Article 2
Purpose 1. The Office shall determine, calculate and pay the entitlements and remuneration of the staff employed by the Community institutions, and of external staff, as laid down in Article 3 and on the basis of the Staff Regulations and the Annexes thereto and its General Implementing Provisions. 2. The Office shall fulfil its purpose in accordance with the administrative rules in force at the Commission. 3. Acting either on the initiative of the Directorate-General for Personnel and Administration or on a proposal from the Office in agreement with that Directorate-General, the Commission shall adopt new rules or, as appropriate, the amendments necessary. The Management Committee of the Office shall draw up the details of that procedure jointly with the Directorate-General for Personnel and Administration. 4. The Office may act at the request of and on behalf of another body or agency established under or on the basis of the Treaties and with the assent of the Management Committee.