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Council Decision (EU) 2016/1351 CHAPTER 5 — Remuneration and expenses

Article 59–Article 67 · 9 articles

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Article 59

The remuneration of temporary staff shall comprise basic salary, family allowances and other allowances.

Article 60

1.   The remuneration of members of the temporary staff shall be expressed in euro. The weightings, the deductions, the annual review and the adjustments shall be determined according to the rules set out in Articles 63, 64, 65, 65a and 66a of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68  ( 3 ) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the EU Staff Regulations’). The deductions set out in the EU Staff Regulations shall be for the benefit of the budget of the Agency except for the contributions on sickness, accident and unemployment insurance schemes. 2.   The basic salaries shall be determined according to the rules set out in Article 66 of the EU Staff Regulations. 3.   The family allowances shall comprise: (a) household allowance; (b) dependent child allowance; (c) education allowance. 4.   Members of temporary staff in receipt of family allowances specified in this Article shall declare allowances of like nature paid from other sources; such latter allowances shall be deducted from those paid under Articles 1, 2 and 3 of Annex IV. 5.   The dependent child allowance may be doubled by special reasoned decision of the AACC based on medical documents establishing that the child concerned is suffering from a mental or physical handicap which involves the member of temporary staff in heavy expenditure. 6.   Where, by virtue of Articles 1, 2 and 3 of Annex IV, such family allowances are paid to a person other than the member of temporary staff, these allowances shall be paid in the currency of the country in which that person is resident, calculated where applicable on the basis of the exchange rates referred to in the second paragraph of Article 63 of the EU Staff Regulations. They shall be subject to the weighting for the country in question if it is inside the Union or to a weighting equal to 100 if the country of residence is outside the Union. Paragraphs 4 and 5 shall apply where family allowances are paid to such a person. 7.   The expatriation allowance shall be equal to 16 % of the total of the basic salary, household allowance and dependent child allowance to which the member of temporary staff is entitled. The expatriation allowance shall be not less than EUR 509,43 per month. 8.   In the event of a member of temporary staff's death, the surviving spouse or dependent children shall receive the deceased's full remuneration until the end of the third month after the month in which the death occurred. In the event of the death of a person entitled to an invalidity allowance, the above provisions shall apply in respect of the deceased's allowance.

Article 61

The payment of family allowances and expatriation allowance shall be determined according to Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Annex IV.

Article 62

Subject to Articles 63 to 66, a member of the temporary staff shall be entitled, in accordance with Articles 5 to 16 of Annex IV, to reimbursement of expenses incurred by him on taking up appointment, transfer or leaving the service, and also to reimbursement of expenses incurred in the course of or in connection with the performance of his duties.

Article 63

A member of the temporary staff engaged for a period of not less than 12 months shall, as provided for in Article 9 of Annex IV be entitled to reimbursement of his removal expenses.

Article 64

1.   A member of the temporary staff engaged for a period of not less than one year shall receive an installation allowance as provided for in Article 5 of Annex IV amounting, for an expected period of service of: not less than one year but less than two years, to one third of the rate laid down in Article 5 of Annex IV not less than two years but less than three years, to two thirds three years or more, to three thirds 2.   The resettlement allowance provided for in Article 6 of Annex IV shall be granted to temporary staff who have completed four years' service. A member of the temporary staff who has completed more than one year's but less than four years' service shall receive a resettlement allowance proportionate to his length of service, incomplete years being disregarded. 3.   However, the installation allowance provided for in paragraph 1 and the resettlement allowance provided for in paragraph 2 shall not be less than: (a) EUR 1 123,91 for a member of temporary staff who is entitled to the household allowance; and (b) EUR 668,27 for a member of temporary staff who is not entitled to the household allowance. In cases where spouses who are both members of temporary staff of the Agency are both entitled to the installation allowance or resettlement allowance, this shall be payable only to the person whose basic salary is the higher. In cases where the husband or wife of a member of the temporary staff of the Agency is an official or other servant of the Union who is entitled to the installation or resettlement allowance and is in receipt of a higher basic salary, such an allowance shall not be payable to the member of the temporary staff.

Article 65

The daily subsistence allowance shall be as set out in Article 10 of Annex IV. However, a member of the temporary staff who is engaged for a fixed period of less than 12 months and who furnishes evidence that it is impossible for him to continue to live in his place of residence shall be entitled to the daily subsistence allowance for the duration of his contract or for a maximum of one year.

Article 66

Article 8 of Annex IV on annual payment of travel expenses from place of employment to place of origin shall apply only to temporary staff who have completed not less than nine months' service.

Article 67

Payment of sums due shall be as set out in Articles 17 and 18 of Annex IV.

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