# 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 4

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

1. An expatriation allowance shall be paid, equal to 16 % of the total amount of the basic salary plus household allowance and the dependent child allowance paid to the staff member:
(a) to staff members:
who are not and have never been nationals of the State in whose territory the place where they are employed is situated, and
who during the five years ending six months before they entered the service did not habitually reside or carry on their main occupation within the European territory of that State. For the purposes of this provision, circumstances arising from work done for another State or for an international organisation shall not be taken into account;
(b) to staff members who are or have been nationals of the State in whose territory the place where they are employed is situated but who during the 10 years ending at the date of their entering the service habitually resided outside the European territory of that State for reasons other than the performance of duties in the service of a State or of an international organisation.
The expatriation allowance shall not be less than EUR 509,43 per month.
2. A staff member who is not and has never been a national of the State in whose territory he is employed and who does not fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 shall be entitled to a foreign residence allowance equal to one quarter of the expatriation allowance.
3. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, a staff member who has, by marriage, automatically acquired, without the possibility of renouncing it, the nationality of the State in whose territory his or her place of employment is situated, shall be treated in the same way as a staff member covered by the first indent of paragraph 1(a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1351/annex/IV/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/annex-IV/article-4
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