# 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 6

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

1. An established staff member who provides evidence of a change of residence shall be entitled on termination of service to a resettlement allowance equal to two months' basic salary in the case of a staff member who is entitled to the household allowance or to one month's basic salary in other cases, provided that he has completed four years of the service and does not receive a similar allowance in his new employment. In cases where spouses who are both staff members are both entitled to the resettlement allowance, this allowance shall be payable only to the person whose basic salary is the higher.
For the purpose of calculating his service, account shall be taken of years spent in active employment, leave for military service and parental leave or family leave.
The resettlement allowance shall be weighted at the rate fixed for the place where the staff member was last employed.
2. In the event of the death of an established staff member, the resettlement allowance shall be paid to the surviving spouse or, in the absence of such a person, to the dependants within the meaning of Article 2, even if the requirement as to length of service laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article is not satisfied.
3. The resettlement allowance shall be calculated by reference to the staff member's marital status and salary at the date of termination of service.
4. The resettlement allowance shall be paid against evidence that the staff member and his family, or, where the staff member has died, his family only, have resettled at a place situated not less than 70 km from the place where the staff member was employed.
Resettlement of a staff member or of the family of a deceased staff member shall take place within three years of the date of termination of his service.
This time-limit shall not apply as against persons entitled under him who can prove that they were unaware of the foregoing provisions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1351/annex/IV/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/annex-IV/article-6
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