Article 30
Without prejudice to Article 2(3), each institution shall, if it sees fit, adopt implementing arrangements for this Annex after consulting its Staff Committee." 100) Annex X is amended as follows: (a) in Article 2 the second paragraph is replaced by the following: "The Appointing Authority shall make such transfers by a specific procedure referred to as the 'mobility procedure', for which it shall lay down detailed implementing rules, after consulting the Staff Committee."; (b) in Article 3 the first sentence is replaced by the following: "Under the mobility procedure, an official assigned to a third country may, by decision of the Appointing Authority, be reassigned temporarily with his post to the seat of the institution or any other place of employment in the Community; such assignments, which shall not be preceded by a vacancy notice, may not be for more than four years."; (c) Article 5 is replaced by the following: "Article 5 1. If the institution provides the official with accommodation which corresponds to the level of his duties and to the composition of his dependent family, he shall reside in it. 2. Detailed rules for the application of paragraph 1 shall be laid down by the Appointing Authority, after consultation of the Staff Committee. The Appointing Authority shall also decide on the entitlement to furniture and other fittings for accommodation, in line with the conditions applying at each place of employment."; (d) in Article 6, the words "five calendar days" are replaced by "three and a half working days"; (e) Article 7 is amended as follows: (i) in the first paragraph, the words "five calendar days" are replaced by "three and a half working days" and the words "two and a half calendar days" are replaced by "two working days"; (ii) in the second paragraph, the words "20 calendar days" are replaced by "14 working days"; (f) Article 9 is amended as follows: (i) in paragraph 1, the words "20 consecutive calendar days" are replaced by "14 working days"; (ii) in paragraph 2, the first subparagraph is amended as follows: (a) the words "calendar days" are replaced by "working days"; (b) the second sentence is deleted; (g) Article 10(1) is amended as follows: (i) the sixth subparagraph is amended as follows: (a) in the fourth indent, the number "8" is replaced by "7"; (b) the following indent is inserted after the fourth indent: "- 30 % where the value is greater than 7 but not greater than 9,"; (c) in the fifth indent, the number "8" is replaced by "9, but not greater than 11"; (d) the following indent is added: "- 40 % where the value is greater than 11."; (ii) the following subparagraphs are added: "Officials who, in the course of their career, have been assigned to a place considered difficult or very difficult and where the allowance for living conditions corresponds to 30 %, 35 % or 40 % and who accept a transfer to another place where the allowance corresponds to 30 %, 35 % or 40 % shall receive, in addition to the allowance for living conditions for their new place of employment, a supplementary premium of 5 % of the reference amount referred to in the first subparagraph. That premium shall be granted cumulatively on each assignment of the official to a place of employment considered difficult or very difficult; however, the sum of the allowance for living conditions and the premium may not exceed 45 % of the reference amount referred to in the first subparagraph."; (h) in Article 13, first paragraph, first sentence, the words "every six months" are replaced by "once a year"; (i) in Article 16, first paragraph, the words "either euro or the currency of the country of employment" are replaced by "euro, in the currency of the country of employment or in the currency in which the expenditure was incurred". (j) Article 17 is amended as follows: (i) the first paragraph is amended as follows: (a) the words "not in furnished accommodation provided by the institution" are replaced by "provided accommodation pursuant to Article 5 or 23 of this Annex and"; (b) [not applicable to the English version] (ii) in the second paragraph, the words "his actual installation expenses" are replaced by "the other expenses incurred by this change of residence". (k) Article 18 is amended as follows: (i) the second and third paragraphs are replaced by the following: "The official shall also receive the daily allowance provided for in Article 10 of Annex VII, less 50 %, except in cases of force majeure to be determined by the Appointing Authority."; (ii) [not applicable to the English version]. (l) Article 19 is replaced by the following: "Article 19 An official who does not have access to a staff car for travel on official business directly connected with the performance of his duties shall receive a mileage allowance for the use of his own car. The amount of the allowance shall be fixed by the Appointing Authority"; (m) in Article 21, the first and second paragraphs are replaced by the following: "Where an official is obliged to change his place of residence in order to comply with Article 20 of the Staff Regulations on taking up his appointment or on transfer, the institution shall, subject to the conditions laid down by the Appointing Authority and depending on the type of accommodation that can be provided for him at the place of employment, bear the cost of: (a) moving part or all of his furniture and personal effects from their location at the time to the place of employment and of transporting his personal effects, in the event that unfurnished accommodation is provided; (b) transporting his personal effects or of storage of his furniture and personal effects in the event that furnished accommodation is provided."; (n) In Article 23, the words "the level of his duties" are replaced by "his duties."; (o) Chapter 5, including Article 26, is deleted; (p) Chapter 6, including Article 27, is deleted.; 101) Annex XI is replaced by the following: "ANNEX XI RULES FOR IMPLEMENTING ARTICLES 64 AND 65 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS CHAPTER 1 ANNUAL REVIEW OF REMUNERATION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 65(1) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS Section 1 Factors determining annual adjustments