# 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, Article 46


An official appointed to a higher grade in accordance with Article 45 shall be placed in the initial step in that grade. However, officials in grades AD 9 to AD 13 carrying out the duties of head of unit who are appointed to a higher grade in accordance with Article 45 shall be placed in the second step of the new grade. The same arrangement shall apply to any official:
(a)who upon promotion is appointed director or director-general, or
(b)who is director or director-general and to whom the last sentence of the second paragraph of Article 44 applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1962/31/article/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1962-31/article-46
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