31.712. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 386/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC, EEC) No 3821/81 of 15 December 1981 amending the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of those Communities THE COUNCI. OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities, and in particular Article 24 thereof, Having regard to the Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities, and in particular Article 13 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, presented after consulting the Staff Regulations Committee, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ('), Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice, Having taken note of the report of the Consultation Committee set up by the Council Decision of 23 June 1981, Whereas the specific difficulties of the economic and social situation necessitate the introduction of a special levy assessed on the basis of the economic data reflecting the average gaps recorded in the Member States between the trend in real per capita wages and salaries and the trend in: — total productivity (GDP in volume terms per person employed), — productivity  available  for  distribution  (i.e. productivity corrected for terms of trade), — productivity per member of the active population, including persons in employment and the unemployed, which levy should apply to the salaries, pensions and termination-of-service allowances paid net by the Communities; (1) O] No C 327, 14. 12. 1981, p. 56. Whereas, however, the application of this levy to pensions and termination-of-service allowances should be suspended for the first five years; Whereas the Staff Regulations should be amended for this purpose, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: CHAPTER 1 Amendments to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities Article 1 After Article 66 of the Staff Regulations, an Article 66a shall be inserted reading as follows: ‘Article 66a 1. By way of derogation from Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68, a special temporary levy shall be applied for a period expiring on 1 July 1991 to net salaries, pensions and termination-of-service allowances. 2. (a) During the first five years the levy rates which shall apply to the basis referred to in paragraph 3 below shall progress as follows: — 2+54 % of the amount making up its basis * durihg the first year, — 5:08 % of this amount during the second year, — 7-62 % of this amount during the third year, — 10-16 % of this amount during the fourth year, and — 12-7 % of this amount during the fifth year.