REPORT on the initiative of the Czech Republic with a view to adopting a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol staff

19.10.2009 - (10985/2009 – C7‑0099/2009 – 2009/0805(CNS)) - *

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Claude Moraes

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the initiative of the Czech Republic with a view to adopting a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol staff

(10985/2009 – C7‑0099/2009 – 2009/0805(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the initiative of the Czech Republic (10985/2009),

–   having regard to the Council Act of 3 December 1998 laying down the staff regulations applicable to Europol employees[1], and in particular Article 44 thereof,

–   having regard to Article 39(1) of the EU Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C7-0099/2009),

–   having regard to Rules 100 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A7-0040/2009),

1.  Approves the initiative of the Czech Republic;

2.  Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3.  Calls the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the initiative of the Czech Republic substantially;

4.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the government of the Czech Republic.

• [1]       OJ C 26, 30.1.1999, p. 23.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

As its own title indicates, the purpose of this Council Decision is to update the basic salaries and allowances of Europol staff.

It is an administrative measure addressed to adapt their remunerations to the increase in the cost of living in the Netherlands, as well as to the changes in salaries in the public service in the Member States.

PROCEDURE

Title	Adjustment of basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol staff
References	10985/2009 – C7-0099/2009 – 2009/0805(CNS)
Date of consulting Parliament	9.7.2009
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	LIBE 14.9.2009
Committee(s) asked for opinion(s)        Date announced in plenary	BUDG 14.9.2009
Not delivering opinions        Date of decision	BUDG 5.10.2009
Rapporteur(s)        Date appointed	Claude Moraes 6.10.2009
Discussed in committee	6.10.2009		19.10.2009
Date adopted	19.10.2009
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	45 1 1
Members present for the final vote	Jan Philipp Albrecht, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Louis Bontes, Rita Borsellino, Emine Bozkurt, Simon Busuttil, Rosario Crocetta, Cornelis de Jong, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Cornelia Ernst, Tanja Fajon, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Hélène Flautre, Sylvie Guillaume, Ágnes Hankiss, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Salvatore Iacolino, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Timothy Kirkhope, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Monica Luisa Macovei, Clemente Mastella, Nuno Melo, Louis Michel, Claude Moraes, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Judith Sargentini, Birgit Sippel, Csaba Sógor, Renate Sommer, Rui Tavares, Wim van de Camp, Axel Voss
Substitute(s) present for the final vote	Elena Oana Antonescu, Andrew Henry William Brons, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Ioan Enciu, Monika Hohlmeier, Stanimir Ilchev, Franziska Keller, Petru Constantin Luhan, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Mariya Nedelcheva, Michèle Striffler, Cecilia Wikström
Date tabled	19.10.2009