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

Article 59
CHAPTER II
REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENDITURE
1. In accordance with this chapter, a member of staff shall be entitled to reimbursement of
the expenses which he has incurred on taking up his appointment, on transfer, where
applicable, on termination of service and in the performance of his duties.
2. A member of staff entitled to reimbursement of the expenses which he has incurred
subject to the conditions laid down in this chapter shall immediately declare any sums of
like nature to which he or his spouse are entitled. Such latter sums shall be deducted
from the aforementioned sums paid by the School.
3. A member of staff's PLACE OF ORIGIN shall be determined when he takes up his
appointment, account being taken of the place of recruitment or the centre of his
interests, as defined in the Community public service.
Place of recruitment means the place where the member of staff was normally resident
at the time of his recruitment. Centre of interests means the place where the member of
staff retains his main family ties, his assets in the form of built immovable property and
his essential interests of a civic nature, both assets and liabilities.
When all the factors taken into account for determination of the centre of interests have
ceased to exist in the course of the member of staff's career, the Secretary-General
may, at the request of the member of staff concerned and on the basis of supporting
evidence, agree once only to revision of the place of origin, if a new centre of interests
can be defined.
The effect of such a change shall not, however, be such as to recognise as the centre of
the member of staff's interests a place outside the territories of the Member States of
the European Union.
4. Should a member of staff's previous place of employment have been situated outside
the European territory of the Member States, the Capital of the country of which he is a
national shall be regarded as the place of origin when he takes up his appointment.
5. The PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT in a European School shall be the place where the
School is situated.
For the Schools situated in the territory of Brussels-Capital, the place of employment
shall be considered one and the same.
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