Date: 2019-11-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (EU) 2019/1990 of 28 November 2019 delegating to the Director of the Office for the Administration and Payment of the Individual Entitlements of the European Commission certain powers of the authorising officer concerning the payment of remunerations and the payment of mission and authorised travel expenses
Executive Summary:
Council Decision (EU) 2019/1990 delegates certain powers of the authorising officer to the Director of the Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO) of the European Commission. These powers concern the validation, authorisation, and payment of remunerations, mission expenses, and authorised travel expenses to staff and high-level public office holders. The decision is effective from the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and applies from the date of acceptance of powers by PMO.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Delegation of Powers:**
* The Director of the PMO is delegated the authority to validate and authorise payments of remuneration, mission expenses, and authorised travel expenses.
* This delegation applies to staff and high-level public office holders.
* The payments will be booked to specific chapters, articles, and items of Section II of the EU general budget.
* The delegation includes the power to estimate, establish, and authorise revenues linked to the expenditures.
* **Limitations of Delegation:**
* The delegation does not apply in cases where the powers delegated by the Council to the PMO under Article 11 of Decision EU 2019/792 were relinquished.
* **Entry into Force and Application:**
* The decision enters into force upon publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* It applies from the date of receipt by the General Secretariat of the Council of a letter confirming acceptance by the PMO, or upon the exercise of those delegated powers by the PMO, whichever is earlier.
Impact Analysis:
* **Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO):**
* Impact: Gains delegated powers of the authorising officer to validate and authorise specific payments.
* Action Required: Accept the delegated powers by sending a letter of confirmation to the General Secretariat of the Council or by exercising the delegated powers.
* **General Secretariat of the Council (GSC):**
* Impact: Transfers certain authorising officer powers to the PMO, impacting the payment process for staff and high-level public office holders' remunerations, mission and travel expenses.
* Action Required: Note the effective transfer date (acceptance by PMO) and adjust internal procedures accordingly.
* **European Council and Council Staff and High-Level Public Office Holders:**
* Impact: Payments of remuneration, mission, and travel expenses will be validated and authorised by the PMO Director.
* Action Required: No immediate action required, but be aware of the change in the payment authorisation process.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Council of the European Union: One of the two legislative bodies of the European Union, consisting of government ministers from each EU member state.
European Parliament: One of the legislative bodies of the European Union.
Regulation EU, Euratom 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO): An office of the European Commission responsible for the administration and payment of individual entitlements.
Council Decision EU 2019/1990: Council Decision delegating certain powers to the Director of the Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements of the European Commission.
Council Decision EU 2019/792: Council Decision entrusting to the European Commission the Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements PMO the exercise of certain powers conferred on the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment
Brussels: The location where the decision was made, implying Brussels, Belgium.
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COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/1990
of 28 November 2019
delegating to the Director of the Office for the Administration and Payment of the Individual
Entitlements of the European Commission certain powers of the authorising officer concerning the
payment of remunerations and the payment of mission and authorised travel expenses
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on
the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU)
No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014,
(EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (1), and in
particular point (a) of Article 66(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Council Decision (EU) 2019/792 (2), the Council entrusted to the Office for the Administration and Payment of
Individual Entitlements (PMO) of the European Commission the exercise of certain powers conferred by the Staff
Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the
European Union, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (3), on the appointing authority
and on the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment for the staff of the General Secretariat of the
Council (GSC), in relation to the management of individual pecuniary entitlements.
(2) The GSC signed a service-level agreement with the PMO for the management of individual pecuniary entitlements of
the staff and high‐level public office holders of the GSC.
(3) Commission Decision 2003/522/EC (4), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof, allows the PMO to act at the request of
and on behalf of another body established under or on the basis of the Treaties. In accordance with the service-level
agreement between the PMO and the GSC, the GSC may request the PMO to validate and authorise the payment of
salaries to the staff and high-level public office holders of the GSC as well as the payment of their mission and
authorised travel expenses. In view of the advantages this will procure in terms of cost savings and efficiencies, the
Director of the PMO should be delegated relevant powers of the authorising officer pursuant to point (a) of
Article 66(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. The Director of the Office for the Administration and Payment of the Individual Entitlements (PMO) of the European
Commission is delegated the powers of the authorising officer to validate and authorise payments of remuneration as well
as payments of mission and authorised travel expenses to staff for the purposes of the application of point (a) of Article 1(1)
of Decision (EU) 2019/792 and to high-level public office holders.
Those payments shall be booked to the following articles and items of Section II of the general budget of the European
Union, entitled 'European Council and Council':
— Chapter 10, except for sub-items 1004-02 and 1004-05;
— Chapter 11;
— Item 1200, except for sub-item 1200-36;
— Article 133;
— Item 2201.
(1) OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.
(2) Council Decision (EU) 2019/792 of 13 May 2019 entrusting to the European Commission – the Office for the Administration and
Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO) – the exercise of certain powers conferred on the appointing authority and the authority
empowered to conclude contracts of employment (OJ L 129, 17.5.2019, p. 3).
(3) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(4) Commission Decision 2003/522/EC of 6 November 2002 establishing an Office for the administration and payment of individual
entitlements (OJ L 183, 22.7.2003, p. 30).L 308/104 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n Union 29.11.2019
The delegation referred to in the first subparagraph shall also include the powers to estimate, establish and authorise
revenues linked to the expenditures referred to in the second subparagraph.
2. The delegation referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply in cases where the
exercise of powers delegated by the Council to the PMO under Article 1(1) of Decision (EU) 2019/792 was relinquished in
accordance with Article 1(2) of that Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the date of receipt by the General Secretariat of the Council of a letter confirming the acceptance by the
PMO of the powers delegated under the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) or upon the exercise by the PMO of those
delegated powers, whichever is earlier.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 2019.
For the Council
The President
T. HARAKKA