This system should therefore be abolished with an appropriate transition for pensioners and officials recruited before the entry into force of this Regulation.

(30) Deepened integration of the European Union and the free choice of pensioners of their place of residence within the European Union has made the system of correction coefficients for pensions obsolete.

24. Notes the cases illustrating the potential for abuse in the system for weighting of staff pensions, which were brought to light in the Financial Controller's reports to the Institution Nos. 00/03 and 01/01; observes that the Administration has now revised its internal procedures in accordance with the Financial Controller's recommendations; asks the Secretary-General to maintain a vigilant approach to the verification of pensioners' declarations of place of residence; calls on its Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market to consider, when it examines the upco ...[+++]ming Commission proposal to amend the Staff Regulations, whether the existing system of weighting of staff pensions should be maintained;

24. Notes the cases illustrating the potential for abuse in the system for weighting of staff pensions, which were brought to light in the Financial Controller's reports to the Institution Nos. 00/03 and 01/01; observes that the Administration has now revised its internal procedures in accordance with the Financial Controller's recommendations; asks the Secretary-General to maintain a vigilant approach to the verification of pensioners' declarations of place of residence; calls on its Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market to consider, when it examines the upco ...[+++]ming Commission proposal to amend the Staff Regulations, whether the existing system of weighting of staff pensions should be maintained;

23. Notes the cases illustrating the potential for abuse in the system for weighting of staff pensions, which were brought to light in the Financial Controller's reports to the Institution numbers 00/03 and 01/01; observes that the Administration has now revised its internal procedures in accordance with the Financial Controller's recommendations; asks the Secretary-General to maintain a vigilant approach to the verification of pensioners’ declarations of place of residence; calls on its Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market to consider, when it examines the u ...[+++]pcoming Commission proposal to amend the Staff Regulations, whether the existing system of weighting of staff pensions should be maintained;

This system should be adapted, if necessary, to the individual situations of pensioners in order to ensure that the Member State of residence does not bear any undue costs for pensioners who have never worked on their territory.