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14.12.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
335/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1331/2013
of 10 December 2013
adjusting, from 1 July 2012, the rate of contribution to the pension scheme of officials and other
servants of the European Union
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
than one percentage point above or below the valid rate
of the previous year (11,6 %).
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(3) In the interests of actuarial balance of the pension
scheme of Officials and other Servants of the Union,
and taking into account the 2011 and 2012 actuarial
assessments, the Council considers that the rate of
contribution should be adjusted to 10,6 % of the basic
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the
salary.
Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European
Communities (‘Staff Regulations’) laid down by Regulation (EEC,
Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 83a thereof and Annex XII thereto,
(4) However,
in
the
light
of
recent
and
future
judgments
in
the cases on the 2011 and 2012 adjustment of salaries
and pensions and in the case on the 2011 adjustment of
the rate of contribution to the pension scheme, the result
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
of this adjustment may be subject to change. The imple
mentation of those judgments may have an impact on
the calculation of the rates of contribution for the years
2012 and 2013 and thus require the Council to re-adjust
the said rates of contribution with retroactive effect.
Whereas:
Where applicable, this may lead to a recovery of
overpaid sums from staff,
(1) In
accordance
with
Article
13
of
Annex
XII
to
the
Staff
Regulations, Eurostat submitted a report on the 2012
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
actuarial assessment of the pension scheme updating
the parameters referred to in that Annex. According to
this assessment, the rate of contribution required to
maintain actuarial balance of the pension scheme
would be 9,9 % of the basic salary.
Article 1
With effect from 1 July 2012, the rate of the contribution
referred to in Article 83(2) of the Staff Regulations shall be
10,6 %.
(2) Under
Article
2(1)
of
Annex
XII
to
the
Staff
Regulations,
the adjustment cannot lead to a contribution that is more
( 1 ) Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council of
Article 2
29 February 1968 laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials
and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
European Communities (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1).
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 December 2013.
For the Council
The President
R. ADIUS

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