EC staff regulations: arrangements for the adjustment of remunerations and temporary contribution

PURPOSE : to present a Commission proposal on remuneration and pensions. CONTENT : The current method for the annual adjustment of the remuneration (including allowances and pensions) of staff of the EU institutions and the temporary contribution expire on 30 June 2001. In view of the time required to conduct the statutory consultations, it would not be possible to take account of the implications of the reform in the proposal that the Commission would have to present this year, in order to have a method in force by July 2001. Given the link between, on the one hand, remuneration and pensions and, on the other, the reform, and the complications inherent in having two major consecutive sets of negotiations, the best approach is a single comprehensive set of negotiations covering remuneration and pensions and the reform. This proposal extends by two years the period of validity of the current system of pay and pensions. By December 2001 a comprehensive proposal for the review of the Staff Regulations will be presented. This will cover reform, the new method and the actuarial balance of the pensions scheme. �