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 259/68(1), 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 2009(2). 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 1U.K.

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

(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:

1.7.2009STEP
GRADE12345
1616 902,1417 612,3918 352,49
1514 938,6715 566,4216 220,5416 671,8216 902,14
1413 203,2913 758,1114 336,2414 735,114 938,67
1311 669,512 159,8712 670,8513 023,3713 203,29
1210 313,8910 747,311 198,9111 510,4811 669,5
119 115,769 498,829 897,9710 173,3410 313,89
108 056,818 395,378 748,158 991,549 115,76
97 120,877 420,17 731,97 947,028 056,81
86 293,666 558,136 833,717 023,847 120,87
75 562,555 796,296 039,866 207,96 293,66
64 916,365 122,955 338,235 486,755 562,55
54 345,244 527,844 718,14 849,374 916,36
43 840,474 001,854 170,014 286,034 345,24
33 394,333 536,973 685,63 788,133 840,47
23 000,023 126,093 257,453 348,083 394,33
12 651,522 762,942 879,042 959,143 000,02.’
(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 from0 to 200 km
EUR 0,3786 for every km from201 to 1 000 km
EUR 0,6310 for every km from1 001 to 2 000 km
EUR 0,3786 for every km from2 001 to 3 000 km
EUR 0,1261 for every km from3 001 to 4 000 km
EUR 0,0608 for every km from4 001 to 10 000 km
EUR 0 for every km over10 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 GROUP1.7.2009STEP
GRADE1234567
IV185 826,65 947,776 071,456 197,716 326,66 458,176 592,47
175 149,75 256,795 366,115 477,75 591,615 707,95 826,6
164 551,444 646,094 742,714 841,344 942,015 044,795 149,7
154 022,684 106,334 191,734 278,94 367,884 458,724 551,44
143 555,353 629,293 704,763 781,83 860,453 940,734 022,68
133 142,313 207,663 274,363 342,463 411,963 482,923 555,35
III124 022,614 106,264 191,654 278,814 367,794 458,614 551,33
113 555,313 629,243 704,713 781,753 860,393 940,664 022,61
103 142,293 207,643 274,343 342,433 411,933 482,883 555,31
92 777,262 835,012 893,972 954,143 015,573 078,283 142,29
82 454,632 505,672 557,782 610,972 665,262 720,682 777,26
II72 777,22 834,962 893,932 954,123 015,563 078,283 142,31
62 454,512 505,562 557,682 610,872 665,182 720,612 777,2
52 169,322 214,442 260,52 307,512 355,512 404,52 454,51
41 917,261 957,141 997,842 039,42 081,822 125,122 169,32
I32 361,912 410,932 460,972 512,052 564,182 617,42 671,72
22 088,032 131,372 175,62 220,762 266,852 313,892 361,91
11 845,911 884,221 923,331 963,242 003,992 045,582 088,03

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 300/76(3) 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 260/68(4) 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:

1.7.2009STEP
GRADE12345678
1616 902,1417 612,3918 352,4918 352,4918 352,4918 352,49
1514 938,6715 566,4216 220,5416 671,8216 902,1417 612,39
1413 203,2913 758,1114 336,2414 735,114 938,6715 566,4216 220,5416 902,14
1311 669,512 159,8712 670,8513 023,3713 203,29
1210 313,8910 747,311 198,9111 510,4811 669,512 159,8712 670,8513 203,29
119 115,769 498,829 897,9710 173,3410 313,8910 747,311 198,9111 669,5
108 056,818 395,378 748,158 991,549 115,769 498,829 897,9710 313,89
97 120,877 420,17 731,97 947,028 056,81
86 293,666 558,136 833,717 023,847 120,877 420,17 731,98 056,81
75 562,555 796,296 039,866 207,96 293,666 558,136 833,717 120,87
64 916,365 122,955 338,235 486,755 562,555 796,296 039,866 293,66
54 345,244 527,844 718,14 849,374 916,365 122,955 338,235 562,55
43 840,474 001,854 170,014 286,034 345,244 527,844 718,14 916,36
33 394,333 536,973 685,63 788,133 840,474 001,854 170,014 345,24
23 000,023 126,093 257,453 348,083 394,333 536,973 685,63 840,47
12 651,522 762,942 879,042 959,143 000,02

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:

Grade1234567
Full-time basic salary1 679,081 956,122 120,852 299,452 493,092 703,032 930,66
Grade891011121314
Full-time basic salary3 177,453 445,033 735,144 049,674 390,74 760,445 161,33
Grade1516171819
Full-time basic salary5 595,966 067,216 578,137 132,087 732,68’.

Article 2U.K.

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

(3)

Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/76 of 9 February 1976 determining the categories of officials entitled to allowances for shift work, and the rates and conditions thereof (OJ L 38, 13.2.1976, p. 1).

(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).’.