Installation and resettlement allowances — Removal and travelling expenses
Public office holders shall be entitled to:
(a)
an installation allowance on taking up their duties as provided for in Article 5 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations which is to apply mutatis mutandis ;
(b)
a resettlement allowance on ceasing to hold office as provided for in Article 24(2) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union which is to apply mutatis mutandis ;
(c)
reimbursement of travelling expenses incurred for themselves and for members of their family;
and
(d)
reimbursement of the cost of removal of their personal effects and furniture, including insurance against ordinary risks, such as theft, breakage, and fire, up to the ceiling fixed for officials of the institution to which public office holders are appointed, pursuant to Article 9 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations. Upon presentation of invoices, the institutions may provide for derogations for reimbursement of the effective removal costs that in any case shall not exceed by more than 50 % the ceiling fixed by the corresponding institutions for their staff.
If their term of office is renewed, public office holders shall not be entitled to any of the allowances set out in this Article. Nor shall they be so entitled if they are appointed as public office holders, or elected members, of another institution of the Union, if that institution has its seat in the town where they were formerly required to reside by reason of their office and if, at the time of the new appointment or election, they have not already effected their resettlement.
Residence allowance
From the date of taking up their duties until the last day of the month in which they cease to hold office, public office holders shall be entitled to a residence allowance equal to 15 % of their basic salary.
Family allowances
From the date of taking up their duties until the last day of the month in which they cease to hold office, public office holders shall be entitled to family allowances fixed by analogy with Article 67 of the Staff Regulations and Articles 1 to 3 of Annex VII to those Regulations.
Entertainment allowance
Public office holders shall receive a monthly entertainment allowance, in euros, amounting to:
Institution
President
Vice-President
High-Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Member
Registrar
European Council
1 418,07
European Commission
1 418,07
911,38
911,38
607,71
Court of Justice
1 418,07
911,38
607,71
554,17
General Court
607,71
573,98
554,17
471,37
Specialised Tribunals
554
500
400
Special duty allowance
Presiding Judges of Chambers of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the First Advocate-General shall, in addition to the allowances set out in Articles 4 to 7, receive during their term of office a special duty allowance, in euros, per month as set out in the following table:
Special duty allowance
Court of Justice
General Court
Specialised Tribunals
Presiding judges and First Advocate-General
Presiding judges
Presiding judges
810,74
739,47
500
Mission expenses
Public office holders required in the course of their duties to travel away from the seat of their institution shall be entitled to:
(a)
reimbursement of travelling expenses;
(b)
reimbursement of hotel expenses (room, service and taxes only);
(c)
daily subsistence allowance while on mission equal, for each complete day of absence, to 105 % of the daily subsistence allowance as laid down in the Staff Regulations.
Transitional allowance
1. From the first day of the month following that in which a public office holder ceases to hold office, a monthly transitional allowance shall be paid. The duration of the entitlement to the monthly transitional allowance shall be equal to the length of the period of service. However, this duration shall not be less than 6 months or more than 2 years.
The amount of the allowance shall be determined on the basis of the basic salary which the public office holder was receiving when that holder ceased to hold office and be as follows:
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40 % if that period of service is less than or equal to 2 years,
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45 % if that period is over 2 years but less than or equal to 3 years,
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50 % if that period is more than 3 years but less than or equal to 5 years,
—
55 % if that period is more than 5 years but less than or equal to 10 years,
—
60 % if that period is more than 10 years but less than or equal to 15 years,
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65 % if that period is more than 15 years.
2. Entitlement to the transitional allowance shall cease if a former public office holder is reappointed to office in the institutions of the Union, is elected to the European Parliament, reaches the pensionable age as defined in Article 11, or upon death. In the event of reappointment or of election to the European Parliament, the allowance shall be paid up to the date of taking up duties and, in the event of death, the payment for the month in which death occurred shall be the last.
3. If, during the period for which they are entitled to the monthly transitional allowance, the former public office holders concerned take up any gainful activity, the amount by which their gross monthly remuneration (i.e. before deduction of taxes), together with the allowance provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, exceeds the remuneration, before deduction of taxes, which they were receiving as active public office holders under Articles 2, 5 and 6, shall be deducted from the allowance. In calculating the amount of remuneration received for the new activity, all forms of remuneration shall be included, except those representing the reimbursement of expenses.
4. On the date when they cease to hold office, on 1 January of each year thereafter, and in the event of any changes in their financial situation, former public office holders shall declare to the President of the institution in which they were previously employed all forms of remuneration received for their services, except those representing the reimbursement of expenses.
That declaration shall be made in good faith and shall be treated as confidential. The information contained in that declaration shall not be used otherwise than for the purposes of this Regulation and shall not be communicated to third parties.
Additional remuneration legitimately received by former public office holders in the course of their duty as active public office holders shall not be deductible from the transitional allowance.
5. The former public office holders entitled to the transitional allowance shall also be entitled to family allowances provided for in Article 6 if they satisfy the conditions set out in that Article.
Source: EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU), © European Union, reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
