The Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities shall be amended as follows: 1. Article 66
"Basic monthly salaries are for each grade and step as provided in the following Table: 1OJ No C 97, 28.7.1969, p. 10.
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2. Article 67 (1)
"1. Family allowances shall comprise: (a) head of household allowance equal to 5 % of the basic salary but not less than Bfrs 900 per month;
(b) dependent child allowance of Bfrs 1400 per child per month;
(c) education allowance."
3. Article 69
"The expatriation allowance shall be equal to 16 % of the total of the basic salary, head of household allowance and dependent child allowance to which the official is entitled. The expatriation allowance shall be not less than Bfrs 2500 per month."
4. Article 74, first paragraph
"An official shall receive a grant of Bfrs 7000 on the birth of his child."
5. Annex VII - Article 1 (1)
"1. An official who is head of a household shall receive a head of household allowance equal to 5 % of his basic salary but not less than Bfrs 900 per month."
6. Annex VII Article 2 (1), (2) and (3)
"1. An official who has one or more dependent children shall, in accordance with paragraph 2 and 3 below, receive an allowance of Bfrs 1400 per month for each dependent child.
2. "Dependent child" means the legitimate, natural or adopted child of an official, or of his spouse, who is actually being maintained by the official.
The same shall apply to a child for whom an application for adoption has been lodged and the adoption procedure started.
3. The allowance shall be granted: (a) automatically for children under eighteen years of age;
(b) on application, with supporting evidence, by the official for children between eighteen and twenty-six who are receiving educational or vocational training."
7. Annex VII - Article 3
"An official shall receive an education allowance equal to the actual education costs incurred by him up to a maximum of Bfrs 1250 per month for each dependent child, within the meaning of Article 2 (2) above, who is in regular full-time attendance at an educational establishment.
Entitlement to this allowance shall commence on the first day of the month in which the child begins to attend a primary educational establishment and shall cease at the end of the month in which the child reaches the age of twenty-six.
The maximum referred to in the first paragraph above shall be raised to Bfrs 2500 for an official receiving the expatriation allowance whose place of employment is at least 50 km from a European school."
8. Annex VII - Article 4 (1), last subparagraph
"The expatriation allowance shall be not less than Bfrs 2500 per month."