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Annual adjustment of pay and pensions for 2005
- Pursuant to Annex XI to the Staff Regulations ("the Method"), the
Council has adopted the Commission proposal adjusting salaries and
pensions, backdated to 1 July 2005 .
The adjustment to pay and pensions in Belgium and Luxembourg is +2.2%.
For other places of employment, the adjustment will vary depending on
the simultaneous effects of weightings and exchange rates.
The resultant arrears will be paid as soon as possible.
Under Article 3(6) of Annex XI to the Staff Regulations, if adjustment
necessitates the recovery of sums overpaid, such recovery may be spread
over a period of not more than 12 months.
- Pursuant to Annex XII to the Staff Regulations, the Council has also
adopted the Commission proposal adjusting pension contributions with
retroactive effect from 1 July 2005.
The adjustment to pension contributions is +0.5% (from 9.75% to
10.25%).
- The Staff Regulations also provide for increasing, with effect
from 1 January 2006, the special levy by +0.43% (from 2.93%
to 3.36%).
As every year, an updated version of the pay calculator is available
at:
The weightings table can be consulted at:
The salary scales can be consulted as follows:
Please address any specific questions not covered by the above to the
contact person shown on your salary statement. |
