Article 1
1. With effect from 1 July 1972, the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities shall be amended as follows: (a) Article 67 In paragraph 1 (a) the words "household allowance" shall be substituted for "head of household allowance". (b) Article 69 The words "household allowance" shall be substituted for "head of household allowance". (c) Article 74 In paragraph 3 the following shall be substituted for the last sentence: "Where both parents are officials of the Communities, the grant shall be paid to the mother only." (d) Article 81 In the first subparagraph the words "household allowance" shall be substituted for "head of household allowance". (e) Article 105 In paragraph 2, second indent, the words "household allowance" shall be substituted for "head of household allowance". (f) ANNEX VII Article 1 The following shall be substituted for Article 1: "1. The household allowance shall be fixed at 5 % of the basic salary of an official or Bfrs 1 183, whichever is the greater. 2. The household allowance shall be granted to: (a) a married official; (b) an official who is widowed, divorced, legally separated or unmarried and has one or more dependent children within the meaning of Article 2 (2) and (3) below; (c) by special reasoned decision of the appointing authority based on supporting documents, an official who, while not fulfilling the conditions laid down in (a) and (b), nevertheless actually assumes family responsibilities. (1)OJ No L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 283, 20.12.1972, p. 1. 3. If the spouse of an official is gainfully employed, with an annual income, before deduction of tax, of more than Bfrs 250 000, the official entitled to the household allowance shall not receive this allowance save by special decision of the appointing authority. The official shall, however, be entitled to the allowance where the married couple have one or more dependent children. 4. In cases where, under the foregoing provisions, a husband and wife employed in the service of the Communities are both entitled to the household allowance, this shall be payable only to the person whose basic salary is the higher." (g) ANNEX VII