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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1962-31/article-50",
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  "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",
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  "path": "article/50",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A senior official as defined in Article 29(2) may be retired in the interests of the service by decision of the appointing authority.\nSuch retirement shall not constitute a disciplinary measure.\nAn official thus retired who is not assigned to another post in his category or service corresponding to his grade shall receive an allowance calculated in accordance with Annex IV.\nIncome received by the official from any new employment during this period shall be deducted from the allowance provided for in the preceding paragraph if that income and the allowance together exceed the total remuneration last received by the official calculated by reference to the table of salaries applicable on the first day of the month for which the allowance is to be paid.\nThe person concerned shall be required to provide on request written proof and to notify his or her institution of any factor that may affect entitlement to the benefit.\nThe allowance shall not be subject to a correction coefficient.\nArticle 45, third, fourth and fifth paragraphs, of Annex VIII shall apply by analogy.\nWhen the official's entitlement to the allowance ceases, he shall be entitled, provided he has attained the age of fifty-eight years, to receive payment of pension without applying the reduction laid down in Article 9 of Annex VIII.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004 amending the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Deleted by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004 amending the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to 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 (Official Journal of the European Communities 45 of 14 June 1962) (English Special Edition, Series I, Chapter 1959 to 1962, p. 135)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1962/31/article/50",
    "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."
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