Activites

• #2264
• 2000/05/22 Council Meeting
• #2168
• 1999/03/21 Council Meeting
  • 2168
• 1999/03/11 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0174/1999 summary

    The Parliament approved the text of the Commission's proposal subject to some amendments. Parliament's rapporteur was Mr. Klau-Heiner LEHNE (EPP, D). One of the amendments deals with general implementing provisions governing in particular : - general working conditions, including recruitment and dismissal, - remuneration, - conditions of affiliation to social security and pension schemes, - place of work, - confidentiality, - the prohibition of outside activities, including lobbying, - the prohibition of discrimination against citizens of countries that do not belong to the EU, - disputes between employers and employees and the exclusion of the European Parliament's liability for the employment relationship. Another amendment states that the annual allowance for assistants is intended for the remuneration of assistants and other staff, their salaries being paid directly by the Parliament on the instructions of the Member. A further article was added by the Parliament. This governs the details that should be included in the contract of employment.�

• 1999/03/10 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1999/02/23 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0098/1999
• 1998/09/23 Additional information
• 1998/06/19 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1998/05/15 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1998)0312 summary

    OBJECTIVE: establish specific rules for parliamentary assistants recruited by members of the European Parliament. SUBSTANCE: according to the rules governing the expenses and allowances of Members (Article 14) each member is entitled to recruit one or more parliamentary assistants at a rate not exceeding the secretarial allowance specified in the budget of the European Union. It is for each MEP to decide on the number of assistants he/she requires and the amount of their remuneration. In the light of the legislation applicable by virtue of the contracts, as an employer the MEP is responsible for affiliating his/her assistant(s) to a social security scheme and declaring them for income tax under the scheme applicable to the contract. The effect of enlargement of the Union, of the expanding powers of the European Parliament and the rising number of MEPs and their assistants (there are now more than 1500) is that the current rules on parliamentary assistance are becoming more and more complex and differences in treatment are widening as 15 sets of legislation apply. It is therefore necessary to harmonize the terms of recruitment and employment of assistants, particularly since those concerned work within a European Institution in virtually identical conditions. It is for this reason that the Commission proposed that parliamentary assistants should be covered by the conditions of employment of other servants as auxiliary staff. However, in order to preserve the independence and autonomy of MEPs and to determine the remuneration (still subject to the maximum corresponding to the secretarial allowance) and the grading of the assistants in the light of their specific functions (which are difficult to classify within the remuneration scales currently provided for by the conditions of employment of other servants), an exceptional provision should be made as regards the conditions and duration of recruitment and the level of remuneration of parliamentary assistance which will be determined by internal rules of the European Parliament.�

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/human-resources/', 'title': 'Human Resources and Security'}, KALLAS Siim

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1998)0312
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0098/1999
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0174/1999
• Debate in Council: 2168

History

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