Legal provisions of COM(2019)471 - Mechanism for compensating the Member State whose national member is elected President of Eurojust

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dossier COM(2019)471 - Mechanism for compensating the Member State whose national member is elected President of Eurojust.
document COM(2019)471 EN
date December 19, 2019

Contents

Article 1

1. A Member State whose national member has been elected President of Eurojust and which has seconded another person to its national desk for this reason, and so is entitled under Article 11(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 to apply for compensation to the College of Eurojust (‘the College’) for that other person, shall include in its application the following information:

(a)the decision of the Member State concerned on the secondment of that person;

(b)the justification for the need to reinforce its national desk on grounds of an increased workload;

(c)details on the national monthly gross salary of the seconded person;

(d)details on any living costs and other associated expenses provided to the seconded person under national law;

(e)details on the account to which the compensation is to be transferred.

2. The Member State concerned shall send the application for compensation to the College within six months of the decision on the secondment of the person.

Article 2

1. The College shall decide on granting the compensation within three months from the reception of the application.

2. The Member State concerned shall be entitled to compensation for as long as its national member is President and for the corresponding period of the secondment of the person concerned.

Article 3

1. In accordance with Article 12(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1727, Eurojust shall reimburse the Member State concerned as follows:

(a)50 % of the national monthly gross salary of the seconded person; and

(b)living costs and other associated expenses which are actually incurred by the Member State concerned with respect to the seconded person.

2. The expenses referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be reimbursed only if the seconded person is entitled under national law to any type of allowances, or of payments corresponding to expenses, which are comparable in their nature to those provided for in Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (‘Staff Regulations’) (2), such as: family allowances, expatriation allowance, reimbursement of expenses linked to taking‐up duties, including installation allowance, resettlement allowance, travel expenses, removal expenses, daily subsistence allowance.

3. Eurojust shall reimburse the Member State concerned according to the conditions and financial limits applicable in that Member State. The reimbursements shall, in any case, not exceed the maximum amounts of the allowances or of the payments corresponding to expenses, as provided for in Annex VII to the Staff Regulations.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.