# Council Decision (EU) 2016/1351 of 4 August 2016 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Defence Agency, and repealing Decision 2004/676/EC, Article 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Subject to the conditions laid down in the general implementing provisions, a staff member shall receive an education allowance equal to the actual education costs incurred by him up to a maximum of EUR 254,83 per month for each dependent child, within the meaning of Article 2(2) of this Annex, who is at least five years old and in regular full-time attendance at a primary or secondary school which charges fees or at an establishment of higher education. The requirement of attendance at a school which charges fees shall not apply to the reimbursement of the cost of school transport.
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 finishes its education or at the end of the month in which the child reaches the age of 26, whichever is the earliest.
The allowance paid shall be subject to a ceiling of twice the maximum prescribed in the first subparagraph for:
a staff member whose place of employment is at least 50 km 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,
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 or where the child attends a higher education establishment in a country other than that of the staff member's place of employment,
in the same condition as in the first and second indents, persons entitled to the allowance who are not in active service, taking account of the place of residence instead of the place of employment.
The requirement of attendance at a school that charges fees shall not apply to payments under the third subparagraph.
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 case, the distance of at least 50 km referred to in the third subparagraph shall be calculated from the place of residence of the person having custody of the child.
2. For each dependent child within the meaning of Article 2(2) of this Annex who is less than five years old or is not yet in regular full-time attendance at a primary or secondary school, the amount of this allowance is fixed at 91,75 per month.
That amount shall be reviewed each time remuneration is revised pursuant to Article 60.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1351/annex/IV/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/annex-IV/article-3
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