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Article 7

United Kingdom

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1.

A staff member shall be entitled to a flat-rate payment corresponding to the cost of travel for himself, his spouse and his dependants actually living in his household:

(a)

on taking up his appointment, from the place where he was recruited to the place where he is employed;

(b)

on termination of service within the meaning of Article 96, from the place where he is employed to the place of origin as defined in paragraph 3 of this Article;

(c)

on any transfer involving a change in the place where he is employed.

In the event of the death of a staff member, the surviving spouse and the dependants shall be entitled to the flat-rate payment under the same conditions.

Travel expenses for children aged less than two years during the entire calendar year shall not be reimbursed.

2.

The flat-rate payment shall be based on an allowance per kilometre of geographical distance between the places referred to in paragraph 1.

The kilometric allowance shall be:

  • EUR 0 for every km from 0 to 200 km

  • EUR 0,1895 for every km from 201 to 1 000 km

  • EUR 0,3158 for every km from 1 001 to 2 000 km

  • EUR 0,1895 for every km from 2 001 to 3 000 km

  • EUR 0,0631 for every km from 3 001 to 4 000 km

  • EUR 0,0305 for every km from 4 001 to 10 000 km

  • EUR 0 for every km over 10 000 km.

To the above kilometric allowance a flat-rate supplement shall be added, amounting to:

  • EUR 94,74 if the geographical distance between the places referred to in paragraph 1 is between 600 km and 1 200 km,

  • EUR 189,46 if the geographical distance between the places referred to in paragraph 1 is greater than 1 200 km.

The above kilometric allowances and flat-rate supplements shall be updated every year in the same proportion as remuneration.

A staff member's place of origin shall be determined when he takes up his appointment, account being taken in principle of where he was recruited or, upon an express and motivated request, the centre of his interests. The place of origin as so determined may by special decision of the AACC be changed while the staff member is in service or when he leaves the service. While he is in the service, however, such decision shall be taken only exceptionally and on production by the staff member of appropriate supporting evidence. The effect of such a change shall not, however, be such as to recognise as the centre of the staff member's interests, a place which is outside the territories of the Member States as well as outside the countries and territories listed in Annex II to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the territories of the Member States of the European Free Trade Association.