CELEX: 51987PC0257
Language: en
Date: 1987-06-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC, EEC) adjusting the weightings applicable to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(87 ) 257 final
                                                     Brussels , 8 June 1987
                                     Proposai for a
                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC )
 adjusting the weightings applicable to the remuneration and pensions
      of officials and other servants of the European Communities
                                          I .
                         ( submitted by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                  Proposal for a Council Regulation adjusting the
             weightings applicable to the remuneration and pensions
          of officials and other servants of the European Communities
                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . Since July 1971 the Council has made interim cost -of - living adjustments
on the basis of Article 65(2 ) of the Staff Regulations and the salary
adjustment methods adopted on 23 March 1972 and 29 June 1976 . The salary
adjustment method adopted on 15 December 1981 confirms and clarifies the
detailed rules for interim adjustments .
2.   From statistics for the reference period , the Commission departments
responsible , in conjunction with the Associated Organizations and the UN
Statistical Office and in agreement with the Statistical Office of the
European Communities , have established the cost -of - living index numbers
for 31 December 1986 ( June 1986 = 100 ) for the various countries of employment
( see column A of Table I below ).
Because of the substantial rise in the cost of living in several countries
of employment and the consequent drop in purchasing power , weightings now
need adjusting . Without these adjustments , the equivalence of purchasing
power to which all officials are entitled under Article 64 of the Staff
Regulations would be severely jeopardized .
3.   The sensitivity threshold for the relevant period ( fixed under the
method at 55% of the average change in the cost of living in the Community )
is 0.7% .   This is below the lower limit of 2.75% laid down in the
fourth paragraph of Section II . 6 of the method ; the latter figure is therefore
the threshold for adjustments . Since this threshold has not been reached
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 in Belgium , only the weightings for countries where inflation exceeds the
threshold need to be adjusted pursuant to the ninth paragraph of Section II . 6
of the method to take account of the actual rate of inflation .    There is
no provision for these weightings being increased or reduced because of a
forecast rise in the purchasing power of national civil servants . In any
event the specific indicator for the current annual reference period is
estimated at 0.8% which means that no increase is required under the method .
The proposed increases are therefore limited to the figures set out in
column B of Table 1 .
The effective date for the adjustments obtained under the method will be
1 January 1987 , except in countries with high rates of inflation , where
the date will be earlier so as to obtain a loss of purchasing power
corresponding to the 2.75% threshold ( see column C of Table 1 ).
4 . Following the five-yearly verification of weightings from 1981 , the
Council adopted Regulation No 3619 / 86 of 26 November 1986 correcting the
weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials and other servants
of the European Communities . In the case of Italy , the Regulation provides
for a negative correction of 7.8% set off , within a limit of 3.3% per
calendar year , against any increases resulting from the annual and interim
adjustments of remunerations taking effect from 1 July 1986 . The 3.1%
cost -of - living increase for Varese for the second half of 1986 should
therefore be reduced to 1.4% .
The attached proposal for a Regulation lays down the new adjusted weightings ,
applicable with effect from 1 November 1986 , 16 November 1986 or 1 January
1987 , as the case may be .
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                                             TABLE 1
     Trend of the index for the reference period 1 July 1986 to 31 December 1986
                             :         ( A)                 (B)              (C)
 Country of employment      I Cost -of - living
                             index 1 July 1986-      Proposed increas  Effective date
                            I 31 December 1986
 Belgium                    :       100.6 ( 1 )                               _
  Denmark                   :       101.0                    -                -
 Germany                    :        99.5    (1 )            -
                                                                              -
  France                    :       101 .2   (1 )            -
                                                                              -
 Greece                     :       107.5                  107.5        16.11.1986 ( 5 )
 Ireland                   :        100.4    (2)             -                -
 Italy ( except Varese )   :        101.7    (1 )            -                -
                           :        103.1   (1 )           101.4 ( 6 )   1 . 1.1987
 Italy ( Varese )
                           :        100.6 ( 1 )              -
                                                                              –
 Luxembourg
                           :        100.5 ( 1 )   .          -                -
 Netherlands
                           :        101.8 ( 1 )              -                -
 United Kingdom            :        102.9                  102,9         1 . 1.1987
 Switzerland
                           :        105.3                  105.3         1 . 1.1987
 USA                       :        100-9                    -                -
 Canada                    :        100.9                    -                -
 Japan                     :        102.2                    -                -
 Turkey                    :         99.4                    -                -
 Spain                     :        119.5                  119.5         1.11.1986
 Portugal                  :        107.2                  107.2         16.11.1986
 Venezuela                :        100.2                     -                -
 Austria                   :       100.8                     -                -
 Thai Land
                          :        107.8                   107.8        16.11.1986
 Chi le                   :        105.6 ( 2 )             105.6         1 . 1.1987
 Australia                :        134.2                   134.2         1.11.1986
 Yugoslavia               :           -     (4)              -                -
 Algeria                  :           -     (4)              -               -
 Morocco
                          :        105.7                   105.7         1 . 1.1987
 Tunisia
                          :           -     (4)              -               -
 Egypt                    :           -     (4)              -               -
 Syria                    :        103.5    ( 3)           103.5         1 . 1.1987
 Jordan
 Lebanon                  :           -     (4)              -               -
 Israel                   :        110.1                   110.1        16.11.1986
 India                    :        104.3    ( 3)           104.3         1 . 1.1987
 Brazi I                  :           -     (4)                          1.11.1986
^Joint index .
jQuarterly index .
^Provisional figures .
,- Index not yet available .
   Effective dates other than 1 January 1987 have been calculated with reference
^to the lower limit of the sensitivity threshold ( 2.75% ).
   Allowing for the reduction to be made under Council Regulation No 3619 of
   26 November 1986 .
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               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC )
         adjusting the weightings applicable 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 the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of
Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities laid down by
                                                 1
Régulation ( EEC , Euratom , ECSC ) No 259 / 68 , as last amended by Régulation
         _ . _                        2    . .     . ..                . .
( ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) No 793 / 87 , and in particular Articles 63 , 64 , 65
and 82 of the Staff Regulations and the first paragraph of Article 20
and Article 64 of the Conditions of Employment ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC , Euratom , ECSC ) No 3619 / 86 of
26 November 1986 correcting the weightings applicable in Denmark , Germany ,
Greece , France , Ireland , Italy , the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
of the remuneration and pensions of Officials and Other Servants of the
European Communities ,^
Havinc regard to Council Decision 31 / ID 1 / Euratom , EEC , ECSC of 15 December
1981 amending the method of adjusting the remuneration of officials and
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other servants of the Communities ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
^0J  L 36, 4.3.1968, p. 1 .
^0J L 79, 21.3.1987, p. 1 .
^0J L 336, 29.11.1986, p. 1 .
  0J L 361 , 24.12.1981 , p. 1 .
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Whereas , since the cost of Living increased substantially in several countries
in which officials and other servants of the Communities are employed in the
second half   of 1986 , the weightings applicable to the remuneration and
pensions of officials and other servants pursuant to Council Regulation
                                    1
CECSC , EEC , Euratom ) No 3856 / 86 should be adjusted with effect from
1 January 1987 or from 1 November or 16 November 1986 in certain countries
where the increase in the cost of living was particularly high ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                        Article 1
1 . With effect from 1 November 1986 , the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the countries
named below shall be as follows :
Brazi l          63 . 52
Syria           210 . 32
Turkey           76.5
Yugoslavia      114.1
2 . With effect from 16 November 1986/ the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the countries named
below shall be as follows :
Greece           82.6
Chi le           92.4
Venezuela        67.4
Israel          163.8
^OJ  L 359, 19.12.1986, p. 1 .
^ Provisional figure .
 ---pagebreak--- 3.   With effect from 1 January 1987 , the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the countries named
below shall be as follows :
Italy ( Varese )             95.2
Spain                       101.0
Portuga l                    81.4
Australia                   107.5
India                       118.5
Algeria                     173.2
Morocco                      93.0
Tuni sia                    100.8
Egypt                       301.0
Jordan                      179.6
4.   The weightings applicable to pensions shall be determined in accordance
with Article 82(1 ) of the Staff Regulations .
                                    Art i cle 2
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 ,                                    For the Counci l
                                                      The President
 Provisional figure .
 ---pagebreak---                                         FICHE FINANCIERE
              Estimation de l' incidence budgétaire pour le 1er semestre 1987,
                résultant de l' adaptation intermédiaire des rémunérations des
                        fonctionnaires , autres agents et pensionnés
                              Fonctionnement       Recherche et              Tota l
Inst i tut ions                                   investissement
                          Dép .   Ree .  Total   Dép .   Ree . Total  Dép .  Ree .  Total
Commission               0,164   0,022   0,142   0,55    0,05   0,5  0,714  0,072   0,642
Parlement                0,025   0,003   0,022                       0,025  0,003   0,022
Cour des comptes            -       -      -                            -      -       -
Consei l                    -       -      -                            -      -       -
Cour de justice             -       -      -                            -      -       -
Comité économique           -       -      -                            -      -       -
et social
TOTAL                    0,189   0,025   0,164   0,55    0,05   0,5  0,739  0,075   0,664
unité :     M écu
taux    :   1 écu = 42,9427 BFR au 1.4.87
prévision établie le 15 avril 1987 .