HENCEFORTH A NEW CATEGORY WAS ADDED , DEFINED BY THE NEW SUBPARAGRAPH ( D ) TO ARTICLE 2 THUS :
' ' ( D ) STAFF ENGAGED TO FILL TEMPORARILY A PERMANENT POST PAID FROM RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT APPROPRIATIONS AND INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF POSTS APPENDED TO THE BUDGET RELATING TO THE INSTITUTION CONCERNED . ' '
4 REGULATION NO 2615/76 ALSO BROUGHT THE FORMER ESTABLISHMENT STAFF INTO THE COMMUNITY PENSION SCHEME BY AMENDING ARTICLE 39 ( 2 ) OF THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT TO READ AS FOLLOWS :
' ' ON LEAVING THE SERVICE , A SERVANT WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2 ( C ) OR ( D ) SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A RETIREMENT PENSION OR SEVERANCE GRANT AS PROVIDED FOR IN TITLE V , CHAPTER 3 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS AND ANNEX VIII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS . ' '
5 THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION NO 2615/76 PROVIDES AS A TRANSITIONAL MEASURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ESTABLISHMENT STAFF WHO HAVE ACQUIRED THE STATUS OF TEMPORARY STAFF THAT THE YEARS OF SERVICE COMPLETED AS ESTABLISHMENT STAFF ARE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN APPLYING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 77 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS , ACCORDING TO WHICH ENTITLEMENT TO A RETIREMENT PENSION IS CONDITIONAL UPON COMPLETION OF AT LEAST 10 YEARS ' SERVICE .
6 THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION NO 2615/76 PROVIDES , HOWEVER , THAT ONLY THE YEARS OF SERVICE COMPLETED BY FORMER ESTABLISHMENT STAFF AS TEMPORARY STAFF ARE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING THE YEARS OF PENSIONABLE SERVICE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2 OF ANNEX VIII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS .
7 FOR REASONS OF EQUITY THE COMMISSION NEVERTHELESS DECIDED TO APPLY BY ANALOGY TO FORMER ESTABLISHMENT STAFF WHO SO REQUESTED THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 11 ( 2 ) OF ANNEX VIII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS , WHICH ALLOWS AN OFFICIAL WHO ENTERS THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AFTER BEING AFFILIATED TO A NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME TO HAVE TRANSFERRED TO THE COMMUNITIES THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF THE RETIREMENT PENSION RIGHTS WHICH HE HAS ACQUIRED UNDER THE NATIONAL SCHEME . IN SUCH A CASE THE INSTITUTION IN WHICH THE OFFICIAL IS EMPLOYED DETERMINES , TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT HIS GRADE ON ESTABLISHMENT , THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF PENSIONABLE SERVICE WITH WHICH TO CREDIT HIM UNDER ITS OWN PENSION SCHEME ON THE BASIS OF THE AMOUNT OF THAT ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT .
8 ON 2 MARCH 1978 AN AGREEMENT WAS MADE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES AND THE ISTITUTO NAZIONALE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSFERRING TO THE COMMUNITY SCHEME THE PENSION RIGHTS OF STAFF PREVIOUSLY AFFILIATED TO THE ITALIAN PENSION SCHEME .
9 FOLLOWING THAT AGREEMENT THE COMMISSION PUBLISHED AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN STAFF COURIER NO 391 OF 14 JUNE 1978 . SHORTLY AFTERWARDS , ON 13 JULY 1978 , IT CIRCULATED THE SAME NOTICE TO THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE AT ISPRA TO BRING THE