CELEX: 51996PC0077
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-04
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities in respect of equal treatment of men and women

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51996PC0077

Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities in respect of equal treatment of men and women  /* COM/96/0077 FINAL */  

Official Journal C 144 , 16/05/1996 P. 0014

Amended  proposal for a Council Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EC) amending the Staff Regulations of Officials  and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities in respect of equal  treatment of men and women  (1)(96/C  144/08)COM(96) 77 final(Submitted by the Commission  pursuant to Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty on 6 March 1996)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION, 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 European Parliament, Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice, Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors, Whereas the principle of equal treatment of men and women should be included among the basic tenets  set out in the Staff Regulations and Conditions of Employment applying to the Community's public  service, and not only in the matter of recruitment; Whereas the institutions should be asked to determine, by agreement, positive actions to promote  equal opportunities for female and male officials in the areas covered by the Staff Regulations and  the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities are  amended as follows: 1. The following Article 1a is inserted after Article 1: 'Article 1a1.  Officials shall be entitled to equal treatment under these Staff Regulations  without reference, direct or indirect, to race, political, philosophical or religious beliefs, sex  or sexual orientation without prejudice to the relevant provisions requiring a specific marital  status. 2.  The institutions shall determine, by agreement, after consulting the Staff Regulations  Committee, measures and actions to promote equal opportunities for female and male officials in the  areas covered by these Staff Regulations, and shall adopt the appropriate provisions, notably to  redress such de facto inequalities as hamper opportunities for women in these areas.`2. The second  paragraph of Article 27 is replaced by the following: 'Officials shall be selected without distinction as to race, political, philosophical or religious  beliefs, sex or sexual orientation and without reference to their marital status or family  situation.`Article 2 The Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities  are amended as follows: 1. The first paragraph of Article 10 is replaced by the following: 'Article 1a, Article 5 (1), (2) and (4) and Article 7 of the Staff Regulations, concerning the  classification of posts in categories, services and grades, equal treatment for officials and the  assignment of officials to posts, shall apply by analogy.`2. The second subparagraph of Article 12  (1) is replaced by the following: 'Temporary staff shall be selected without distinction as to race, political, philosophical or  religious beliefs, sex or sexual orientation and without reference to their marital status or  family situation.`3. The following is added to Article 53: 'Article 1a of the Staff Regulations, concerning equality of treatment for officials, shall apply  by analogy.`4. Article 83 is replaced by the following: 'Article 1a, Article 11, the first paragraph of Article 12, Article 14, the first paragraph of  Article 16, Articles 17, 19 and 22, the first and second paragraphs of Article 23 and the second  paragraph of Article 25 of the Staff Regulations, concerning the rights and obligations of  officials, and Articles 90 and 91 of the Staff Regulations, concerning appeals, shall apply by  analogy.`Article 3 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.(1) OJ No C 104, 15.  4.  1993, p. 13.