Decision of the Management Board of Europol

of 22 March 2001

agreeing to the conditions and procedures laid down by Europol adapting the amounts mentioned in the Appendix to the Decision of the Europol Management Board of 16 November 1999 regarding taxes applicable to salaries and emoluments paid to Europol staff members for the benefit of Europol

(2001/C 222/01)

THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF EUROPOL,

Having regard to the Protocol drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 41(3) of the Europol Convention, on the privileges and immunities of Europol, the members of its organs, the deputy directors and employees of Europol(1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

1. The Council decided on 15 March 2001 to adapt the salaries and emoluments for Europol officials with 3,7 % with retroactive effect as of 1 July 1999.

2. The Management Board decided at its meeting of 27 February 2001 to effect an increase in the amounts mentioned in Article 4 of the Appendix to the Decision of the Management Board of 16 November 1999(2) by the same percentage and as of the same date as determined by the Council Decision of 15 March mentioned under point 1.

3. In accordance with the same decision of the Management Board of 27 February 2001 the values thus established should be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 1999:

1. The value mentioned in the first sentence of Article 4 of the Appendix to the Decision of the Europol Management Board of 16 November 1999 shall be replaced by EUR 93,93.

2. The values in euro units of the table included in Article 4 of the Appendix to the Decision of the Europol Management Board of 16 November 1999 shall be replaced by the following:

8 % to amounts between EUR 93,94 and EUR 1654,75

10 % to amounts between EUR 1654,76 and EUR 2279,18

12,50 % to amounts between EUR 2279,19 and EUR 2612,07

15 % to amounts between EUR 2612,08 and EUR 2966,40

17,50 % to amounts between EUR 2966,41 and EUR 3299,30

20 % to amounts between EUR 3299,31 and EUR 3621,97

22,50 % to amounts between EUR 3621,98 and EUR 3954,86

25 % to amounts between EUR 3954,87 and EUR 4277,54

27,50 to amounts between EUR 4277,55 and EUR 4610,43

30 % to amounts between EUR 4610,44 and EUR 4933,11

32,50 % to amounts between EUR 4933,12 and EUR 5266,00

35 % to amounts between EUR 5266,01 and EUR 5589,19

40 % to amounts between EUR 5589,20 and EUR 5922,09

45 % to amounts above EUR 5922,10

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force the day following that of its adoption.

Done at The Hague, 22 March 2001.

S. Heckscher

Chairman of the Management Board

(1) OJ C 221, 19.7.1997, p. 2.

(2) OJ C 65, 28.2.2001, p. 6.