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CM(2023)80

 25 May 2023[1]

1470th meeting, 28 June 2023

11 Programme, Budget and Administration

 

11.4 Co-ordinating Committee on Remuneration (CCR)

a. 2022 activity report – Chairman’s Report

Item to be considered by the GR-PBA at its meeting on 16 June 2023

 

(Report of the CCR Chair, Mr. Syd Maddicott)

I.          Introduction

1.            Co-ordination was created in 1958 and today it includes six international organisations: the Council of Europe (CoE), the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Space Agency (ESA), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). These Organisations employ more than 15 500 staff members and over 9 000 former staff or their dependants receive a pension from the Co-ordinated Pension Scheme. At 1 January 2021, 58 countries were members of the Co‑ordinated Organisations (COs). In addition to the six COs, a further 28 international organisations have Associated Organisation status. They employ over 13 000 staff members and are informed of the activities of Co-ordination but have no right to take part in negotiations.

2.            Co‑ordination was created in order to relieve the Governing bodies of the COs of the need to set the remuneration and pensions of their staff individually. The system operates on the basis of tripartite discussions among three committees: the Co‑ordinating Committee on Remuneration (CCR), made up of national delegates of the member countries of the Organisations, the Committee of Representatives of the Secretaries/Directors-General (CRSG), comprising representatives of the Secretaries/Directors-General of the Organisations, and the Committee of Staff Representatives (CRP), composed of staff representatives of the Organisations.

II.       The Committees

3.            At the June 2015 session of Co-ordination, I was elected Chair of the CCR for an initial three‑year period beginning on 1 July 2015. I was re-elected in June 2018, in March 2019 and again in May 2020[2] until 30 June 2021. At the June 2021 session, my mandate was renewed for a one-year term, to 30 June 2022. During the September 2021 Co-ordination session, the CCR agreed that a simplified election process could be used for the  election of the CCR Chair and decided to amend its rules of procedure accordingly[3]. As the ISRP did not receive any other applications by 31 December 2021, I was reappointed until 30 June 2023, in accordance with the new procedure. At the September 2022 session I informed delegates of my availability to stand again as the CCR Chair, with the support of the UK delegation. Since no other application has been received by the due date of 31 December 2022, my term of office shall be automatically extended by one year. Such extension shall be formally recorded at the June 2023 session.

4.            Ms Marianna Fucci (Italy), Vice-Chair and Legal Adviser to the CCR, was elected from 1 January 2020 for a mandate of two years that was renewed at the June 2021 session of the Co-ordination for another two‑year term, from 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2023.

5.            At their 20 June 2022 meeting, the Executive Directors agreed to extend the current term of Mr Christian Overbeck (ESA) as CRSG Chair and of Ms Floricica Olteanu (NATO) and Mr Jean-Pierre Couchinave (OECD) as CRSG Vice-Chairs for another two years, starting from 1 January 2023.

6.            In September 2021, Mr Jeremy Maddison was elected as CRP Chair while Mr Samuel Quesada‑Ruiz (ECMWF) and Ms Isabelle Conway (ESA) were elected as Vice-Chairs. In September 2022 they were re‑elected for another year.

7.            In 2022, there were two Co-ordination sessions where the committees met separately and in bilateral and tripartite meetings.

8.            Throughout 2022, the ISRP provided technical and administrative assistance in the area of remunerations and pensions, and prepared the working documents that form the basis of the work of Co‑ordination.

III.      Recommendations

9.            The activities of the Committees gave rise to thirty-eight CCR reports, a record in the history of the Co-ordination, with recommendations that were submitted to the Governing bodies of the six COs (see the list of reports in the Annex).

10.          In the first part of the year, to deal with the particular economic situation of high inflation rates, the Co-ordination meeting was mainly focused on the special adjustment of salaries, the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value and the ceilings of the installation allowance for staff deployed in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Germany, Greece, Hungary and the United Kingdom.

11.          Because of a situation of very high inflation in Türkiye, the CCR recommended an extraordinary mechanism at the beginning of January 2022. The temporary measure was designed to last until the end of the reference period and its application led to the adoption of six CCR Reports of exceptional adjustment of salaries, of allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value and of the ceilings of the installation allowance for staff posted in that country.  

12.          The second part of the year was mainly devoted to start exploring the question of the base city for the calculation of the purchasing power parities (PPP) as well as to usual and recurrent topics such as the annual adjustment of salaries and allowances.

IV.     Main activities

A.         Special adjustments of salaries, allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value and the ceilings of the installation allowance

13.          The salary adjustment method [280th Report, CCR/R(2021)4] provides for a special adjustment of salaries when the relevant consumer price index in a country shows an increase of more than 7% over three consecutive months since the beginning of the reference period from July 1 of a given year to July 1 of the following year. A similar provision is replicated in the methods of adjustment of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value [242nd Report, CCR/R(2016)5[4]] and of the installation allowance [229th Report, CCR/R(2014)4].


                 i.        For Belgium at 1 March 2022, 287th, 288th and 289th Reports  [CCR/R(2022)5, CCR/R(2022)6 and CCR/R(2022)7]

14.          The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) in Belgium since 1 July 2021 exceeded this threshold of 7% over three consecutive months: in February 2022 (7.5%), March 2022 (8.3%) and April 2022 (8.6%). The CCR therefore recommended a special adjustment of 7% at 1 March 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in Belgium (287th Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (288th Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (289th Report).

               ii.        For Luxembourg at 1 April 2022, 293rd, 294th and 295th Reports [CCR/R(2022)11, CCR/R(2022)12 and CCR/R(2022)13]

15.          The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) in Luxembourg since 1 July 2021 exceeded this threshold of 7% over three consecutive months: in March 2022 (7.2%), April 2022 (8.2%) and May 2022 (8.8%). The CCR therefore recommended a special adjustment of 7% at 1 April 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in Luxembourg (293rd Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (294th Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (295th Report).

              iii.        For the Netherlands at 1 April 2022, 296th, 297thand 298th  Reports [CCR/R(2022)14, CCR/R(2022)15 and CCR/R(2022)16]

16.          The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) in the Netherlands since 1 July 2021 exceeded this threshold of 7% over three consecutive months: in March 2022 (10.5%), April 2022 (10.9%) and May 2022 (10.0%). The CCR therefore recommended a special adjustment of 7% at 1 April 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in the Netherlands (296th Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (297th Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (298th Report).

              iv.        For Poland at 1 April 2022, 299th, 300th and 301st Reports [CCR/R(2022)17, CCR/R(2022)18 and CCR/R(2022)19]

17.          The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) in Poland since 1 July 2021 exceeded this threshold of 7% over three consecutive months: in March 2022 (9.0%), April 2022 (10.9%) and May 2022 (12.7%). The CCR therefore recommended a special adjustment of 7% at 1 April 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in Poland (299th Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (300th Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (301st Report).

                v.        For Spain at 1 April 2022, 302nd, 303rd and 304th Reports [CCR/R(2022)20, CCR/R(2022)21 and CCR/R(2022)22]

18.          The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) in Spain since 1 July 2021 exceeded this threshold of 7% over three consecutive months: in March 2022 (7.5%), April 2022 (7.2%) and May 2022 (8.0%). The CCR therefore recommended a special adjustment of 7% at 1 April 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in Spain (302nd Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (303rd Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (304th Report).

              vi.        For Germany at 1 May 2022, 307th, 308th and 309th Reports [CCR/R(2022)25, CCR/R(2022)26 and CCR/R(2022)27]

19.          The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) in Germany since 1 July 2021 exceeded this threshold of 7% over three consecutive months: in April 2022 (7.1%), May 2022 (8.3%) and June 2022 (8.2%). The CCR therefore recommended a special adjustment of 7% at 1 May 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in Germany (307th Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (308th Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (309th Report).

             vii.        For Greece at 1 May 2022, 310th, 311th and 312th Reports [CCR/R(2022)28, CCR/R(2022)29 and CCR/R(2022)30]

20.          The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) in Greece since 1 July 2021 exceeded this threshold of 7% over three consecutive months: in April 2022 (8.2%), May 2022 (9.2%) and June 2022 (11.6%). The CCR therefore recommended a special adjustment of 7% at 1 May 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in Greece (310th Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (311th Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (312th Report).


            viii.        For Hungary at 1 May 2022, 313th, 314th and 315th Reports [CCR/R(2022)31, CCR/R(2022)32 and CCR/R(2022)33]

21.          The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) in Hungary since 1 July 2021 exceeded this threshold of 7% over three consecutive months: in April 2022 (8.5%), May 2022 (10.4%) and June 2022 (12.6%). The CCR therefore recommended a special adjustment of 7% at 1 May 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in Hungary (313th Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (314th Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (315th Report).

              ix.        For the United Kingdom at 1 May 2022, 316th, 317th and 318th Reports [CCR/R(2022)34, CCR/R(2022)35 and CCR/R(2022)36]

22.          The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) in the United Kingdom since 1 July 2021 exceeded this threshold of 7% over three consecutive months: in April 2022 (7.8%), May 2022 (8.5%) and June 2022 (9.4%). The CCR therefore recommended a special adjustment of 7% at 1 May 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in the United Kingdom (316th Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (317th Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (318th Report).

B.         Exceptional adjustment of salaries, allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value and the ceilings of the installation allowance for Türkiye

23.          According to the 283rd Report relating to the exceptional temporary measure applicable in case of very high inflation in Türkiye, each time, within the reference period that started on 1 July 2021, a national consumer price month-on-month trend shows an increase of more than 7%, the CCR should send a recommendation to Governing bodies of the Co-ordinated Organisations providing for an exceptional temporary adjustment of salaries for that country’s scale. A similar provision is replicated in the methods of adjustment of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value and of the installation allowance.

                 i.        At 1 February 2022, 284th, 285th and 286th Reports [CCR/R(2022)2, CCR/R(2022)3 and CCR/R(2022)4]

24.          In Türkiye, the month-on-month trend of the official cost-of-living index, measured for the purposes of the 280th Report by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), showed an increase of more than 7% for the month of January 2022 over the month of December 2021, being equal to 11.1%. The resulting exceptional adjustment equals the overall inflation trend measured, which is 11.1%. Therefore, the CCR recommended an exceptional adjustment of 11.1% at 1 February 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in Türkiye(284th Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (285th Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (286th Report).

               ii.        At 1 May 2022, 290th, 291st and 292nd Reports [CCR/R(2022)8, CCR/R(2022)9 and CCR/R(2022)10]

25.          In Türkiye, the month-on-month trend of the official cost-of-living index, measured for the purposes of the 280th Report1 by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), showed an increase of more than 7% for the month of April 2022 over the month of March 2022, which is equal to 7.3%. The overall inflation trend measured from the reset point in January 2022 until April 2022 leaded to an exceptional adjustment of 18.6%. Therefore, the CCR recommended an exceptional adjustment of 18.6% at 1 May 2022 of the salaries for all categories of staff in Türkiye (290th Report), the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value (291st Report) and the ceilings of the installation allowance (292nd Report).

C.         Special adjustment clause for allowances expressed in absolute value, 305th Report [CCR/R(2022)23 and CCR/R(2022)23/COR]

26.          One of the changes introduced by the new salary adjustment method (SAM) recommended by the CCR 280th Report [CCR/R(2021)4] was the amendment of the provisions governing the special adjustments. These amendments were introduced upon the CRSG proposal after a decision rendered by the Administrative Tribunal of NATO on the matter. The provisions governing the special adjustment of allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value included in the CCR 242nd Report [CCR/R(2016)5] were currently identical to those included in the previous SAM and that required clarification. For the sake of consistency and in order to avoid any future litigation, the CCR decided to align the provisions included in Article 6 of the adjustment method for allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value with the provisions introduced in the SAM through the 280th Report of the CCR. The adoption of the report did not give rise to any comments from the CRSG or the CRP.


D.         Increase in the number of steps for grade L1, 306th Report [CCR/R(2022)24]

27.          The CRSG made a proposal with the aim of improving consistency and fairness in the careers of staff in grades A1 and L1, for which the number of steps was not identical. In 2016, the number of steps for the grade A1 had been increased. The CCR recommended to the Governing bodies to approve the values of the extended L 1 grade for the countries for which a Co-ordinated salary scale is calculated (10 steps for grade L1, as for the other L grades - except L4, in which there are 12 steps). There are currently two staff members in the L1 grade.

28.          The CRP considered that the CRSG's proposal to increase the number of steps for grade L1 did not offer a solution to problems encountered by the Co-ordinated Organisations, nor did it offer any real career prospects.

E.         Annual salary adjustment at 1 January 2023, 319th Report [CCR/R(2022)37]

29.          The provisions governing the annual salary adjustment of all categories of staff of the
Co-ordinated Organisations at 1 January 2023 are set out in Annex 1 to the 280th Report. The proposal by the Secretaries/Directors-General for the adjustment, with effect at 1 January 2023, has been drawn up in accordance with the procedure to come into effect on 1 January 2023, once adopted by the Governing bodies of the Co-ordinated Organisations.

30.          The delegations of Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom, although they adopted the report, included a statement in it.

F.         Annual adjustment of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value at 1 January 2023, 320th Report [CCR/R(2022)38]

31.          In accordance with the adjustment method of the 242nd Report [CCR/R(2016)5], the CCR adopted the 320th Report on the adjustment of allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value at 1 January 2022. The annual adjustment of the monthly amounts in force in Belgium corresponds to the weighted average of the percentage changes, during the reference period, in the monthly amounts of the dependent child allowance in the reference countries covered by the salary adjustment method set out in Annex 1 of the 280th Report, namely Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. For the other countries, the amounts were calculated by applying purchasing power parities to the amounts for Belgium.

32.          It should be noted that in accordance with Article 6 of the method of adjustment for the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value, the special adjustments of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value applicable on 1 March in Belgium; applicable on 1 April in Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Spain; applicable at 1 May in Germany, Greece, Hungary and the United Kingdom; as well as the exceptional temporary measure for very high inflation applicable in three occasions in Türkiye, at 1 January 2022, 1 February 2022 and 1 May 2022, shall be deducted in order to arrive to the final amounts of the allowances/supplements applicable at 1 January 2023 for these duty countries.

33.          The adoption of the report did not give rise to any particular comments from the CRSG or the CRP.

V.      2023 Programme of Work

34.          In addition to the recurrent topics such as the annual adjustment of salaries and allowances/supplements, the CCR will discuss the guiding principles for the new SAM and pursue the discussions on the possible implications of a change in the base city for the calculation of the purchasing power parities (PPP). The CCR also agreed with the CRSG proposal to examinethe trend analysis of the components of the remuneration package in the Co‑ordinated Organisations’ employment markets.

35.          In the second part of the year the CCR will review the ceilings of the education allowance (EDU), the rates for the daily subsistence allowance (DSA) and the ceilings for the installation allowance.


VI.     Conclusions

36.          The CCR – and Co-ordination more widely - has been under some strain for the last two years because of the Covid pandemic. This has meant that meetings have been held virtually (via Webex) rather than in person. While organisations in general may consider that a virtual meeting is an acceptable alternative to a face-to-face meeting, this is not, in my view, the case for Co-ordination since our meetings involve important negotiations and these are best held face-to-face. It was a great relief, therefore, to be able to hold a hybrid meeting in Darmstadt last June, with many delegates appearing in person. I was particularly glad to see the reintroduction of simultaneous translation, so that the session could proceed in both official languages. Our meeting in Paris last September was more fully attended in person and we hope to see the meetings return completely to normal soon, though provision may continue to be made for a small number of delegates with real health concerns to participate virtually if they need to.

37.          In line with requests, notably from the Executive Directors, to keep meetings shorter, we were able to finish both the Darmstadt and Paris meetings well ahead of time and we will continue to economise, where we can, on delegates’ valuable time and their accommodation costs in 2023. 2022 also saw only two sessions of Co-ordination, again saving delegates’ time. In February 2023, our first meeting of the year to be held in Paris, is scheduled to last only two days. We will continue to start sessions at 10 am on the first day to facilitate the attendance of delegates based in capitals, at NATO in Brussels, at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and at other European locations.

38.          Despite shorter and fewer meetings, the CCR made a record number of recommendations in 2022. This was principally because of high inflation rates. The key point about the additional payments made to staff in those countries with high inflation and very high inflation is that these awards were effectively interim awards, taken fully into account at the adjustment of salaries on 1 January of the following year.

39.          CCR delegates based at the OECD in Paris, who make up a significant proportion of delegates at CCR, have raised concerns about the impact of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) calculations on the OECD’s budget. A suggestion was made that the base city for PPP, currently Brussels, might be changed to Paris (see para 41 below). This would have had the effect of reducing the OECD costs in 2022 and 2023. This issue is acute for two Co-ordinated Organisations (CO) – the OECD and the Council of Europe. Both have most of their staff based in France and accordingly PPP is not as critical for them as it is for other COs, which have staff in several locations, such as NATO and ESA. OECD members have asked the ISRP to review the OECD’s participation in Co-ordination and a similar review is taking place at the Council of Europe.

40.          The problem for both Organisations appears to be that for both of them, staff costs are a high proportion of total costs and at a time of budget constraint ANY increase in staff costs is difficult to absorb. Like all the COs, they both have their own ‘affordability clauses’ (outside the scope of Co-ordination) but these clauses cannot provide a panacea to all the budgetary problems faced.

41.          An argument has been advanced that the reason Brussels was originally chosen as the base city for PPP calculations was that Belgium and Luxembourg (originally bracketed together) employed the highest number of CO staff but that with the creation of a separate Luxembourg Salary Scale, this was no longer the case. While it is true that Belgium is no longer the country with the highest number of CO staff, an investigation revealed that the reason for choosing Brussels was never made explicit. One of the factors might well have been the easy co-operation it gave the ISRP and its predecessors with Eurostat, facilitated by the choice of Brussels as the base city. Any change would have to take into account any potential reduction in this co-operation and the associated costs.

42.          A number of CCR delegations wished to pursue the matter and legal advice was sought on how soon any change could be made. Before the September meeting, Legal Adviser, Marianna Fucci confirmed her initial view, given at the Darmstadt meeting, that changing the PPP base city could not be addressed other than as part of a new Salary Adjustment Method (SAM). This new SAM would form part of a CCR Report sent to the Governing Bodies in the second half 2025 at the latest for implementation from 1 January 2026. OECD-based delegates recognised that even if the OECD ceased to participate in the Co‑ordinated SAM and produced its own adjustment method, it would not be able to introduce it any earlier.


43.          The CCR is now already starting to focus on the next version of the SAM with the aim of reaching agreement in the latter part of 2024 or at the latest in early 2025. Among its considerations will be:

a.            The principles that should apply to the new SAM. These discussions will start in February 2023.

b.            The base city for PPP calculations. Initial discussions suggest that the CCR will not look to force any CO to accept a change in the base city that it does not believe to be in its best interest. I see this as a welcome approach by CCR delegations who recognise that they represent their country’s interests in making Co-ordination work for all six COs. This might mean a compromise is required, having two base cities (Brussels and Paris) with COs having the option to choose between them for at least the duration of the SAM. The exact way this would work is a complicated issue and the CCR will start discussing detailed options in its first meeting of 2023.

c.            Some CCR delegations have expressed concerns about the way inflation is treated within the CCR and this is likely to be discussed during 2023.

44.          The existing SAM has been operating in several slight variations for a number of years. The CCR has, over recent years, attempted to make changes to the SAM to make it reflect wider economic circumstances among member countries. This has resulted in the introduction of the Moderation Clause and the Exception Clause. CCR delegates might understandably focus on the particular problems faced by the COs where they are based, but they have to exercise caution both in trying to address budgetary problems by making adjustments to the SAM or by reducing the duration of the SAM too much to reflect the latest concerns. Economic trends now current among member countries can easily change as can the situations within each of the COs.

45.          The CCR is assiduous in following Legal Advice provided by its Legal Advisers, which has been proved effective. Over the last couple of years, challenges have been made in the Administrative Tribunals to the decisions made by the Governing Councils of the COs on the CCR’s recommendations for reform of the Co-ordinated Pension Scheme. Appeals made in all six COs have so far failed, though the possibility of further appeals, when serving staff reach pensionable age, cannot be ruled out.

 


ANNEX

LIST OF CCR REPORTS ADOPTED IN 2022

CCR/R(2022)1

283rd CCR Report

Exceptional temporary measure applicable in case of very high inflation in Turkey

CCR/R(2022)2

284th CCR Report

Exceptional adjustment of salaries at 1 February 2022 for Turkey

CCR/R(2022)3

285th CCR Report

Exceptional adjustment of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value at 1 February 2022 for Turkey

CCR/R(2022)4

286th CCR Report

Exceptional adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance at 1 February 2022 for Turkey

CCR/R(2022)5

287th CCR Report

Special adjustment of salaries at 1 March 2022 for Belgium

CCR/R(2022)6

288th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value at 1 March 2022 for Belgium

CCR/R(2022)7

289th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance at 1 March 2022 for Belgium

CCR/R(2022)8

290th CCR Report

Exceptional adjustment of salaries at 1 May 2022 for Türkiye[5]

CCR/R(2022)9

291st CCR Report

Exceptional adjustment of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value at 1 May 2022 for Türkiye

CCR/R(2022)10

292nd CCR Report

Exceptional adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance at 1 May 2022 for Türkiye

CCR/R(2022)11

293rd CCR Report

Special adjustment of salaries at 1 April 2022 for Luxembourg

CCR/R(2022)12

294th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the allowances/supplements at 1 April 2022
for Luxembourg

CCR/R(2022)13

295th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance at 1 April 2022 for Luxembourg

CCR/R(2022)14

296th CCR Report

Special adjustment of salaries at 1 April 2022 for the Netherlands

CCR/R(2022)15

297th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the allowances/supplements at 1 April 2022
for the Netherlands

CCR/R(2022)16

298th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance
at 1 April 2022 for the Netherlands

CCR/R(2022)17

299th CCR Report

Special adjustment of salaries at 1 April 2022 for Poland

CCR/R(2022)18

300th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the allowances/supplements
at 1 April 2022 for Poland

CCR/R(2022)19

301st CCR Report

Special adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance
at 1 April 2022 for Poland

CCR/R(2022)20

302nd CCR Report

Special adjustment of salaries at 1 April 2022 for Spain

CCR/R(2022)21

303rd CCR Report

Special adjustment of the allowances/supplements at 1 April 2022 for Spain 

CCR/R(2022)22

304th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance
at 1 April 2022 for Spain

CCR/R(2022)23 & CCR/R(2022)23/COR

305th CCR Report

Special adjustment clause for allowances

CCR/R(2022)24

306th CCR Report

Increase in the number of steps for grade L1

CCR/R(2022)25

307th CCR Report

Special adjustment of salaries at 1 May 2022 for Germany

CCR/R(2022)26

308th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the allowances/supplements at 1 May 2022 for Germany

CCR/R(2022)27

309th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance at 1 May 2022 for Germany

CCR/R(2022)28

310th CCR Report

Special adjustment of salaries at 1 May 2022 for Greece

CCR/R(2022)29

311th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the allowances/supplements at 1 May 2022 for Greece

CCR/R(2022)30

312th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance at 1 May 2022 for Greece

CCR/R(2022)31

313th CCR Report

Special adjustment of salaries at 1 May 2022 for Hungary

CCR/R(2022)32

314th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the allowances/supplements at 1 May 2022 for Hungary

CCR/R(2022)33

315th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance at 1 May 2022 for Hungary

CCR/R(2022)34

316th CCR Report

Special adjustment of salaries at 1 May 2022 for the United Kingdom

CCR/R(2022)35

317th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the allowances/supplements at 1 May 2022 for the United Kingdom

CCR/R(2022)36

318th CCR Report

Special adjustment of the ceilings of the installation allowance at 1 May 2022 for the United Kingdom

CCR/R(2022)37

319th CCR Report

Annual adjustment of salaries for staff of the Co-ordinated Organisations at 1 January 2023

CCR/R(2022)38

320th CCR Report

Annual adjustment of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value at 1 January 2023



[1] This document has been classified restricted until examination by the Committee of Ministers.

[2] Due to Covid-19, the June session of Co-ordination was cancelled. As a result, I was re‑elected Chair of the CCR for another one-year mandate, under a written procedure ending on 15 May 2020.

[3] This brings the rules for the re-election of the Chair into line with the rules for the re-election of the Vice Chair/Legal Adviser.

[4] With the 305th Report, CCR/R(2022)23, the CCR approved a new wording of article 6 to align it with the provisions introduced in the SAM through the 280th Report. The report is currently under approval by Councils of the Co‑ordinated Organisations.

[5] In June 2022 the official name of Turkey has changed to the “Republic of Türkiye” (short name “Türkiye”).