L 348/10 Official Journal of the European Union 29.12.2009 COUNCIL REGULATION (EU, EURATOM) No 1296/2009 of 23 December 2009 adjusting with effect from 1 July 2009 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union and the correction coefficients applied thereto THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union, and in particular Article 12 thereof, Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular Articles 63, 64, 65 and 82 of the Staff Regulations and Annexes VII, XI and XIII thereto, and Articles 20(1), 64, 92 and 132 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) In order to guarantee that the purchasing power of Union officials and other servants develops in parallel with that of national civil servants in the Member States, the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union should be adjusted under the 2009 annual review. (2)  The adjustment of remuneration and pensions proposed by the Commission should be amended in light of the financial and economic crisis and as part of economic and social policy of the Union. The situation should be reviewed when appropriate, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 With effect from 1 July 2009, the date ‘1 July 2008 in the second paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by ‘1 July 2009". Article 2 With effect from 1 July 2009, the table of basic monthly salaries in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations applicable for the purposes of calculating remuneration and pensions shall be replaced by the following: 1.7.2009 STEP GRADE 1 2 3 4 5 16 16 600,62 17 298,20 18 025,09 15 14 672,17 15 288,71 15931,17 16 374,40 16 600,62 14 12 967,74 13 512,67 14 080,49 14 472,23 14 672,17 13 11 461,32 11 942,94 12 444,80 12 791,03 12 967,74 12 10 129,89 10 555,56 10 999,12 11 305,13 11 461,32 11 8953,13 9329,35 9721,38 9991,85 10 129,89 10 7 913,07 8 245,59 8592,08 8 831,12 8953,13 9 6993,83 7 287,72 7 593,96 7 805,24 7 913,07 8 6181,38 6 441,13 6711,79 6 898,52 6993,83 7 5463,30 5692,88 5932,10 6 097,14 6 181,38 6 4 828,65 5031,55 5242,99 5 388,85 5463,30 5 4267,72 4 447,05 4633,92 4762,85 4 828,65 4 3771,95 3930,45 4095,61 4209,56 4267,72 3 3333,77 3473,86 3619,84 3720,55 3771,95 2 2 946,50 3070,31 3199,33 3288,34 3 333,77 1 2 604,21 2713,64 2827,67 2906,34 2 946,50 () O] L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.