CELEX: 51981PC0460
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Date: 1981-07-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending the staff regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                                         COM(81)460 final
                                                                         Brussels - 29th July 1981
                    PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
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         of employment of other servants of the European Communities
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 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The attached proposal for a Council Regulation amending " the Staff
Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other
                                                  V
Servants of the European Communities is a follow-up to the Council
Resolution of 23 June 1981 on staff remuneration, and in particular .
to points 4 and 5 thereof*   It makes provision for incorporation
of a new Article 66a introducing a special crisis levy*
                     /
 ---pagebreak---                    COUNCIL REGULATION (           ) No
     amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions
       of Employment of 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 , and in particular Article 24
thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal' from the Commission presented after -
consulting the Staff Regulations Committee ,
Having regard to the Opinion of Parliament ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Court of Justice ,
After consultation with the- trade unions and staff associations
representing the staff of the Communities ;
                                                •
Whereas the specific difficulties of the economic and social situation
necessitate the introduction of a special crisis levy on salaries , pensions
and termination-of-service allowances paid by the Communities , assessed in
the' light of objective data provided for this purpose by the Commission;
Whereas this Regulation should enter into force at the same time as the
Council Decision amending the method for adjusting the remuneration of
officials and other servants of the Communities ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 ---pagebreak---                                    CHAPTER 1
                                         <
 Amendments to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities
                                   Article 1
 The following Article 66a is inserted after Article 66 of the Staff
 Regulations :
                                 "Article 66a
 1,     A special temporary crisis levy shall he applied for a period expiring
 not later than 1 July 1991 "to salaries , pensions and termination-of-service
 allowances ;   it shall be "based on economic data reflecting the average gaps
 recorded in the Member States between the trend in real per capita wages and
 salaries and the trend in :
 . total productivity ( GDP in volume terms per person employed );
>, productivity available for distribution , i.e. productivity corrected for
    the terms of trade ;
 • productivity per member of the active population , i.e. including persons
    in employment and the unemployed .
2 . (a ) During the first five years the levy rates shall progress as follows :
         • 2.54$ of the basis during the first year ;
         • 5.08$ of the basis during the second year ;
         •       of the basis during the third year ;
         • 10.16$ of the basis during the fourth year ;  and
         • 12.7$ of the basis during the fifth year .
    (b ) The rate of 12.7$ for the fifth year shall continue to apply during
         subsequent years unless the Council , acting on a proposal from the
         Commission by the qualified majority referred to in Article 65 ( 3 ) *
         decides otherwise .
         The Commission proposal referred to in the foregoing subparagraph ,
         which shall be presented six months before the end of the fifth year ,
         shall be based on developments in the economic data referred to in
         paragraph 1 .
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3. (a) For officials in active employment , on secondment or on leave
         for military service the basis of the levy shall "be the basic
         salary for the grade and step used to calculate remuneration ,
         minus :       -
           social security and pension contributions and the tax
           payable by an unmarried official in the same grade and
           step ; and
           the basic salary of an official in Grade D 4 » step 1 .
   (b ) For pensioners and persons in receipt of an allowance under
         Articles 4t and 50 of the Staff Regulations , Article 3 of
         Regulation (Euratom , ECSC , EEC) No 2530/72 or Regulation
         (ECSC , EEC , Euratom) No 1543/73 » the basis of the levy shall
         be the amount of the pension or allowance , minus :
         social security and pension contributions and the tax
       # payable by an unmarried person in the same situation ;    and
         twice the basic salary of an official in Grade D 4 » step 1 .
   (c)   The components used to . determine the basis of the levy shall
         be expressed in Belgian francs and weighted at 100 .
4*    The levy shall not be applied at each of the above rates if it
would bring salaries , termination-of-service allowances or
pensions below the net amounts paid prior to its application.
 ---pagebreak--- The portion bf the levy not applied during a given year aa a result of
the foregoing provision shall be added to the Vate for the following year.
5 . Where a parent subject to levy relates to a period of less than
 one month , the levy shall be calculated pro rata temporis .
Inhere a payment relates to a period of more than one month , the levy
 shall be calculated as if the payment had been evenly distributed
 over the months to which it relates .
         ;
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 6 below concerning the rate
 of levy applicable to certain arrears of remuneration , corrective
payments which do not relate to the month in which they are made shall
be subject to the levy applicable on the due date .
6.   Each new rate of levy shall not be introduced unless a Council
decision is taken in conjunction with the decision on the annual adjustment
of remuneration pursuant to Council Decision            on the method ; it shall
be applied to arrears resulting from the adjustment .
7.   The levy , expressed in Eelgian francs , shall be deducted monthly at
source and the proceeds entered as revenue in the Community budget ;
                               CHAPTER 2
Amer orients to the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the
European Comnunitie3
                               Article 2
1.   The following subparagraph is inserted between the second and third
subparagraphs of Article 20 of the Conditions of Employment :
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                                - 5 -
  "Article 66k of the Staff Regulations relating to the special crisis levy-
  shall apply by analogy to temporary staff, to Yormer members of temporary
  staff in receipt of a pension , and to dependants in receipt of a
  survivor 's pension ."
                     I
   2 , The follov:ing Article 63a is inserted after Article 63 of the
   Conditions of Employment :
   "Article 66a of the Staff Regulations shall apply by analogy ."
                                CHAPTER 3                  '              '
                            Final provisions
                               Article 3
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
   publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
                            S
   It shall take effect on entry into force of Council Decision
  amending the method for adjusting the remuneration of officials and
   other servants of the Communities .                ■  ■
  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
   in all Member States .
  Bone at Brussels .                                         For the Council
                                                             The President