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Proposal for a Council Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 122/66 of the Councils laying down the list of places for which a transport allowance may be granted (98/C 192/08) COM(1998) 324 final - 98/0190(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 65(3) of the Staff Regulations on 20 May 1998)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the third sentence of Article 109l(4) and Article 235 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro (1),

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No . . ./98 (2) on the introduction of the euro,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas, having regard to Council Regulation No . . ./98 amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (3) laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities and the other Regulations applicable to them with regard to the establishment of remuneration, pensions and other financial entitlements in euro, Regulation No 122/66/EEC of the Councils (4) laying down the list of places for which a transport allowance may be granted should be amended,

Whereas it is for the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 63(3) of the Staff Regulations, to lay down the list of places for which a transport allowance may be granted, the maximum amount of that allowance and the rules for granting it,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the Staff Regulations the term 'Belgian francs` is replaced by the term 'euro` and amounts expressed in Belgian francs are replaced by their equivalent in euro units at the conversion rate.

The rules relating to the rounding of amounts laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 shall apply.

Article 2

On 1 January 1999, pursuant to this Regulation, the Commission shall effect the conversion to euro of the amounts in Belgian francs in Regulation No 122/66/EEC of the Councils; these values shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities in January 1999.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on . . .

It shall be applicable from 1 January 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1.

(2) European Council Resolution of 7 July 1997 (OJ C 236, 2.8.1997, p. 7).

(3) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.

(4) OJ 150, 12.8.1966, p. 2751/66.