Article 162
1. The decision suspending a staff member shall state whether the staff member is to continue to receive his full remuneration during the period of suspension or what part thereof is to be withheld. The amount paid to the staff member shall not under any circumstances be less than the minimum subsistence figure corresponding to the basic salary of a member of temporary staff at the first step of grade 1, with the addition of any family allowances payable. 2. The situation of a suspended staff member must be definitively settled within six months of the date on which the suspension takes effect. If no such decision is taken within six months, the staff member concerned shall be entitled to again receive full remuneration, subject to paragraph 3. 3. Remuneration may continue to be withheld in part after the six-month deadline referred to in paragraph 2, if the staff member concerned is the subject of criminal proceedings for the same acts and is in custody as a result of those proceedings. In such cases the staff member shall not receive full remuneration until the competent court has ordered his release. 4. Sums withheld under paragraph 1 of this Article shall be repaid to the staff member if the final decision imposes a disciplinary penalty no more severe than a written warning, reprimand or deferment of advancement to a higher step, or if no disciplinary penalty is imposed; in the latter case, the repayment shall be made with compound interest at the rate defined in Article 88.