the latest .
                 The Commission presented proposals to this effect to the Council
      last September#
                 This new unit of account is already being usjd to express the amount
      of aid appearing at Article 42 of the Lom6 Convention • It has been used for
      the balance sheet of the European Investment Bank sinoe 18 March 1975 and
      for the operational budget of the European Coal and Steel Community sinoe
      1 January 1976 ^.
                 The Commission therefore oonsidered it essentiel to propose that
      the EUA be introduoed into the regulations affecting Community staff.
                 This involves amendment of the Staff Regulations of Officials
      and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European
      Communities , of Council Regulations ( Euratom , EEC , ECSC ) Nos 2530/72 and
      1543/73 laying down special temporary measures , of a member of Council
      regulations implementing the Staff Regulations of Officials and the
      Conditions of Eknplo^ent of Other Servants of the European Communities ,
      of the Community tax regulations and the regulation concerning the
      weightings to be applied to the remunerations and pensions of officials
      and other servants of the Communities . Detailed comments on the proposed
      amendments are set out below .
      I. Proposal for a regulation introducing the European unit of account
           into the Staff Regulations of Officials , the Conditions of Employment
           of Other Servants and other Council Regulations
           CHAPTER I - Amendments to the Staff Regulations of Officials
           Article 1
           This provision amends Article 63 of the Staff Regulations to allow
           offioials , remuneration be expressed in EUA instead of Belgian francs .
           However , remuneration will still be paid in the currency of the country
           in which an official performs his duties ; conversion is to be made on the
           basis of value of the EUA on a given date . The Commission has chosen the
           most recent practicable date . However , if a further Council decision
           on the basis of Artioles 63 and 64 is taken before the EUA is introduoed ,
           the date of that decision would have to be substituted.
                                                                       • ••/• • •
( 1 ) OJ n° L 106 , 24.4.1975
( 2) OJ n° L 327 , 19.12.1975
 ---pagebreak---                                          -2-
  Provision is also made for the date , and hence the value of the EUA in terms
  of national currency being changed at regular intervals .
  Each time a change in the date specified in Article 63 leads to variations in
  the value of the EUA in terms of national currency , the weightings must be
  adjusted in proportion to these variations ; this clause is designed to safeguard
  the present weighting system which ensures that , as far as possible , Community
  officials in different places of employment have comparable purchasing power und
  which therefore presupposes a direct link between ourrency values and local
  weightings .
  This artiole covers all the elements of "remuneration ", as defined in Article 62
  of the Staff Regulations .
  Article 2
  Here again Belgian francs are replaced by EUA.
  Article 3
  The table of basic salaries in Article 66 is replaced by a new one giving
  the EUA equivalent of the Belgian franc scaleB set out in Article 1 ( 2 )
  of Council Regulation (ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) n° 3177/76 . Conversion was
  made on the basis of the Belgian franc value of the EUA on 3 January 1977 *
  Article 4
  As a logical consequence it is proposed that transfers of part of an
  official 's emoluments pursuant to Article 17 of Annex VII of the Staff
  Regulations be made on the basiB of the value of the EUA specified in the
  second paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations . However , the
  transfer formula chosen must aim at ensuring that the purchasing power
  of the part transferred is the same as that of the portion paid in the currency
  of the country of employment .
  This formula is the subject of a Commission proposal being examined at the
  Council in connection with the current revision of the Staff Regulations .
  Article 5
- This article covers all amounts mentioned in the Staff Regulations which
  are not part of "remuneration " as defined at Article 62 .
  Since these elements are not linked to the remuneration system described in
  Article 1 above introduction of the EUA must provide for regular updating
  of the national currency equivalent .
  It is proposed that this updating should take plaoe every three monts ,
  following current practice , to avoid complicating administrative procedures .
                                                              •••/•••
 ---pagebreak---                                        -3-
CHAPTER II – Amendments to the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants
             of the Communities
Articles 6 to 9
These articles introduce the European Unit of Acoount ( EUA; for temporary
staff (Artiole 6 and. 9) a-nd. auxiliary staff ( Articles 7i 8 and- 9)» on the
same basis as for officials and for the same reasons .
CHAPTER III – Amendments to other regulations affecting Comnn,jjity staff
Section 1
Article 10
It is clear that the EUA must be used instead, of the Belgian franc to express
payments to former officials whose duties have been definitively terminated
under special measures adopted by the Council since the payments to whioh
these former officials are entled under these Regulations refer to the
Staff Regulations#
All references to "Belgian francs " must therefore be replaced by "European
Units of Account"# This artiole makes the neoessary amendment to Council
Regulation (Euratom , ECSC , EEC ) No 2530/72 of 4 Deoember 1972#
Section 2
Article 11
The comments on Artiole 10 apply to this artiole too# It makes the necessary
amendment to Council Regulation (ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) N° 1543/73 of 4 June 191 3 •
Section 3
Article 12
The Council has adopt ed a number of regulations implement in the Staff
Regulations or the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants# These
deal in particular with shift work , stand–by duty at home , the transport
allowance and the temporary fixed allowance#
Clearly the EUA must be introduoed into this Regulation as into the Staff
Regulations of Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants *
There oan be no question of these allowanoes being treated differently
from similar allowanoes provided for in the Staff Regulations#
                                                            •••/ •••
 ---pagebreak---                                           -4-
 II , Proposal for a Regulation introducing the European unit of account into
      the Community tax system
      Since the regulation discussed under I proposes to substitute the EUA
      for the Belgian franc in the Salary scales and allowances laid down
       in the Staff Regulations of Officials , in the Conditions of Employment
      of Other Servants and in all other regulations affecting officials ,
      former officials and servants of the Communities , the scale appearing
      in the Community tax regulation must also be converted into EUA.
      This proposal makes the appropriate amendments .
Ill# Proposal for a Regulation adjusting the weightings applicable to remunerations
      and pensions of officials and other servants of the Communities
      The weightings in force at present were fixed by Council Regulation
      (ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) n° 3177/76 and came into effect on 1 January 1977*
      This decision implied incorporation of the weighting into salary scales ,
      i.e. the weighting for Belgium said Luxembourg was seduoed to 100 .
      In the remuneration system defined in Articles 63 to 66 of the Staff
      Regulations a direct link is established between the weighting for
      the various countries of employment and the par value of the local
      currency. The weightings in the abovementioned Regulation are based
      on the par values in force on 1 January 1965 *
      Since conversion into EUA is to be made on the basis of par values at
      1 January 1977 » "the weightings must be adjusted in line with the
      variation in value of each currency between 1 January 1965 and-
      1 January 1977 *
      This proposal makes the appropriate amendments .
 ---pagebreak---                               Proposal for a
               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC , ECSC , EURATOM) 1
                       introducing the European Unit of Account (EUA )
               into the Staff Regulations of Officials and the
               Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the
               European Communities , and into other Council
               Regulations applying to offioials and former officials
               and to other servants of the Communities
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single
Commission of the European Communities , and in particular Article 24
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, made after consulting
the Staff Regulations Committee,
Having regard to the Opinion of the EJuropean Parliament ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Court of Justice,
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 25> /o8
of 29 February 19681 , as last amended "by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC , EEC )
No 3178/762 , lay down respectively the Staff Regulations of Officials of .Y : Euro­
 pean Communities and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the Fi:-opean
Communities } whereas it is for the Council , acting by a qualified
majority on a proposal from the Commission after consulting the other
institutions concerned , to amend the Staff Regulations and Conditions of
Employment :
Whereas the amounts given in Belgian francs in the Staff Regulations of
Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the
Communities , and in certain other Counoil Regulations applying to
officials and other servants of the Communities , should be expressed in      .
EJuropean Units of Account as defined by Commission Decision      3289/75/eCSC »
HAS ADOPTED HITS REGULATION !
  OJ No L 56 , 4 . 3.1968, p.i
 ^)J No L 359» 30.12.1976, p.9
 3OJ No L 327 , 19 .12.1975» P .4
 ---pagebreak---                                 CHAPTER I
 Introduction of the European Unit of Account into the Staff Regulations
 of Officials of the European Communities
                                Article 1
 Article 63 is hereby amended to read as follows :
 "Article 63
 An official 's remuneration shall he expressed in European Units of
 Account (EUA ) as defined     in Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Decision
    3289/75/ECSC of 18 December 1975*
 The remuneration shall he paid in the currency of the country in which the
 official performs his duties ; the calculation thereof shall be made on the
 basis of the value of that currency in terms of the European Unit of Account
 on 1 January 1977 •"
 This date shall be changed when necessary, and at least once a year when the
 remunerations are reviewed pursuant to Article 65 , by the Council , acting on a
proposal from the Commission by a qualified majority as provided in the first
indent of the second subparagraph of* Articles 148(2 ) of the Treaty
establishing the European Economic Community and of 118(2 ) of the Treaty
establishing the European Atomic Energy Community .
Without prejudice to                      Articles 64 and 65 , the weightings
fixed pursuant to these provisions shall , whenever the above date
is     changed , be adjusted in line with the variation in the value of each
national currency involved in terms of the European Unit of Account ."
                               Article 2
In the first paragraph of Article 64 the words "Belgian francs " are hereby
replaced by "European Units of Account (EUA)".
                               Article 3
In Article 66 the amounts shown in the table are hereby replaced by the following
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Article 17(4 ) of Annex VII is hereby amended to read :
 " Transfers provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be made on the
"basis of the value of the European Unit of Account (EUA ) speoified
 in the seocrri paragraph of Artiole 63 of the Staff Regulations ; the
 amounts transferred shall "be weighted "by a coefficient representing
 the ratio "between the weighting for the country in the currency of which
 the transfer is Bade and the weighting for the country of the official 's
 employment
                                Article 5
Amounts expressed in Belgian francs in the Staff Regulations but not
 dealt with in the foregoing Articles shall be replaced by equivalent
 amounts expressed in European Units of Accounts ( EUA ) at their value
 on 1 January 1977 *
7or the purposes of applying these provisions as amended, the amounts shown
in European Units of Account shall , fox* each quarter , be calculated in the
relevant ourrenoy on the basis of the value of that currency in terms of the
European Unit . of Account on the first day of that quarter#
                                 CHAPTER II
Introduction of the European Unit of Account into the Conditions of
Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities .
                                 Article 6
In Article 20 the words "the currency" are hereby replaoed by "the unit of
account ".
In the final paragraph of Article i'O the amounts shown in the tabid are
hereby replaced by the following !
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 ---pagebreak---                                 Art loi a 8
In Article 64 the words "the currency" are hereby replaced "by "the unit
of account ."
                                Article 9
Amounts expressed in Belgian francs in the Conditions of Linployment "but
not dealt with in the foregoing Articles shall be replaced by equivalent
amounts expressed in European Units of Account (EUA) at their value on
1 January 1977 «
For the purposes of applying these provisions as amended the amounts shown
in European Units of Account shall , for each quarter , be calculated in the
relevant currency on the basis of the value of that currency in terms of the
European Unit of Account on the first day of that quarter#
                                CHAPTER III
                                 Section 1
 Introduction of the European Unit of Account into Council Regulation
 ( Euratom , ECSC , EEC ) No 2530/72 of 4 December 1972 introducing special
 and temporary measures applicable to the recruitment of officials of
 the European Communities in consequence of the accession of new Member
 States , and for the termination of service of officials of those
Communities .^ •
                                 Article 10
The third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 3(3 ) are hereby amended to reads
"The allowance shall be expressed in European Units of Account ( EUA ) as
referred to in the first paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations .
It shall be paid in the currency of the country of residence of the
recipient , and shall be calculated on the basis of the value of that currency
 in terms of the European Unit of Account on the date specified
in the second paragraph of Artiole 63 of the Staff Regulations ."
                                 : Section 2
 Introduction of the European unit of account into Council Regulation
 ( ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) No 1543/73 of 4 June 1973 introducing special
measures temporarily applicable to officials of the European Communities
paid from research and investment funds2 ,
    OJ L 272, 5.12.1972, p.l
    OJ L 155 , 11.6.1973 , p.l
 ---pagebreak---                              Article 11
The third and fourth subparagraphs of Artiole 3(3 ) are hereby amended to read :
"The allowance shall "be expressed in European Units of Account (EQA ) as
referred to in the first paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations .
It shall he paid in the currency of the country of residence of the
recipient , and shall be calculated on the basis of the value of that currency
in terras of the European Unit of Account on the date specified .
in the second paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations * "
                              Section 3
Introduction of the European Unit of Account into certain Council Regulations
adopted under the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and
the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities .
                             Article 12
Amounts expressed in Belgian francs in Council Regulations adopted under
the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of
Other Servants of the Communities shall "be replaced by equivalent amounts
expressed in European Units of Account (EUA ) at their value on
1 January 1977 *
                             CHAPTER IV
                          Final provision
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Offioial Journal of the European Communities . It
shall take effect on the first day of the month following that of its
publication in the Offioial Journals
This Regulation shall he binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States *
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a
             CCUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM , ECSC )
                                introducing the European Unit of
             Account ( EJA ) into         . Regulation (EEC , Euratom ,
             ECSC ) No 260/68 >                      leering down the
             conditions and procedure for applying the tax for
             the "benefit 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 Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the
European Communities , and in parti cular Article 13 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the European Unit of Account ( EUA ) must "be introduced into
Council Regulation ( EEC , Euratom , ECSC ) No 260/68 of 29 February 1968
laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the
benefit of the European Communities ^-, as last amended by -
Regulation ( ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) No 1543/73 ^, and whereas
it is for the Council to lay down the oonditions and prooedure for
applying the said tax ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATIONS
 OJNoL 56 , 4.3.1968,. p.8 ■
20J No L 155 , 11.6.1973, p.6
 ---pagebreak---                              Article 1
Regulation (EEC , Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 is hereby amended as follows :
1.  In the' first sentence of Article 4»       for            "BfrB 803"
    read        "19. 7 European Units of Account ";
2.  In the table in Article 4» for the amounts in Belgian francs
    read the following amounts in European Units of Accounts •
 8%    to amounts between        19.7  EUA and      348.7 EUA
10%    to amounts between       348.8  EUA and      480.3 EUA
12.5%  to amounts between       480.4  EUA and      550.4 EUA
15%    to amounts between       550.5  EUA and      625.0 EUA
17.5%  to amounts between       625.1 EUA  and      695.1 EUA
20%    to amounts between       695.2 EUA  and      763.2 EUA
22.5%  to amounts between       763.3 EUA  and      833.3 EUA
25%    to amounts between       833.4 EUA  and      901.3 EUA
27.5%  to amounts between       901.4 EUA  and      971.5 EUA
30%    to amounts between       971.6' EUA and   1 039.5  EUA
32.5%  to amounts between     1 039.6 EUA  and   1 109.6  EUA
35%    to amounts between     1 109.7 EUA  and   1 177.6  EUA
40%    to amounts between     1 177.7 EUA  and   1  247.8 EUA
45%    to amounts above       1 247.8 EUA
                              Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . It
shall take effect on the first day of the month following that of its
publication in the Official Journal .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
 ---pagebreak---                                 Proposal for a
                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC , ECSC , EURATOM)
                                 adjusting the weightings applicable
                 to remunerations and pensions of officials and other
                 servants of the European Communities , following
                 the introduction of the European Unit of Account into
                 the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions
                 of Employment of 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 of the European Communities
 and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of theEuropean Communities
 laid down by Regulation ( EEC , Euratom, ECSC ) No 259/68^, as last amended by
 Régulation ( Euratom , ECSC , EEC ) No 2577/75 »
and in particular Articles &4 » 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 , following the introduction of the European Unit of Account ( EUA)
into the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Hnployment
of Other Servants , and the amended reference date in Article 63 of
the Staff Regulations for the values of currencies in which remuneration
may be paid ,                     the weightings applied to remunerations
and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities
should be correspondingly adjusted .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
-■-0J No L 56 , 4.3.1968, p.l
20J No L 263 , 11.10.1975» P.1
 ---pagebreak---                              Article 1
1.   With effect from 1 January 1977 the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials and other servants of the European Communities
employed in the countries listed below shall "be as follows :
Belgium                             100.0
Denmark                             105.3
Federal Republic of Germany         100.5
Prance                               86.0
Ireland                              55.9
Italy                                61.7
Luxembourg                          100.0
Netherlands                          99.5
United Kingdom                       55.3
Switzerland                         106.0
USA                                  92.8
Japon                               128.8
2.   With effect from 1 January 1977 the weightings applicable to pensions
in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 82(1 ) of the Staff
Regulations shall be that given below for the Community country in which the
person entitled to the pension declares to be his domioile :
Belgium                            100.0
Denmark                            105.3
Federal Republic of Germany        100.5
France                               86.0
Ireland                              55.9
Italy                                61.7
Luxembourg                         100.0
Netherlands                          99.5
United Kingdom                       55.3
If a person entitled to a . pension deolares his domicile to be m a
country other than one of those listed above , the weighting applicable to
the pension shall be that for Belgium.
 ---pagebreak---                              Article 2
Article 5 of Counoil Regulation ( ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) No 31 77/76 of
21 December 197^ is hereby repealed with effect from the first day of the
month following that in whioh this Regulation is published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities *
                             Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into foroe on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . It
shall take effect on the first day of the month following that of
its publication in the Official Journal *
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and direotly applicable
in all Member States .
 OJ No L 359 , 3O.i2.i976, p.l