Article 22 Leave

Entitlement

Staff members shall be entitled to paid annual leave at the rate of 2,5 working days for each month of service completed. This entitlement shall apply each calendar year.

Staff members recruited between 1 April and 30 July shall be entitled to an advance of 15 days’ leave from their annual entitlement if the leave is to be taken after the latter date.

If on 31 December a staff member has a period of leave due, the Director or his delegate may authorise the carrying forward of a maximum of 12 days of leave to the following year. Any entitlement carried forward but not taken by 30 June shall be cancelled.

Administrative procedure

Staff members wishing to take leave within their entitlement as defined in point (a), must obtain the prior authorisation of the Director or his representative.

A record of leave taken is kept by the Centre’s administration.

The procedure to be followed shall be set out in an internal memorandum signed by the Director.

Leave unexpended on departure of staff members

Leave unexpended at the time staff members depart from the Centre shall be cancelled. However, if the Director certifies in writing that, owing to the exigencies of work, it was impossible for a staff member to take all his leave, the staff member shall be entitled to a payment of one thirtieth of his monthly basic salary for each day of leave so accumulated.

Upon request from a staff member the Director may grant unpaid leave on personal grounds if this is compatible with the interest of the service.

The total duration of such leave shall not exceed one year.

During that leave, the staff member shall not be entitled to advancement to a higher step or promotion in grade; his membership of the social welfare scheme provided for in Articles 8 and 14 and his cover for risks under the scheme shall be suspended.

However, a staff member who is not engaged in gainful activity may, not later than one month following that in which the leave on personal grounds begins, apply to continue to be covered by the scheme, provided that he bears his part of the corresponding contributions.

The staff member who proves that he cannot acquire pension rights from another pension scheme may apply to continue to acquire further pension rights, provided that he bears his part of the corresponding contributions.