Installation and resettlement allowances — Removal and travelling expenses
Article 4
Public office holders shall be entitled to: (a) an installation allowance on taking up their duties as provided for in Article 5 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations which is to apply mutatis mutandis ; (b) a resettlement allowance on ceasing to hold office as provided for in Article 24(2) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union which is to apply mutatis mutandis ; (c) reimbursement of travelling expenses incurred for themselves and for members of their family; and (d) reimbursement of the cost of removal of their personal effects and furniture, including insurance against ordinary risks, such as theft, breakage, and fire, up to the ceiling fixed for officials of the institution to which public office holders are appointed, pursuant to Article 9 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations. Upon presentation of invoices, the institutions may provide for derogations for reimbursement of the effective removal costs that in any case shall not exceed by more than 50 % the ceiling fixed by the corresponding institutions for their staff. If their term of office is renewed, public office holders shall not be entitled to any of the allowances set out in this Article. Nor shall they be so entitled if they are appointed as public office holders, or elected members, of another institution of the Union, if that institution has its seat in the town where they were formerly required to reside by reason of their office and if, at the time of the new appointment or election, they have not already effected their resettlement.