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Exceptional granting of rest leave for staff serving outside the EU

(Article 8 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations)


Article 8 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations stipulates that, by way of exception, the Appointing Authority may grant officials, contract staff and temporary staff rest leave where living conditions are particularly difficult at their place of employment.

On 8 April 2005 the AIPN adopted the decision on the exceptional granting of rest leave from 1 January 2005 for officials serving in countries outside the EU.

The annexed table sets out, for the places of employment concerned, the rest leave entitlements resulting from the decision.

Annexes:

AIPN decision
List of places of employment in respect of which rest leave may be granted

RELEX/K.2 (REG. D(2005) 506911)

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COMMISSION

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities as laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 857/2004(2), and in particular Article 8 of Annex X thereto,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the ten new Member States, and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,
Having regard to the Commission Decision of 28 April 2004 on the exercise of the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations of officials on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment of other servants on the Authority responsible for concluding contracts of employment,

After consulting the Steering Committee for the External Service and the political secretaries of the trade unions and staff associations,

Whereas:

(1)

The Appointing Authority should, exceptionally, grant rest leave for officials, contract staff and temporary staff of the European Communities serving in places of employment outside the European Union where living conditions are particularly difficult,

THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Officials, contract staff and temporary staff of the European Communities serving outside the European Union are granted the rest leave shown in the Annex to this Decision, with effect from 1 January 2005.

Done at Brussels, 8 April 2005.

Eneko Landaburu
Director General
External Relations
[Signed]

Visa: Ms Merla DG RELEX/K.4      
Copies: Mr/Ms Schwaiger CA.12 Pragnell DG TRADE/A.1
Servoz SG/C.1 Craig McQuaide DG DEV/A.4
Currall SJ Zilhao DG ELARG/E.1
Ter Haar DG RELEX/01 Levêque AIDCO/H.1
Ruiz Serrano DG RELEX/I.1 Guth ECHO/5
de Saint Maurice DG RELEX/K Pastor DG ADMIN/B.1
Rosin DG RELEX/K.3 Bertrand DG BUDG/A.5
de Rossi DG RELEX/K.7 Bioul Medical Service


REST LEAVE
(Article 8 of Annex X)
Effective date: 1 January 2005

BY VIRTUE OF THE LIVING-CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE

Number of days and periods

Country of employment

Rest leave to be taken in

9 working days
in a maximum of 3 periods

(LCA > or = 12 points)
Afghanistan Brussels (Belgium)
Bangladesh Phuket (Thailand)
Liberia Dakar (Senegal)
Papua-New Guinea Darwin (Australia)
Central African Republic Libreville (Gabon)
Sierra Leone Dakar (Senegal)
Sudan Mombasa (Kenya)
Chad Dakar (Senegal)
     
6 working days
in a maximum of 2 periods

(LCA = 11 points)
Angola Windhoek (Namibia)
Armenia Vienna (Austria)
Burundi Mombasa (Kenya)
Congo Libreville (Gabon)
Georgia Vienna (Austria)
Guinea Dakar (Senegal)
Mauritania Casablanca (Morocco)
Niger Libreville (Gabon)
Pakistan Delhi (India)
Democratic Republic of the Congo Libreville (Gabon)
     
3 working days
in a maximum of 1 period

(LCA = 10 points)
Cameroon Mombasa (Kenya)
Côte d'Ivoire Dakar (Senegal)
Guinea-Bissau Dakar (Senegal)
Guyana Cayenne (French Guiana)
Haiti Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Solomon Islands Brisbane (Australia)
Kazakhstan Frankfurt (Germany)
Kyrgyzstan Frankfurt (Germany)
Laos Phuket (Thailand)
Nigeria Libreville (Gabon)
Rwanda Mombasa (Kenya)
Tajikistan Frankfurt (Germany)
Togo Libreville (Gabon)
Yemen Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
     

BY VIRTUE OF A CRISIS IN 2004

Number of days and periods

Place of employment

Rest leave to be taken in

9 working days
in a maximum of 3 periods
Serbia and Montenegro (Pristina)
(LCA = 8 points, crisis = 12 months in 2004)
Vienna (Austria)
3 working days
in a maximum of 1 period
Saudi Arabia
(LCA = 7 points, crisis = 5.5 months in 2004)
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

Footnotes

(1) OJ L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 161, 30.04.2004, p. 11.

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