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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1962-31/article-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1962-31/article-38.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1962/31",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC), laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1962-31",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Secondment in the interests of the service shall be governed by the following rules:\n(a)the decision on secondment shall be taken by the appointing authority after hearing the official concerned;\n(b)the duration of secondment shall be determined by the appointing authority;\n(c)at the end of every six months, the official concerned may request that his secondment be terminated;\n(d)an official on secondment pursuant to the first indent of Article 37 (a) shall be entitled to a salary differential where the total remuneration carried by the post to which he is seconded is less than that carried by his grade and step in his parent institution; he shall likewise be entitled to reimbursement of all additional expenses entailed by his secondment;\n(e)an official on secondment pursant to the first indent of Article 37 (a) shall continue to pay pension contributions based on the salary for active employment carried by his grade and step in his parent institution;\n(f)an official on secondment shall retain his post, his right to advancement to a higher step and his eligibility for promotion;\n(g)when his secondment ends an official shall at once be reinstated in the post formerly occupied by him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1473/72 of the Council of 30 June 1972 amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 laying down the Staff Regulations of officials and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1962/31/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:00.570864+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}