Article 12
The Joint Advisory Committee for professional incompetence shall comprise a chairman and at least two members, who shall be officials of grade AD 14 at least. The chairman and the members shall be appointed for a period of three years. Half of the members shall be designated by the Staff Committee and half by the Appointing Authority. The chairman shall be appointed by the Appointing Authority from a list of candidates drawn up in concertation with the Staff Committee. When the case concerns an official in grade AD 14 or lower, the Joint Advisory Committee shall include two further members from the same function group and of the same grade as the official in question, designated in the same way as the permanent members. Where the Joint Advisory Committee is called upon to examine the case of a senior management official within the meaning of Article 29(2) of the Staff Regulations, a special ad hoc Joint Advisory Committee shall be set up, comprising two members appointed by the Staff Committee and two members appointed by the Appointing Authority, who shall be of a grade at least equal to that of the official concerned. The Appointing Authority and the Staff Committee shall agree on an ad hoc procedure to designate the further members referred to in the second paragraph who shall sit for cases involving an official posted to a country outside the Union or a member of the contract staff."; 92) Annex III is amended as follows: (a) Article 1(1) is amended as follows: (i) the second subparagraph is amended as follows: (A) in point (c), the words "and the function group and grade offered;" are added; (B) in point (d), the words "in accordance with Article 5(3) of the Staff Regulations," are inserted before "the diplomas"; (ii) in the third subparagraph, the words "the third subparagraph of Article 2" are replaced by "Article 2(2)"; (b) Article 3 is amended as follows: (i) the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:"The Selection Board shall consist of a chairman designated by the Appointing Authority and of members designated by the Appointing Authority and the Staff Committee, each designating the same number."; (ii) in the second subparagraph, the words "the third subparagraph of Article 2" are replaced by "Article 2(2)"; (iii) in the fourth paragraph, the words "function group and" are inserted after "whose"; (iv) the following paragraph is added:"If a selection board consists of more than four members, it shall comprise at least two members of each gender"; (c) the following Article is added: "Article 7 1. The institutions shall, after consultation of the Staff Regulations Committee, entrust the European Communities Personnel Selection Office (hereinafter 'the Office') with responsibility for taking the necessary measures to ensure that uniform standards are applied in the selection procedures for officials of the Communities and in the assessment and in the examination procedures referred to in Articles 45 and 45a of the Staff Regulations. 2. The Office's task shall be to: (a) organise, at the request of individual institutions, open competitions; (b) provide, at the request of individual institutions, technical support for internal competitions organised by them; (c) determine the contents of all examinations organised by the institutions in order to ensure that the requirements of Article 45a(1)(c) of the Staff Regulations are met in a harmonised and consistent manner; (d) assume general responsibility for the definition and organisation of the assessment of linguistic ability in order to ensure that the requirements of Article 45(2) of the Staff Regulations are met in a harmonised and consistent manner. 3. The Office may, at the request of individual institutions, perform other tasks linked to the selection of officials. 4. The Office shall, at their request, provide assistance to the different institutions with a view to the selection of temporary staff and contract staff, in particular by defining the contents of the tests and organising the selection procedures in the framework of Articles 12 and 82 of the Conditions of Employment of other servants."; 93) The sole Article of Annex IV is amended as follows: (a) in paragraphs 1 and 1a, the number "60" is replaced by "63"; (b) paragraph 1a changes its place, becomes paragraph 4 and the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "4. During the period of entitlement to the allowance, and for the first six months thereafter, the official referred to in Articles 41 and 50 of the Staff Regulations shall be entitled, in respect of himself and persons covered by his insurance, to benefits under the sickness insurance scheme provided for in Article 72 of the Staff Regulations, on condition that the official pays the appropriate contribution calculated by reference, as the case may be, either to his basic salary or to the percentage thereof specified in paragraph 1 of this Article and that he is not gainfully employed"; 94) Annex IVa is replaced by the following: "ANNEX IVa PART-TIME WORK