Doc.A6465/14/47 Ag.10 SHS & SHE Surveys of Household Expenditure and Staff Housing Surveys Progress of work in 2013 Working Group on Article 64 and Article 65 of the Staff Regulations Meeting in Luxembourg 24th & 25th March 2014

Surveys (Intra EU) in 2013 Survey of Household Expenditure Retired staff ( includes widows, widowers, invalidity etc.) Staff in the Netherlands Staff in Ireland Staff Housing Survey Brussels, BE Varese, IT Karlsruhe, DE

SHE among retired officials Originally foreseen for 2011 Launched in spring 2013 Letters sent to 19500 persons in 3 languages Different possibilites to reply: online, via a link to a 'lime survey' Paper (pdf) Pre-adressed envelope missing (!) Deadline 16th June 2013 Integration in CC calculations July 2014

Replies from pensioners 715 paper 1198 on-line total: 1913 (approx.10%) Many letters, e-mails and phonecalls Some only partly filled in the questionnaire No results yet Info in VOX, the magazine of AIACE

SHE in the Netherlands & Ireland Launched in september 2013 Deadline 5 december 2013 Last survey in 2007 Sent by e-mail to all staff Possibility to reply via 'lime-survey' or on paper (pdf) Few questions and almost no feedback Integration in CC calculations July 2014

Organisations European Comission Representation European Parliament Information Office EUROJUST (The European Union's Judicial Cooperation unit, Den Haag) EUROPOL (European Police Office, Den Haag) JRC-IET (Joint Research center, Petten) EUROCONTROL (Maastricht) EUROPEAN SCHOOL (Bergen) FVO – (European Commission Food and Veterinary Office, Grange) EUROFOUND – (European Foundation for the Improvement of living and working conditions, Dublin)

SHE in the NL and IE - replies 150 replies from NL (17 paper) 100 replies from IE (8 paper) No replies at all from European Parliament European School Eurojust (Data not yet processed)

Staff Housing Surveys Brussels June 2013 129 replies (insufficient) Varese August 2013 645 replies* Karlsruhe August 2013 145 replies* * integration July 2014 rent PPP