L 397/6 Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, Euratom) No 1895/2006 of 19 December 2006 adjusting with effect from 1 July 2006 the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities and the correction coefficients applied thereto THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and in particular Article 13 thereof, Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Con- ditions of employment of other servants of the European Com- munities 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 the first paragraph of Article 20, Article 64 and Article 92 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 Com- munity 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 ser- vants of the Communities should be adjusted under the 2006 annual review. (2)  Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, which shall take effect as from 1 January 2007, the correction coefficients applying to the remuneration of officials and other servants of the European Communities should be fixed for those Member States in accordance with Annex XI to the Staff Regulations, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 With effect from 1 July 2006, the date ‘1 July 2005’ in the sec- ond subparagraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by ‘1 July 2006". 1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation p g y Reg (EC, Euratom) No 1066/2006 (O] L 194, 14.7.2006, p. 1). Article 2 With effect from 1 July 2006, 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: 1/07/2006 STEP GRADE 1 2 3 4 5 16 15.605,87 16.261,64 16.944,98 15 13.792,98 14.372,58 14.976,53 15.393,20 15.605,87 14 12.190,69 12.702,96 13.236,76 13.605,02 13.792,98 13 10.774,54 11.227,30 11.699,08 12.024,57 12.190,69 12 9.522,89 9.923,06 10.340,04 10.627,71 10.774,54 11 8.416,65 8.770,33 9.138,87 9.393,12  9.522,89 10 7.438,91 7.751,50 8.077,23 8.301,95 8.416,65 9 6.574,76 6.851,04 7.138,92 7.337,54 7.438,91 8 5.810,99 6.055,17 6.309,62 6.485,16 6.574,76 7 5.135,94 5.351,76 5.576,65 5.731,80 5.810,99 6 4.539,32 4.730,06 4.928,83 5.065,95 5.135,94 5 4.012,00 4.180,59 4.356,26 4.477,46 4.539,32 4 3.54594 3.694,94 3.850,21 3.957,33  4.012,00 3 3.134,02  3.265,71 3.402,94 3.497,61  3.545094 2 2.769,95 2.886,34 3.007,63 3.091,31 3.134,02 1 2.448,17 2.551,05 2.658,24 2.732,20 2.769,95 Article 3 With effect from 16 May 2006, the correction coefficients appli- cable to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the countries and places listed below shall be as follows: Slovenia — 86,8. Article 4 With effect from 1 July 2006, the correction coefficients appli- cable under Article 64 of the Staff Regulations to the remunera- tion of officials and other servants shall be as indicated in column 2 of the following table. However, the date of entering into force of the correction coefficients for Bulgaria and Romania shall be 1 January 2007. With effect from 1 January 2007, the correction coefficients applicable under Article 17(3) of Annex VII to the Staff Regula- tions to transfers by officials and other servants shall be as indi- cated in column 3 of the following table. With effect from 1 July 2006, the correction coefficients appli- cable to pensions under Article 20(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be as indicated in column 4 of the following table. However, the date of entering into force of the correction coefficients for Bulgaria and Romania shall be 1 January 2007.