15.7.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 243/23 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, Euratom) No 1292/2004 of 30 April 2004 amending Regulations No 422/67/EEC and No 5/67 /Euratom determining the emoluments of the President and Members of the Commission and of the President, Judges, Advocates General and Registrar of the Court of Justice and of the President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atticle 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European e Community, and in particular Article 210 thereof, Regulations No 422/67/EEC and No 567 Euratom shall be amended as follows: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 123 thereof, 1. the following second subparagraph shall be added to Article 1: Having regard to the draft Regulation presented by the ‘For the purposes of this Regulation, non-marital part- Commission on 2 April 2004, nerships shall be treated as marriage provided that all the conditions listed in Article 1(2)(c) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities are fulfilled. The unmarried partner of a member or former member shall be considered as their spouse under the Whereas: sickness insurance scheme where the conditions set out in points (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (2)(c) of that Article are met.’; (1) It is for the Council to determine the emoluments of the President and Members of the Commission and of the 2. (a) in Articles 2 and 21a, the terms ‘the last step of grade A President, Judges, Advocates General and Registrar of the 1" shall be replaced by the terms ‘the third step of grade Court of Justice and of the President, Members and 16 Registrar of the Court of First Instance. (b) in Article 2, the following paragraph shall be added: (2)  Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 ('), amended Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (%) laying down the Staff Regulations of officials and the Conditions of employment of other servants of the ‘3. However, from 1 May 2004 to 30 April 2006, the European Communities. terms “the third step of grade 16” in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall read “the third step of grade A*16”.; (3)  As Regulations No 422/67/EEC and No 5/67/Euratom (°) 3 makes applicable to the Members of the Commission, the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance by analogy a number of provisions of the abovementioned Staff Regulations, the said Regulation should therefore be . amended accordingly, “Article 4b . the following Article shall be inserted: ) O] L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1 Article 17 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall apply , 27.4. , p- L. . (®» OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation by an.al(.)gy to the. President and Members of - the (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004. Commission, the President, Judges, Advocates General and (®) OJ 187, 8.8.1967, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation Registrar of the Court of Justice and the President, Members (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 277898 (O] L 347, 23.12.1998, p. 1). and Registrar of the Court of First Instance.’;