Article 13 Installation and resettlement allowance

An installation allowance shall be paid to staff members whose place of private residence was more than 100 kilometres from their duty station at the time they accepted employment with the Centre.

The amount of the allowance shall be 30 days’ basic salary.

Installation allowance shall be paid in advance to the staff member when he assumes his duties at the Centre.

Staff members shall be required to reimburse half the installation allowance if they leave their appointment of their own accord before two years have elapsed.

The Director may authorise an exception to the provisions governing reimbursement where their strict application might cause special hardship.

A staff member, who provides evidence of a change of his private residence of more than 100 kilometres from his duty station, shall be entitled on termination of service to a resettlement allowance equal to 30 days’ basic salary, provided that he has completed four years of service and does not receive a similar allowance in his new employment.

In cases where a staff member, his spouse or registered partner are both entitled to the resettlement allowance, the allowance shall be payable only to the person whose basic salary is the higher.

A staff member who has completed more than two years but less than four years’ service shall receive a resettlement allowance proportionate to his length of service.

In the event of the death of the staff member, the resettlement allowance shall be paid to the surviving spouse, registered partner or, in the absence of such a person, to the dependants within the meaning of Annex III, even if the requirement as to length of service laid down in point (a) of this paragraph is not satisfied.