12.3.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 74/17 I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 8 March 2004 amending Decision 2003/479/EC concerning the rules applicable to national experts and military staff on secondment to the General Secretariat of the Council (2004/240[EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in par- Article 1 ticular Article 28(1) thereof, Article 15 of Decision 2003/479/EC is hereby amended as follows: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- 1. paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: munity, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof, ‘1. A SNE shall be entitled to a daily subsistence allow- ance throughout the period of secondment. Where the distance between the place of residence and the place of secondment is 150 km or less, the daily allowance shall be Having regard to Decision 2003/479/EC, EUR 27,96. Where the distance is more than 150 km, the daily allowance shall be EUR 111,83.; 2. paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: Whereas: 2. If the SNE has not received removal expenses from either the GSC or from the employer, an additional monthly allowance shall be paid as shown in the table below: (1)  Article 15(7) of Decision 2003/479/EC provides that the _ _ . . Distance between place of recruit- daily and monthly allowances shall be adjusted each year ment and place of secondment Amount in euro without retroactive effect on the basis of the adaptation (km) of the basic salaries of Community officials in Brussels and Luxembourg. 0-150 0 > 150 71,89 ) The Council, through Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 2148/03 of 5 December 2003 correcting with effect » 300 127,80 from 1 July 2002 the remuneration and pensions of offi- cials and other servants of the European Communities (}) > 500 207,68 and (EC, Euratom) No 2182/03 of 8 December 2003 adjusting with effect from 1 January 2004 the remunera- > 800 335,48 tion and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities and the weightings applied thereto (%), has adopted an adjustment of 3,4 % and 1 % >1300 527,18 respectively of the remuneration and pensions of Com- munity officials, > 2000 631,03 () OJ L 323, 10.12.2003, p. 1. () OJ L 327,16.12.2003, p. 3. This allowance shall be paid monthly in arrears.;