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Joint Declaration concerning Article 4 
It is understood that the application of Article 4 is dependent upon the submission to the Bank 
by the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia of mutually acceptable projects. 
Declaration of the Delegation of the Community concerning Article 8 
The provisions of the Financial Protocol are without prejudice to the general question of the 
origin of goods and services eligible for financing by the bank from its own resources and do 
not, in this connection, affect the exercise by the Bank's bodies of their powers under the 
Statute of the Bank. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) amending the Staff Regulations of 
officials of the European Communities 
(91/C 134/06) 
COM(91) 150 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 14 May 1991) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a single 
Council and a single Commission of the European 
Communities, and in particular Article 24 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
presented after obtaining the opinion of the Staff Regu­
lations Committee, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice, 
Whereas it follows from the case-law of the Court of 
Justice that, in order to respect the principle of equal 
treatment, the scope of Article 11 of Annex VIII to the 
Staff Regulations of officials must be extended to 
officials who previously pursued activities in a self-
employed capacity and to officials who leave the service 
of the Communities to take up an activity in an 
employed or self-employed capacity by virtue of which 
they require pension rights, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 11 of VIII to the Staff Regulations of officials is 
hereby amended as follows: 
1. Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 
'1. An official who leaves the service of the 
Communities to: 
— enter the service of a government administration 
or a national or international organization which 
has concluded an agreement with the 
Communities, 
— pursue an activity in an employed or self-
employed capacity, by virtue of which he acquires 
pension rights under a scheme whose adminis­
trative bodies have concluded an agreement with 
the Communities, 
shall be entitled to have the actuarial equivalent of his 
retirement pension rights in the Communities trans­
ferred to the pension fund of that administration or 
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organization or to the pension fund under which he 
acquires retirement pension rights by virtue of the 
activity pursued in an employed or self-employed 
capacity.' 
2. The first subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by 
the following: 
'2. An official who enters the service of the 
Communities after: 
— leaving the service of a government administration 
or of a national or international organization, or 
— pursuing an activity in an employed or self-
employed capacity, 
shall be entitled upon establishment to have paid to 
the Communities either the actuarial equivalent of the 
flat-rate redemption value or retirement pension rights 
acquired by virtue of such service or activities.' Article 2 
An official who was established before this Regulation 
entered into force may apply to his institution for 
transfers within the meaning of Article 1 (2) relating to 
activities pursued in a self-employed capacity. 
Applications shall be made within 12 months following 
the entry into force of this Regulation. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities and shall have effect as from 
1 January 1962. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.