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CM(2020)142

28 October 2020[1]

1391st meeting, 8 December 2020 11 Programme, Budget and Administration   11.2 Co-ordinating Committee on Remuneration (CCR) – b. Annual adjustment of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value at 1 January 2021 273rd report Item to be considered by the GR-PBA at its meeting on 24 November 2020

 

ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE ALLOWANCES/SUPPLEMENTS EXPRESSED

IN ABSOLUTE VALUE AT 1 JANUARY 2021

CCR Report (273^rd Report)

1.         Introduction

1.1       On 24 March 2016, the CCR adopted the 242^nd Report [CCR/R(2016)5][2] which governs the method of adjustment for the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value: i.e. the basic family allowance, the dependent child allowance, the dependent child supplement, the expatriated child allowance, the handicapped child allowance, the supplements for disabled or severely disabled child, the dependent person’s allowance and the supplement for disabled and dependent parent.

1.2       In accordance with Article 5.1 of the 242^nd Report, the monthly amount of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value in force in Belgium shall be adjusted by means of the weighted average trend, during the reference period, of the monthly dependent child allowance amounts in the reference countries referred to in the salary adjustment method set out in the 244^th Report [CCR/R(2016)7], i.e. Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain and the United Kingdom.

1.3       In accordance with Article 5.2 of the 242^nd Report, for all other countries, the purchasing power parities are applied to the monthly amount for Belgium in order to ensure equivalency of the amount in each duty country within the Co-ordinated system.

2.         Conclusions

2.1       Position of the CRSG

The CRSG welcomes the CCR recommendation that reflects the strict application of the current method of adjustment for the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value.

2.2       Position of the CRP

The CRP takes note of the annual adjustment of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value at 1 January 2021.

3.         Recommendation

The CCR invites the Governing bodies of the Co-ordinated Organisations to approve, with effect from 1 January 2021, the amounts of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value set out in the table annexed hereto.

David Sydney Maddicott

Chairman

(Paris, September 30, 2020)

ANNEX

ALLOWANCES/SUPPLEMENTS EXPRESSED IN ABSOLUTE VALUE

Amounts at 1 January 2021

NOTE:  ¹With the exception of the expatriated child allowance, the amounts presented in column 1 above are applicable to the basic family allowance and all other allowances/supplements expressed in absolute values set out in paragraph 3 of the 242^nd Report and as listed in paragraph 1.1 of this document.