Activites

• 1998/04/15 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1998/781
  • OJ L 113 15.04.1998, p. 0004
• 1998/04/07 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1998/04/07 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1997/02/20 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0056/1997 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the report by Mrs MaLou LINDHOLM (Greens, S) on the amendment of the Staff Regulations of Officials with several modifications. Parliament called in particular for: - respect for the principle of equal opportunity and rejection of all forms of discrimination, - when reference is made in the Staff Regulations to marital status as a basis for rights of officials and other servants (remunerations and other social security benefits), application of the Regulations to a partnership which is registered or acknowledged in a Member State or by the European Communities (e.g. homosexual couple), - as balanced a representation as possible of women and men within the institution when selecting officials, - an equal opportunities committee for staff with the task of promoting and monitoring implementation of the principle of equal treatment. �

• 1997/02/19 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    While agreeing with most of the amendments tabled, Commissioner Liikanen stated that he could not accept these because it was the Council which was responsible for deciding on the Staff Regulations. However, the Commissioner shared the view that no discrimination against homosexual or heterosexual cohabiting couples was admissible. The Council therefore needed to substantially reform this aspect in accordance with the principle of equal treatment. In this respect, the contribution of those Member States whose legislation was at a more advanced stage, such as the Netherlands and Sweden, could prove decisive.

• 1997/01/27 Committee report tabled for plenary, reconsultation
  • A4-0046/1997
• 1997/01/27 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/10/17 Formal reconsultation of Parliament
• 1996/03/04 Amended legislative proposal for reconsultation published
  • COM(1996)0077 summary

    This Commission proposal is intended to revise its proposed Regulation amending the Staff Regulations in order: - first, to take account of the changes made by the European Parliament in plenary on 19 November 1993, and - secondly, to take account of the consultations held by the Commission throughout 1994 concerning the principle of equal treatment. The new text thus accepts that the principle of equal treatment should be included among the basic tenets set out in the Staff Regulations and Conditions of Employment applying to the Community's public service, and not only in the matter of recruitment. At the same time, it invites the institutions to determine, by agreement, positive actions to promote equal opportunities for female and male officials and to redress the inequalities which hamper the opportunities for women in the areas covered by the Staff Regulations. In addition, officials and temporary staff must be selected without distinction as to sex or sexual orientation (EP amendment). �

• 1993/11/19 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

  • T3-0666/1993 summary

    The Members adopted the report by Mrs Marie-Claude Vayssade (PSE, F). The Commission proposal sought to give substance in the Staff Regulations themselves to the principle, already recognised by Community legislation, of equal treatment between men and women and to insert a specific clear rule which stated that if, in the Community public service, de facto inequalities emerged, positive actions to promote women (or rather the 'under-represented sex') should be defined by agreement between the Institutions. The report by Mrs Vayssade went further, proposing in future some 'positive discriminations', on the understanding that these apparently discriminatory measures had to be temporary and could be abolished or modified as and when they attained their objective. The rapporteur requested inter alia that, where a number of candidates were recognised as being equally suitable to fill a post and one of the sexes was significantly under-represented in the posts at that level, preference should be given to the candidate belonging to the under-represented sex, the same principle applying to promotions. Lastly, the rapporteur was in favour of the presence, with observer status, of the Equal Opportunities Committee - whose existence should be expressly recognised in the Staff Regulation - in the Staff Regulations Committee, the Advisory Committee on Promotion, the Joint Committee etc. �

• 1993/10/14 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A3-0317/1993
• 1993/04/19 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1993/03/19 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1993)0106 summary

    The proposal for a Council Regulation sought: - to apply the principle of equal treatment for men and women to the basic standards underlying the Staff Regulations of the European Communities and the arrangements that applied to other EC officials, and not only for recruitment purposes; - to include a specific rule indicating that if de facto inequalities were found to exist at any level of EU public service, then positive actions in support of women were to be initiated by the institutions acting collectively. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1993)0106
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A3-0317/1993
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T3-0666/1993
• Amended legislative proposal for reconsultation published: COM(1996)0077
• Committee report tabled for plenary, reconsultation: A4-0046/1997
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0056/1997
• : Regulation 1998/781
• : OJ L 113 15.04.1998, p. 0004

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)