Staff Regulations of the European Union Institute for Security Studies
Date: 2005-09-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Union Institute for Security Studies, personnel administration, rules of procedure

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

STAFF REGULATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTE FOR
SECURITY STUDIES (1)

(1) Adopted by the Council by written procedure on 21 December 2001 (OJ L 39, 9.2.2002, p. 18), pursuant to
Article 8 of Council Joint Action No 2001/554/CFSP of 20 July 2001 (OJ L 200, 25.7.2001, p. 1) and, with regard
to Title II, Chapter III, Article 14(2) and Title II, Chapter IX, amended by the Director with the assent of the Board on
15 June 2005, pursuant to Article 1(3) of the Staff Regulations of the European Union Institute for Security Studies
(New version replacing the previous version of 21 December 2001 (OJ L 39, 9.2.2002, p. 18)).

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PREAMBLE

Article 1

TITLE I — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2 — Provisions applicable to all staff members

Authority

Declaration

Conduct

Financial responsibility

Security

TITLE II — STATUS OF STAFF MEMBERS

CHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 3 — General provisions applicable to staff members

Privileges and immunities

Assistance and compensation

Proprietary rights

External activities

Candidacy for public or political office

CHAPTER II — RECRUITMENT AND CONTRACTS

Article 4 — Recruitment

Article 5 — Age limit for employment

Article 6 — Medical examinations

Article 7 — Contracts and length of contracts

Initial contracts

Probationary period

Termination of contracts

Compensation for loss of job

Reduced notice of termination

Special provisions concerning research fellows

CHAPTER III — SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES

Article 8 — General provisions

Article 9 — Basic salary

Article 10 — Expatriation allowance

Article 11 — Family and social allowances

Household allowance

Children's and other dependants' allowance

Education allowance

Handicapped children's and other dependants' allowance

Rent allowance

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Article 12 — Extra duties allowance

Article 13 — Installation allowance

Article 14 — Deductions

Internal tax

Contributions to pension scheme

Social security contributions

Contributions to supplementary insurance scheme

Article 15 — Salary advances and reimbursement

CHAPTER IV — TRAVEL COSTS

Article 16 — Installation and departure

Article 17 — Removal expenses

Article 18 — Travel on duty

CHAPTER V — INTERNAL ORGANISATION

Article 19 — Hours of work

Article 20 — Public holidays

Article 21 — Leave

Article 22 — Home leave

CHAPTER VI — REPORTS AND PROMOTION

Article 23 — General provisions

Article 24 — Procedure

Article 25 — Follow-up action on reports

CHAPTER VII — DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE

Article 26 — Definitions

Article 27 — Compensation for damage

Article 28 — Communication of complaints

Article 29 — Disciplinary Board

CHAPTER VIII — APPEALS AND APPEALS BOARD

Article 30 — Appeals

CHAPTER IX — PENSION SCHEMES

Article 31

TITLE III — PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TEMPORARY STAFF

Article 32 — Statutory provisions

Article 33 — Contracts

Article 34 — Remuneration

Article 35 — Special provisions

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TITLE IV — PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PAID EXPERTS, RESEARCH AWARD HOLDERS AND

TRAINEES

Article 36 — Statutory and financial provisions

ANNEX I

INDEMNITY FOR LOSS OF JOB

ANNEX II

EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE

ANNEX III

CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS

ANNEX IV

HANDICAPPED DEPENDANTS

ANNEX V

RENT ALLOWANCE

ANNEX VI

TRAVEL COSTS AND REMOVAL EXPENSES

ANNEX VII

OFFICIAL DUTY EXPENSES

ANNEX VIII

SICK LEAVE, MATERNITY LEAVE AND OTHER SPECIAL LEAVE

ANNEX IX

COMPOSITION AND PROCEDURES OF DISCIPLINARY BOARDS

ANNEX X

APPEALS BOARD

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PREAMBLE

3. Conduct

The Institute for Security Studies is an agency of the European
Union, and is affiliated to the Coordinated Organisations.

Article 1

These Regulations define the status, rights, duties and responsi-
bilities of the members of the staff of the European Union Insti-
tute for Security Studies, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Insti-
tute’.

The staff of the Institute shall consist of natural persons who
temporary staff. Paid
hold contracts as staff members or
experts, research award holders and trainees are subject to
specific provisions listed in Title IV.

times conduct

themselves in a
Staff members shall at all
manner compatible with their status as representatives of the
European Union Institute for Security Studies. They shall
abstain from any action or activity that may in any way under-
mine the dignity of their position or the good name of the
Institute.

4. Financial responsibility

Staff members may be required to reimburse the Institute,
either partly or in full, for any financial
loss suffered by it
owing to their negligence, or because they have deliberately
violated any regulation or procedure approved by the Board or
the Director.

The Director of the Institute is authorised to make such amend-
ments to these Regulations as prove necessary, with the assent
of the Board.

5. Security

These Regulations shall apply to all staff members, except
where the Board has taken decisions to the contrary in respect
of hors grade personnel.

Staff members shall, on engagement, acquaint themselves with
the Institute's security regulations. They shall sign a declaration
whereby they acknowledge their disciplinary and financial
responsibility in the event of non-compliance with those regu-
lations.

TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2

Provisions applicable to all members of the staff

1. Authority

Staff members shall be subject to the authority of the Director
and responsible to him for the performance of their duties,
which they shall undertake to carry out as scrupulously and
conscientiously as possible.

2. Declaration

On accepting engagement with the European Union Institute
for Security Studies each staff member shall subscribe to the
following declaration:

‘I solemnly undertake to exercise in all loyalty, discretion
and conscience the functions entrusted to me as member
of the staff of the European Union Institute for Security
Studies, and to discharge these functions with the interests
of the Institute only in view. I further undertake not to seek
or accept instructions in regard to the performance of my
duties from any government or from any authority other
than the Institute’.

(a) All staff members,

including temporary staff,

research
award holders and trainees, may be required to have
security clearance giving them access to classified docu-
ments in the course of their duties. A request for such
clearance will be addressed to the competent authorities by
the Institute's Security Officer. Pending official clearance,
temporary clearance may be granted by the Director.

(b) Staff members shall

inform the Security Officer immedi-
ately in the event of the suspected loss or compromise of a
classified document.

TITLE II

STATUS OF STAFF MEMBERS

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 3

General provisions applicable to staff members

Staff members of the Institute are natural persons holding contracts as
defined in Chapter II, and occupying budget posts listed in the table
of staff annexed each year to the Institute's budget.

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1. Privileges and immunities

The privileges and immunities conferred on staff members are
accorded in the interests of the European Union Institute for
Security Studies and not for their personal convenience. They
must not be used to avoid private obligations, or as an excuse
for failure to observe the laws or police regulations of the host
State.

In any incident where these privileges and immunities are
involved, the staff member concerned shall immediately report
the incident to the Director. In the event of infringement of
local legislation, the Director may decide to waive the privileges
or immunities if he deems this necessary.

— give lectures or engage in teaching activities directly

connected with their work at the Institute,

— accept

fees or

remuneration for

such lectures or

teaching activities,

— accept decorations or honours, or any material advan-

tages associated with these.

(b) The special situation of research fellows

The duties of research fellows include the establishment of
relations with bodies and persons external to the Institute.
Research fellows shall
therefore be authorised to give
lectures, communicate to the mass media and publish,
providing they first obtain the approval of the Director.

2. Assistance and compensation

The Institute shall provide assistance to staff members who, by
reason of their current appointment or duties at the Institute,
and through no fault of their own, are subject to threats,
insults, defamation or attack. Compensation for any material
damage sustained may be granted provided that:

5. Candidacy for public or political office

Staff members who for personal reasons wish to stand for
public or political office shall notify the Director of that inten-
tion.

— the staff members have not willfully or through negligence

provoked the damage in question,

Any staff member who stands for public or political office shall
be given unpaid leave starting on the date he declares that he is
beginning his electoral campaign.

— no redress has been obtained,

— staff members make over to the Institute any claims they
in particular insurance

may have against a third party,
companies.

All decisions in this matter that could involve action or
payments by the Institute shall be taken by the Director, who
has a discretionary power in assessing the circumstances of the
case, what form the assistance should take and what compensa-
tion, if any, should be granted.

If elected, the staff member shall request the termination of his
contract. Such termination shall not carry any entitlement to
loss-of-job indemnity.

If he does not accept the public or political office, the staff
member shall be entitled to resume his appointment with the
same salary and seniority from which he benefited at the time.

Time spent on unpaid leave shall not count towards seniority
or pension rights. During his unpaid leave the staff member
may be replaced by temporary staff.

3. Proprietary rights

All rights, including title, copyright and patent rights, in any
work carried out by a staff member in the performance of his
official duties, shall be vested in the Institute.

CHAPTER II

RECRUITMENT AND CONTRACTS

4. External activities

(a) General

Article 4

Recruitment

Vis-à-vis outside organisations and persons, staff members
shall obtain the prior approval of the Director if they wish
to:

1.
Offers of employment shall be made by the Director,
except in respect of the post of Director. The Institute shall be
responsible for publishing vacant posts.

— make any public statement, in particular to any public
information body, concerning the Institute's activities,

Candidates under 20 or over 60 years of age will not

2.
normally be considered for engagement.

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3.
Candidates closely related by blood or marriage to a staff
member will not normally be selected for engagement. Excep-
tions may be authorised by the Director, provided that neither
of the persons concerned serves in a capacity subordinate to
the other.

Article 7

Contracts and length of contracts

The recruitment of staff members shall be limited to

4.
nationals of the Member States of the European Union.

1.

Initial contracts

5.
Staff members shall be engaged at the lowest step of the
grade of the post for which they are selected. However, the
Director may grant a higher step where this is justified.

6.
The Director shall determine which posts are to be filled
by examination or competition, and shall lay down the tests for
engagement which candidates for such posts will be required to
pass. Examining or selection boards shall be chosen by the
Director from among the staff of the Institute, to which he may
add an external examiner.

The travel and accommodation costs of candidates invited
7.
to the Institute for interview or examination shall be met on
the same conditions as those applying to staff members travel-
ling on duty (1).

Article 5

Age limit for employment

The age limit for employment is set at the end of the month in
which the staff member reaches the age of 65. The Director
may authorise extensions up to a maximum of 12extra
months.

Article 6

Medical examinations

1.
Engagement of staff members shall be subject to a state-
ment from a doctor approved by the Institute certifying that
the candidate is physically fit for employment, and that he is
free from any disability or disease that would represent a risk
to other staff members.

Staff members shall be required to undergo a medical

2.
examination each year.

3.
The doctor approved by the Institute shall provide expert
advice to the Director on the unsuitability of any staff member
to continue to occupy his post.

4.
If the results of an annual or other medical examination
show that a staff member is no longer able to carry out his
duties, his contract shall be terminated within three months
and a medical board shall be convened to establish his entitle-
ment.

(1) See Annex VII to these Regulations.

Apart from specific provisions applicable to the Director and
research fellows, initial contracts given by the Institute shall be
for three years. These contracts may be renewed by the
the same or shorter periods, with the staff
for
Director
member's agreement.

2. Probationary period

The first six months of initial contracts shall be a probationary
period beginning on the date of entry into service.

During that period, a contract may be terminated, without any
right to loss-of-job indemnity, with one month's notice given
by the Institute or the staff member.

At the end of the probationary period, or earlier, the staff
member shall receive notice in writing that his contract is
confirmed or terminated.

The probationary period shall form an integral part of the
period of the initial contract. It shall count towards seniority
and pension rights.

3. Termination of contracts

In the situations provided for in Annex I, contracts may be
terminated or not renewed by the Institute or the staff member
himself:

(a) by the Institute,

(i) with six months' notice:

— as a result of the suppression of the budget post

occupied by the staff member,

— through a change in the nature or

functions

pertaining to the post,

— because of the professional inadequacy of the staff
member, duly recorded in two successive annual
reports, or

— through physical unfitness of the staff member that

has occurred while serving.

(ii) with a maximum of one month's notice, following any
disciplinary procedures that have established a misde-
meanour or
the staff member as
defined in Chapter VI.

responsibility of

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(b) by the staff member, with three months' notice,
personal reasons that he is not required to state.

for any

CHAPTER III

4. Compensation for loss of job

Other than for disciplinary reasons, the termination or non-
renewal of a contract by the Institute shall entail:

SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES

Article 8

General provisions

(1) for staff members with more than 10 years' service, the
settlement of deferred pension rights, accompanied by the
payment of a loss-of-job indemnity under the conditions
set out in Annex I;

The remuneration paid to members of the Institute's staff shall
include basic salary, expatriation allowance, and family and
social allowances.

(2) for staff members with less than 10 years' service,

the
payment of a leaving allowance, with loss-of-job indemnity
for staff members whose contracts have been prematurely
terminated, under the conditions set out in Annex I;

(3) for staff members whose contracts have been terminated
for reasons of physical unfitness and whose permanent
invalidity has been established by an ad hoc medical board,
the granting of invalidity under the conditions laid down in
the Pension Scheme Rules.

The termination or non-renewal of a contract by a staff
member shall not entitle him to loss-of-job indemnity (1).

Those emoluments shall be reduced by contributions and
deductions in respect of internal tax, the pension scheme and
social welfare.

Staff members' current accounts shall be credited with the
amount due during the last working week of the month.

Changes in staff members' personal circumstances that may
have financial consequences shall be taken into account for the
remuneration of the month during which changes are notified
to the Institute's administrative section; changes to remunera-
tion already paid may not be made.

5. Reduced notice of termination

If the interests of the service so require, the period of notice
stipulated at paragraph 3(a) above may be reduced; in that case
the staff member concerned shall be entitled to the payment of
an additional sum representing the salary and allowances that
he would have received if the actual date of expiry of his
contract had coincided with the end of a six-month period of
notice.

These provisions shall not apply in the case of termination for
disciplinary reasons.

6. Special provisions concerning research fellows

Article 9

Basic salary

Net basic salary shall be the amount shown for the grade and
step of a staff member in the scales approved each year by the
Board.

Gross basic salary shall correspond to net basic salary plus the
internal tax due from the staff member.

Article 10

Expatriation allowance

This allowance shall be paid to staff members in A, L and B
grades who, at the time of their first appointment, were not
nationals of the State in whose territory their permanent place
of duty is situated and who had not been continuously resident
in that State's territory for three years.

The Institute's research fellows shall have three-year, non-
renewable contracts. The Director may, however, grant one or
more extensions up to a total not exceeding 24 months.

This allowance shall cease to be payable if a staff member is
transferred to the country of which he is a national.

(1) For the conditions governing entitlement to and calculation of loss-

of-job indemnity, see Annex I.

The amount of the allowance shall be calculated in accordance
with Annex II.

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Where a staff member is appointed by the Institute immediately
after having been employed in the country where he performs
his duties by another international organisation or administra-
tion, years of service with his previous employer shall be taken
into account when calculating entitlement to the allowance and
the amount thereof.

(c) where both spouses work for international organisations,
shall be paid to whichever of them is in receipt of house-
hold allowance or equivalent.

Definitions and the conditions under which this allowance is
granted are set out in Annex III.

Article 11

3. Education allowance

Family and social allowances

These allowances shall be added to basic salary monthly.

1. Household allowance

This allowance:

(a) shall be paid to any staff member who is married,
widowed, divorced, legally separated or single and has at
least one dependant within the meaning of Annex III to
these Regulations;

secondary or higher education (1),

Staff members who are entitled to household allowance, and
whose dependent children, as defined in Annex III, are in full-
time primary,
shall be
entitled to an annual education allowance. The allowance shall
be equal to twice the amount of the dependent child's allow-
ance, and shall be payable for each child in one sum at the
beginning of the school year. The staff member concerned shall
provide to the administrative section all supporting evidence at
the beginning of the school year.

4. Handicapped children's and other dependants' allowance

(a) An allowance for handicapped children or dependants shall
be paid to staff members who are primarily and continu-
ously responsible for their care. The child or dependant
must fulfil the criteria and conditions set out in Annex III.

(b) The details of allocation and payment of the allowance are

(b) shall be equal to 6 % of net basic salary;

given in Annex IV.

(c) in the case of a married staff member who has no depen-
dants but whose spouse is gainfully employed, the allow-
ance payable shall be the difference between the net basic
salary for grade B3 step 1 plus the allowance to which the
staff member would be entitled in theory, and the earned
income of the spouse. If the latter amount is equal to or
greater than the former, no allowance shall be payable;

(d) shall not be paid to a staff member whose spouse is a
member of an international organisation and has a higher
basic salary than the staff member.

2. Children's and other dependants' allowance

This allowance:

(a) shall be paid to staff members who mainly and continu-
ously maintain either a legally recognised child or another
member of their family by virtue of a legal or judicial obli-
gation, or a child who has lost both parents and for whom
they have assumed responsibility;

5. Rent allowance

(a) This allowance shall be paid monthly to grade B, C, A1 and
L1 staff members who are tenants or sub-tenants of accom-
modation and who pay a rent — excluding service charges
considered to be the liability of the tenant in the country of
residence — that exceeds a specified proportion of their
emoluments.

(b) The method of calculating the allowance is set out

in

Annex V.

(c) Staff members in receipt of rent allowance shall inform the
Head of Administration and Personnel immediately of any
change in their circumstances that could affect their elig-
ibility for the allowance.

(d) The allowance shall not be paid to staff members:

— who receive a similar benefit from the authorities of the

State of which they are nationals,

— whose spouse receives a similar allowance from another

international organisation.

(b) shall be a fixed amount for each dependant, set each year

in the scales approved by the Board;

(1) I.e. excluding nursery school or equivalent.

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Article 12

Extra duties allowance

from staff members' emoluments and paid into the Institute's
pensions budget.

An extra duties allowance may be granted by the Director to
staff members who are required, in the interests of the service,
to assume temporarily part or all of the responsibilities of a
staff member of a higher grade. The allowance shall be paid on
the basis of the remuneration of two additional steps in the
grade of the staff member and shall take effect only after one
month's continuous service in a higher grade post.

3. Social security contributions

A monthly deduction in respect of social security, equal to
5,5 % of net basic salary, shall be made from staff members'
emoluments. This amount shall be added to the employer's
contribution and paid to the local social security body respon-
sible for recovering such contributions (URSSAF).

Article 13

Installation allowance

1.
An installation allowance shall be paid to staff members
whose place of residence was more than 100 kilometres or 60
miles from their duty station at the time they accepted employ-
ment with the Institute.

The amount of the allowance shall be 30 days' basic

2.
salary.

The installation allowance shall be paid to the staff

3.
member when he assumes his duties at the Institute.

4.
Staff members shall be required to reimburse half the
installation allowance if they leave their appointment of their
own accord before two years have elapsed.

5.
The Director may authorise an exception to the provi-
sions governing reimbursement where their strict application
might cause special hardship.

4. Contributions to supplementary insurance scheme

A monthly deduction in respect of supplementary insurance
shall be made from staff members' emoluments. The percentage
shall be determined at
the year for the
following 12 months by agreement between the Institute and
the insurance company operating the scheme. The amount
deducted shall be added to the employer's contribution and
paid at the end of the year to the company providing this
insurance.

the beginning of

Article 15

Salary advances and reimbursement

1.
Unless decided otherwise by the Director, the Institute's
Head of Administration and Personnel may, depending on
available cash resources, authorise interest-free advances to staff
members who can justify this need.

The amount of

2.
months' net basic salary.

this advance shall not exceed three

Article 14

Deductions

3.
Such advances shall be repaid by monthly deductions
from staff members' emoluments; repayment of the advances
must be completed when the salaries for the last month of the
financial year are paid.

1.

Internal tax

Internal tax shall amount to 40 % of the basic salary in respect
of a given grade and step. This sum shall be added to net basic
salary to give gross basic salary.

This sum shall be shown as a monthly deduction on pay slips.

2. Contributions to pension schemes

A monthly deduction as approved by the Coordinated Organi-
sations for the pension scheme applied to staff members and
corresponding to a percentage of net basic salary shall be made

CHAPTER IV

TRAVEL COSTS

Article 16

Installation and departure

Staff members shall be entitled to reimbursement of
1.
travel costs for the journey from their previous place of duty to
the location of
themselves and
members of their family living with them.

in respect of

the Institute,

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2.
The same entitlement shall apply when staff members
leave the service of the Institute and return to the country
where they were in post before joining the Institute.

Flexible working hours may be agreed by the Director in
accordance with staff members' personal circumstances or the
constraints of their particular work.

Reimbursement shall be made in accordance with the

3.
provisions of Annex VI, Section I.

If exceptional circumstances, decided at the discretion of the
Director, so require, some staff members may be required to
work on Saturdays. In such cases, the hours worked shall give
entitlement to equivalent time off on a weekday.

Article 17

Removal expenses

1.
Staff members shall be entitled to reimbursement of the
costs of removal from their previous place of duty to the loca-
tion of the Institute.

The same entitlement shall apply when staff members leave the
service of the Institute and return to the country where they
were in post before joining the Institute.

2.
Reimbursement of costs shall cover removal of staff
members' personal household effects, excluding motor cars,
boats or other forms of transport, or insurance premiums, up
to the limits, in weight and volume, set out in Annex VI.

Reimbursement shall be made to the staff member concerned,
on production of a certified bill by the staff member.

Article 18

Travel on duty

Staff members of the Institute shall be entitled to reimburse-
ment of expenses incurred in connection with travel on official
duty ordered by the Director (1).

Reimbursement shall concern travel costs proper plus accom-
modation and associated costs in the places to which staff
members are sent. The conditions, rates and other details of
reimbursement are as set out in Annex VII.

CHAPTER V

INTERNAL ORGANISATION

Article 19

Hours of work

The normal working hours for staff members shall be 40 hours
per week, to be completed between 09.00 hours on Monday
and 17.00 hours on Friday.

(1) Such reimbursement is representative of expenses, and should not

be seen as additional remuneration.

Article 20

Public holidays

Public holidays in the host State shall be observed by the Insti-
tute. In the case of France, those days are:

(a) New Year's Day (1 January);

(b) Easter Monday;

(c) Labour Day (1 May);

(d) VE Day (8 May);

(e) Ascension Day;

(f) Whit Monday;

(g) Bastille Day (14 July);

(h) Assumption Day (15 August);

(i) All Saints' Day (1 November);

(j) Armistice Day (11 November);

(k) Christmas Day (25 December).

These public holidays
members' annual leave entitlement.

shall not be deducted from staff

If one of these days falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the Director
may designate another day in lieu.

Article 21

Leave

1. Annual leave

(a) Entitlement

Staff members shall be entitled to paid annual leave at the
rate of 2,5 working days for each month of service
completed. This entitlement shall apply each calendar year.

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Staff members recruited between 1 April and 30 July shall
be entitled to an advance of 15 days'
leave from their
annual entitlement if the leave is to be taken after the latter
date.

However, the full deductions in respect of pensions and social
welfare will be made as if the staff member had been paid
normally for the period of unpaid leave.

If on 31 December a staff member has, owing to the
exigencies of his work, an unexpended period of leave due,
the Director or his delegate may authorise the carrying
forward of all or part of the unexpended leave to the
following year. Any entitlement carried forward but not
taken by 31 March shall be cancelled.

(b) Administrative procedure

3. Sick leave, maternity leave and other special leave

Special leave shall be granted, in addition to annual leave, for
illness, maternity or exceptional circumstances.

Details and the procedures
Annex VIII.

to be followed are given in

Staff members wishing to take leave within their entitle-
ment as defined in (a) must obtain the prior authorisation
of the Director.

A record of leave taken shall be kept by the Institute's
from which staff members may
administrative section,
obtain leave application forms. That record shall show the
number of days' leave remaining in the current year.

Staff members complete the sections on:

— number of days' leave requested,

— date and time of departure,

— date and time of return,

Article 22

Home leave

Staff members who are entitled to expatriation allowance shall
be eligible, for each period of three years' service, to reimburse-
ment of the costs of one journey to and from the country of
which they are nationals,
themselves and
members of their family living with them.

in respect of

Travel costs shall be reimbursed by the administrative section,
having evaluated the least costly means of transport under the
conditions laid down in Annex VII.

Home leave shall carry an entitlement to five days'
addition to the annual entitlement.

leave in

— country or countries in which the leave is to be spent,

— leave address (optional), and

CHAPTER VI

— telephone number while on leave (where applicable).

After signature by the Director or his delegate, the leave
application form shall be returned by the staff member to
the administrative section and kept in the staff member's
personal file.

(c) Leave unexpended on departure of staff members

REPORTS AND PROMOTION

Article 23

General provisions

Leave unexpended at the time staff members depart from
the Institute shall be cancelled. However,
if the Director
certifies in writing that, owing to the exigencies of work, it
was impossible for a staff member to take all his leave, the
staff member shall be entitled to a compensatory payment
of one sixtieth of his monthly net basic salary for each day
of leave so accumulated.

The work of all staff members, apart from the Director,

1.
shall be evaluated once a year, at the latest by 15 December.

Reports shall comment on the relative proficiency of staff
members and shall provide the opportunity to congratulate
staff members or, on the contrary, warn them of shortcomings
with a view to an improvement in their service.

2. Unpaid leave

If requested by a staff member, the Director may grant addi-
tional, unpaid leave up to a limit of 15 consecutive days.

2.

Reports shall concern the following criteria:

(a) diligence and punctuality;

(b) quality and speed of execution of work;

(c) initiative;

This does not affect either seniority or pension rights.

(c) propriety and human relations.

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Each criterion shall be assessed on a scale of 0 to 5. The entire
evaluation shall be summarised on an annual report form kept
in the staff member's personal file.

Article 24

Procedure

1.
The Director shall designate the staff members respon-
sible for reporting on personnel wholly or partly subordinate
to them.

2. When all reports have been written, the Director shall
convene a Promotions Board, chaired by himself, which shall
include all staff members who have written one or more
reports. The Head of Administration and Personnel shall attend
all meetings of the Promotions Board, and shall have a right to
vote regarding his own subordinates and a consultative role
regarding others.

On the basis of the advice of the Head of Administration,
3.
the Director shall make a definitive evaluation of each staff
member and have reports written that shall be signed by all
members of the Promotions Board.

4.
Each staff member shall be interviewed personally by the
Director, or his delegate if necessary, normally during a session
of the Promotions Board. He shall be notified of his annual
evaluation, and shall sign the report form, thus testifying that
he has been informed of it.

An annual

5.
is an administrative measure for
internal use, against which there can be no appeal to any
external body.

report

Article 25

Follow-up action on reports

1.
An exceptionally good report may justify exceptional
promotion to a higher step or even grade, provided that the
budgeted post allows such promotion.

Two successive adverse reports shall justify keeping the

2.
staff member at his present step for an additional year.

Two or more adverse reports may justify non-renewal of

3.
contracts.

CHAPTER VII

DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE

Article 26

Definitions

whether intentionally or through negligence on his part, shall
make him liable to simple, financial or statutory disciplinary
action, notwithstanding the compensation he may be required
to make by virtue of Article 2(4) and Article 27 of these Regu-
lations.

(a) simple disciplinary measures shall include:

— verbal warning,

— written censure;

(b) financial measures shall include:

— withholding of an annual salary increment,

— immediate reduction in step at the same grade;

(c) statutory measures shall include:

— temporary suspension from duties entailing the with-

holding of emoluments in whole or in part,

— removal from post, involving termination of contract,
accompanied by total or partial forfeiture of loss-of-job
indemnity, and possibly accompanied by reduction or
temporary suspension of benefits under the pension
scheme.

Disciplinary measures shall be decided by the Director; simple
disciplinary measures may be decided by the Head of Adminis-
tration and Personnel, acting on behalf of the Director, except
where a meeting of the Disciplinary Board is convened (1).

If a charge of serious misconduct is made against a staff
2.
member, and the Director considers that the charge is prima
facie well founded, and that the staff member's continuance in
office during an investigation would prejudice the Institute, the
staff member concerned may be immediately suspended from
his functions pending the results of the investigation, with or
without pay at the discretion of the Director.

Article 27

Compensation for damage

Staff members may be required to pay compensation, either in
part or in full,
for any damage sustained by the Institute
through their gross negligence or willful act. Where the staff
member has left
this compensation may be
obtained by withholding a percentage of the benefits due under
the pension scheme, up to 70 % of the pension.

the Institute,

1.
comply with his obligations under

Any failure by a staff member or former staff member to
the Staff Regulations,

(1) In this case, the disciplinary measure is decided by the Director

himself.

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Article 28

Notification of complaints

When a proposal is made that a disciplinary measure under
Article 26 be taken against any staff member, he shall be noti-
fied in writing within two clear days after the request for disci-
plinary action has been lodged with the Director or the Head
of Administration and Personnel. Such notification shall be
accompanied by the documents relating to the ground of the
complaint against him, together with all reports written on
him.

Article 29

Disciplinary Board

Within five working days of his being notified as provided by
Article 28, the staff member concerned may make a request in
writing that his case be examined by a Disciplinary Board,
which shall be convened by the Director within five days. The
Disciplinary Board shall meet during the week following the
date of issue of the convocation.

The composition and procedures of the Disciplinary Board are
given in Annex IX.

The opinion of the Disciplinary Board shall not be binding
upon the Director.

The Director shall acknowledge this appeal and reply within
five clear days of receipt of the request.

In the event of a negative reply, the staff member may request
mediation. Such mediation is not obligatory.

2. Mediation

The mediator shall be a qualified,
independent legal expert
appointed by the Director for a renewable period of three
years.

He shall be provided by the Director and the staff member
concerned with all the documents he considers necessary for
an examination of the case.

He shall submit his conclusions within 15 days of the date on
which he has been apprised of the case.

These conclusions shall not be binding on either the Director
or the staff member.

The costs of mediation shall be borne by the Institute if the
conclusions are refuted by the Director; 50 % of the costs shall
be borne by the staff member if it is he who refuses to accept
the findings.

CHAPTER VIII

3. Contentious appeals

APPEALS AND APPEALS BOARD

Having exhausted the possibilities of the first resort (an internal
administrative appeal), staff members shall be at liberty to seek
a settlement before the Institute's Appeals Board.

Article 30

Appeals

The composition, operation and specific procedures of that
body are given in Annex X.

Serving or former staff members, or their heirs and assigns,
may appeal against decisions made by the Director. Such
appeals, or procedures arising from them, shall not stay the
execution of the decisions being complained of.

4. Decisions of the Appeals Board

1.

Internal administrative appeals

An internal administrative appeal
is a procedure whereby a
staff member who considers that he has suffered an infringe-
ment of his rights as laid down in these Regulations submits a
reasoned request to the Director of the Institute to reverse the
decision that he considers has infringed those rights.

Decisions of
parties. There shall be no appeal from them.

the Appeals Board shall be binding on both

(a) The Board may annul, or confirm, the decisions complained

of.

(b) The Board may incidentally order the Institute to compen-
sate any material damage sustained by the staff member
starting from the day the annulled decision began to have
effect.

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(c) It may further rule that the Institute shall reimburse, within
limits to be fixed by the Board, justified expenses incurred
by the claimant, as well as expenses relating to transport
and subsistence incurred by witnesses who have been
heard. These expenses shall be calculated on the basis of
Article 18 and Annex VII of these Regulations.

— Chapter V: Articles 19 (hours of work) and 20 (public holi-

days),

— Chapter VII: Article 27 (compensation for damage),

— Chapter VIII: (appeals) — subject to Article 35(3).

CHAPTER IX

PENSIONS SCHEMES

Article 31

Article 33

Contracts

Temporary staff shall be engaged for a period of one to six
months. Contracts shall be renewable under the same condi-
tions. The Institute and the temporary staff member may termi-
nate contracts by giving 10 clear days' notice.

The rules and conditions contained in the Pension Schemes
Rules of the Coordinated Organisations are applied mutatis
the Institute. The ‘New
mutandis to the staff members of
Pension Scheme (NPS) of
the Coordinated Organisations’
applies mutatis mutandis to staff members taking up duty after
30 June 2005.

Article 34

Remuneration

TITLE III

The remuneration of

temporary staff shall be fixed
1.
contractually;
it shall be made up of a net monthly salary
excluding any additional allowances, whatever the family or
social situation of the person concerned.

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TEMPORARY STAFF

Article 32

Statutory provisions

Temporary staff are auxiliary personnel recruited in principle for short
periods. They do not have the status of international staff, and are
entirely subject to the laws and regulations of the host State and the
State of which they are nationals.

Temporary staff are employees who do not occupy

1.
budgeted posts defined in the Institute's establishment table.

These employees shall be subject to the provisions of

2.
Title I and the following provisions of Title II:

— Chapter I: Article 3(2) (assistance and compensation), (4)
(external activities) and (5) (candidacy for public or political
office),

— Chapter II: Articles 5 (age limit for employment) and 6

(medical examinations),

From that

fixed amount

2.
there shall be deducted the
employee's social-welfare contributions either to private insur-
ance providing full reimbursement or,
the employee is
already a member of a sickness insurance scheme, to supple-
mentary insurance.

if

As temporary staff do not benefit

3.
scheme, no deduction shall be made in respect of it.

from the pension

At

the beginning of

4.
the remuneration of
temporary staff shall be increased by the same percentage as
that granted to staff members by the Board.

the year

Article 35

Special provisions

1.

Installation and departure expenses.

Temporary staff may not claim reimbursement of installation
or departure expenses for their families.

— Chapter III: Article 15 (salary advances),

2. Leave.

— Chapter IV: Articles 17 (removal expenses) and 18 (travel

on duty),

Temporary staff shall be entitled to one and a half days' leave
per month served.

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3. Disputes.

Internal disputes concerning the rights and remuneration of
temporary staff shall be dealt with under the appeals proce-
dures described in Articles 30 and 31 of these Regulations.

All other disputes shall come within the jurisdiction of the
ordinary courts of the host State.

TITLE IV

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EXPERTS, RESEARCH
AWARD HOLDERS AND TRAINEES

the provisions of Title I of these Regulations, with which they
shall acquaint themselves on appointment.

2.
Their overall remuneration shall be fixed from the begin-
ning of their activities at the Institute; it shall be paid in succes-
sive portions, as defined by the Director, in accordance with
the results of the work for which they have been engaged or
accepted.

Article 36

Statutory and financial provisions

1.
Experts, research award holders and trainees shall have
the status of visitors to the Institute. They shall be subject to

3.
Appointed experts and research award holders shall be
entitled to the reimbursement of travel expenses for themselves
only, when they arrive at the Institute and when they leave it.
Exceptionally, and as decided by the Director, this reimburse-
ment may be paid to a trainee.

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ANNEX I

INDEMNITY FOR LOSS OF JOB

References:

(a) Article 7 of these Staff Regulations.

(b) Annex V to the 78th Report of the Coordinating Committee of Government Budget Experts, August

1972.

1. Circumstances in which the indemnity is awarded.

An indemnity for loss of job (1) may be awarded to a staff member whose contract is terminated for one of the
following reasons:

(a) suppression of the budgeted post;

(b) changes in the nature or level of the job such that the staff member no longer possesses the required qualifica-

tions;

(c) the withdrawal from the Board of the Member State of which the staff member is a national;

(d) the transfer of the headquarters of the Institute by a distance of over 100 km or 60 miles from the location
where the staff member was engaged and the refusal of the staff member to be transferred since such an even-
tuality was not foreseen in his contract;

(e) the withdrawal of security clearance (2) from the staff member for reasons other than disciplinary ones.

The indemnity shall not be due if:

(f) the staff member has obtained another post at the same grade at the Institute;

(g) the staff member has obtained a new appointment in another international organisation in the same locality;

(h) the staff member, as a public employee of a Member State, has obtained reintegration and remuneration in his

national administration within 30 days following the termination of his contract by the Institute;

(i) the staff member's contract has been terminated as a result of a disciplinary procedure.

2. Payment of the indemnity to staff members having served less than 10 years at the Institute (3).

Provided that their current contract has not come to an end, such staff members shall be entitled to an indemnity
amounting to 50 % of their net monthly remuneration multiplied by the number of months (4) remaining up to the
expiry of the term of their contract, up to a maximum of five months' remuneration.

Net remuneration shall be taken to mean basic salary plus all additional allowances and indemnities paid monthly.

3. Payment of the indemnity to staff members having served more than 10 years at the Institute (3).

Such staff members shall be entitled to an indemnity equal to 100 % of their net monthly remuneration per year of
service at the Institute, up to a maximum of 24 months.

The amount of the indemnity shall not represent a number of months (4) which exceeds the period that the staff
member would have to serve before reaching the age limit specified in Article 5 of these Staff Regulations.

(1) As distinct from leaving allowance, which represents merely the settlement of pension rights.
(2) Only in cases where the post occupied requires such clearance.
(3) Or 10 years' accumulated uninterrupted service at the Institute and another international organisation.
(4) Or fractions of months expressed in thirtieths.

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ANNEX II

EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE

1. Staff members so entitled under Article 10 of the Staff Regulations shall receive a monthly expatriation allowance.

The amount of the allowance shall be:

(a) for staff members entitled to household allowance:

— 18 % of the reference salary during the first 10 years' service,

— 17 % of the reference salary during the 11th year of service,

— 16 % of the reference salary during the 12th year of service,

— 15 % of the reference salary as from the 14th year of service;

(b) for staff members not entitled to household allowance:

— 14 % of the reference salary during the first 10 years' service,

— 13 % of the reference salary during the 11th year of service,

— 12 % of the reference salary during the 12th year of service,

— 11 % of the reference salary as from the 14th year of service.

2. The reference salary shall be the net basic salary payable at step 1 of staff members' grades.

3. Expatriation allowance shall not be lower than the basic salary payable at grade B3 step 1.

ANNEX III

CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS

1. Dependent children

(a) A legitimate, legally recognised natural or adopted child deemed to be a dependant of a staff member is a child
whose continuous maintenance and education are ensured by that staff member, and who lives continuously
with the family, in the locality where the staff member is in post or in the locality where the other parent lives.

(b) The staff member concerned must submit to the administrative section copies of documents legally certifying

that the child is dependent on him for material support.

(c) A child shall not be considered a dependant of the staff member:

— when it attains the age of 26,

— when, before reaching that age, it is in receipt of a salary, income or fees in its own right,

— where the staff member or spouse caring for the child receives, under his or her national laws or regulations,

or those of the host country, an allowance of the same nature.

(d) The administrative section shall be entitled to demand that official or notarial documents that it deems necessary

to establish a right to the corresponding allowances be produced.

2. Other dependants

(a) A person other than a dependent child as defined in paragraph 1 may be considered a staff member's dependant

on the following conditions:

— he is a parent or other close relative by blood or marriage,

— he lives continuously with the staff member or his spouse, or is regularly admitted to an institution giving

specialist medical care,

— the person concerned does not have adequate resources of his own to support himself.

(b) The staff member concerned must provide the administrative section with valid evidence that the person is

dependent on him for material support.

(c) The administrative section shall be entitled to demand that official or notarial documents that it deems necessary

to establish a right to the associated allowances be produced.

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ANNEX IV

HANDICAPPED DEPENDANTS

1. A dependant is deemed to be handicapped if it is established by medical evidence that he is suffering from a serious
and permanent disability necessitating either special care or supervision not provided free of charge, or special educa-
tion or training.

2. The decision to pay the allowance shall be made by the Director after consulting a board which he shall constitute
for the purpose, and which shall include at least one medical practitioner. The Director's decision shall specify the
period for which the allowance is to be paid, subject to review.

3. The criterion for entitlement to the provisions of these Regulations shall be the serious and continuing impairment of

physical or mental activities.

Dependent persons may thus be deemed to be handicapped where they suffer from:

— serious or chronic affection of the central or autonomic nervous system, however caused, such as diseases of the

brain, myopathy and autonomic paralysis,

— serious affection of the locomotor system,

— serious affection of one or more sensory systems,

— chronic and disabling mental illness.

The above list shall not be deemed to be exhaustive. It is given by way of indication only, and shall not be taken as a
basis for assessing the degree of disability or incapacity.

4. The amount of the allowance shall be equal to the amount of the allowance for a dependent child, and shall be addi-

tional thereto.

5. In the event that the staff member concerned or his household is entitled to a similar allowance under a national or
international scheme, the amount of the allowance payable by the Institute shall be the amount by which the rate
payable under these Regulations exceeds the amount payable under the national or international scheme.

ANNEX V

RENT ALLOWANCE

1. The amount of the allowance shall be a proportion of the difference between the actual rent paid, excluding all

charges mentioned in Article 11(5)(a), and a sum calculated as follows:

(a) 15 % of net basic salary for staff members of grades C and B, up to and including B4;

(b) 20 % of net basic salary for staff members of grades B5 and B6;

(c) 22 % of net basic salary for staff members of grades A1 and L1.

2. The said proportion shall be:

(a) 50 % for single staff members and married staff members with no dependants;

(b) 55 % for staff members with one dependant;

(c) 60 % for staff members with two or more dependants.

3. The allowance shall not exceed:

(a) 10 % of net basic salary of the staff member concerned in the case of grades C to B4 inclusive;

(b) 15 % of net basic salary in the case of grades B5 and B6, and A1 and L1.

Net basic salary shall be deemed to mean the actual basic salary as given in the annual scales agreed by the Board, but excluding
any other additions to or deductions from remuneration.

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ANNEX VI

TRAVEL COSTS AND REMOVAL EXPENSES

SECTION I — Travel costs of staff members and their families between their place of residence and duty

station

1. Staff members whose place of residence is more than 100 km or 60 miles from their duty station shall be entitled,

subject to Article 22 of these Regulations, to reimbursement of the actual costs of travel:

(a) on taking up their appointment, for travel from their place of residence to their duty station;

(b) on transfer from the duty station where they were recruited to another duty station more than 100 km or 60

miles away;

(c) on leaving their appointment:

— either for travel from their duty station to their place of residence at the time they were recruited;

— or, for travel from their duty station to a place of residence other than that mentioned above, provided that

the expenditure to be reimbursed is not greater.

2. Reimbursement of the travel costs mentioned in paragraph 1shall be totally or partially refused in the following

cases:

(a) where entitlement has not been established at the time a staff member takes up his appointment;

(b) if all or part of the expenditure in question has been paid by a government or other body;

(c) where a staff member leaves his appointment, if the journey does not take place within a period of three months
starting from the date the staff member's duties cease, or if the application for reimbursement has not been
received by the administrative section within 30 days of the journey;

(d) when the staff member's duties cease, if the person concerned has resigned before completing twelve months'

service at the Institute.

3. Staff members who satisfy the conditions listed in paragraphs 1 and 2, and who receive household allowance, shall

also be entitled to:

(a) reimbursement of travel costs actually incurred by their spouse and dependent children when they join the staff

member at his duty station;

(b) reimbursement of travel costs actually incurred by their spouse and dependent children when they move from
one duty station to another duty station situated over 100 km or 60 miles away, if the duration of the transfer is
unspecified but exceeds two months;

(c) reimbursement of travel costs actually incurred by their spouse and dependent children when their duties cease,
except that the reimbursement may be refused if the staff member resigns before having completed twelve
months' service at the Institute.

4. Spouses and dependent children (1) shall be deemed to be of the same grade as the staff member concerned.

SECTION II — Removal expenses

1. Staff members whose place of residence is more than 100 km or 60 miles from their duty station shall be entitled to
the reimbursement of expenses actually incurred for the removal of their household effects on the following occa-
sions:

(a) on taking up their appointment;

(b) on transfer of indefinite duration exceeding two months from one duty station to another duty station that is

more than 100 km or 60 miles away;

(c) when leaving the Institute, except that the reimbursement may be refused if the staff member resigns before

having completed twelve months' service at the Institute.

(1) Or dependants as defined in Annexes III and IV.

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2. Reimbursement of expenses incurred for removal of household effects, including packing (1), shall be made up to the

following limits:

(a) For staff members entitled to household allowance:

Hors grade

A and L

B and C

7 000 kg

6 000 kg

3 000 kg

Plus 750 kg or 5 m3 per child residing with the staff member.

(b) For staff members not entitled to household allowance:

Hors grade

A and L

B and C

5 000 kg

4 000 kg

2 000 kg

or 46 m3

or 40 m3

or 20 m3

or 33 m3

or 27 m3

or 13 m3

To claim expenses under the provisions of this Section, staff members must submit to the Head of Administration
and Personnel, for prior approval, at least two estimates of removal expenses, from different companies, together
with an inventory of their household effects (2). Reimbursement shall be made only within the limits of the entitle-
ment and on the basis of the lower estimate.

3. Staff members may only claim reimbursement under this Section if the expenditure in question is not reimbursable

by a government or other authority.

(1) Reimbursement does not extend to the costs of insuring household effects.
(2) The two estimates must refer to the same weight (or volume), transported over the same distance.

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ANNEX VII

OFFICIAL DUTY EXPENSES

Staff members travelling on official Institute duty shall be entitled to reimbursement of all of their travel costs and to a daily allow-
ance to cover subsistence when away from their place of duty in accordance with Article 18 of these Regulations.

SECTION I — Means of transport

Travel by staff members on duty shall be performed by the most economic means available, subject to the derogations
provided for in this Section (1).

Air and rail travel are considered to be the normal means of transport. The Director may, however, authorise staff
members on official duty to use a private or official car, in particular when a doctor certifies that they cannot travel by
air for medical reasons, and travel by rail is either not possible, too long or too expensive.

If a staff member travelling on official duty chooses, and is authorised, to travel by means other than the most economic
available, the following rules shall apply:

— he shall be entitled only to reimbursement of the cost of the journey by the most economic means of transport,

— he shall be entitled to subsistence allowance only for the length of time he would have taken had his journey been

made by the most economic means available,

— working time taken by him in consequence of such travel in excess of the time which would have been taken had he

travelled by the most economic means available will count against his annual leave entitlement.

1. A i r tr a v e l

Except where authorised by the Director, all travel shall be in ‘economy’ class or the equivalent.

2. R a i l tra v el

(a) Grades A and L shall be entitled to first-class travel;

(b) grades B and C shall be entitled to second-class travel;

(c) for journeys by rail involving night travel of a minimum duration of six hours, staff members shall be entitled to
reimbursement of the costs of sleeping berths, but not of sleeping compartments; if the latter are used, staff
members shall be entitled to reimbursement of the costs of 1st or 2nd class sleeping berths, depending on their
grade.

(d) the Director may authorise staff members of lower grades to travel with staff members of higher grades where

this facilitates the transaction of official business; in such cases reimbursement shall be at the higher rate.

3. R oad jour ne ys — u se of pri v ate c ar s

(a) Staff members may be authorised to travel by private car in the interests of the Institute. In such cases, they shall
be entitled to an allowance per kilometre calculated on the basis of the quickest usual route. The allowance shall
be calculated on the basis of the rate applying in the country where the Institute is located, irrespective of the
country or countries where the travel takes place. The rates in use shall be promulgated in an administrative
memorandum (2).

(b) If the staff member concerned has been authorised to carry other members of the Institute, he shall be paid an
additional allowance per kilometre equal to 10 % of the rate of the kilometric allowance for each passenger (3); if
the route followed involves special charges (such as tolls, or transport of the car by ship or car ferry), such
charges shall be reimbursed on production of supporting vouchers, except for any costs of air travel.

(c) Staff members using their own cars must show beforehand that they hold an insurance policy covering third

party risks and risks to passengers in particular.

(d) In the event of an accident, the Institute will not refund the cost of any damage to property.

(1) These provisions may be extended to temporary staff, as decided by the Director.
(2) The total sum paid may not exceed the amount that the Institute would otherwise have had to disburse.
(3) In such cases, ‘passengers’ shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of travel costs.

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SECTION II — Subsistence allowance for staff members travelling on official duty

1. Staff members travelling on official duty shall be entitled to subsistence allowance at the rates decided each year by
the Board. The rates of allowances for missions in member countries of the Coordinated Organisations are expressed
in local currency.

However, the Director may authorise:

(a) special rates for countries where the cost of living is higher or lower than the normal rates;

(b) the payment of subsistence allowance at a higher rate than that to which staff members would normally be

entitled if this will facilitate the transaction of official business;

(c) the payment of an allowance if sick leave has to be granted during the mission, except where the mission is

being carried out in the place where the staff member lives.

2. Subsistence allowance shall be calculated as follows:

(a) staff members shall be entitled to one day's subsistence allowance for each complete 24-hour period of duty (1);

(b) no subsistence allowance shall be payable for periods of less than four hours;

(c) where the period of duty is four hours or more but less than eight hours, the staff member shall be entitled to
one-quarter of the daily allowance. He shall likewise be entitled to one-quarter of the daily allowance in respect
of any period of four hours or more but less than eight hours in excess of any complete period of 24 hours;

(d) where the period of duty is eight hours or more without hotel accommodation, the staff member shall be entitled
to one-half of the daily allowance. He shall likewise be entitled to one-half of the daily allowance in respect of
any period of eight hours or more but less than 24 hours in excess of any complete period of 24 hours;

(e) where the mission necessarily involves hotel accommodation, the staff member concerned may be paid the full

daily allowance;

(f) a notional period shall be added to the actual journey time for the purpose of calculating subsistence allowance

to allow for travelling time to the main station or airport. This period will be as follows:

— two hours for train journeys,

— three hours for air travel.

3. R educed subsistence allowa nce

The allowance shall be reduced:

(a) when the journey involves meals or overnight accommodation: by 15 % for each main meal and by 50 % for

overnight accommodation provided in the fare;

(b) by three-tenths if a staff member travels by night ferry, sleeping berth or compartment, by rail or by air, for the

period covered by the travel;

(c) by three-tenths if a staff member travels on official duty to the town of his official home when his family is still

in residence there;

(d) by three-quarters when accommodation is provided by an external body.

4. A ddi ti ons to su bsi ste nc e a llow a nc e

The allowance shall be deemed to cover all the expenses liable to be incurred by a staff member travelling on duty,
except the expenses listed below, for which additional reimbursement may be claimed:

(a) visa fees and similar charges arising directly from travel on official duty;

(b) excess luggage charges authorised expressly by the Director;

(c) postal, telegraphic and long-distance telephone charges incurred for official purposes;

(1) These periods are to be counted as from the date and time of departure from the Institute or the staff member's home up to the date
and time of return to the Institute or home. If the staff member is on leave before the beginning of the mission, the date and time to
be taken are those when the mission began, and if the staff member is on leave immediately after the end of the mission, the date and
time to be used are those when the mission ended.

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(d) hospitality expenses incurred by staff members in conformity with conditions laid down by the Director;

(e) taxi fares, provided the Director has given his prior approval and evidence of the expenditure is produced.

If in certain circumstances the expenditure on accommodation exceeds 60 % of the daily subsistence allowance, the
Institute may reimburse the excess amount partially or totally on presentation of vouchers and sufficient proof that
the additional expenditure was unavoidable. This reimbursement may not exceed 30 % of the daily subsistence allow-
ance.

ANNEX VIII

SICK LEAVE, MATERNITY LEAVE AND OTHER SPECIAL LEAVE

1. Absence for health reasons and sick leave

(a) Staff members absent owing to sickness or accident for more than three consecutive days shall be required to

produce a medical certificate within three days of ceasing work.

(b) Absences occasioned by sickness or accident that last no more than three days and for which no medical certifi-
cate is provided may, if they exceed nine working days in any one calendar year, entail a corresponding reduc-
tion in the annual leave due to the staff member concerned or a corresponding reduction in his emoluments if
he has already taken his annual leave in full.

(c) Staff members absent owing to sickness or accident are entitled, on production of a medical certificate, to sick
leave with full pay and allowances for a maximum period of 13 consecutive weeks. They shall reimburse to the
Institute that part of the sickness benefit to which they are entitled, for the same period, under the social security
legislation in force in the host State.

(d) Continuous absence owing to sickness or accident exceeding thirteen consecutive weeks may be regarded by the

Director as grounds for termination of contract.

(e) Frequent recurrence of short periods of illness may be regarded by the Director as grounds for termination of

contract.

(f) The Director of the Institute may at any time require the staff member concerned to undergo a medical examina-

tion.

2.

Infectious diseases, vaccination and accidents

(a) Any staff member contracting an infectious disease must absent himself from duty and report the circumstances
immediately to the Head of Administration and Personnel. If an infectious disease is reported among the family
or intimate friends of a staff member, the latter must immediately inform the Head of Administration and
Personnel and conform to such health precautions as may be prescribed by that officer. All staff members who
have been in contact with a person who has contracted an infectious disease and are as a result obliged to
absent themselves from duty shall be entitled to all of their emoluments; such absence shall not be deducted
from either their sick leave or their annual leave entitlements.

(b) Staff members shall submit to any preventive vaccinations or inoculations that may be required.

(c) All accidents to staff members, whether incurred at work or outside the Institute, however trifling they may
appear at the time, must be reported immediately by the staff member to the Head of Administration and
Personnel, together with the names and addresses of any witnesses.

3. Special leave and maternity leave

(a) Special leave with full or part pay, not exceeding 10 working days per year, or without pay, may be granted by

the Director for exceptional or urgent private reasons.

(b) Special leave of five working days with full pay shall be granted on the occasion of the marriage of a staff
member. Staff members shall be granted identical leave on the death of a spouse, of a direct descendant or of a
direct ascendant.

(c) Maternity leave on full pay, and not to be charged against sick or annual leave, shall be granted to staff members
on production of an appropriate medical certificate. Maternity leave shall be for sixteen weeks, beginning six
weeks before the expected date of birth. If the birth occurs after the expected date, the leave shall be extended
until the expiry of ten weeks following the birth.

The staff members concerned must repay to the Institute that part of the maternity allowance to which they are
entitled for the same period under the French social security system.

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ANNEX IX

COMPOSITION AND PROCEDURES OF DISCIPLINARY BOARDS

1. Composition of the Disciplinary Board

The Disciplinary Board shall consist of:

(a) a grade A or L staff member nominated by the Director, other than the Head of Administration and Personnel

or the person to whom the staff member concerned is responsible, as chairman;

(b) a staff member nominated by the Director;

(c) a staff member of the same grade as the staff member concerned and nominated by him;

(d) the Head of Administration and Personnel, acting as legal adviser, without the right to vote.

2. Procedure

(a) The Disciplinary Board shall take note of all the documents relevant to the consideration of the case. It shall, if
he so requests, hear the interested party. The interested party may have the assistance of, or be represented by, a
staff member. The Disciplinary Board shall also hear any person it deems advisable to summon.

(b) The Disciplinary Board shall act in private. Its members shall not divulge any information which may have come

to their knowledge during the proceedings, or any particulars of the proceedings.

(c) The Disciplinary Board shall give its reasoned opinion to the Director. That opinion shall include a recommenda-

tion as to whether a sanction is appropriate, and if so the severity of that sanction.

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ANNEX X

APPEALS BOARD

A.

Jurisdiction

The Appeals Board will have authority to settle disputes arising out of violations of these Regulations or of the
contracts provided for in Article 7. To that end it shall have jurisdiction with regard to appeals brought by serving
or former staff members, or by their heirs and assigns, against a decision of the Director.

B. Composition and status

(a) The Appeals Board shall be composed of a chairman and two members. They may be replaced by deputies. The

chairman or one of the members and one of their deputies must have legal qualifications.

(b) The chairman, his deputy, the members and their deputies shall be appointed by the Board of the Institute for a
period of two years, from outside the staff of the Institute. If any of them is at any time unable to serve, a new
appointment shall be made for the unexpired term.

(c) No meeting of the Appeals Board is in order unless the chairman, or his deputy, and two members, or their

deputies, are present.

(d) The members of the Board shall be fully independent in the exercise of their duties.

(e) The emoluments of the chairman, members and deputies shall be fixed by the Board of the Institute.

(f) The Appeals Board shall establish its own rules subject to the provisions of this Annex.

C. Secretariat

(a) The Secretary of the Board shall be appointed by the Director and shall be a member of the staff of the Institute.

(b) In the exercise of his duties, the Secretary of the Board shall act as a registrar and shall be subject only to the

authority of the Board.

D. Appeals

(a) Appeals submitted to the Board shall only be admissible if the appellant has previously failed to obtain satisfac-

tion through an internal administrative appeal to the Director.

(b) The appellant shall have a period of twenty days from notification of the decision complained of or the date of
rejection of the mediator's findings in which to submit a written request that such decision be withdrawn or
modified by the Appeals Board. That request shall be addressed to the Institute's Head of Administration and
Personnel, who shall acknowledge receipt of it and initiate the procedure for convening the Board.

(c) Appeals must be lodged with the Secretariat of the Appeals Board within two months of the date of notification
of the decision complained of. Nevertheless, in exceptional cases, in particular where pensions are concerned, the
Appeals Board may admit appeals lodged within one year of the date of notification of the decision complained
of.

(d) Appeals must be in writing; they must state all grounds of appeal put forward by the appellant and supporting

documentary evidence must be produced at the same time.

(e) Appeals shall not stay the execution of the decisions complained of.

E. Preliminary procedure

(a) Appeals shall be transmitted immediately to the Director, who must make his comments thereon in writing. A
copy of these comments shall, within one month from the date of lodging the appeal, be communicated to the
Secretary of the Board, and to the appellant, who within twenty days may make a reply in writing, a copy of
which shall be communicated immediately to the Director by the Secretary of the Board.

(b) Appeals, together with the memorandums and the documentary evidence in support, the comments of the
Director and the appellant's reply, if any, shall be communicated to the members of the Board by its Secretariat
within three months of the lodging of the appeal and at least fifteen days before the date of the meeting at
which they are to be considered.

F. Convening of the Board

The Appeals Board shall be convened by its chairman. It shall in principle consider appeals submitted to it within
four months of the date on which they were lodged.

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G. Meetings of the Board

(a) The meetings of the Appeals Board shall be held in private (unless the Board decides otherwise). The Board shall

deliberate in secret.

(b) The Director or his representative, together with the appellant, shall attend the proceedings and may make oral

statements in support of the grounds adduced in their memorandums.

(c) The Board may require the production of any document that it deems useful for the consideration of the appeal

before it. Documents so produced must also be communicated to the Director and the appellant.

(d) The Board shall hear the parties and such witnesses as it deems may usefully depose in the proceedings. Any
staff member called as a witness must appear before the Board and may not refuse to give the required informa-
tion.

(e) Persons attending a meeting of the Board shall in no case divulge any facts coming to their notice or any

opinions expressed during the proceedings.

H. Decisions of the Board

(a) In exceptional circumstances, the Board may make an interim order staying the execution of the measure

complained of, pending a final decision in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(b) Decisions shall be taken by majority vote. They must be rendered in writing and must state the grounds on
which they are based. There shall be no appeal from them, and they shall be enforceable for both parties within
one clear day of their notification.

(c) The Board may, however, be requested to rectify a clerical or accidental mistake in a decision rendered. Requests

for rectification must be submitted within six months of the date when the mistake was noted.