CELEX: 51980DC0189
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Date: 1980-04-21
Title: REMUNERATION OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS (Article 65 (2) of the Staff Regulation) (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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              REMUNERATION OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS
                 (Article 65 ( 2 ) of the Staff Regulation )
                (presented by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Subject : Proposal for a Council Regulation adjusting the weightings
          applied to the remuneration «Jid pensions of officials and
          other servants of the European Communities (Article 65(2 )
          of the Staff Regulations ) j
1s  Adjustment to the cost of living                           :
Since July 1971 "the Council has been making interim cost-of-living
adjustments to remuneration on the basis of Article 65(2 ) of the
Staff Regulations and the calculation methods adopted on 23 March 1972
and 29 June 1976#
This year again the considerable increase in the cost of living in many
countries of employment calls for interim adjustments during the -
reference period used for the annual review . Unless these adjustments
are made the purchasing power parity guaranteed all officials by
Article 64 of the Staff Regulations will clearly not obtain.
The appropriate Commission departments have compiled statistics covering
the reference period in liaison with the OECD and the Statistics
Departments of the United Nations .
On 31 December 1979 "the cost-of-living indexes ( June 1979 » 100 ) for
the various countries were as shown in Column B of the table overleaf .
Because the increases for certain countries are very substantial ,
approaching and sometimes exceeding 10$ in six months , an interim
quarterly adjustment , shown in Column A of the table , is called for .
Articles 2 and 3 of the attached proposal for a Regulation give the new
weightings deriving from these adjustments and applicable from
1 October 1979 and 1 January 1980 respectively.
 ---pagebreak--- TABLE                                          A          B
                                                               1
    Belgium                                            103 .5
    Denmark                                            107*1
                                       !                      .1
    Germany                                            102*4
    Prance                             I               106.2,1
    Ireland                            j               107.9^
    Italy                                    104.7     109-31
    Luxembourg                         1                  –
    Netherlands                        i               102.7
    United Kingdom                           106.2     109.8
                                        !              ... .1
    Switzerland                                        101.1
    USA                                 i              106.1
    Canada                              |              104*4
    Japan                                              102.6
    Greece                                   103*3     111.6
    Turkey                              | 115.21       1 37- 1 1
    Spain                                t             107*8
    Portugal                             I
                                             104*9     110*3
    Venezuela                                106.2     114*4
    Austria                             j              102.5
   Thailand                              i   106.8     110.3
                                         !
    Chile                                    112.8     120.6
    Algeria
                                        I                      4
    Morocco                                            106.7
   Tunisia                                             105.1
    Egypt                                        '     108.53
    Syria                                            * 102.0^
    Jordan                                   103.2     112.3
    Lebanon                                                   ^
    Israel                                   123.5 *   157*9
1
PJoint indexes .
  Reference period May 1979-Uoveinber '979 *
"Provisional indexes .     -         -     -   -
  Indexes to follow later.
 ---pagebreak---  2*  Correction of weightings for United Kingdom and Ireland
 On 8 May 1978 the Commission applied for an .advance of 5% on the
 corrections to be made eventually to the weightings for the United Kingdom
 and Ireland . In a period of strong inflation featuring considerable
 fluctuations in exchange rates , the Commission feared that these
weightings would no longer be an accurate reflection of purchasing power
on Brussels , London and Dublin*
The Council preferred to wait until the SO EC had completed its
verifications * On 21 December 1978 i1? decided to correct the weighting
for Italy with effect from 1 January 1980 *
The SOEC has now verified the purchasing power parities between Brussels
and London and Brussels and Dublin using a method identical with that
used for Italy * The last PPP survey throws up differences of 5     &ad
4$ for the United Kingdom and Ireland respectively vis-&-vis the
weightings which had applied for those countries *
In line with the Commission's proposal and the Council 's decision on
the Italian weighting , the weightings for the United Kingdom and Ireland
should now be corrected with effect from 1 January 1978 , as indicated
in Article 1 of the attached proposal for a Regulation*
 ---pagebreak---             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC , Euratom, ECSC ) Ho     /80
            of
            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
Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68\ as last amended by
                                            9
Regulation (ESC , Euratom, ECSC ) No 161/80 , and in particular Artioles 64,
65(2 ) and 82 of the Staff Regulations and the first paragraph of Article 20
and Artiole 64 of the Conditions of Employment ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, by reason of the appreciable rise in the cost of living which
has taken place during the second half of 1979 in a number of countries
where officials and other servants of the European Communities are
employed, the weightings applicable pursuant to Regulation ( EEC, Euratom-, "
ECSC ) N° 161 / 80 and applied to the remuneration and pensions of officials
and other servants should be adjusted with effect from 1 January 1980 ;
                                                                         /
Joj Eo L 56, 4 Karoh 1968, p. 1 .
 0J No L 20, 26 Janu&ry 1980, p. 5.
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  Whereas a quarterly adjustment should be made with effect from
  1 October 1979 for a number of countries where the increase in the cost of
. living has been particularly high ;
  Whereas the weightings for the United Kingdom and Ireland should be
  corrected with effect from 1 January 1978 in line with the statistical
  cheokB made by the Statistical Office of the European Communities .
                       \
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                    Article 1
  I.The weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials and other
     servants employed in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to the pensions
     and allowances paid to persons entitled thereto who have resided or
     are resident there shall be as follows :
  • With effect from 1 January 1 978 s
     United Kingdom   149*5
     Ireland          143*4
  • With effeot from 1 July 1978s
     United Kingdom   152*2
     Ireland          142«2
  • With effect from 1 January 1979 *
     United Kingdom   157*7
     Ireland          148*7
  • With effeot from 1 April 1 979s
     United Kingdom      68*4
     Ireland            64*6
  • With effect from 1 July 1979 *
     United Kingdom     73*8
     Ireland            66.0
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 3 -
2.  With effect from 1 July 1979 "the weightings for the United Kingdom and
Ireland applicable to the remuneration, pensions and allowances of persons
covered by Article 2 of Regulation (EEC , Euratom, ECSC ) No 160/80 shall be
as follows :
     United Kingdom         71*6
     Ireland                68*1
                                                          Ί
3.  For the period 1 July to 30 September 1979 the weightings for the
United Kingdom and Ireland applicable to the pensions and allowances of
                                                                             A
persons covered by Article 4 of Regulation (Euratom, ECSC , EEC ) No 3085/78
shall be as follows :
      United Kingdom       160*2
      Ireland              152.3
4*  For the period 1 July to 30 September 1979 the weightings for the
United Kingdom and Ireland applicable to the pensions and allowances of
persons covered by paragraph 1 of this Article and Article 2 of
Regulation (EEC , Euratom, ECSC ) No 160/80 shall be as follows :
     United Kingdom        165.1
     Ireland               157*0
                                    Article 2
1*  With effect from 1 October 1979 "the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the countries
listed below shall be as follows :
     Italy              73.8
     United Kingdom     78*4
     Greece             90.5
     Turkey             96.8
     Portugal           68.3
     Venezuela         118.0
     Thailand          11 7.8
     Chile             120.6
     Jordan            137*5
     Israel            122.9
 OJ No L 369 , 29 IDecember 1978 , p * 6 .
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2*  With effect from 1 Ootober 1979 the weightings applicable to pensions
in accordance with the seoond. subparagraph of Article 82(1 ) of the Staff
Regulations shall be as follows :
    Italy               73.8
     United Kingdom     78*4
If a person entitled to a pension declares his home to be in a
non-Community country      the  weighting
applicable to the pension shall be that for Belgium*
                   Ν
                                  Article 3
1.   With effect from 1 January 1980 the weightings applicable to the -
remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the oountries
listed below shall be as follows t
    Belgium          103V5
    Denmark          114.5
    Germany          101,7
    Prance             97.0
    Ireland            71 ."2
    Italy              77.1
    Luxembourg       103.5
                              i
    Netherlands        99.6'
    United Kingdom     81.1
    Swit zerland •   121.8
    USA                86.6
    Canada             77.8
    Japan            142.6
    Greece             97.4
    Turkey            124.3
    Spain.           ,104.8 ,
    Portugal           71.5
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     Venezuela       126.3
     Austria         102.8
     Thailand        121.0
     Chile           128.0
     Australia       109.0
     Yugoslavia      109.8
     Algeria
     Morocco         122.8
     Tunisia         110.2
     Egypt
     Syria
     Jordan          147.8
     Lebanon  "
     Israel          151.6
2.  With effeot from 1 January 1980 the weighting 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         103.5
     Denmark         114.5
     Germany         101.7
     France           97.0
     Ireland          71.2
     Italy            77.1
     Luxembourg      103.5
     Netherlands      99.6
     United Kingdom   81.1
                                                         ι
 ---pagebreak--- 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 4
1.   With effect from 1 January 1960 the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of persons covered by Article 2 of Regulation (EEC , Euratom,
ECSC ) No I60/8O shall be as follows :
    Belgium          104.0
    Denmark          119.9
    Germany          100.6
    France           102.6
     Ireland          71.8
     Italy            83.3
    Luxembourg       104.0
    Netherlands      100.7
    United Kingdom    76.9
    Swit zerland     123.4
    USA               96.4
    Canada            90.7
    Japan            170.7
    Greece           109.3
    Turkey          204.3
    Spain             97.8
    Portugal          86.8
    Austria          102.3
    Venezuela        130.9
2.  With effect from 1 January 1980 the weightings applicable to the
pensions and allowances of persons covered by Article 2 of Regulation
(EEC , Euratom, ECSC ) No 160/80 shall be as follows :
    Belgium          104.0
    Denmark          11 9.0
    Germany          100.6
    Prance           102.6
     Ireland          71*8
 ---pagebreak---            Italy               83,3
           Luxembourg         104,0
           Netherlands        100,7
           United Kingdom      76,9                                           j
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 >
                                                                               I
be that for Belgium .
                                    Article 5
1 . The weightings for the United Kingdon and Ireland indicated in Article 1
                                                               1
    of Council Regulation ( Euratom, ECSC , EEC ) No 1461 / 78 , in Article 5
    of Regulation (Euratom, ECSC/ EEC) No 3084/78^ and in Articles 6, 7, 8,
    9 and 10 of Regulation ( EEC , Euratom, ECSC ) No 161 / 80 shall cease to
    have effect from 1 January 1978, 1 July 1978, 1 January 1979, 1 April 1979
    and 1 July 1979 respectively .
2 . The weightingsmentioned in Article 2 of this Regulation and set out in     ■
    Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC, Euratom, ECSC ) No 161 / 80 shall cease to '
    have effect on 1 October 1979 .
       <.                                                                       :
    Article 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Regulation ( EEC , Euratom, ECSC ) No 161 / 80
    are hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 1980, and the weightings
    mentioned in Article 2 of this Regulation shall cease to have effect
    from that date .
                                     Article 6
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
  0J No L 176, 30 J une 1978, p.1 .
^0J No L 369, 29 December 1978, p. 4.