>> de | en | fr  N° 43-2006 / 07.09.2006
 

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 14 July 2006 the AIPN adopted the decision on the exceptional granting of rest leave for 2006 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.4 (D(2006) 513160)

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 2104/2005(2), and in particular Article 8 of Annex X thereto,

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, as last amended by the Commission decision of 16 June 2005,

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, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving outside the European Union are granted the rest leave shown in the Annex to this Decision for 2006.

This decision repeals that of 1 January 2005.

Done at Brussels, 14 July 2006.

Eneko Landaburu
Director General – External Relations
[Signed]

Visa: Ms Graykowski DG RELEX/K.1
Copies: Mr/Ms Schwaiger CA.21 Jessen DG TRADE/A.1
  Leardini SG/C.1 Craig McQuaide DG DEV/A.4
  Currall SJ Di Bucci DG ELARG/E.2
  Graham DG RELEX/L.1 Levêque AIDCO/G.3
  Ruiz Serrano DG RELEX/I.1 Guth ECHO/5
  de Saint Maurice DG RELEX/K Moricca DG ADMIN/B.1
  Perez Jimenez DG RELEX/K.7 (f.f.) Bertrand DG BUDG/A.5
  Hasson DG RELEX/K.8 Fracchia DG ADMIN/C.4


REST LEAVE
(Article 8 of Annex X)
Effective date: 1 January 2006

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 = 12/16 points)
Afghanistan Brussels (Belgium)
Bangladesh Phuket (Thailand)
Chad Brussels (Belgium)
Central African Republic Paris (France)
Iraq Brussels (Belgium)
Liberia Dakar (Senegal)
Papua-New Guinea Darwin (Australia)
Sierra Leone Dakar (Senegal)
Sudan Brussels (Belgium)
 
6 working days
in a maximum of 2 periods

(LCA = 11 points)
Angola Windhoek (Namibia)
Burundi Mombasa (Kenya)
Congo Libreville (Gabon)
Democratic Republic of the Congo Libreville (Gabon)
Georgia Vienna (Austria)
Guinea Dakar (Senegal)
Indonesia (Banda Aceh) Phuket (Thailand)
Indonesia (Jakarta) Phuket (Thailand)
Mauritania Casablanca (Morocco)
Nepal Phuket (Thailand)
Niger Libreville (Gabon)
Nigeria Brussels (Belgium)
Pakistan Delhi (India)
Timor Leste Darwin (Australia)
 
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)
Kyrgyzstan Frankfurt (Germany)
Laos Phuket (Thailand)
Rwanda Mombasa (Kenya)
Solomon Islands Brisbane (Australia)
Tajikistan Frankfurt (Germany)
Togo Libreville (Gabon)
 
BY VIRTUE OF A CRISIS IN 2005
 

Number of days and
periods

Place of employment

Rest leave to be taken in

3 working days
in a maximum of 1 period
Afghanistan
(LCA = 14 points, crisis = 12 months in 2005)
Brussels (Belgium)
Côte d'Ivoire
(LCA = 10 points, crisis = 12 months in 2005)
Dakar (Senegal)
Liberia
(LCA = 12 points, crisis = 12 months in 2005)
Dakar (Senegal)
Saudi Arabia
(LCA = 7 points, crisis = 12 months in 2005)
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
Serbia and Montenegro (Pristina)
(LCA = 8 points, crisis = 12 months in 2005)
Vienna (Austria)

___________________
FOOTNOTES

(1) OJ L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 7.

top

   Author: RELEX K4