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(c) forward every month to the Foundation, which shall immediately forward it to the Commission, a certificate issued by the competent national employment authority stating whether or not he has fulfilled the obligations and conditions referred to in (a) and (b). The allowance may be granted or maintained by the Community, even where the national obligations referred to under (b) have not been fulfilled, in cases of illness, accident, maternity, invalidity or a situation recognized as being similar or where the national authority, competent to meet those obligations, has given a dispensation. The Commission shall, after obtaining the opinion of a Committee of Experts, lay down such provisions as it deems necessary for applying this paragraph.

3. The unemployment allowance shall be fixed with reference to the basic salary reached by the staff member at the time of termination of service. This allowance shall be fixed at:

— 60 % of the basic salary for an initial period of 12 months;

— 45 % of the basic salary from the 13th to the 18th month;

— 30 % of the basic salary from the nineteenth to the twenty-fourth month.

The amounts thus calculated shall neither be less than Bfrs 30 000 nor more than Bfrs 60 000. The lower and upper amounts referred to in the second subparagraph may be examined annually by the Council, on a proposal from the Commission.

4. The unemployment allowance shall be paid to the former staff member for a maximum of 24 months from the date of termination of service. If, however, during that period the former staff member ceases to fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2, payment of the unemployment allowance shall be suspended. Payment shall be resumed if before the expiry of that period the former staff member again fulfils the said conditions and has not acquired the right to national unemployment benefit.

5. A former staff member who is eligible for the unemployment allowance shall be entitled to the family allowances provided for in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of Annex IV; the household allowance shall be calculated on the basis of the unemployment allowance under the conditions laid down in Article 6 of Annex IV.

The former staff member shall be obliged to declare any allowances of the same kind paid from other sources to himself or to his spouse; such allowances shall be deducted from those to be paid on the basis of this Article. A former staff member who is eligible for the unemployment allowance shall be entitled, as provided for in Article 38 to insurance cover against sickness without having to make any contribution.

6. The weighting for the Member State in which a former staff member proves that he is resident shall be applied to the unemployment allowance and the family allowances. The weighting applicable to the unemployment allowance shall always be the one resulting from the latest annual revision. These amounts shall be paid by the Commission in the currency of the country of residence; they shall be converted at the exchange rates provided for in the second paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations.

7. Staff members shall contribute a third of the financing of the unemployment insurance scheme. That contribution shall be fixed at 0,4 % of the basic salary of the person concerned, not taking into account the weightings provided for in Article 64 of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities. That contribution shall be deducted monthly from the salary of the person concerned and paid, together with the remaining two-thirds to be borne by the Foundation, into a special unemployment fund. That fund shall be common to the Foundation and the Community institutions, which shall pay their contributions to the Commission each month, no later than eight days after the payment of remunerations. All expenditure arising out of the application of this Article shall be authorized and paid by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

8. The unemployment allowance paid to a former staff member who is unemployed shall be subject to Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities.

9. The national departments with responsibility for employment and unemployment, acting in accordance with their national legislation, and the Commission shall cooperate with each other in an effective manner in order to ensure that this Article is properly applied.

10. Detailed arrangements for applying this Article shall be the subject of rules laid down by mutual agreement between the institutions of the Communities, after obtaining the opinion of the Staff Regulations Committee, without prejudice to the provisions of the third subparagraph of paragraph 2.

11. One year after the introduction of this unemployment insurance scheme and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall submit a report on the financial situation of the scheme to the Council. Independently of this report, the Commission may submit to the Council proposals adjusting the contributions provided for in paragraph 7 if the application of the scheme so requires. The Council shall act on these proposals in accordance with the conditions laid down in the third subparagraph of paragraph 3. ▼

1. A former staff member who is unemployed following termination of his service with the Foundation:

— who is not in receipt of a retirement or invalidity pension from the Foundation or the European Communities,

— whose service is not terminated by resignation or by cancellation of the contract for disciplinary reasons,

— who has completed a minimum of six months' service,

— and who is resident in a Member State of the Communities, 1. shall be eligible for a monthly unemployment allowance under the conditions laid down below. Where is entitled to unemployment benefits under a national scheme, he shall be obliged to declare this to the Foundation, which shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. In such cases, the amount of those benefits will be deducted from the allowance paid under paragraph 3.

2. To be eligible for this unemployment allowance, a former staff member shall:

(a) be registered, at his own request, as seeking employment with the employment authorities of the Member State in which he established his residence;

(b) fulfil the obligations laid down by the law of that Member State for persons in receipt of unemployment benefits under that law;