The European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Regulations 2009
These Regulations amend the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 (“the Act”) so as to exclude from the ambit of the Act certain members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”). This exclusion applies in relation to MEPs whose salary, transitional allowance and pension will, from the first day of the European Parliament parliamentary term for 2009 (14th July 2009), be paid in accordance with the ‘MEP Statute’ (Decision of the European Parliament of 28 September 2005 adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (2005/684/EC, Euratom)).