It is for the Council to determine the salaries, allowances and pensions of EU high-level public office holders (‘public office holders’), including the President of the European Council , the President and members of the Commission , the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy , the Presidents, Judges, Advocates-General and Registrars of the Court of Justice of the European Union , the President and members of the Court of Auditors , and the Secretary-General of the Council , together with any payment ...[+++] to be made instead of remuneration.

9. Believes, however, that it is not necessary to arrange for supervision of takeover bids at EU level, as takeover law is not limited to capital market law but is embedded in national company law; stresses that the competent national authorities should remain responsible for the public oversight of takeover bids;

the members of the ESCB and other national bodies performing similar functions in the European Union, other public bodies charged with or intervening in the management of the public debt in the European Union and international bodies of which three or more Member States are members and which are charged with or intervening in the management of the public debt ;

Additionally, the CRIS Committee held six meetings in the form of open coordinators meetings with the Commissioner for Competition Joaquin Almunia, the Commissioner on Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier, the Commissioner on Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud Algirdas Šemeta, the Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani, the Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger and the Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn.

3. Recalls that Directive 2004/38 circumscribes the possibility of expelling a Union citizen within very clearly defined limits, notably the fact of being a threat to public order or public security or of being an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system; expulsions decisions have to be assessed and decided individually, taking into consideration the personal circumstances (Article 28), procedural safeguards have to be applied (Article 30), access to judicial and administrative suspension and redress procedures shall be guaranteed (Article 31), expulsions of citizens on grounds of representing an unreasonable burden on the ho ...[+++]st Member State's social assistance system is not sufficient in itself to justify automatic expulsion (recital 16 and Article 14), any restriction of freedom of movement and residence based on grounds of public policy, public security or public health cannot be invoked to serve economic ends, shall be proportional and be based solely on the personal conduct of the individual concerned and not on considerations of general prevention and the personal conduct of the individual concerned must represent a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the fundamental interests of society (Article 27), sanctions laid down by Member States must be effective and proportionate (Article 36) and persons have to be given at least one month to leave;

25. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to analyse and counteract the negative effects of reductions in public spending and social benefits, especially in the context of cuts in public spending at local level, in order to ensure that women are not left with a disproportionate burden of care (children, the elderly, and dependent persons);