CELEX: 51993PC0619
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-01
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC, EC) No ..../93 amending Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 150/91 with regard to rent allowance

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          COM(93) 619 final
                                          Brussels, 1 December 1993
         REPORT ON THE APPLICATION OF THE RENT ALLOWANCE
        (Council Regulation No 150/91 of 21 January 1991)
                          PROPOSAL FOR A
        COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC, EC) No      /93
       amending Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 150/91
                  with regard to rent allowance
                  (presented by the Commission)
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                                   CONTENTS
                                                    KJsiiM
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM                                3
1.   Background                                      5
1.1. Regulation No 121/66                            5
1.2. Extension of the rent allowance to officials
        posted elsewhere in the Community
        (Regulation No 150/91)                       5
2.   Application of the Regulation                   6
2.1. Eligibility                                     5
2.2. Calculation of the rent allowance               6
2.3. Practical effects (1991-93)                     7
3.   The present situation                           8
3.1. The increasing responsibilities of the Offices  8
3.2. The staff of the Offices                        9
3.3. The rotat ion system                            9
4.   Conclusions                                    11
Annex 1: Regulations                                12
Annex 2: Statistics                                 16
Proposal for a Regulation                           19
Annex 3: Financial statement                        21
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                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  In 1966 the Council, acting on the basis of Article 14a of Annex VII to
   the Staff Regulations, adopted an implementing Regulation granting a
   rent allowance to officials in certain places of employment. At the
   outset, this allowance covered only a few places in Germany, France,
   the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
2.  In January 1991 the Council adopted Regulation No 150/91, which amended
   the 1966 Regulation and extended the allowance to staff posted to
   places in the Member States under the rotation system.
3. This report has been drawn up in accordance with Article 2 of
   Regulation No 150/91, which lays down that the Commission must report
   to the Council on its application before 31 December 1993.
4. Article 2 also lays down that the Regulation is applicable from
   1 January 1991 to 31 December 1993 and that the Council may decide to
   extend it, on a proposal from the Commission.
5. The report concludes that the rules in question have been applied with
   the necessary rigour and that the circumstances which warranted the
   amendment of the 1966 Regulation still prevail.
6. The Commission therefore proposes that the Council extend the
   application of Regulation No 150/91 for a further five years.
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 REPORT ON THE APPLICATION OF THE RENT ALLOWANCE
(Council Regulation No 150/91 of 21 January 1991)
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                           CHAPTER 1 - BACKGROUND
1.1, Regulation No 121/66
Under Article 14a of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations an allowance may be
granted to officials employed in a place where the problem of accommodation
is recognized as being particularly difficult.
The same Article provides for the Council to lay down the implementing
arrangements, in particular the maximum amount of the allowance and the
rules for granting it, which it duly did for the first time in Regulation
No 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC of 28 July 1966.
However, under the 1966 Regulation the allowance could not exceed 5% of
emoluments and could be granted only to officials employed in a very limited
number of places in four countries.
Hence the Council's decision to amend the original Regulation by adopting
Regulation No 150/91.
1.2. Extension of the rent allowance to officials posted elsewhere in the
     Community (Regulation No 150/91)
This Regulation was designed to make good the shortcomings of the 1966
Regulation (its limited geographical coverage and inadequate financial
provisions - 5% of remuneration), which in practice made it virtually
inoperable.
Regulation No 150/91 took into account the problems experienced by officials
posted to certain European cities under the rotation system (in particular
nationals of another Member State). Because of the limited duration of
their posting, such officials sometimes have to spend a larger proportion of
their salary on rent than officials who are established for a longer period
at one of the seats of the institutions. This is because mobility under the
rotation system makes them more exposed to the trends in the market for
rented accommodation than their colleagues at headquarters.
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                  CHAPTER II - APPLICATION OF THE REGULATION
2.1. EligibiIity
The allowance may be granted only to officials posted to a Commission Office
 in the Community under the rotation system. Moreover, it may not be granted
for more than six years from the date on which the official takes up duty.
The official's application is considered by the Head of Office, who is in a
position to judge whether the proposed accommodation is commensurate with
the official's family circumstances, grade and duties.
The appointing authority then decides whether to grant the allowance, on the
basis of this opinion and of any other assessment it deems necessary.
2.2. Calculation of the rent allowance
An official whose rent exceeds a certain threshold may claim a rent
allowance equal to a given percentage of the difference between the two.
The threshold is expressed as a percentage of the official's emoluments,
which varies according to grade. The amount of the allowance also varies,
not according to grade but according to family circumstances.
Emoluments            Basic salary + expatriation allowance and household
                      a Ilowance
                      - taxes, pension and sickness and accident insurance
                      contributions and temporary contribution,
                      adjusted by the weighting for the place of employment
                      and converted into the currency of the country of
                      employment at the same rate as for salaries
Threshold             Percentage of emoluments:
                      18% for officials in grades below B1
                      20% for officials in grades B1 to A4
                      22% for officials in grades above A4
AIlowance -           Rent - threshold, percentage of differential paid by
                      instItut ion:
                      50% for officials with no dependants
                      55% for officials with one dependant
                      60% for officials with more than one dependant.
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2.3. Practical effects (1991-93)
The practical effects of the Regulation for the period 1991-93 are summed up
in the following table:
                                      Table A
             Number of officials             Annual expenditure on staff
                                                   (ECU thousand)
     Year    Total    Allowance                Total    Allowance    %
            Offices                           Offices
               1          2                      4          5        6
1 -  total number of Community officials posted to Offices in the Member
     States
2 -  number of officials receiving rent allowance
3 -  2/1 as a percentage
4 -  annual expenditure on Office staff (including rent allowance) in
     ECU thousand
5 -  total annual amount of allowance in ECU thousand
6 »  5/4 as a percentage
The table shows that the number of recipients and the overall cost to the
budget are low compared with the total number of officials and expenditure
on staff posted to Offices in the Community.
The situation for each place of employment in 1991, 1992 and 1993 is shown
in Tables 1, 2 and 3 in Annex 2.
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                     CHAPTER III - THE PRESENT SITUATION
3.1. The increasing responsibilities of the Offices
The traditional task of the Commission Offices in the Member States was to
disseminate information on the Community to the general public and certain
specialized groups. However, their role gradually developed over the years
in line with progress towards European integration, prompting the Commission
to redefine their responsibilities in its decision of 26 April 1989.
Given the increase in their workload and the wide range of new
responsibilities now facing them, the Commission formally defined their new
tasks, reflecting:
     the Commission's need for more information on the public mood and
     politleal trends;
     the increased Commission demands on the Offices to fulfil certain
     representational functions and provide practical assistance in the
     Member States;
     a marked increase in the demand for information from the general public
     and specialized groups and the need to adapt structures and resources
     accordingly;
     closer cooperation between the Community institutions and between the
     Commission and the Member States in the field of information and
     communicat ion.
The Offices were also restructured to help them implement these new
guidelines and carry out their new tasks. In the course of this operation
the importance of ensuring the systematic rotation of administrative staff
and, where possible, a mix of nationalities in each Office became apparent.
The Commission was also obliged to consider the secondment for limited
periods of officials from DGs other than DG X1 (e.g. the Translation
Service) to perform specific duties in the Offices.
1    Audiovisual Media, Information, Communication and Culture
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3.2. The staff of the Offices
 It has often proved difficult to find candidates with the necessary
qualities to take up a post in the Commission Offices in the Community.
Office staff require not only to have a command of the country's language
but also, at least in the case of A officials, to have an intimate knowledge
of the workings of its political institutions, its social and economic
forces, and the mentality and preoccupations of its inhabitants.
By enabling the institution to bear at least part of the heavy cost of
accommodation in places which are particularly problematic, the rent
allowance has helped increase the number of potential candidates for posts
in Offices in the Community. The average number of candidates for each post
rose from 6 in 1990 to 9 in 1993.
There has also been an increase in the number of non-nationals (up from 10%
in 1990 to 15% in 1993). Beforehand, without the promise of financial
compensation afforded by the allowance, the bulk of candidates were
nationals of the country concerned. This is a very positive development in
terms of the image of the Offices vis-à-vis their target public -
politicians, trade unions, industry and the general public - as it reflects
the true dimensions of the Community and reproduces in the Offices the same
international and multicultural environment found at the headquarters.
3.3. The rotat ion system
The rotation system helps to ensure the mobility of officials posted to the
Offices which is vital if the Offices are to have the benefit of
highly-qualified staff specialized in the main fields of Commission
act ivity.
The system also serves to provide new blood, ensuring that routine does not
set In and making it easier to implement new approaches and methods and to
adjust to events as they happen.
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For these reasons the Commission decided that the period of rotation should
not exceed six years. In this respect the allowance has made It easier to
implement the rotation system as it too is granted for a maximum of six
years.
Moreover, there has been an increase in mobility since its introduction,
with the number of transfers rising from 26 in the period 1988-90 to 36 in
the period 1991-93.
That said, mobility can cause particular difficulties for the officials
concerned, in particular as regards expenditure on accommodation, which may
account for a larger proportion of their income than was previously the
case.
It is to help remedy this problem that the rent allowance, which has become
a vital administrative tool for the smooth running of the Offices, is still
needed.
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                           CHAPTER IV - CONCLUSIONS
The following conclusions may be drawn from the report:
     the circumstances which led the Commission to propose the adoption of
     Regulation 150/91 still prevail;
     the Regulation is properly and rigorously applied by the Commission;
     the financial impact is minimal in absolute terms and is justified when
     set against the results achieved;
     the application of the rent allowance has produced an increase not only
      in the number of candidates for posts in the Offices but also in the
     number of non-nationals;
     the sudden withdrawal of the allowance would cause major problems for
     the staff who currently receive it and would impair the smooth running
     of the Offices in both the short and the longer term;
     for these reasons, it must be concluded that the effects of the rent
     allowance as applied under Regulation 150/91 are positive.
The Commission is therefore proposing that the above Regulation be extended
for a further five years.
The new Regulation authorizing this extension would also provide for a
review at the end of the five-year period, with the possibility of further
extension on a proposal from the Commission.
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24. 1. 91                                   Officiai Journal of the European Communities                                             No L 18/1
                                                                             I
                                                 (Ails  whose publication            is    obligatory)
                               C O U N C I L R E G U L A T I O N (ECSC, EEC, E U R A T O M ) N o                   150/91
                                                           of 21 January 1991
                    amending        Regulation      No   6 / 6 6 / E u r a t o m , 121/66/EEC          with    regard    to  rent
                                                                    allowance
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                                Art nit I
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the
European Communities and the Conditions of Employ-                                The following Article shall be inserted into Regulation
ment of O t h e r Servants of those Communities laid down                         6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC:
by Regulation (EEC. Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 ('), as                                   'A ni tie 6ei
last amended by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) N o
                                                                                      By way of derogation from Articles 1 and 6. officials
3736/90 ('), and in particular Article 14a of Annex VII
                                                                                      posted under the rotation system to places of employ-
thereto.
                                                                                      ment within the C o m m u n i t y , other than the seats ot
                                                                                      the institutions, may be granted a rent allowance in
Having regard to Regulation N o 6/66/Euratom, 121/                                    accordance with the conditions set out in Articles 4
66/EEC of the Councils of 28 July 1966 laying down the                                and 5.
list of places for which a rent allowance may be granted,
                                                                                      This allowance may not be combined with the allo-
the maximum amount of that allowance and the rules for
                                                                                      wance referred to in the second subparagraph of
granting it( l ).
                                                                                      Article 14 (I) ot Annex VII to the Staff Regulations. It
                                                                                      shall be limned to the duration of the official's
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                    posting and shall not be paid for more than six years
                                                                                      after the date on which he takes up d u t y '
Whereas the officials posted, under a rotation system, to
                                                                                                                Article 2
places of e m p l o y m e n t other than the seats of the institu-
tions may be faced with a particularly difficult a c c o m m o -                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo-
dation situation because of the limited duration of the                           wing that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
posting ;                                                                         Eu roped H Com m u n it tes.
                                                                                  It shall apply from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1993.
Whereas this situation is liable to impair the mobility of
                                                                                  Before 31 December 1993, the Commission shall report
the officials in question and the smooth operation of the
                                                                                  to the Council on the application of this Regulation.
departments located in those places of employment ;
whereas consequently Regulation N o 6/66/Euratom,                                 The Council may decide, on a proposal                from   the
 121/66/EEC should be amended.                                                    Commission, to extend this Regulation.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    D o n e at Brussels, 21 January 1991
                                                                                                 l'or the   Council
                                                                                                   The   President
                                                                                                   R. STE1CHEN
(') OJ No L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p I.
0 OJ No L 360. 22. 12 1990. p. 1
(') OJ No 150, 12. 8. 1966, p. 2749/66
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90                                                                                                     OTHER REGULATIONS
              REGULATION No 6/66/EURATOM, 121/66/EEC OF THE COUNCILS
                                                       of 28 July 1966
              laying down the list of places for which a rent allowance may be granted, the maximum amount
                                       of that allowance and the rules for granting it
THE COUNCIL O F T H E EUROPEAN A T O M I C                         2.     In addition to the places referred to in paragraph
ENERGY COMMUNITY,                                                   1, a rent allowance may also be granted in respect of
                                                                   places where there are not more than three officials. In
THE COUNCIL O F T H E EUROPEAN                                     this case, the Commissions shall notify the Councils
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,                                                and tî.e list submitted shall be deemed to have been
                                                                   approved if within six weeks no delegation has
                                                                   expressed a wish to contest the granting of a rent
Having regard to Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC),                allowance in respect of those places.
on the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions
of Employment of Other Servants of the European
Economic Community and the European Atomic                                                   Article 3
Energy Community and in particular Article 14a of                      Before granting any allowance, the appointing
Annex VII to those Staff Regulations and Articles 22               authority shall see whether the accomodation is
and 67 of those Conditions of Employment;                          suitable for the requirements of the official, having
Having regard to the proposals from the Commission                 regard to his duties and his family circumstances, and
of the European Atomic Energy Community and the                    the number of dependants actually living under his
Commission of the European Economic Community;                     roof. Where appropriate, it may set a limit on the
Whereas it is for the Councils, acting in accordance               amount of rent taken into account for calculating the
with the procedure referred to in Article 65 (3) of the            accommodation allowance.
Staff Regulations to lay down the list of places for
which a rent allowance may be granted, the maximum
amount of that allowance and the rules for granting it;                                      Article 4
                                                                       Subject to provisions of Article 3, a rent allowance
                                                                   shall be granted to an official whose monthly rent
HAVE A D O P T E D THIS REGULATION:                                excluding, where appropriate, the cost of utilities such
                                                                   as heating, water, gas, electricity and maintenance
                         Article I                                 services, amounts to more than:
    An official employed in a place where the problem of            18 % for officials up to and including Grade B 2,
 accomodation is recognized as being particularly                  20 % for officials from Grade B 1 to Grade A 4,
 difficult may be given a rent allowance under the                 22 % for officials above Grade A 4,
conditions set out below.                                          of his total emoluments as determined below.
                                                                       Total emoluments shall comprise basic salary plus
                                                                   expatriation allowance and head of household allow-
                         Article 2                                 ance, less the compulsory deductions referred to in
 I     The places of employment for which the allowance             Article 64 of the Staff Regulations and Community tax.
 referred to in Article 1 may be granted shall be:                  The amount thus obtained shall lx- adjusted by the
                                                                   corrective factor applicable at the place of employment
 Germany                                                           of the official concerned.
    Karlsruhe
    Garching                                                                                 Article 5
    Geesthacht                                                         The institution shall be responsible for that part of
 France                                                             the rent which exceeds the percentages indicated in the
                                                                    first paragraph of Article 4 to the extent of:
    Paris
                                                                    50 % for an unmarried official and an official who is a
    Departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-St-Denis,
    Val-de-Marne, Essonne, Yvelines, Val-d'Oise.                    head of household without dependants;
    Cadarache                                                       55 % for an official who is a head of household with
    Grenoble                                                        one dependant;
                                                                    6 0 % for an official who is a head of household with
 United Kingdom                                                     more than one dependant;
    London
                                                                    where the expression 'dependant* has the meaning
 Switzerland                                                        defined in Article 2 of Annex VIII to the Staff
    Geneva.                                                         Regulations.
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OTHER REGULATIONS                                                                                                  91
                      Article 6                                                         Article 7
   Rent allowances shall in no case exceed 5 % of the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
total emoluments indicated in the second paragraph of           1966.
Article 4.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
             Done at Brussels, 28 July 1966.
                                                                               For the Councils
                                                                                 The President
                                                                             S.A. POSTHUMUS
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OTHER REGULATIONS                                                                                                    91
                        Article 6                                                        Article 7
   Rent allowances shall in no case exceed 5 % of the               This Regulation shall enter into force on I January
total emoluments indicated in the second paragraph of             1966.
Article 4.
   Article 6a /-j \
   By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 6. olfiaals
   posted under the rotation system to places of employ
   ment within the Community, other than the seats ol
   the institutions, may be granted a rent allowance in
   accordance with the conditions set out in Articles -4
   and 5.
   This allowance may not be combined with the alio
   wance referred to in the second subparagraph of
   Article 14 (I) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations It
   shall be limited to the duration of the official's
    posting and shall not be paid for more than six years
    after the date on which he takes up duty.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at Brussels, 28 July 1966.
                                                                                 For the Councils
                                                                                  The President
                                                                               S.A. POSTHUMUS
(1) Article applicable from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1993
       (see Article 2 of Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom)
       No 150/91 of 21 January 1991: OJ No L 18, 24 January 1991,
       p.l)
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 ARTICLE 148 HP ANNFX VII ™ THE STAFF REGULATIONS
                      Article 14a
   An official employed in a place where the problem of
accommodation is recognized as being particularly
difficult may be given a rent allowance. The list of
places for which such allowance may be granted, the
maximum amount of such allowance and the rules for
granting it shall be laid down by the Council in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 65
(3) of the Staff Regulations.
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                                             TABLE 1
                    Officials posted to Community Offices at 1 January 1991
  Place             Nutfber of officials                   Monthly sta Pf expenditure ( ECU)
           Tot. Offices      Allowance            X      Tot. Offices      Allowance           X
   (D           (2)             (3)              (4)          (5)             (6)             (7)
Athens           7                1          14.3 %        29084              118             0.4 X
Barcelona        2               2          100.0 %         12996            2282            17.6 X
Belfast          1                                          10647
BerlIn           5                                         31664
Bonn            14               2            14.3 X       63853              421             0.7 X
Copenhagen      14               1             7.1 %       69164               40             0.1 X
Cardiff          1                                           8063
The Hague        7               3           42.9 %        27466              232             0.8 X
Dublin           8                                         41617
Edinburgh        1                                           9651
Lisbon          11               2           18.2 X        37335              806             2.2 X
London          13                                         79725
Madrid          14               5           35.7 %        58034              862             1.5 X
Marsei1 le       4                                         24422
Milan            3                                         13856
Munich           3               1           33.3 %        17035               73             0.4 X
Paris          25                3           12.0 X       171328             1024             0.6 X
Rome           28                2             7.1 %      157744              638             0.4 X
Total         161               22           13.7 X       863684             6496             0.8 X
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                                            TABLE 2
                    Officials posted to Community Offices at 1 January 1992
  Place             Numbe r of officials                     Monthly stiiff expenditure (ECU)
           Tot. Offices      Allowance          X         Tot. Offices      Allowance           X
  (1)           (2)             (3)            (4)            (5)              (6)             (7)
Athens           7               1           14.3 X          31178             66              0.2 X
Barcelona        2               2          100.0 X          13280           2046             15.4 X
Belfast          1                                            6638
Berlin           5                                           31748
Bonn           15                3           20.0 X          64331            602              0.9 X
Copenhagen     14                1            7.1 X          68711             10              0.0 X
Cardiff          1                                            8350
The Hague        7               3           42.9 X          27416            173              0.6 X
Dublin           8                                           42965
Edinburgh        1                                            9992
Lisbon         12                1            8.3 X          46004            421              0.9 X
London         14                1            7.1 X          91428            466              0.5 X
Madrid         15                6           40.0 X          71641           2234              3.1 X
MarselI le       3                                           19534
Milan            4                                           22703
MunIch           3                                           16864
Paris          24                3           12.5 X         167273            971              0.6 X
Rome           29                1            3.4 X         180596            442              0.2 X
Total         165               22           13.3 X         920652           7431              0.8 X
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                                             TABLE 3
                     Officials posted to Community Offices at 1 January 1993
  Place              Numbe r of officials                    Monthly sta -f expenditure (1ECU)
            Tot. Offices      AI lowance         X        Tot. Offices       Allowance           X
  (1)            (2)              (3)           (4)            (5)              (6)             (7)
Athens            7                1           14.3 X         33046             102             0.3 X
Barcelona         3                2           66.7 X         18763            1940            10.3 X
Belfast           1                                            6010
Berl In           5                                           32862
Bonn             15                2           13.3 X         63984             315             0.5 X
Copenhagen       14                1            7.1 X         81095             400             0.5 X
Cardiff           1                                            8712
The Hague         5                1           20.0 X         29102               3
Dublin            8                                           44062
Edinburgh         1                                            9612
Lisbon          12                                            48455
London          14                 2           14.3 X         94029             744              0.8 X
Madrid          16                 7           43.8 X         70472            2641              3.7 X
Marsel I le       3                                           22058
Milan             4                                           21371
Munich            4                1           25.0 X         26056             324              1.2 X
Paris           24                 5           20.8 X        173106            1412              0.8 X
Rome            27                 3           11.1 X        144126             924              0.6 X
Total          164                25           15.2 X       926921             8805              0.9 X
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                  PROPOSAL FOR A
COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC,  EC) No     /93
amending Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 150/91
          with regard to rent allowance
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                                   Proposal for a
               COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC, EC,) No       /93
                                   of
               amending Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 150/91
                          with regard to rent allowance
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of
 Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities laid down by
Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68,1 as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 3947/92,2 and in particular Article 14a of
Annex VII thereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC of
28 July 1966 laying down the list of places for which a rent allowance may
be granted, the maximum amount of that allowance and the rules for granting
 lt.3
Having regard to Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 150/91 of
21 January 1991 4 amending Regulation 6/66/Euratom, 121/66/EEC with regard
to rent allowance, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 2
thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the officials posted, under a rotation system, to places of
employment other than the seats of the institutions may be faced with a
particularly difficult accommodation situation because of the limited
duration of the posting;
Whereas this situation would be liable to impair the mobility of the
officials in question and the smooth operation of the departments located in
those places of employment    if it were not taken into account by the granting
of an appropriate rent allowance;
Whereas the provisions of Regulation No 150/91 should therefore be extended
for a per iod of f ive years;
1     0J No L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1 .
2     OJ No L 404, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
3     OJ No 150, 12.8.1966, p. 2749/66.
4     0J No L 18, 24.1.1991, p. 1.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
                                  Art icle 1
Article 6a of Council Regulation No 6/66 Euratom, 121/66/EEC of 28 July 1966
shall remain in force for the period between 1 January 1994 and
31 December 1998.
                                  Art icle 2
Before 31 December 1998 the Commission shall report to the Council on the
application of this Regulation.
The Council may decide to extend this Regulation, on a proposal from the
Commission beyond 31 December 1998.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
a I I Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                      For the CounciI
                                      The President
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                                                                Annex 3
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENT
                       Estimated effect on the budget of
         the extension of Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 150/91
                    as regards the rent allowance for 1994
Administrative budget
Item No AO 1142/141            ECU 123 500 2
1    Item AO 1142/14 (appropriation - ECU 135 000) also includes the
     transport allowance. The estimate is for the rent allowance only
2    Amount already included In the 1994 draft budget.
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