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(b) on application, with supporting evidence, by the staff member for children between 18 and 26 who are receiving educational or vocational training.

4. Any person whom the staff member has a legal responsibility to maintain and whose maintenance involves heavy expenditure may, exceptionally, be treated as if he were a dependent child by special reasoned decision of the director, based on supporting documents.

5. Payment of the allowance in respect of a child prevented by serious illness or invalidity from earning a livelihood shall continue throughout the period of that illness or invalidity, irrespective of age.

6. Not more than one dependent child allowance shall be paid in respect of any one dependent child within the meaning of this Article, even where the spouse of the staff member is in the service of an institution of the European Communities.

7. If custody of the dependent child within the meaning of paragraphs 2 and 3 has been entrusted by law or by an order of court or of the competent administrative authority to another person, the dependent child allowance shall be paid to that person in the name and on behalf of the staff member. ▼

A staff member shall receive an education allowance equal to the actual education costs incurred by him up to a maximum, as provided in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, for each dependent child ◄ within the meaning of Article 7 (2) above who is in regular full-time attendance at an educational establishment. Entitlement to this allowance shall commence on the first day of the month in which the child begins to attend a primary educational establishment and shall cease at the end of the month in which the child reaches the age of 26. The maximum prescribed in the first paragraph shall be doubled for:

— a staff member whose place of employment is at least 50 kilometres from either:

— — a European school, or — an educational establishment working in his language which the child attends for imperative educational reasons duly supported by evidence, or ▼

— a staff member 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 staff member is entitled to the expatriation allowance; the latter condition shall not apply if there is no such establishment in the country of which the staff member is a national. 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 staff member. In such cases, 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. ▼ 1. Staff in receipt of family allowances referred to in this section shall declare allowances of like nature paid from other sources; such latter allowances shall be deducted from those paid under Articles 6, 7 and 8.

2. The dependent child allowance may be doubled by special reasoned decision of the director based on medical documents establishing that the child concerned is suffering from a mental or physical handicap which involves the staff member in heavy expenditure. Section 2a TEACHING ALLOWANCE Where, by virtue of Articles 6, 7 and 8, such family allowances are paid to a person other than the staff member, 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 referred to in the second paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations of the Officials of the European Communities. They shall be subject to the weigthing fixed for that country or, if no weighting has been fixed, to a weighting of 100. Article 9 shall apply to a person receiving such family allowances. Article 9b ◄

A staff member assigned by the director of the Foundation to provide instruction under the further training and instruction scheme provided for in the third paragraph of Article 20 of the conditions of employment may be granted an allowance equal to 0·45 % of his basic monthly salary in respect of each hour of instruction given outside normal working hours. This allowance shall be paid together with the remuneration for one of the months following that during which the instruction was given. A staff member in Category C employed as a copy typist, shorthand-typist, telex operator, varitypist, executive secretary or principal secretary may be paid a fixed allowance. The amount of this allowance shall be equal to the amount of the allowance provided for in Article 4a of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities. ▼ Section 3 EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE 1. ◄ An expatriation allowance equal to 16% of the total amount of the basic salary plus the household allowance and the dependent child allowance to which the staff member is entitled shall be paid:

(a) to staff:

— who are not and have never been nationals of the State in whose ————— ◄ territory the place where they are employed is situated, and — who during the five years ending six months before they entered the service did not habitually reside or carry on their main occupation within the European territory of that State. For the purposes of this provision, circumstances arising from work done for another State or for an international organization shall not be taken into account;

(b) to staff who are or have been nationals of the State in whose territory the place where they are employed is situated but who during the 10 years ending at the date of their entering the service habitually resided outside the European territory of that State for reasons other than the performance of duties in the service of a State or of an international organization. The expatriation allowance shall be not less than Bfrs 3 543 per month.

2. A staff member who is not and has never been a national of the State in whose territory he is employed and who does not fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 shall be entitled to a foreign residence allowance equal to one quarter of the expatriation allowance.

3. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, a staff member who has by marriage automatically acquired and cannot renounce the nationality of the State in whose territory he or she is employed shall be treated in the same way as a member of staff covered by the first indent of paragraph 1 (a). ▼ Section 4 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES A. Installation allowance and resettlement allowance 1. A staff member engaged for a fixed period of not less than one year, or deemed by the director to be engaged for an equivalent period if his contract is for an indefinite period, shall receive an installation allowance as provided in paragraph 2 amounting, for an expected period of service of: 2.

(a) A staff member who qualifies for the expatriation allowance or furnishes evidence of having been obliged to change his place of residence in order to comply with Article 16 of the Conditions of Employment shall be entitled to an installation allowance equal to two months' basic salary if he is entitled to the household allowance or equal to one month's basic salary if he is not.

In cases where a husband and wife employed by the Foundation are both entitled to the installation allowance, it shall be payable only to the person whose basic salary is the higher. The installation allowance shall be weighted at the rate fixed for the place where the staff member is employed.

(b) An installation allowance of the same amount shall be paid to any staff member who is transferred to a new place of employment and is thereby obliged to change his place of residence in order to comply with Article 16 of the Conditions of Employment.

(c) The installation allowance shall be calculated by reference to the marital status and salary of the staff member either at the time of his engagement or at the end of his probationary period, where there is a probationary period, or on the date of his transfer to a new place of employment. The installation allowance shall be paid on production of documents establishing the fact that the staff member, together with his family if he is entitled to the household allowance, has settled at the place where he is employed.

(d) A staff member who is entitled to the household allowance and does not settle with his family at the place where he is employed shall receive only half the allowance to which he would otherwise be entitled; the second half shall be paid when his family settles at the place where he is employed, provided that it does so within the periods laid down in Article 16 (4). Where the staff member is transferred to the place where his family resides before his family has settled at the place where he is employed, he shall not thereby be entitled to an installation allowance.

(e) A staff member who has received an installation allowance and who voluntarily leaves the service of the Foundation within two years from the date of entering it shall, on leaving the service, refund part of the allowance, in proportion to the unexpired portion of that two-year period.

(f) A staff member in receipt of installation allowance shall declare any allowance of like nature which he received from other sources; such latter allowances shall be deducted from the allowance provided for in this Article.

1. A staff member who satisfies the requirements of Article 11 (1) shall be entitled on termination of service to a resettlement allowance equal to two month's basic salary in the case of a staff member who is entitled to household allowance or to one month's basic salary in other cases, provided that he has completed four years of service and does not receive a similar allowance in his new employment. In cases where a husband and wife employed by the Foundation are both entitled to the resettlement allowance, this shall be payable only to the person whose basic salary is the higher. A staff member who has completed more than one year's but less than four years' service shall receive a resettlement allowance proportionate to his length of service, incomplete years being disregarded. Periods of unpaid leave shall be disregarded in calculating this period. The resettlement allowance shall be weighted at the rate fixed for the place where the staff member was last employed.