Introductory text

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities established by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68^f1, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 28a(2) and the third subparagraph of Article 96(2) thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the committee of experts set up by paragraph 2 of those Articles,

Whereas:

The third subparagraph of Article 28a(2) and the third subparagraph of Article 96(2) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities lay down the conditions for granting an unemployment allowance to a former member of the temporary or contract staff who is unemployed when his service with an institution of the European Communities has been terminated.

It is for the Commission to lay down such provisions as it deems necessary for applying paragraph 2 of those Articles.

Steps must be taken to ensure that former members of the temporary or contract staff fulfil the obligations laid down by the law applied by the competent authorities in their place of residence, in the same way as if they were in receipt of unemployment benefit under that law.

Relations between beneficiaries and the administrative authorities, on the one hand, and the national and Community authorities on the other must be guided by the need to simplify procedures.

Exchanging information electronically, particularly under the EESSI (Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information) project, is one way to increase the effectiveness of cooperation between the Commission and the competent national authorities with responsibility for employment and unemployment,

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