WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1525/98 by Bertel HAARDER to the Council. Staff regulations for officials of the European Communities
C 323/134 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 10. 98 Since 1988, pursuant to the interinstitutional agreements áthe two arms of the budgetary authority agree to accept for the financial years (covered by the financial perspective) the maximum rates of increase for non-compulsory expenditure deriving from the budgets established within the ceilings set by the financial perspectiveí. Before that date, disagreements over the implementation of the provisions relating to the maximum rates of increase several times (1980, 1982, 1986, 1987) prevented the budget procedure from running its normal course as well as the adoption of the budget within the deadlines set. With regard to the other points of the question put by the Honourable Member, it is not for the Commission to pass judgment on the way a Member State (or one of its bodies) intends to broach the discussion on the proposals presented. (1) OJ C 331, 7. 12. 1993. (98/C 323/206) WRITTEN QUESTION P-1525/98 by Bertel Haarder (ELDR) to the Council (11 May 1998) Subject: Staff regulations for officials of the European Communities In the light of the critical attitude towards the Union in many Member States and of the current reform of the Staff Regulations for EU officials, will the Council support initiatives to amend the Staff Regulations for EU officials so that, irrespective of the category of post, such officials seconded to the Commissionís and Parliamentís information offices in their own country of origin are employed as local staff for the duration of their secondment? Answer (13/14 July 1998) The Council would remind the Honourable Member that, in accordance with Article 24 of the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities are adopted by the Council, acting by a qualified majority, on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the other institutions concerned. To date, the Council has not received any proposal from the Commission to include in the Staff Regulations specific proposals concerning officials seconded to the Commissionís and Parliamentís information offices