The Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities shall be amended as follows: 1. In the third paragraph of Article 55 the words "paid from appropriations in the research and investment budget and employed in an establishment of the Joint Research Centre or on indirect action" shall be deleted.
2. In Article 56b: - in the first paragraph the words "paid from appropriations in the research and investment budget and employed in an establishment of the Joint Research Centre or on indirect action" shall be deleted;
- the second paragraph shall be replaced by the following : "The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission submitted after consulting the Staff Regulations Committee, shall determine the categories of officials entitled to such allowances, the conditions for granting the allowances and also the rates thereof."