Article 45
In Annex II the following shall be substituted for Article 1: "The Staff Committee shall comprise the members thereof, together with their alternates, if any, whose term of office shall be two years. The institution may, however, decide to fix a shorter term of office, which may not be less than one year. Every official of the institution shall be entitled to vote and stand for election. The conditions for election to the Staff Committee if it is not organized in local sections, or to the local section, if the Staff Committee is organized in local sections, shall be laid down by the general meeting of officials of the institution in service at the relevant place of employment. Election shall be by secret ballot. If the Staff Committee is organized in local sections, the manner in which the members of the Central Committee are appointed for each place of employment shall be laid down by the general meeting of officials of the institution in service at the relevant place of employment. Only members of the local section concerned may be appointed members of the General Committee. Membership of the Staff Committee if it is not organized in local sections, or of the local section if the Staff Committee is organized in local sections, shall be such as to ensure the representation of all categories of officials and of all services provided for in Article 5 of the Staff Regulations and also of the servants referred to in the first paragraph of Article 7 of the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the Communities, The Central Committee of a Staff Committee organized in local sections shall be validly constituted upon appointment of a majority of its members. Elections to the Staff Committee if it is not organized in local sections, or to the local section if the Staff Committee is organized in local sections, shall be valid only if two thirds of the officials entitled to vote take part. However, if this proportion is not attained, the second vote shall be valid if the majority of those entitled take part. The duties undertaken by members of the Staff Committee and by officials appointed by the Committee to organs set up under the Staff Regulations or by the institution shall be deemed to be part of their normal service in their institution. The fact of performing such duties shall in no way be prejudicial to the person concerned."