Article 13 Installation and resettlement allowance

An installation allowance shall be paid to a staff member whose place of private residence was more than 100 kilometres from his duty station at the time he accepted employment with the SATCEN or when he is transferred to a new place of employment and is thereby obliged to change his place of residence.

In cases where a staff member, his spouse or registered partner are both entitled to the installation allowance, the allowance shall be payable only to the person whose basic salary is the higher.

The amount of the allowance shall be one month's basic salary.

An installation allowance shall be paid on production of documents establishing the fact that the staff member has settled at his new duty station.

Staff members shall be required to reimburse half the installation allowance if they resign within two years of their appointment.

The Director may authorise an exception to the provisions governing reimbursement where their strict application might cause special hardship.

A staff member who provides evidence of a change of his private residence of more than 100 kilometres from his duty station, shall be entitled on termination of service to a resettlement allowance equal to one month's basic salary, provided that he has completed four years of service and does not receive a similar allowance in his new employment.

In cases where a staff member, his spouse or registered partner are both entitled to the resettlement allowance, the allowance shall be payable only to the person whose basic salary is the higher.

A staff member who has completed more than two years' but less than four years' service shall receive a resettlement allowance proportionate to his length of service.

In the event of the death of the staff member, the resettlement allowance shall be paid to the surviving spouse, registered partner or, in the absence of such a person, to the dependants within the meaning of Annex III, even if the requirement as to length of service laid down in point (a) of this paragraph is not met.

The resettlement allowance shall be paid upon evidence that the staff member and his family, or, in the event of a deceased staff member, his family only, have resettled, within six months from the date of termination of his service/death, at a place situated not less than 100 kilometres from the place where the staff member was employed.