CELEX: 51974PC0595
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Date: 1974-04-26
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) OF THE COUNCIL 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(74 ) 595 Final
                                                 Brussels « 26 April 1974
                               PROPOSAL FOR A
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                       REGULATION (EEC . EURATOM, ECSC )
                       > ιη
                               OF THE COUNCIL
                   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)
                                                    ■\ .
    00M(74 ) 595 Final
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                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 6,5(2 ) of the Staff Regulations of Officials 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^.
Furthermore , at point 11(b) of its Decision of 21 March 1972 on the
method of calculation used for the periodic examination of the level
of remuneration of officials , the Council laid down that to compensate
for the rise in the cost of living the weightings should be adjusted
in accordance with Article 65(1 ), to take effect from the end of the
reference period , without prejudice to application of the provisions
of Article 65(2 ),
The joint indexes prepared by the Statistical Office of the European
Communities in agreement with OECD , ILO and the national statistical
offices of the Member States , showing changes in the cost of living
in the second half of 1973 , are annexed hereto .
They show a rise of b.7% for Belgium ( joint index , excluding rents).
The official Belgian consumer price index shows for the corresponding
period an increase of        By the end of March 197^ > the index stood
at 107-71% .
Similar or even larger increases have been recorded in the other
countries where officials are employed .
Accordingly , the Commission has decided to propose that the weightings
be adjusted with effect from 1 January 197^.
1 . The half-yearly rate of k.7% for Belgium corresponds to an annual
rate of some 10# . Adjusted by reference to the Belgian national index ,
as matters are now developing, the increase will exceed 12#.
2.   An increase such as this must be considered " substantial ".
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It does not seem feasible to require officials to wait for more than
twelve months before compensating them for a loss in purchasing power
of over 10% .
The idea that these figures call for a half-yearly adjustment is
backed up by the fact that the Council has on previous occasions
given adjustments where the annual increase was 8.9/» and 7.^/j .
For all these reasons , the Commission puts forward this measure to
the Council to safeguard the purchasing power of the remuneration
and pensions of officials .
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                                                                                BELQIPM
                                                                              ( Brussels )
            Consumer price index by group of expsnditure
            in December 1973 CL July 1973 = 100)
             (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 )
                                                                    Weighting      Index numbers
  Group of expenditure                                               CVoo )      at 1 January 1974
                                                                                 (1 July 1973=100 )
  GENERAL INDEX NUMBER                                               1000              104.7
  Food                                                                305.2            105.4        I
  Housing , furniture , household
  equipment and articles ,
  related services                                                    199.6            104.8
       Rent
  Clothing                                                            117.6            105.1
  Médical services and personal
  hygiene                                                              65.3            102.4
  Transport                                                           171.7            104.3
1 Cultural activities , entertainment                                  99.6            103.8
  Miscellaneous                                                        41.0
^ ΙΙ·  III I   II I I ■ ■ I – I I I II ^ »ι Μ I ■ ΜΙ «III· ΛΛΛ. χ».            I
                                                                                       105.0        |
                                                                                                    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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                                                             GJ3K4ANY
                                                             ( Bonn)
                 C onsumer price index by group of expend! ture
                 at 1 January 197^ (l July 1973 = 100)
                 ( calculated from index numbers prepared by the
                 Iator-Orgaiiizettiyu diction for the otu&y of
                 Wages and Prices )
                                                   Weighting Index numbers at
   Group of expenditure                             (•/..)     1 January 197^
                                                              (1 July 1973=100)
                                                1I
  GENERAL INDEX NTJMBER                         I   1000             103.8
        I. Food , drink                              271.0           100.6
       II . Housing and household services           191.0           110.0
      III . Household equipment and
            maintenance                              121.0           102.0
J - IV. Domestic service                              18.5 .         107.2
        V. Clothing and footwear                     100.0           103.5
       VI . Personal hygiene                          28.0           102.8
      VII . Médical care                              25.0           101.6
   VIII . Transport                                  1*5-5           106.0
I      IX . Récréation , reading                      64.5           102.6
    <   X. Miscellaneous                              35.5           100.1 .
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                                                          FRANCE
                                                          ( Paris )
               Consumer price inde x by group of e xpenditure
               at 1 January 197^ (l July 1973 = 100)
               (prepared by INSEB on plan of Inter-Organization
               Section for the Study of Wages and Prices )
                                                         -     ––
                                            ! Weighting   Index numbers at
  Group of expenditure                         ( °/oo )  ! 1 January 197^
                                                          (1 July 1973^100)
  GENERAL INDEX NTJMBER                        1000               105.3
[    I. Food , drink                             296.5            105.6 "
    II . Housxng and household services     I
                                            I
                                                 19^.5            103.9
   III . Household equipment and
         maintenance                              76.5            10^.3
I   IV . Domestic service                         50.0            106.2
     V. Clothing and footwear                     99-0            106.3
    VI . Personal hygiene                         32.0            106.9
   VII . Médical care                             31.0            103.9
I VIII . Transport                               110.5            105.4
I IX . Récréation , reading                       78.0            105.6
     X. Mxscellaneous                             33.0  i         109.0
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                                                            ITAIY
                                                          Tfioae )
               Consumer price index by group of expenditure
               St 1 yamTar^rT^^^l^^ly T973^^*100^'*^~~~"
               ( calculated from index numbers prepared by the
               Inter-Organization Section for the Study of
               Wages and Prices )
                                             Weighting Index numbers at
  Group of expenditure                         ( VoJ         1 January 197^
                                                            (1 July 1973=100)
  GENERAL INDEX NUMBER    '                  • 1000-              - 106.9
     I. Food , drink                             302.0    |         107.5     I
                                                                              i
    II . Housxng and household services          201.0              106.6
   III . Household equipment and
         maintenance                              78.0              108.1
    IV . Domestic servxce                         32.0              110.7 ' •
     V. Clothing and footwear                    102.0          '   1U-3
I VI . Personal hygiene ■                         35-5              103.9
I VII . Médical care .                            22.5              105.6
  VIII . Transport .                            124.0               104.4
I   IX. Récréation , reading                      69.5              104.2
     X. Miseellaneous
                                                  33-5 . |          100.1
                                                -       .jL.           I.
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                                                                 NETHERLANDS
                                                                 ( The ïlague )
               Consumer price index_ by_ group of expenditure
               at 1 January 1974 (l July 1973 = 100)
               ( calculated from index numbers prepared by the
               Inter-Organization Section for the Study of
               Wages and Prices )
I                                               | Weightingj Index numbers atj
i
  Group of expendxture                             ( 0 /oo )       1 January 1974
                                                                Kl July 1973=100)
  GENERAL INDEX NUMBER                             1000        ί        103.3
     I. Food , drink                            ;    253.0     \        103.3
    II . Housing and household services             180.0               104.8
                                                [              I
   III . Household equipaent and               !               i
         maintenance                            !
                                                \
                                                    117.0               102.3
    IV . Domestic service                              22.0  I!         108.7
                                                             i
     V. Clothing and footwear                   |      98.0 j           101.6
    VI . Personal hygiene                     I|       29.0             101.2
   VII . Médical care                         i |      36.0             108.7
  VIII . Transport                                  158.0               102.4
    IX . Récréation , reading                   I      72.0             101.8
I    X. Miscellaneous                           ,      35.0    !
                                                               i    ■
                                                                        io^+.i
i                                          _
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                      '                                           UNITED KIHGDOM
                                                                  ( London)
                 Consumer price index by group of expenditure
                 at 1~ January 1974 {! July 1973 ' = 100)            "*!. •
                 ( calculated from index nuabers prepared by
                 the Inter-Organization Section for the
                 Study of Wages and Prices )
                                                                I
                                                  Weightingi[ Index numbers at
  Group of expenditure                       j     ( °/oo )  !| 1 January 1974
                                             I
                                                             I  !(1 July 1973=100)
IGENERAL INDEX NUMBER '            '          iI 1000                        105.2
     I » Food , drink                        I       246.5                 , 106.6 ~  j
    II . Housing and household services ; j|. 244.5 I!
                                                I             i
                                                                         . 105.1 :
                                                              i
   III . maintenance
          Household equipment
                            •
                               and           j>       78.5 II                105*9
                                                              ii
    IV . Domestic service                             42.0    !              106.2 ■'
     V. - Clothing and footwear               ji      8?-5 :                 106.6    I
    VI . Personal hygiene                             28.0   |i        . , 104.6
   VII .. Médical care                                24.5                - 100.7
i VIII . Transport                            j 144.0 j                      105 . 9
J IX. Récréation, reading                     ]     , 65.0                   102.5
     X. Miscellaneous                         j       45-5    |[         • 103.0      j
                                                l_     ,
                                                              i !                     !
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                               PROPOSAL FOR
               REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOK , ECSC )
                              OF THE COUNCIL
               adjusting the weightings applied to the
               remuneration and pensions of officials and
               other servants of the European Communities
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a
Single Commission of the European Communities ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC , Euratom , ECSC) No 259/68^"
of 29 February 1958 laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials
and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European
Communities and instituting special measures temporarily applicable
to officials of . the Commission , as last amended by Council Regulation
(EEC , Euratom , ECSC) No 2/7^, and to Articles 6k, 6.5(2) and 82 of the
Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and the
first paragraph of Article 20 and Article 6k of the Conditions of
Employment of Other Servants of the Communities ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas , by reason of the substantial rise in the cost of living which
has taken place in Belgium and in the other countries where officials
and other servants of the European Communities are employed during
the second half of 1973 » the weightings applied to the remuneration
and pensions of officials and other servants should be adjusted ;
                                                                   1   '
whereas the adjustment to remuneration and pensions provided for by
this Regulation is made by way of advance on the adjustment to be
made .by the Council following the annual review of remuneration next
September pursuant to Article 65(1 ) of the Staff Regulations for a
reference period running from 1 July 1973 to 30 June 197^;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 OJ No L 56 , k March 1968 ,, p.l .
 OJ No ZJ ?, 3 Jamary 1974 » p»1 .
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                                     Article 1     :
1 . With effect from 1 January 197^ the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials employed in the countries listed below
shall be as follows :
    Belgium                                122.5
    Germany                                116.8
    France                                 1^7 » 9
    Italy                                  126.6
    Luxembourg                             122.5 .
    Nethorlands               _            122.3
    United Kingdom                         136.5
    Switzerland                            120.7*
    USA                                    173.5*
2.  With effect from 1 January 197 + the weighting applicable to
pensions in accordance with the second subparagraph 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 his
home to be :
    Belgium                -               122.5
    Germany                                116.8
    France                                 1**7«9
    Italy                                  126.6
    Luxembourg                             122.5
    N e t h e r»1 n n rî s
    Netheylands                          . 122.3 .
    United Kingdom                         136.5
If a person entitled to a pension declares hxs home to be in a country ;
other than those listed above , the weighting applicable to the pension
shall be that for Belgium . .                            .
                                    Article 2
Article 5            Council Regulation (SEC , Euratom , EGSC ) No 2/7^ is
repealed with effect from 1 January 1972*.
* proviaional figures                                .
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                            Article   5
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 ,             197k         For the Councxl
                                            The Président