Regulations for Members of the Seconded Staff of the European ...

- for a member of staff whose place of employment is at least 50 km from an
educational establishment working in his language which the child attends for imperative
educational reasons duly supported by evidence;
- for a member of staff whose place of employment is at least 50 km from an
establishment of higher education in the country of which he is a national or working in
his language, provided that the child actually attends an establishment of higher
education at least 50 km from the place of employment and the member of staff is
entitled to the expatriation allowance; the latter condition shall not apply if there is no
such establishment in the country of which the member of staff is a national or where
the child attends a higher education establishment in a country other than that of the
member of staff's place of employment.
4. The requirements of attendance at a school that charges fees shall not apply to
payments under paragraph 3.
5. If custody of the child in respect of whom the education allowance is paid has been
entrusted by law or by an order of court or of the competent administrative authority to
another person, the education allowance shall be paid to that person in the name and
on behalf of the member of staff. In such case, the distance of at least 50 km referred to
in the preceding paragraph shall be calculated from the place of residence of the person
having custody of the child. These allowances shall be paid in the currency of the
country in which that person is resident, calculated where applicable on the basis of the
exchange rates used for the implementation of the general budget of the European
Communities on 1 July of the year the current salaries were fixed. They shall be subject
to the weighting for the country in question if it is inside the Communities or to a
weighting equal to 100 if the country of residence is outside the Communities.
6. For each dependent child within the meaning of Article 54(2) of these Regulations who
is less than five years old or is not yet in regular full-time attendance at a primary or
secondary school, the amount of this allowance per month is fixed and set out in Annex
VI. Paragraph 5 shall apply.
7. Members of staff shall be exempt from the payment of school fees for their children
enrolled in the European Schools.
Article 56
Section 4 – OTHER ALLOWANCES
1. Members of staff appointed, seconded or assigned to the School by governments other
than that of the country in which the School is situated shall be paid AN
EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE equal to 16% of the total amount of the basic salary,
plus household allowance and dependent child allowance to which they are entitled.
The expatriation allowance shall not be less than the amount laid down in Annex VI.
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