Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1190/2010

of 13 December 2010

amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1296/2009 adjusting with effect from 1 July 2009 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union and the correction coefficients applied thereto

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union, and in particular Article 12 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 259/681, and in particular Articles 63, 64, 65 and 82 of the Staff Regulations and Annexes VII, XI and XIII thereto, and Articles 20(1), 64, 92 and 132 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

By judgment of 24 November 2010 in Case C-40/10, the Court of Justice annulled Article 2 and Articles 4 to 18 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1296/2009 of 23 December 20092. Pursuant to Article 266 of the Treaty, the Council is required to take the necessary measures to comply with this judgment.

(2)

In order to guarantee that the purchasing power of Union officials and other servants 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 Union should be adjusted under the 2009 annual review as proposed by the Commission.

(3)

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1296/2009 should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1296/2009 is hereby amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Article 2 is replaced by the following:

    Article 2

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations applicable for the purposes of calculating remuneration and pensions is replaced by the following:

    1.7.2009

    STEP

    GRADE

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    16

    16 902,14

    17 612,39

    18 352,49

    15

    14 938,67

    15 566,42

    16 220,54

    16 671,82

    16 902,14

    14

    13 203,29

    13 758,11

    14 336,24

    14 735,1

    14 938,67

    13

    11 669,5

    12 159,87

    12 670,85

    13 023,37

    13 203,29

    12

    10 313,89

    10 747,3

    11 198,91

    11 510,48

    11 669,5

    11

    9 115,76

    9 498,82

    9 897,97

    10 173,34

    10 313,89

    10

    8 056,81

    8 395,37

    8 748,15

    8 991,54

    9 115,76

    9

    7 120,87

    7 420,1

    7 731,9

    7 947,02

    8 056,81

    8

    6 293,66

    6 558,13

    6 833,71

    7 023,84

    7 120,87

    7

    5 562,55

    5 796,29

    6 039,86

    6 207,9

    6 293,66

    6

    4 916,36

    5 122,95

    5 338,23

    5 486,75

    5 562,55

    5

    4 345,24

    4 527,84

    4 718,1

    4 849,37

    4 916,36

    4

    3 840,47

    4 001,85

    4 170,01

    4 286,03

    4 345,24

    3

    3 394,33

    3 536,97

    3 685,6

    3 788,13

    3 840,47

    2

    3 000,02

    3 126,09

    3 257,45

    3 348,08

    3 394,33

    1

    2 651,52

    2 762,94

    2 879,04

    2 959,14

    3 000,02.

  2. (2)

    Articles 4 to 17 are replaced by the following:

    Article 4

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the amount of the parental leave allowance referred to in the second and third paragraphs of Article 42a of the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 910,82, and shall be EUR 1 214,42 for single parents.

    Article 5

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the basic amount of the household allowance referred to in Article 1(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 170,35.

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the amount of the dependent child allowance referred to in Article 2(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 372,24.

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 252,56.

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 90,93.

    With effect from 1 July 2009, 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 504,89.

    With effect from 14 July 2009, the expatriation allowance referred to in Article 134 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be EUR 362,95.

    Article 6

    With effect from 1 January 2010, the kilometric allowance referred to in Article 8(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be adjusted as follows:

    EUR 0 for every km from

    0 to 200 km

    EUR 0,3786 for every km from

    201 to 1 000 km

    EUR 0,6310 for every km from

    1 001 to 2 000 km

    EUR 0,3786 for every km from

    2 001 to 3 000 km

    EUR 0,1261 for every km from

    3 001 to 4 000 km

    EUR 0,0608 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 189,29 if the distance by train between the place of employment and the place of origin is between 725 km and 1 450 km,

    • EUR 378,55 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 2009, the daily subsistence allowance referred to in Article 10(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be:

    • EUR 39,13 for an official who is entitled to the household allowance,

    • EUR 31,55 for an official who is not entitled to the household allowance.

    Article 8

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 24(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be:

    • EUR 1 113,88 for a servant who is entitled to the household allowance,

    • EUR 662,31 for a servant who is not entitled to the household allowance.

    Article 9

    With effect from 1 July 2009, 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 1 335,85, the upper limit shall be EUR 2 671,72 and the standard allowance shall be EUR 1 214,42.

    Article 10

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 93 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be replaced by the following:

    FUNCTION GROUP

    1.7.2009

    STEP

    GRADE

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    IV

    18

    5 826,6

    5 947,77

    6 071,45

    6 197,71

    6 326,6

    6 458,17

    6 592,47

    17

    5 149,7

    5 256,79

    5 366,11

    5 477,7

    5 591,61

    5 707,9

    5 826,6

    16

    4 551,44

    4 646,09

    4 742,71

    4 841,34

    4 942,01

    5 044,79

    5 149,7

    15

    4 022,68

    4 106,33

    4 191,73

    4 278,9

    4 367,88

    4 458,72

    4 551,44

    14

    3 555,35

    3 629,29

    3 704,76

    3 781,8

    3 860,45

    3 940,73

    4 022,68

    13

    3 142,31

    3 207,66

    3 274,36

    3 342,46

    3 411,96

    3 482,92

    3 555,35

    III

    12

    4 022,61

    4 106,26

    4 191,65

    4 278,81

    4 367,79

    4 458,61

    4 551,33

    11

    3 555,31

    3 629,24

    3 704,71

    3 781,75

    3 860,39

    3 940,66

    4 022,61

    10

    3 142,29

    3 207,64

    3 274,34

    3 342,43

    3 411,93

    3 482,88

    3 555,31

    9

    2 777,26

    2 835,01

    2 893,97

    2 954,14

    3 015,57

    3 078,28

    3 142,29

    8

    2 454,63

    2 505,67

    2 557,78

    2 610,97

    2 665,26

    2 720,68

    2 777,26

    II

    7

    2 777,2

    2 834,96

    2 893,93

    2 954,12

    3 015,56

    3 078,28

    3 142,31

    6

    2 454,51

    2 505,56

    2 557,68

    2 610,87

    2 665,18

    2 720,61

    2 777,2

    5

    2 169,32

    2 214,44

    2 260,5

    2 307,51

    2 355,51

    2 404,5

    2 454,51

    4

    1 917,26

    1 957,14

    1 997,84

    2 039,4

    2 081,82

    2 125,12

    2 169,32

    I

    3

    2 361,91

    2 410,93

    2 460,97

    2 512,05

    2 564,18

    2 617,4

    2 671,72

    2

    2 088,03

    2 131,37

    2 175,6

    2 220,76

    2 266,85

    2 313,89

    2 361,91

    1

    1 845,91

    1 884,22

    1 923,33

    1 963,24

    2 003,99

    2 045,58

    2 088,03

    Article 11

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 94 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be:

    • EUR 837,82 for a servant who is entitled to the household allowance,

    • EUR 496,72 for a servant who is not entitled to the household allowance.

    Article 12

    With effect from 1 July 2009, 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 1 001,9, the upper limit shall be EUR 2 003,78 and the standard allowance shall be EUR 910,82.

    With effect from 14 July 2009, for the unemployment allowance referred to in Article 136 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, the lower limit shall be EUR 881,45 and the upper limit shall be EUR 2 074,0.

    Article 13

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the allowances for shift work laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/763 shall be EUR 381,79, EUR 576,26, EUR 630,06 and EUR 858,98 respectively.

    Article 14

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the amounts referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/684 shall be subject to a coefficient of 5,511255.

    Article 15

    With effect from 1 July 2009, the table in Article 8(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by the following:

    1.7.2009

    STEP

    GRADE

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    8

    16

    16 902,14

    17 612,39

    18 352,49

    18 352,49

    18 352,49

    18 352,49

    15

    14 938,67

    15 566,42

    16 220,54

    16 671,82

    16 902,14

    17 612,39

    14

    13 203,29

    13 758,11

    14 336,24

    14 735,1

    14 938,67

    15 566,42

    16 220,54

    16 902,14

    13

    11 669,5

    12 159,87

    12 670,85

    13 023,37

    13 203,29

    12

    10 313,89

    10 747,3

    11 198,91

    11 510,48

    11 669,5

    12 159,87

    12 670,85

    13 203,29

    11

    9 115,76

    9 498,82

    9 897,97

    10 173,34

    10 313,89

    10 747,3

    11 198,91

    11 669,5

    10

    8 056,81

    8 395,37

    8 748,15

    8 991,54

    9 115,76

    9 498,82

    9 897,97

    10 313,89

    9

    7 120,87

    7 420,1

    7 731,9

    7 947,02

    8 056,81

    8

    6 293,66

    6 558,13

    6 833,71

    7 023,84

    7 120,87

    7 420,1

    7 731,9

    8 056,81

    7

    5 562,55

    5 796,29

    6 039,86

    6 207,9

    6 293,66

    6 558,13

    6 833,71

    7 120,87

    6

    4 916,36

    5 122,95

    5 338,23

    5 486,75

    5 562,55

    5 796,29

    6 039,86

    6 293,66

    5

    4 345,24

    4 527,84

    4 718,1

    4 849,37

    4 916,36

    5 122,95

    5 338,23

    5 562,55

    4

    3 840,47

    4 001,85

    4 170,01

    4 286,03

    4 345,24

    4 527,84

    4 718,1

    4 916,36

    3

    3 394,33

    3 536,97

    3 685,6

    3 788,13

    3 840,47

    4 001,85

    4 170,01

    4 345,24

    2

    3 000,02

    3 126,09

    3 257,45

    3 348,08

    3 394,33

    3 536,97

    3 685,6

    3 840,47

    1

    2 651,52

    2 762,94

    2 879,04

    2 959,14

    3 000,02

    Article 16

    With effect from 1 July 2009, for the purposes of application of Article 18(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations, the amount of the fixed allowance referred to in the former Article 4a of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations in force before 1 May 2004 shall be:

    • EUR 131,71 per month for officials in Grade C 4 or C 5,

    • EUR 201,94 per month for officials in Grade C 1, C 2 or C 3.

    Article 17

    With effect from 14 July 2009, the scale for basic monthly salaries in Article 133 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be replaced by the following:

    Grade

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    Full-time basic salary

    1 679,08

    1 956,12

    2 120,85

    2 299,45

    2 493,09

    2 703,03

    2 930,66

    Grade

    8

    9

    10

    11

    12

    13

    14

    Full-time basic salary

    3 177,45

    3 445,03

    3 735,14

    4 049,67

    4 390,7

    4 760,44

    5 161,33

    Grade

    15

    16

    17

    18

    19

    Full-time basic salary

    5 595,96

    6 067,21

    6 578,13

    7 132,08

    7 732,68

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 13 December 2010.

For the Council

The President

K. Peeters