Article 2

The Council Decision of 13 September 1999 laying down the conditions of employment of the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   in the first paragraph of Article 1:

   • the terms ‘at grade A1 final step’ shall be replaced by ‘at grade 16 third step’;

   • the following sentence shall be added: ‘However, from 1 May 2004 to 30 April 2006, the terms “at grade 16 third step” shall be taken to mean “at grade A*16 third step”.’;

2. 2..

   the following phrase shall be added at the end of the second paragraph of Article 1:

   ‘and Article 17 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall apply to him by analogy.’