15.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 243/26
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, Euratom) No 1293/2004
of 30 April 2004
amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2290/77 determining the emoluments of the Members of the Court of Auditors
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 247(8) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 160b(8) thereof,
Having regard to the draft Regulation presented by the Commission on 2 April 2004,
Whereas:
(1) It is for the Council to determine the emoluments of the Members of the Court of Auditors.
(2) Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (1), amended Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (2) laying down the Staff Regulations of officials and the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.
(3) As Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2290/77 (3) makes applicable to the Members of the Court of Auditors by analogy a number of provisions of the abovementioned Staff Regulations, the said Regulation should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2290/77 shall be amended as follows:
1. the following second subparagraph shall be added to Article 1:
2. in Article 2:
— the terms ‘the last step of grade A 1’ shall be replaced by the terms ‘the third step of grade 16’,
— the following new subparagraph shall be added:
3. the following Article shall be inserted:
4. in Article 7(c), the terms ‘for a grade A 1 official’ shall be deleted;
5. Article 10 shall be amended as follows:
— in the first subparagraph, the term ‘4,5 %’ shall be replaced by ‘4,275 %’,
— the following last subparagraph shall be added:
6. Article 12 shall be amended as follows:
(a) the third paragraph shall be replaced by the following:
(b) in the fourth and fifth paragraphs, the term ‘60’ is replaced by ‘63’;
(c) in the fifth paragraph, the terms ‘enabling him to be covered by another public sickness insurance scheme’ shall be deleted;
7. Article 16 shall be amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1:
— in the first subparagraph, the terms ‘the widow and dependent children of a member’ shall be replaced by ‘the surviving spouse and children dependent at the time of death of the member’,
— in the first indent of the second subparagraph, the term ‘widow’ shall be replaced by ‘surviving spouse’,
— in the second indent of the second subparagraph, the terms ‘where the mother is still alive’ shall be replaced by ‘where either the mother or the father is dead’,
— in the first indent of the third subparagraph, the term ‘widow’ shall be replaced by ‘surviving spouse’;
(b) in paragraph 5, the terms ‘has pension rights accruing to him under this Regulation, the wife’ shall be replaced by ‘has accrued pension rights under this Regulation, the spouse’;
(c) in paragraph 6, the term ‘widow’ shall be replaced by ‘surviving spouse’, the term ‘She’ shall be replaced by ‘The surviving spouse’ and the term ‘her’ shall be replaced by ‘the’;
(d) in paragraph 7, the term ‘widow’ shall be replaced by ‘surviving spouse’, and the terms ‘where he leaves’ shall be deleted;
(e) in paragraph 8, the term ‘widow’ shall be replaced by ‘surviving spouse’;
8. Article 20 shall be amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, ‘the currency of the country where the Court of Auditors is provisionally located’ shall be replaced by ‘euro’;
(b) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
9. the following Article shall be inserted:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 May 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.