1. the following second subparagraph shall be added to Article 1: "For the purposes of this Regulation, non-marital partnerships shall be treated as marriage provided that all the conditions listed in Article 1(2)(c) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities are fulfilled. The unmarried partner of a member or former member shall be considered as their spouse under the sickness insurance scheme where the conditions set out in points (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (2)(c) of that Article are met." 2. (a) in Articles 2 and 21a, the terms "the last step of grade A 1" shall be replaced by the terms "the third step of grade 16"; (b) in Article 2, the following paragraph shall be added: "3. However, from 1 May 2004 to30 April 2006 , the terms "the third step of grade 16" in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall read "the third step of grade A*16".";
3. the following Article shall be inserted: "Article 4b Article 17 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall apply by analogy to the President and Members of the Commission, the President, Judges, Advocates General and Registrar of the Court of Justice and the President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance."; 4. in Article 6(c), the terms "for a grade A 1 official" shall be deleted; 5. Article 9 shall be amended as follows: in the first subparagraph, the term "4,5 %" shall be replaced by "4,275 %", the following last subparagraph shall be added: "By derogation from the first subparagraph, for Members of the Commission and of the Court of Justice in office before 1 May 2004 , and until the end of their functions in, respectively, the Commission and the Court of Justice, the amount of the pension shall be 4,5 % of the basic salary last received for each full year in office.";
6. Article 11 shall be amended as follows: (a) the third subparagraph shall be replaced by the following: "However, former Members of the Commission or of the Court shall be covered by the provisions of Article 72 of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities on condition that they are not in gainful employment and that they cannot be covered by a national sickness insurance scheme."; (b) in the fourth and fifth subparagraphs "60" shall be replaced by "63"; (c) in the fifth subparagraph, the terms "enabling him to be covered by another public sickness insurance scheme" shall be deleted;
7. Article 15 shall be amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1: in the first subparagraph, the terms "the widow and dependent children of a member" shall be replaced by "the surviving spouse and children dependent at the time of death of the member", in the first indent of the second subparagraph, the term "widow" shall be replaced by "surviving spouse", in the second indent of the second subparagraph, the terms "where the mother is still alive" shall be replaced by "where either the mother or the father is dead", in the first indent of the third subparagraph, the term "widow" shall be replaced by "surviving spouse";
(b) in paragraph 5, the terms "has pension rights accruing to him under this Regulation, the wife" shall be replaced by "has accrued pension rights under this Regulation, the spouse"; (c) in paragraph 6, the term "widow" shall be replaced by "surviving spouse", the term "She" shall be replaced by "The surviving spouse" and the term "her" shall be replaced by "the"; (d) in paragraph 7, the term "widow" shall be replaced by "surviving spouse", and the terms "where he leaves" shall be deleted; (e) in paragraph 8, the term "widow" shall be replaced by "surviving spouse";
8. Article 19 shall be amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the terms "the currency of the country where the institution has its provisional seat" shall be replaced by "euro"; (b) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: "2. No weighting shall be applied to the sums due under Articles 7, 8, 10 and 15. These sums shall be paid to beneficiaries residing in the European Union in euro, into a bank in the country of residence. For beneficiaries residing outside the European Union, pensions shall be paid, in euro, into a bank in the country of residence. The pension may by way of exception be paid in euro into a bank in the country where the institution has its headquarters, or in foreign currency in the country of residence of the pensioner, converted at the most up-to-date exchange rates used for the implementation of the general budget of the European Communities.";
9. the following Article shall be inserted: "Article 21b 1. Articles 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities shall apply by analogy to the President and Members of the Commission, the President, Judges, Advocates General and Registrar of the Court of Justice and the President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance. 2. Articles 20, 24 and 25 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities shall apply by analogy to the beneficiaries of the sums due under Articles 7, 8, 10 and 15."
Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1292/2004 of 30 April 2004 amending Regulations No 422/67/EEC and No 5/67/Euratom determining the emoluments of the President and Members of the Commission and of the President, Judges, Advocates General and Registrar of the Court of Justice and of the President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance
Modified by
- Council Regulation (EU) 2016/300of 29 February 2016determining the emoluments of EU high-level public office holders, 32016R0300, March 4, 2016
Corrected by
- Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1292/2004 of 30 April 2004 amending Regulations No 422/67/EEC and No 5/67/Euratom determining the emoluments of the President and Members of the Commission and of the President, Judges, Advocates-General and Registrar of the Court of Justice and of the President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance, 32004R1292R(01), August 18, 2004
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