CELEX: 51979PC0239
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Date: 1979-05-10
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EURATOM, EEC) 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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                 PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( ECSC , EURATOM , EEC )
                 ADJUSTING THE             WEIGHTINGS APPLIED TO THE REMUNERATION
                                 AND PENSIONS OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER
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 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Adjustment of remunerations of officials and other servants to the
increase in the cost of living
The Council has been making half–yearly adjustments to remunerations
in line with the increase in the cost of living since July 1971 on
the basis of the methods for calculating remunerations adopted on
23 March 1972 and 29 June 1976 .
The Statistical Office of the European Communities , in agreement with,
the statistical offices of the Member States and in conjunction with the
0ECD t has prepared joint indexes showing changes in the cost of living
in the second half of 1978 in Brussels and in the various eountries
where staff are employed .
On 31 December 1978 ( June 1978 = 100 ) the figures for the various
countries were as follows :
                              1                         102.7
                   Belgiump
                   Denmark^                           , 104.0
                                                        1 00 , 6
                   Germany
                   France o ,                           104.5
                   Ireland ®                            104.1
                                                        107.1
                   Italy          1                     102,6
                   Netherlands         „
                   Uni t ed _ Kingd om                  103.6
                   Canada                               103,5
                   Japan2         _                     100,7
                   Switzerland                          100,U
                   USA2     „                           103.8
                   Greece .                             104.4
                   Turkey                               126,1
                   Spain2                               107.7
                   Portugal 0                           112.5
                   Venezuela                            104.7
                   -i
                   „Joint index.
                    .. National consumer price index .
                   "Reference period May-November 1977 *
 The Commission therefore proposes that the weightings applicable to the
 remuneration of officials in the various countries of employment
 be adjusted as indicated in the attached proposal for a regulation
 ---pagebreak---                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC , Euratom^ ECS
                 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           Regulation (Euratom , ECSC , EEC ) No 3085/78 , and in
particular Articles 64 , 65(2 ) and 82 of the Staff Regulations and the
first paragraph of Article 20 and Article 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
took piace since Council Regulation (Euratom , ECSC, EEC ) No 3084/78^ and
                      (Euratom , ECSC , EEC ) No 3086/78* came
into force during the second half of 1978 in a number of countries where
officials and other servants of the European Communities are employed ,
the weightings applied to the remuneration and pensions of officials
and other servants should be adjusted with effect respectively from 1 January
and 1 Apri I 1979 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
1.    With effect from 1 January 1979 ? "the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officals and other servants employed in the countries
listed below shall be as follows :
_ 0J No L 56 , 4 March 1968 , p.1 .
^OJ No L 369 , 29 December 1978 , p»6 «
 , 0J No L 369 , 29 December 1978 , p.1
   OJ No L 369 , 29 December 1978 , p.8 and corrigendum OJ No L 77 » 29 March 1979 » P»43 <
 ---pagebreak---                    Belgium                102.7
                   Denmark                134.5
                    Germany                 78.8
                   Prance                 134.5
                    Ireland               142.3
                    Italy                 157.2
                   Luxembourg             102.7
                    Netherlands             94.6
                   United Kingdom         149.3
                   Canada                 137.1
                   Japan                  145.6
                    Switzerland             76.3
                   USA                    136.0
                   Greece                 171.8
                   Turkey                 448.3
2.    With effect from 1 January 1979 "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                102.7
                    Denmark               134.5
                    Germany                 78.8
                   Prance                 134.5
                    Ireland               142.3
                    Italy                 157.2
                    Luxemb ourg           102.7
                    Netherlands             94.6
                    United Kingdom         149.3
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 2
 1 . With effect from 1 April 1979 "the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the countries
  Listed below shall be as follows :
                    Belgium                102.7
                    Denmark                110.7
                    Germany                 99.3
                    Prance                  96.3
                    Ireland                 61.7
                    Italy                   75.3
                    Luxemoourg             102.7
                     Netherlands           100.3
                    United Kingdom           64.8
                    Canada                  86.1
                    Japan                  168.7
                     Switzerland           118.2
                    USA                     88.6
                     Greece                  91.2
                     Turkey                107.4
                     Spain                   87.5
                     Portugal                73.4
                    Venezuela              112.4
 ---pagebreak--- 2.  With effect from 1 April 1979 » "the weightings applicable to
pensions in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 82(l )
of the Staff Regulations shall be that given below for the Community
country in which the person entitled to the pension declares hia
home to be :
                Belgium                   102.7
                 Denmark                  110.7
                 Germany                    99 • 3
                France                      9°«3
                 Ireland                    61.7
                 Italy                      75.3
                Luxemb ourg               1 02 . 7
                 Netherlands              100.3
                United Kingdom              64.8
If a person entitled to a pension declares his horae to be in a country
other than those listed above , the weighting applicable to the pension
shall be that for Belgium .
                             Article 3
Article 5 of Regulation ( Suratom, ECSC , EEC ) No 3084/ 78 is repealed
with effect from 1 January 1979 *
Article 1 of Regulation ( Buratom, ECSC, EEC ) No 3086/78 plus
corrigendum is repealed with effect from 1 April 1979 *
                             Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                         Por the Council
                                          The President
 ---pagebreak---                             FINANCIAL RECORD
concerning the budgetary implications arising from a review of weightings
with effect from 1 January 1979 (Article 65(2 ) of the Staff Regulations ).
A.   Additional expenditure
     TITLE 1 î
    - Chapter 10 (Members )                                         / 80 600 UCE
    - Chapter 11 ( Staff )                                       ;8 208 000 UCE
    - Chapter 12 (Allowances and expenses on                      '
       entering and on leaving the service and
       on transfer )                                                 321 000 UCE
     TITLE 2 :
    Chanter 28
    - Article 280 (Euratom Supply Agency )                             14 000 UCE
    - Article 287 ( Office for Official Publications )               122 COO UCE
    - Article 289 {European Schools )                                799 000 UCE
    TITLE 3 t
    Chapter 33 ( Research and investment )                        3 450 000 UCE
    TITLE 9 :
                                                                              i -"
    Article 943 ( European Association for Cooperation)             : 58 000 UCE"'
                                                           \
                Total additional expenditure                    13 052 600 UCE
B.  Additional revenue
    TITLE 4ï
    Chapter 40 ( Proceeds of Community taxation )
    - Administration and Office for Official Publications     '   1 395 500 UCE
    - Research and investment                                        350 000 UCE
                Total additional revenue                          1 745 500 UCE
C.  Net financial implications                               • 11 307 100. UCE