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Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 31/2005 of 20 December 2004 adjusting, with effect from 1 July 2004, the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities and the correction coefficients applied thereto

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Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 31/2005

of 20 December 2004

adjusting, with effect from 1 July 2004, the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities and the correction coefficients applied thereto

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and in particular Article 13 thereof,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities, laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004(2), and in particular Articles 63, 64, 65, 65a and 82 of the Staff Regulations and Annexes VII, XI and XIII thereto, and Article 20(1), Article 64 and Article 92 of the Conditions of employment of other servants,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas,

in order to guarantee that the purchasing power of officials and other servants of the European Communities develops in parallel with that of national civil servants in the Member States, the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities should be adjusted under the 2004 annual review,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2004, the date ‘1 July 2003’ in the second subparagraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by ‘1 July 2004’.

Article 2

With effect from 1 July 2004, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by the following:

1.7.2004Steps
Grades12345
1614 926,6215 553,8616 207,45
1513 192,6413 747,0114 324,6814 723,2114 926,62
1411 660,0912 150,0612 660,6213 012,8613 192,64
1310 305,5710 738,6311 189,8811 501,211 660,09
129 108,49 491,159 889,9810 165,1410 305,57
118 050,318 388,598 741,098 984,289 108,4
107 115,137 414,127 725,677 940,618 050,31
96 288,586 552,846 828,27 018,177 115,13
85 558,065 791,626 034,996 202,896 288,58
74 912,45 118,825 333,925 482,325 558,06
64 341,744 524,184 714,294 845,454 912,4
53 837,373 998,624 166,654 282,574 341,74
43 391,593 534,113 682,623 785,083 837,37
32 997,63 123,573 254,823 345,383 391,59
22 649,382 760,712 876,722 956,752 997,6
12 341,612 440,012 542,542 613,282 649,38

Article 3

With effect from 1 July 2004, the weightings applicable under Article 64 of the Staff Regulations to the remuneration of officials and other servants shall be as indicated in column 2 of the following table.

With effect from 1 January 2005, the correction coefficients applicable under Article 17(3) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations to transfers by officials and other servants shall be as indicated in column 3 of the following table.

With effect from 1 July 2004, the correction coefficients applicable to pensions under Article 20(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as indicated in column 4 of the following table.

With effect from 1 May 2005, the correction coefficients applicable to pensions under Article 20(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as indicated in column 5 of the following table:

Country/placeRemuneration1.7.2004Transfer1.1.2005Pension1.7.2004Pension1.5.2005
Czech Republic87,174,8100,0100,0
Denmark136,7131,6135,7134,7
Germany101,2102,0101,4101,5
Bonn96,2
Karlsruhe95,4
Munich107,3
Estonia79,576,1100,0100,0
Greece93,592,5100,0100,0
Spain100,695,5100,0100,0
France120,2106,9117,5114,9
Ireland122,3115,6121,0119,6
Italy109,8106,0109,0108,3
Varese100,6
Cyprus90,494,0100,0100,0
Latvia77,974,5100,0100,0
Lithuania78,675,2100,0100,0
Hungary88,370,8100,0100,0
Malta89,983,8100,0100,0
Netherlands110,5103,6109,1107,7
Austria108,0108,0108,0108,0
Poland72,065,0100,0100,0
Portugal91,891,4100,0100,0
Slovenia84,481,3100,0100,0
Slovakia90,979,5100,0100,0
Finland119,4114,4118,4117,4
Sweden117,4111,0116,1114,8
United Kingdom142,7116,5137,5132,2
Culham115,4

Article 4

With effect from 1 July 2004, the amount of the parental leave allowance referred to in Article 42a of the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 804,36 and EUR 1 072,48 for single parents.

Article 5

With effect from 1 July 2004, the basic amount of the household allowance referred to in Article 1(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 150,44.

With effect from 1 July 2004, the amount of the dependent child allowance referred to in Article 2(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 328,73.

With effect from 1 July 2004, the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 223,05.

With effect from 1 July 2004, the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 80,30.

With effect from 1 July 2004, the minimum amount of the expatriation allowance referred to in Article 69 of the Staff Regulations and in the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Annex VII thereto shall be EUR 445,88.

Article 6

With effect from 1 January 2005, the kilometric allowance referred to in Article 8 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be adjusted as follows:

— EUR 0 for every km from

0 to 200 km

— EUR 0,3343 for every km from

201 to 1 000 km

— EUR 0,5572 for every km from

1 001 to 2 000 km

— EUR 0,3343 for every km from

2 001 to 3 000 km

— EUR 0,1114 for every km from

3 001 to 4 000 km

— EUR 0,0536 for every km from

4 001 to 10 000 km

— EUR 0 for every km over

10 000 km.

To the above kilometric allowance a flat-rate supplement shall be added, amounting to:

  • EUR 167,16 if the distance by train between the place of employment and the place of origin is between 725 km and 1 450 km,

  • EUR 334,31 if the distance by train between the place of employment and the place of origin is greater than 1 450 km.

Article 7

With effect from 1 July 2004, the daily subsistence allowance referred to in Article 10 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be:

  • EUR 34,55 for an official who is entitled to the household allowance,

  • EUR 27,86 for an official who is not entitled to the household allowance.

Article 8

With effect from 1 July 2004, the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 24(3) of the Conditions of employment of other servants shall be:

  • EUR 983,69 for a servant who is entitled to the household allowance,

  • EUR 584,90 for a servant who is not entitled to the household allowance.

Article 9

With effect from 1 July 2004, for the unemployment allowance referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 28a(3) of the Conditions of employment of other servants, the lower limit shall be EUR 1 179,72, the upper limit shall be EUR 2 359,44 and the standard allowance shall be EUR 1 072,48.

Article 10

With effect from 1 July 2004, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 63 of the Conditions of employment of other servants shall be replaced by the following:

1.7.2004Steps
CategoriesGroups1234
AI6 012,496 757,257 502,018 246,77
II4 363,774 788,995 214,215 639,43
III3 667,063 830,413 993,764 157,11
BIV3 522,73 867,564 212,424 557,28
V2 767,022 949,423 131,823 314,22
CVI2 631,632 786,562 941,493 096,42
VII2 355,42 435,552 515,72 595,85
DVIII2 128,922 254,32 379,682 505,06
IX2 050,232 078,792 107,352 135,91

Article 11

With effect from 1 July 2004, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 93 of the Conditions of employment of other servants shall be replaced by the following:

Function Groups1.7.2004Steps
Grades1234567
IV185 145,585 252,595 361,825 473,325 587,155 703,335 821,94
174 547,84 642,374 738,914 837,464 938,065 040,755 145,58
164 019,464 103,054 188,374 275,484 364,394 455,154 547,8
153 552,53 626,383 701,793 778,783 857,363 937,574 019,46
143 139,793 205,093 271,743 339,783 409,233 480,133 552,5
132 775,032 832,742 891,652 951,783 013,173 075,833 139,79
III123 552,453 626,323 701,733 778,73 857,283 937,494 019,37
113 139,773 205,063 271,713 339,743 409,193 480,083 552,45
102 775,032 832,732 891,642 951,773 013,153 075,813 139,77
92 452,662 503,662 555,722 608,872 663,122 718,52 775,03
82 167,742 212,822 258,832 305,82 353,752 402,72 452,66
II72 452,62 503,612 555,682 608,842 663,12 718,492 775,03
62 167,622 212,712 258,732 305,712 353,672 402,622 452,6
51 915,771 955,611 996,292 037,812 080,192 123,462 167,62
41 693,171 728,391 764,341 801,031 838,491 876,731 915,77
I32 085,852 129,142 173,332 218,432 264,472 311,472 359,44
21 843,981 882,251 921,311 961,192 001,892 043,442 085,85
11 630,161 663,991 698,531 733,781 769,761 806,491 843,98

Article 12

With effect from 1 July 2004, the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 94 of the Conditions of employment of other servants shall be:

  • EUR 739,90 for a servant who is entitled to the household allowance,

  • EUR 438,67 for a servant who is not entitled to the household allowance.

Article 13

With effect from 1 July 2004, for the unemployment allowance referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 96(3) of the Conditions of employment of other servants, the lower limit shall be EUR 884,79, the upper limit shall be EUR 1 769,58 and the standard allowance shall be EUR 804,36.

Article 14

With effect from 1 July 2004, the allowances for shiftwork laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/76(3) shall be EUR 337,16, EUR 508,90, EUR 556,42 and EUR 758,58.

Article 15

With effect from 1 July 2004, the amounts in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68(4) shall be subject to a coefficient of 4,867097.

Article 16

With effect from 1 July 2004, the table in Article 8(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by the following:

1.7.2004Steps
Grades12345678
1614 926,6215 553,8616 207,4516 207,4516 207,4516 207,45
1513 192,6413 747,0114 324,6814 723,2114 926,6215 553,86
1411 660,0912 150,0612 660,6213 012,8613 192,6413 747,0114 324,6814 926,62
1310 305,5710 738,6311 189,8811 501,211 660,09
129 108,49 491,159 889,9810 165,1410 305,5710 738,6311 189,8811 660,09
118 050,318 388,598 741,098 984,289 108,49 491,159 889,9810 305,57
107 115,137 414,127 725,677 940,618 050,318 388,598 741,099 108,4
96 288,586 552,846 828,27 018,177 115,13
85 558,065 791,626 034,996 202,896 288,586 552,846 828,27 115,13
74 912,45 118,825 333,925 482,325 558,065 791,626 034,996 288,58
64 341,744 524,184 714,294 845,454 912,45 118,825 333,925 558,06
53 837,373 998,624 166,654 282,574 341,744 524,184 714,294 912,4
43 391,593 534,113 682,623 785,083 837,373 998,624 166,654 341,74
32 997,63 123,573 254,823 345,383 391,593 534,113 682,623 837,37
22 649,382 760,712 876,722 956,752 997,63 123,573 254,823 391,59
12 341,612 440,012 542,542 613,282 649,38

Article 17

With effect from 1 July 2004, the amount of the dependent child allowance referred to in Article 14 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as follows:

  • 1.7.2004-31.12.2004: 262,79

  • 1.1.2005-31.12.2005: 275,97

  • 1.1.2006-31.12.2006: 289,16

  • 1.1.2007-31.12.2007: 302,35

  • 1.1.2008-31.12.2008: 315,53.

Article 18

With effect from 1 July 2004, the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 15(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as follows:

  • 1.7.2004-31.8.2005: 16,06

  • 1.9.2005-31.8.2006: 32,12

  • 1.9.2006-31.8.2007: 48,17

  • 1.9.2007-31.8.2008: 64,24.

Article 19

With effect from 1 July 2004, for the purposes of applying Article 18 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations, the amount of the fixed allowance mentioned in the former Article 4a of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations in force before 1 May 2004 shall be:

  • EUR 116,32 per month for officials in Grade C4 or C5,

  • EUR 178,34 per month for officials in Grade C1, C2 or C3.

Article 20

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2004.

For the Council

The President

P. van Geel

(3)

Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/76 of 9 February 1976 determining the categories of officials entitled to allowances for shiftwork, and the rates and conditions thereof (OJ L 38, 13.2.1976, p. 1). Regulation as supplemented by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1307/87 (OJ L 124, 13.5.1987, p. 6).

(4)

Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 8). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1750/2002 (OJ L 264, 2.10.2002, p. 15).

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