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I artikel 38 i de særlige ansættelsesvilkår hedder det,at bestemmelserne i artikel 25,27 og28 ”skal træde i kraft og gælde fra den dato,hvor de forsikringspolicer,der henvises til idisse artikler,træder i kraft”.
Article 38 of the Specific Conditions stipulates that the provisions of Articles 25,27 and28 “shall enter into force and take effect on the date on which the insurance policiesreferred to in these articles take effect.”
Ifølge klagerne kan den efterfølgende udvikling beskrives således:
According to the complainants,the subsequent developments may be summed up asfollows:
De lokale medarbejdere havde den 5. maj 1994 fremsendt detaljerede tilbud fra tre forsikringsselskaber til administrationen.
Detailed offers from three insurance companies were submitted to the administration bythe local staff on 5 May 1994.
I december 1994 anmodede den ansvarlige enhed i Kommissionens generaldirektorat IA79Kommissionens delegation om at fremsendeerklæringer fra de lokale medarbejdere,der skulle have dækning,hvori de indvilligede i atfå en forsikring til dækning af sygdom,ulykke og uarbejdsdygtighed fra forsikringsselskabet Van Breda.
In December 1994,the unit in charge at the Commission’s Directorate-General I.A79asked the Commission’s delegation to forward declarationsfrom the members of the local staff that were to be covered in which the latter agreed tobe covered by the insurance “sickness-accident-incapacity to work”of Van Breda,aninsurance company.
Derefter underskrev de lokale medarbejdere kort tid efter de relevanteformularer for så vidt angår garanti for indtægt i tilfælde af uarbejdsdygtighed og overgavdem til assistenten ved delegationen i Wien. Denne fremsendte disse formularer til GD IAden 1. juni 1995.
Shortly afterwards,the members of the local staff signed the relevantforms in so far as the guarantee of revenues in case of incapacity to work was concernedand handed them over to the administrative assistant at the delegation in Vienna.
GD IA angav i et notat til assistenten ved delegationen dateret den 4. juli 1995,at de lokalemedarbejdere,der arbejdede i Wien,ikke var dækket af Van Bredas forsikringspolice.
In a note to the administrative assistant at the delegation dated 4 July 1995,DG I.A statedthat the local staff working in Vienna was not to be covered by the insurance policy offered
Delegationen blev opfordret til sammen med GD X80at fremsende nye forslag til GD IAog GD IX (Generaldirektoratet for Personale og Administration).
201 by Van Breda. The delegation was invited to submit,together with DG X80,new proposalsto DG I.A and DG IX (the Directorate-General in charge of Administration and
På et møde mellem alle de lokale medarbejdere i Wien i starten af marts 1996,som havdedeltagelse havde repræsentationens assistent,opfordrede Walker,personalechef i GD X,de lokale medarbejdere til at fremlægge nye forslag. Disse forslag skulle baseres på tovalgmuligheder,som havde tilbagevirkende kraft fra henholdsvis den 1. maj 1994 og den1. januar 1996.
On the occasion of a meeting with all the local staff working in Vienna in early March1996 and in the presence of the administrative assistant at the representation,Mr Walker,the head of personnel at DG X invited the members of the local staff to submit newproposals.
I et notat til repræsentationens assistent den 26. marts 1996 udtrykte Walker det synspunkt,at spørgsmålet om de supplerende forsikringspolicer ikke var blevetyderligere behandlet af GD IA,fordi ansvaret for lokale medarbejdere var overdraget til GD IX og GD X. Walker anmodede assistenten om at prioritere denne sag højt.
In a note to the administrative assistant at the representation of 26 March 1996,Mr Walker expressed the viewthat the issue of the supplementary insurance policies had not been dealt with further by DG I.A in view of the fact that responsibility for local staff had been transferred to DG IXand DG X. Mr Walker asked the addressee of his note to grant priority to this matter.
I august 1996 fremsendte de lokale medarbejdere i Wien tre opdaterede forslag,deromhandlede de to ovennævnte valgmuligheder,til repræsentationen.
In August 1996,the members of the local staff in Vienna submitted to the representationthree updated proposals that took into account the two options mentioned above.
De lokale medarbejdere fremlagde i december 1996 en sammenligning af de ydelser,som de tre forsikringsselskaber tilbød,og anførte,at de fortrak to af disse tilbud.
In December 1996,the local staff presented a comparison between the services offered by thethree insurance companies and expressed a preference for two of these offers.
De anmodede endnu engangom,at de supplerende forsikringspolicer blev oprettet hurtigt.
They againasked for the supplementary insurance policies to be set up rapidly.
En sådan anmodning blevligeledes fremsat i et notat,som de lokale medarbejdere fremsendte til repræsentationenden 21. april 1997.
A further request inthat sense was made in a note that the local staff submitted to the representation on 21April 1997.
Käfer,som var administrationschef for repræsentationen,anmodede i et notat af 21. april1997 de lokale medarbejdere om inden den 28. april 1997 at give ham navnet på et enkeltforsikringsselskab,således at forhandlingerne kunne indledes.
In a note of 21 April 1997,Mr Käfer,the head of administration at the representation,asked the local staff to provide him,by 28 April 1997,with the name of one single insurance company so that negotiations could be started.
De lokale medarbejdereskrev den 24. april 1997 til Käfer og foreslog,at forhandlingerne skulle føres på grundlagaf to af selskabernes tilbud.
On 24 April 1997,the members of thelocal staff wrote to Mr Käfer and suggested that negotiations should be undertaken on thebasis of the offers presented by two companies.
De lokale medarbejdere mente ikke,at de var i stand til atbeslutte,hvilket tilbud der skulle vælges,og mente,at denne beslutning skulle overladestil Kommissionens eksperter på dette område.
The local staff felt that they were not in aposition to decide which offer was to be chosen and considered that this decision shouldbe left to the Commission’s experts in the matter.
Käfer gav Walker navnene på de toselskaber i et notat af 13. maj 1997.
Mr Käfer informed Mr Walker of thenames of the two companies in a note of 13 May 1997.
Walker fremhævede i sit svar af 16. maj 1997,atbeslutningen om,hvilket selskab der skulle vælges,skulle tages af repræsentationen,forat processen kunne fortsætte.
In his reply of 16 May 1997, Mr Walker stressed that a decision regarding the company to be chosen needed to be made bythe representation in order to allow the procedure to continue.
I et notat til Käfer af 22. oktober 1997 anførte de lokale medarbejdere,at der skulleindledes forhandlinger med forsikringsselskabet BVP,og at Kommissionens tjenestegreneskulle prioritere denne sag højt.
In a note of 22 October 1997 to Mr Käfer,the members of the local staff submitted thatnegotiations should be entered into with an insurance company called BVP and that the Commission’s services should give priority to this matter.
Det generaldirektorat,som (sammen med GD IB) før var ansvarlig for eksterne forbindelser.
In its opinion,the Commission made the following comments:
I henhold til artikel 14 i rammereglerne blev der kun oprettet supplerende forsikringsord-ninger,hvor de lokale ordninger var utilstrækkelige.
It followed from Article 14 of the Framework Rules that the setting-up of supplementaryinsurance schemes depended on the inadequate coverage offered by the local scheme.
I medfør af rammereglernes artikel 14kunne Kommissionen derfor ikke stilles til ansvar for,at artikel 25,27 og 28 i de særligeansættelsesvilkår ikke blev gennemført.
Onthe basis of Article 14 of the Framework Rules,the Commission could therefore not beheld responsible for the non-implementation of Articles 25,27 and 28 of the Specific Conditions.
Kommissionens fortolkningsmargen i denne sag skulle også tages i betragtning.
Account also had to be taken of the margin of interpretation of which the Commissiondisposed in the matter.
Set i lysetaf at oprettelse af supplerende forsikringsordninger afhang af den lokale ordnings util-strækkelighed,skulle Kommissionen handle forsigtigt,især i forbindelse med et land,dernu var blevet medlem af EU.
Given that the setting-up of supplementary insurance schemes waslinked to a negative appraisal of the local scheme,the Commission had to act prudently,particularly in the case of a country that had become a member state.
Oprettelse af supplerende forsikringsordninger,der kun vargældende for et vist antal medarbejdere (i dette tilfælde de lokale medarbejdere),kunneskabe strid mellem modtagerne og andre medarbejdere og skulle derfor behandles medsærlig stor forsigtighed.
The establishmentof supplementary insurance schemes that were limited to certain members of staff (in thepresent case the local staff) was a cause of potential conflict between the beneficiaries andother staff and thus had to be handled with particular attention.
Kommissionen skulle sikre,at overgangen stemte overens med den lovgivning,der vargældende i de øvrige medlemsstater.
The Commission had to ensure a transition that was coherent with the regime applicablein all the other member states.
Af denne grund og med henblik på at sikre personaletet højt socialt sikringsniveau tilkendegav Kommissionen,at den havde til hensigt at oprettesupplerende forsikringsordninger i så vid udstrækning som muligt,under forudsætning afat systemets ensartethed blev bevaret.
For this reason and in order to procure its staff a high levelof social protection,the Commission had manifested its intention to set up supplementaryinsurance schemes to an extent as wide as possible,provided that the homogeneity of thesystem was maintained.
Denne hensigt var siden 1994 blevet ført ud i livetgennem Kommissionens foranstaltninger i denne henseende.
This intention was borne out by the steps by the Commission inthis matter already since 1994.
Det havde imidlertid endnuikke været muligt at nå til enighed om de tekniske og finansielle betingelser for sådannesupplerende forsikringsordninger.
It had however not yet been possible to find an agreementregarding the technical and financial conditions in which such supplementary insuranceschemes could function.
Kommissionen ville sikre,at de lokale medarbejdere i Wien kunne drage fordel af desupplerende forsikringsordninger,så snart de nye regler var vedtaget.
The Commission would ensure that the local staff in Vienna benefit from supplementaryinsurance schemes as soon as the new rules had been adopted.
Spørgsmålet om,hvilken dato disse ordninger skulle gælde fra,og om deres økonomiske indvirkning,blevbehandlet i drøftelserne i de ovennævnte studiegrupper.
The question as to the dateon which these should take effect and as to their financial implications was part of thediscussions of the study group mentioned above.
I sine bemærkninger fastholdt klagerne deres klage og fremsatte følgende yderligerebemærkninger:
In their observations,the complainants maintained their complaint and made the followingfurther comments:
De særlige ansættelsesvilkår var trådt i et kraft på et tidspunkt,hvor det stod klart for både Kommissionen og dens lokale medarbejdere i Wien,at Østrig ville tiltræde De Europæiske Fællesskaber inden for kort tid.
The Specific Conditions had entered into force at a time when it was clear to both the Commission and its local staff in Vienna that Austria would join the European Communities shortly.
Østrigs tiltrædelse havde ikke ændret på det faktum,at denbeskyttelse,som den lovpligtige ordning sikrede,var utilstrækkelig.
The accession of Austria had not changed the fact that the socialprotection offered by the statutory scheme was insufficient.
For så vidt angår delokale medarbejdere ved delegationerne i Finland og Sverige var man nået til enighed omsupplerede sociale ydelser kort tid før,disse to lande tiltrådte Unionen.
In so far as the local staff inthe delegations in Finland and Sweden were concerned,supplementary social benefits hadbeen agreed shortly before the accession of these countries.
Disse ydelser stodtil rådighed for de lokale medarbejdere ved repræsentationen i Stockholm fra 1. januar1997.
These benefits were providedto the local staff of the representation in Stockholm since 1 January 1997.
For så vidt angår repræsentationen i Helsinki,var sådanne forsikringspolicer endnuikke indgået,hvilket udelukkende skyldtes,at de lokale medarbejdere mente,at de ikkevar i stand til at betale det økonomiske bidrag,der var fastlagt i de særlige ansættelses-
In the case ofthe representation in Helsinki,such insurance policies had not yet been concluded for thesole reason that the local staff there felt unable to provide the financial contribution thathad been laid down in the Specific Conditions applicable to them.
Ombudsmanden sendte derfor den 31. marts 1999 et forslag til en mindelig løsning til Kommissionen.
On 31 March 1999,the Ombudsman therefore submitted a proposal for a friendly solutionto the Commission.
Ombudsmanden opfordrede i sin skrivelse Kommissionen til at gøre sityderste for at oprette supplerende forsikringspolicer med tilbagevirkende kraft.
In his letter,the Ombudsman invited the Commission to do its utmostto set up the supplementary insurance policies with retroactive effect.
I sit svar af 1. juni 1999 påpegede Kommissionen,at de relevante spørgsmål var blevetdrøftet indgående med de lokale medarbejdere den 16. og 17. marts 1999.
In its reply of 1 June 1999,the Commission pointed out that the relevant issues had beendiscussed extensively with the members of the local staff on 16 and 17 March 1999.
Ved denlejlighed havde man truffet en formel beslutning om at oprette en supplerende forsikringspolice for midlertidig uarbejdsdygtighed i overensstemmelse med artikel 25 i desærlige ansættelsesvilkår.
Onthat occasion,a formal decision had been taken to set up a supplementary insurance policyfor temporary incapacity to work as provided in Article 25 of the Specific Conditions.
For så vidt angår de andre supplerende forsikringsordninger,drøftede man fortsat spørgsmålet om tilbagevirkende kraft på baggrund af konkrete tilbudfra forsikringsselskaber.
Insofar as the other supplementary insurance schemes were concerned,discussionscontinued to take place regarding the issue of retroactivity on the basis of concrete offerssubmitted by insurance companies.
På mødet i marts havde administrationen foreslået,at denne sagskulle afsluttes senest i juli 1999.
At the meeting in March,the administration hadproposed to finalise this matter in July 1999 at the latest.
Klagerne meddelte i deres bemærkninger til denne skrivelse,at repræsentationen i Wienden 4. september 1999 havde fremsendt et notat til de lokale medarbejdere,hvori denforklarede,at der endnu ikke var indgået aftale om en supplerende forsikringspolice formidlertidig uarbejdsdygtighed.
In their observations on this letter,the complainants informed the Ombudsman that on 4September 1999,the representation in Vienna had addressed a note to its local staff inwhich it explained that no supplementary insurance policy for temporary incapacity towork had yet been concluded.
Ifølge dette notat havde man anmodet syv forsikringsselskaber om at fremsætte tilbud.
According to this note,seven insurance companies had beenasked to submit proposals.
Seks af disse tilbud var ikke egnede,da de ikke dækkedede ydelser,der var beskrevet i artikel 25 i de særlige ansættelsesvilkår.
Six of these proposals had been unsuitable since they did notcover the benefits outlined in Article 25 of the Specific Conditions.
Det sidste tilbuddækkede disse ydelser,men kunne ikke godkendes af repræsentationen,da det ville havemedført ydelser,der var højere end den månedlige grundløn.
The remaining offerdid cover these benefits but did not meet with the representation’s approval since it wouldhave resulted in benefits that were higher than the basic monthly salary.
Ifølge klagerne syntes derikke at være blevet gjort fremskridt med hensyn til de andre supplerende forsikringsordninger.
According to thecomplainants,no progress appeared to have been made with regard to the other supplementary insurance schemes.
Han anmodede derfor Kommissionen om (1) at angive,hvorvidt den mente,at artikel 14 i rammereglerne,entenalene eller sammen med artikel 25,27 og 28 i de særlige ansættelsesvilkår,forpligtede dentil at tilbyde supplerende forsikringspolicer til sine lokale medarbejdere i Østrig,(2) atoplyse Ombudsmanden,om hvilke tiltag Kommissionen havde planlagt med henblik på atgennemføre den beslutning,der blev truffet i marts 1999,om at oprette en supplerendeforsikringspolice for uarbejdsdygtighed i overensstemmelse med artikel 25 i de særlige
He therefore asked the Commission (1) to specifywhether or not it considered that Article 14 of the Framework Rules,either on its own orin conjunction with Articles 25,27 and 28 of the Specific Conditions,obliged it to providesupplementary insurance policies for its local staff in Austria,(2) to inform the Ombudsman as to what steps it had taken to implement the decision taken in March 1999to conclude a supplementary insurance policy for incapacity to work as provided for in Article 25 of the Specific Conditions,(3) to provide information as to how the discussionsrelating to the supplementary benefits relating to retirement pensions,invalidity and deathhad developed since the Commission’s letter of 1 June 1999 and (4) to provide a cleartimetable for further action in the matter.
I sin udtalelse fremsatte Kommissionen følgende bemærkninger:
_BAR_ 2001 provided that a certain homogeneity of the system in all the member states was maintained.
For så vidt angår de lokale medarbejdere i Wien,havde Kommissionen allerede besluttet,at de skulle have fordel af de supplerende forsikringsordninger.
In so far as the local staff in Vienna was concerned,the Commission had alreadydecided that they should be able to benefit from supplementary insurance schemes.
For så vidt angår den supplerende forsikringspolice for midlertidig uarbejdsdygtighed,havde ingen af de østrigske forsikringsselskaber været i stand til tilbyde ydelser i overensstemmelse med reglerne i artikel 25 i de særlige ansættelsesvilkår.
In so far as the supplementary insurance policy for temporary incapacity to work wasconcerned,none of the main insurance companies that were present on the Austrianmarket had been able to offer benefits in conformity with the rules set out in Article 25 ofthe Specific Conditions.
Takket være administrationens vedholdende indsats kunne selskabet Merkur imidlertid til sidst fremsætte etpassende tilbud,der blev fremsendt til repræsentationen i Wien den 8. marts 2000 medhenblik på at opnå foreløbig godkendelse fra de lokale medarbejdere.
However,thanks to the repeated efforts of the administration the Merkur company had finally been able to submit a suitable offer that had been transmittedto the representation in Vienna on 8 March 2000 with a view to obtaining the preliminaryagreement of the local staff.
Ti af de elleve lokalemedarbejdere havde den 5. april 2000 meddelt,at de ville godkende dette tilbud medforbehold af besvarelsen på de spørgsmål,som blev stillet i notatet fra Leicht den 26. april2000.
On 5 April 2000,ten of the eleven members of this local staffhad marked their agreement with this proposal,subject to the provision of answers to thequestions that were set out in the note by Mr Leicht dated 26 April 2000.
Selskabet Merkur besvarede alle disse spørgsmål den 16. maj 2000,og svarene varsamme dag blevet fremsendt til de lokale medarbejdere.
The Merkurcompany had replied to all these questions on 16 May 2000,and the answers had beenforwarded to the local staff the same day.
Trods flere rykkerskrivelser havdede lokale medarbejdere imidlertid endnu ikke givet udtryk for,om de ville godkende Merkurs tilbud.
Despite several reminders,however,themembers of the local staff had not yet expressed their agreement with the offer submittedby the Merkur company.
I forbindelse med de relevante tjenestegrenes besøg i Wien den 16. og 17. maj 2000 havdede lokale medarbejdere udtrykt ønske om,at der skulle foretages en ny markedsundersøgelse med henblik på at finde frem til de forsikringsselskaber,der kunne tilbyde supplerende forsikringspolicer for så vidt angår invaliditet,død og pension,som var ioverensstemmelse med bestemmelserne i de særlige ansættelsesvilkår.
Further to a new mission of the relevant services to Vienna on 16 and 17 May 2000,thelocal staff had expressed their wish that a new market study be carried out in order to identify the insurance companies that could offer supplementary insurance policies regardinginvalidity,death and retirement which would be in conformity with the conditions laiddown in the Specific Conditions.
Dette forslag blevaccepteret.
This proposal had been accepted.
Markedsundersøgelsen skulle gennemføres af administrationen.
The market studywould be carried out by the administration.
Det bør erin-dres,at de lokale medarbejdere gentagne gange var blevet anmodet om,at give udtryk forderes præferencer på baggrund af en liste med fem selskaber.
It should be recalled that the local staff hadbeen asked repeatedly to indicate their preference on the basis of a list of five companies.
Det blev også besluttet,medforbehold for at midlerne var til rådighed i budgettet,at anvende et beløb på 1.500 EURpå at antage en ekspert i forsikringsspørgsmål,hvilket de lokale medarbejdere i Wienhavde anmodet om.
It had also been decided to allocate,subject to budgetary availability,a sum of 1500 inorder to procure the services of an expert in insurance matters,as requested by the local staff in Vienna.
På baggrund af resultatet af denne markedsundersøgelse ville derinden for kort tid blive fremsendt et endeligt tilbud til de lokale medarbejdere.Kommissionen kunne imidlertid ikke oplyse de præcise datoer for sine fremtidige tiltag,da den ikke selv var herre over alle elementerne,som f.eks. svarene fra forsikringsselskaberne,
On the basis of the results of this market study,a definitive proposal wouldbe submitted to the local staff shortly. The Commission was however unable to provideprecise dates for its future actions,given that some elements,like the replies from theinsurance companies,were beyond its control.
Klagerne påpegede i bemærkningerne med hensyn til den supplerende forsikringspolicefor midlertidig uarbejdsdygtighed,at Kommissionen i et notat af 8. juni 2000 havdeanmodet repræsentationen i Wien om at bekræfte,at de lokale medarbejdere havdegodkendt den supplerende forsikring fra Merkur.
In their observations,the complainants pointed out that in so far as the supplementaryinsurance policy for temporary incapacity to work was concerned,the Commission had,in a note dated 8 June 2000,asked its representation in Vienna to confirm that the localstaff approved the supplementary insurance offered by the Merkur company.
Repræsentationen i Wien havde fremsendt dette notat til de lokale medarbejdere den 15. juni 2000.
The representation in Vienna had forwarded this note to the local staff on 15 June 2000.
Ifølge klagerne bekræftedede lokale medarbejdere i et notat af 15. juni 2000,at de godkendte det pågældende tilbud.En af disse medarbejdere havde godkendt det med forbehold,mens en anden havdeerklæret,at han ikke ønskede denne forsikring.
Accordingto the complainants,the members of the local staff had thereupon confirmed in a note of15 June 2000 that they agreed with the said offer. One of these members had given a conditional agreement whilst another one had declared that he wanted to do without this insurance.
På baggrund af de beviser,som klagerne fremsendte,konkluderede Ombudsmanden, at Kommissionens undladelse af at oprette supplerende forsikringsordninger for sine lokalemedarbejdere i delegationen (fra 1. januar 1995:repræsentationen) i Østrig,i overensstemmelse med de særlige ansættelsesvilkår,udgjorde et tilfælde af fejl eller forsømmelser.
On the basis of the evidence submitted to him,the Ombudsman arrived at the conclusionthat the Commission’s failure to set up supplementary insurance schemes for its local staffworking in its delegation (from 1 January 1995:representation) in Austria,in conformitywith the Specific Conditions,constituted an instance of maladministration.