Regulation (EU) No 422/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 16 April 2014

adjusting with effect from 1 July 2011 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union and the correction coefficients applied thereto

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 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 of the European Union (‘the Staff Regulations’)and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (‘the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants’), laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68(1), and in particular Article 10 of Annex XI to the Staff Regulations,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice(2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors(3),

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure(4),

Whereas:

(1) In its judgment in Case C-63/12, Commission v Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘the Court of Justice’) clarified that the institutions are obliged to decide each year on the adjustment of remuneration, either by undertaking a ‘mathematical’ adjustment according to the method laid down in Article 3 of Annex XI to the Staff Regulations, or by setting aside that ‘mathematical’ calculation in accordance with Article 10 thereof.

(2) The purpose of Article 19 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations, as last amended by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5), is to enable the institutions to take the necessary measures to settle their disputes concerning the 2011 and 2012 adjustments of remuneration and pensions in compliance with a judgment of the Court of Justice, taking due account of the legitimate expectation of staff that the institutions are to decide each year on the adjustment of their remuneration and pensions.

(3) In order to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-63/12, where the Council establishes that there is a serious and sudden deterioration in the economic and social situation within the Union, the Commission is to submit a proposal under the procedure laid down in Article 336 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) in order to involve the European Parliament in the legislative process. On 4 November 2011, the Council stated that the financial and economic crisis taking place within the Union, and resulting in substantial fiscal adjustments in most Member States, constituted a serious and sudden deterioration of the economic and social situation within the Union. The Council thus requested the Commission, in accordance with Article 241 TFEU, to implement Article 10 of Annex XI to the Staff Regulations and to submit an appropriate remuneration adjustment proposal.

(4) The Court of Justice has confirmed that, under the exception clause, the European Parliament and the Council have a wide margin of discretion as regards the adjustment of remuneration and pensions. Economic and social data for the period from 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2011, such as the financial and economic crisis affecting a number of Member States in autumn 2011 which caused an immediate deterioration in the economic and social situation in the Union and resulted in substantial macroeconomic adjustments, the high level of unemployment and the high level of public deficit and debt in the Union, make it appropriate to set the adjustment of remuneration and pensions in Belgium and Luxembourg to 0 % for 2011. That adjustment is part of a global approach to settle the disputes regarding the 2011 and 2012 adjustments of remuneration and pensions, which also involves an adjustment of 0,8 % for 2012.

(5) Consequently, during a period of five years (2010-2014) the adjustment of remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union is as follows: in 2010, the application of the method laid down in Article 3 of Annex XI to the Staff Regulations resulted in an adjustment of 0,1 %. For 2011 and 2012 the result of the global approach to settle the disputes regarding the 2011 and 2012 adjustments of remuneration and pensions leads to an adjustment of 0 % and 0,8 %, respectively. Furthermore, as part of the political compromise on the reform of the Staff Regulations and of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, it was decided to freeze remuneration and pensions for the years 2013 and 2014,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the date ‘1 July 2010’ in the second paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by ‘1 July 2011’.

Article 2U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations applicable for the purposes of calculating remuneration and pensions shall be replaced by the following:

1/7/2011STEP
GRADE12345
1616 919,0417 630,018 370,84
1514 953,6115 581,9816 236,7616 688,4916 919,04
1413 216,4913 771,8714 350,5814 749,8314 953,61
1311 681,1712 172,0312 683,5113 036,3913 216,49
1210 324,210 758,0411 210,1111 521,9911 681,17
119 124,879 508,319 907,8610 183,5210 324,2
108 064,868 403,768 756,99 000,539 124,87
97 127,997 427,527 739,637 954,968 064,86
86 299,956 564,696 840,547 030,867 127,99
75 568,115 802,096 045,96 214,16 299,95
64 921,285 128,075 343,565 492,235 568,11
54 349,594 532,364 722,824 854,214 921,28
43 844,314 005,854 174,184 290,314 349,59
33 397,733 540,53 689,283 791,923 844,31
23 003,023 129,213 260,713 351,423 397,73
12 654,172 765,72 881,922 962,13 003,02

Article 3U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the correction coefficients applicable to the remuneration of officials and other servants under Article 64 of the Staff Regulations shall be as indicated in column 2 of the following table.

With effect from 1 January 2012, 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 2011, the correction coefficients applicable to pensions under Article 20(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as indicated in column 4 of the following table.

With effect from 16 May 2011, the correction coefficients applicable to the remuneration of officials and other servants shall be as indicated in column 5 of the following table. The effective date for the annual adjustment for those Member States shall be 16 May 2011.

With effect from 16 May 2011, the correction coefficients applicable to pensions under Article 20(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as indicated in column 6 of the following table. The effective date for the annual adjustment shall be 16 May 2011.

123456
Country/PlaceRemunerationTransferPensionRemunerationPension
1.7.20111.1.20121.7.201116.5.201116.5.2011
Bulgaria60,658,1100,0
Czech Rep.85,279,3100,0
Denmark134,2130,5130,5
Germany93,795,4100,0
Bonn93,0
Karlsruhe92,2
Munich103,2
Estonia75,477,4100,0
Greece92,291,0100,0
Spain97,491,5100,0
France116,4108,5108,5
Ireland109,6104,6104,6
Italy104,8100,0100,0
Varese91,9
Cyprus83,085,4100,0
Latvia74,470,2100,0
Lithuania72,770,7100,0
Hungary83,573,1100,0
Malta82,784,6100,0
Netherlands102,897,3100,0
Austria105,0104,1104,1
Poland80,571,4100,0
Portugal84,083,9100,0
Romania72,762,1100,0
Slovenia86,283,6100,0
Slovakia78,873,5100,0
Finland120,5113,0113,0
Sweden124,1117,2117,2
United Kingdom103,5 [X1128,0]103,5
Culham98,2

Article 4U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, 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 911,73, and shall be EUR 1 215,63 for single parents.

Article 5U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the basic amount of the household allowance referred to in Article 1(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 170,52.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the amount of the dependent child allowance referred to in Article 2(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 372,61.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 252,81.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be EUR 91,02.

With effect from 1 July 2011, 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 505,39.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the expatriation allowance referred to in Article 134 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be EUR 363,31.

Article 6U.K.

With effect from 1 January 2012, 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 0,3790 for every km from201 to 1 000 km
EUR 0,6316 for every km from1 001 to 2 000 km
EUR 0,3790 for every km from2 001 to 3 000 km
EUR 0,1262 for every km from3 001 to 4 000 km
EUR 0,0609 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:

Article 7U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the daily subsistence allowance referred to in Article 10(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall be:

Article 8U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 24(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be:

Article 9U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, 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 1 337,19 and the upper limit shall be EUR 2 674,39.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the standard allowance referred to in Article 28a(7) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be EUR 1 215,63.

Article 10U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 93 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be replaced by the following:

FUNCTION GROUP1/7/2011STEP
GRADE1234567
IV185 832,425 953,716 077,526 203,916 332,926 464,626 599,06
175 154,855 262,045 371,475 483,185 597,25 713,65 832,42
164 555,994 650,734 747,454 846,174 946,955 049,835 154,85
154 026,74 110,444 195,924 283,184 372,254 463,174 555,99
143 558,93 632,913 708,463 785,583 864,313 944,674 026,7
133 145,453 210,863 277,633 345,83 415,373 486,43 558,9
III124 026,634 110,364 195,844 283,094 372,154 463,074 555,88
113 558,863 632,873 708,413 785,533 864,253 944,64 026,63
103 145,433 210,843 277,613 345,773 415,343 486,363 558,86
92 780,032 837,842 896,862 957,093 018,593 081,363 145,43
82 457,082 508,172 560,332 613,572 667,922 723,42 780,03
II72 779,982 837,82 896,822 957,073 018,583 081,363 145,45
62 456,972 508,072 560,242 613,492 667,842 723,332 779,98
52 171,492 216,652 262,762 309,822 357,862 406,912 456,97
41 919,181 959,11 999,842 041,442 083,92 127,242 171,49
I32 364,282 413,352 463,432 514,562 566,742 620,012 674,39
22 090,122 133,52 177,782 222,982 269,112 316,212 364,28
11 847,761 886,111 925,251 965,212 005,992 047,632 090,12

Article 11U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 94 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be:

Article 12U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, 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 1 002,9 and the upper limit shall be EUR 2 005,78.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the standard allowance referred to in Article 96(7) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants shall be EUR 911,73.

With effect from 1 July 2011, for the unemployment allowance referred to in Article 136 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, the lower limit shall be EUR 882,33 and the upper limit shall be EUR 2 076,07.

Article 13U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the allowances for shiftwork laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/76(6) shall be EUR 382,17, EUR 576,84, EUR 630,69 and EUR 859,84.

Article 14U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the amounts referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68(7) shall be subject to a coefficient of 5,516766.

Article 15U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, the table in Article 8(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by the following:

1/7/2011STEP
GRADE12345678
1616 919,0417 630,018 370,8418 370,8418 370,8418 370,84
1514 953,6115 581,9816 236,7616 688,4916 919,0417 630,0
1413 216,4913 771,8714 350,5814 749,8314 953,6115 581,9816 236,7616 919,04
1311 681,1712 172,0312 683,5113 036,3913 216,49
1210 324,210 758,0411 210,1111 521,9911 681,1712 172,0312 683,5113 216,49
119 124,879 508,319 907,8610 183,5210 324,210 758,0411 210,1111 681,17
108 064,868 403,768 756,99 000,539 124,879 508,319 907,8610 324,2
97 127,997 427,527 739,637 954,968 064,86
86 299,956 564,696 840,547 030,867 127,997 427,527 739,638 064,86
75 568,115 802,096 045,96 214,16 299,956 564,696 840,547 127,99
64 921,285 128,075 343,565 492,235 568,115 802,096 045,96 299,95
54 349,594 532,364 722,824 854,214 921,285 128,075 343,565 568,11
43 844,314 005,854 174,184 290,314 349,594 352,364 722,824 921,28
33 397,733 540,53 689,283 791,923 844,314 005,854 174,184 349,59
23 003,023 129,213 260,713 351,423 397,733 540,53 689,283 844,31
12 654,172 765,72 881,922 962,13 003,02

Article 16U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, for the application of Article 18(1) 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:

Article 17U.K.

With effect from 1 July 2011, 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 680,761 958,082 122,972 301,752 495,582 705,732 933,59
Grade891011121314
Full-time basic salary3 180,633 448,483 738,884 053,724 395,094 765,25 166,49
Grade1516171819
Full-time basic salary5 601,566 073,286 584,717 139,217 740,41

Article 18U.K.

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.

(1)

Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities and instituting special measures temporarily applicable to officials of the Commission (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1).

(2)

Opinion of 4 March 2014 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(3)

Opinion of 3 March 2014 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(4)

Position of the European Parliament of 11 March 2014 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 14 April 2014.

(5)

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 15).

(6)

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).

(7)

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).