# 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 48


An official wishing to resign shall state unequivocally in writing his intention to leave the service of the institution definitively.
The appointing authority shall give its decision confirming the definitive resignation within one month of receiving the letter of resignation. The appointing authority may, however, refuse to accept the resignation if disciplinary proceedings against the official are in progress at the date of receipt of the letter of resignation or if such proceedings are started within the following thirty days.
Resignation shall take effect on the date specified by the Appointing Authority; that date shall not be more than three months after the date proposed by the official in his letter of resignation in the case of officials in function group AD, and not more than one month in the case of officials in function groups AST and AST/SC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1962/31/article/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1962-31/article-48
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