Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 495/77 is hereby amended as follows:
1.
The first subparagraph of Article 1(1) shall be replaced by the following:
‘Officials
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paid from appropriations in the research and investment budget and employed in an establishment of the Joint Research Centre or in indirect action, or
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paid from appropriations in the operating budget and employed to run or supervise technical installations or employed in a safety and security department, another service involved in performing safety and security functions, an information and communication technology (ICT) services department, a department providing support for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)/European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) operations or for emergency and crisis coordination arrangements or in services where there is a confirmed necessity for regular standby services for the execution of tasks in the framework of a mechanism established to provide assistance to Member States 24 hours a day,
shall be entitled to an allowance when they are regularly required to carry out standby duty in accordance with Article 56b of the Staff Regulations.’.
2.
Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 3
In April each year, the Commission shall submit to the Council a report on the number of officials and servants in each category who have received the allowance referred to in this Regulation, with special reference to the cases where the allowance has been granted under the provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 1(1)’.