REPORT on the initiative of the French Republic on the proposal for a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol staff

19.2.2009 - (14479/2008 – C6‑0038/2009 – 2009/0804(CNS)) - *

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the initiative of the French Republic on the proposal for a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol staff

(14479/2008 – C6‑0038/2009 – 2009/0804(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the initiative of the French Republic (14479/2008),

–   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 (C6‑0038/2009),

–   having regard to Rules 93 and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6‑0078/2009),

1.  Approves the initiative of the French Republic;

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

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

4.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the government of the French 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, country that holds the European Police Office headquarters.

PROCEDURE

Title	Adjustment of basic salaries of Europol staff
References	14479/2008 – C6-0038/2009 – 2009/0804(CNS)
Date of consulting Parliament	27.1.2009
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	LIBE 5.2.2009
Committee(s) asked for opinion(s)        Date announced in plenary	BUDG 5.2.2009
Not delivering opinions        Date of decision	BUDG 10.2.2009
Rapporteur(s)        Date appointed	Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra 9.2.2009
Discussed in committee	9.2.2009		17.2.2009
Date adopted	17.2.2009
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	23 0 0
Members present for the final vote	Alexander Alvaro, Catherine Boursier, Emine Bozkurt, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Michael Cashman, Giusto Catania, Carlos Coelho, Gérard Deprez, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Armando França, Stavros Lambrinidis, Henrik Lax, Roselyne Lefrançois, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Claude Moraes, Martine Roure, Inger Segelström, Tatjana Ždanoka
Substitute(s) present for the final vote	Carlo Casini, Jean Lambert, Jörg Leichtfried, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Rainer Wieland