COMMISSION DECISION
AMENDING THE GUIDELINES ON ASSISTANCE WITH THE COST OF HELP IN THE HOME AND CARE FOR SICK CHILDREN

This Administrative Notice concerns officials working at the European Commission, temporary and contract staff members of the European Commission for the duration of their contracts ⁽¹⁾ , retired officials and those with entitlements under a deceased official of a European institution.

The Commission offers its staff the possibility of reimbursement of the cost of help in the home or care for sick children. Staff members are entitled to this aid in certain situations such as death, illness, convalescence after an accident, childbirth, serious illness of a dependent child or particularly difficult circumstances affecting the recipient or his or her spouse.

Active and retired officials and temporary and contract staff members of the European Commission should submit their application direct to one of the Commission administrative staff responsible (tel. 59769 or 66439). In the case of retired officials and entitled persons of the other institutions, the person concerned should contact the social welfare department of the institution responsible. The Appointing Authority will take a decision on the basis of the application, a detailed medical certificate (or, where appropriate, the detailed opinion of a social worker) and evidence of the household's financial circumstances.
 
Following the Commission's decision to replace the guidelines on assistance with help in the home and care for sick children with the new rules on assistance with the cost of help in the home and care for sick children, the new rules entered into force on 29 October 2008.

The new rules are available on the following web pages:

At the Commission: http://www.cc.cec/pers_admin/social_bxl/social/funds_en.html

From home: https://intracomm.ec.europa.eu/pers_admin/social_bxl/social/funds_en.html#2

List of social welfare departments in the other institutions:

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Footnotes

⁽¹⁾ Temporary and contract staff members of the European Commission may benefit from help in the home and care for sick children after the expiry of their contracts where Articles 30 and 98 respectively of the Conditions of employment of other servants apply in respect of staff who are unable to work.