STAFF REGULATIONS

History of the Staff Regulations

The Staff Regulations and its appendices were adopted by Resolution Res(81)20 of the Committee of Ministers on 25 September 1981, with the exception of Appendix VIII, which was adopted by Resolution Res(83)12 of 15 September 1983.

Resolution Res(87)1 of 12 March 1987 amended Article 3, paragraph 1 of Appendix I.

Resolution Res(88)1 of 14 January 1988 amended Articles 12 and 21 of the Staff Regulations and Appendix II.

Resolution Res(90)47 of 5 December 1990 amended Appendix IX.

Resolution Res(91)24 of 11 October 1991 amended Articles 4, 6, 10 and 14 of Appendix V and added Article 6bis.

Resolution Res(92)24 of 18 May 1992 amended Article 12 of Appendix IV.

Resolution Res(92)25 of 18 May 1992 amended Article 7 of Appendix IV.

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Concl(92)476 of 18 May 1992 amended Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Staff Regulations and Article 23 of Appendix II, it also added Article 22bis to Appendix II.

Resolution Res(93)36 of 7 September 1993 added Article 14 of Appendix IV.

Resolution Res(94)8 of 17 March 1994 amended Articles 11, 12 and 14 of Appendix II.

Resolution Res(94)11 of 5 April 1994 amended Articles 59 and 60 of the Staff Regulations and Appendix XI.

Resolution Res(94)17 of 23 June 1994 amended Articles 5 and 41 of Appendix V.

Resolution Res(96)3 of 8 February 1996 added Article 6 bis of Appendix IV.

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(96)569 of 19 June 1996 amended the Staff Regulations revised pursuant to Instruction No. 33 concerning the use of non-sexist language at the Council of Europe.

Resolution Res(96)51 of 20 November 1996 amended Articles 11, 12 and 14 of Appendix II.

Resolution Res(96)78 of 17 December 1996 added Articles 55 bis and 59, paragraph 5 bis of the Staff Regulations.

Resolution Res(97)1 of 4 February 1997 amended Article 15, paragraph 3 of Appendix II.

Resolution Res(98)5 of 17 March 1998 amended Article 6 bis, paragraph 5 of Appendix IV.

Resolution Res(98)13 of 9 September 1998 amended Article 7, paragraph 2 of Appendix VIII.

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(99)655/11.1 of 12 January 1999 amended Article 43 of the Staff Regulations and added Appendix XII.

Resolution Res(99)19 of 16 November 1999 amended Article 1, paragraph 2 of Appendix XI.

Resolution Res(2000)6 of 19 July 2000 amended Article 3, paragraph 2 of Appendix I.

Resolution Res(2001)7 of 18 July 2001 amended Article 12, paragraph 3 and Article 14, paragraph 2 of Appendix II.

Resolution Res(2001)46 of 12 December 2001 amended Articles 17, 19 and 22 of the Staff Regulations.

Resolution Res(2001)47 of 12 December 2001 amended Articles 11.1, 17, 18, 19, 20.1, 21.1, 25.5 and 28 of Appendix II.

Resolution Res(2001)49 of 12 December 2001 deleted Appendix III (Regulations on the assessment of staff after confirmation in post).

Resolution Res(2001)48 of 12 December 2001 added a new Appendix III (Regulations on the Establishment Table).

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2001)778/11.7 of 19 December 2001 amended Appendix V concerning the Pension Scheme for pensions which had not been granted on 1 December 2002.

Resolution Res(2002)54 of 27 November 2002 amended Article 43 to the Staff Regulations and added Appendix V bis concerning the New Pension Scheme for permanent staff members appointed on or after 1 January 2003.

Resolution Res(2002)55 of 27 November 2002 amended Article 6 of Appendix I.

Resolution Res(2002)56 of 27 November 2002 amended Articles 6, 7, 8, 12, 18 and 26 of Appendix II.

Resolution Res(2002)57 of 27 November 2002 amended Article 1 of Appendix IX and deleted Article 12.

Resolution Res(2003)6 of 22 October 2003 amended Articles 2 and 5 of Appendix II.

Resolution Res(2004)5 of 8 July 2004 amended Articles 33, 34, 35 and 45, paragraph 3 of the Staff Regulations.

Resolution Res(2004)6 of 8 July 2004 amended Article 5, paragraph 5 of Appendix II.

Resolution Res(2004)7 of 8 July 2004 amended Appendix VII.

Resolution Res(2004)8 of 8 July 2004 amended Appendix IX.

Resolution Res(2004)9 of 8 July 2004 amended Appendix XII.

Resolution Res(2004)11 of 3 November 2004 amended Article 45, paragraph 1 of the Staff Regulations.


Decision of Minister’s Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2005)915/11.3 of 9 February 2005 amended Article 41, paragraph 4 of Appendix V  and Article 41, paragraph 3 of Appendix V bis.

Resolution Res(2005)5 of 7 September 2005 added a Preamble to the Staff Regulations and it also amended Parts I and II thereof.

Resolution Res(2005)6 of 7 September 2005 amended Appendix II.

Resolution Res(2005)7 of 7 September 2005 amended Appendix III.

Resolution Res(2005)8 of 7 September 2005 amended Appendix VI.

Resolution Res(2006)4 of 3 May 2006 amended Articles 3 and 13 of the Staff Regulations.

Resolution Res(2006)5 of 25 October 2006 added Article 45, paragraph 3 of the Staff Regulations and amended Article 9, paragraph 2 of Appendix IX.

Resolution Res(2006)19 of 8 November 2006 amended Articles 16 of the Staff Regulations and Articles 23 and 24 of Appendix II.

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2007)985/11.3 of 31 January 2007 amended Article 8, paragraph 4 and  Article 19, paragraph 4 of Appendices V and Article 8, paragraph 4 and Article 19, paragraph 6 of Appendix V bis.

Resolution CM/Res(2007)4 of 28 March 2007 amended Articles 2 and 3 of Appendix I.

Resolution CM/Res(2007)9 of 16 May 2007 amended Article 7 of Appendix IV.

Resolution CM/Res(2007)10 of 13 June 2007 amended Article 9 of Appendix IV.

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2007)998/11.3b of 13 June 2007 corrected the English version of Article 25, paragraph 3 of Appendix V and Article 24, paragraph 3 of Appendix V bis.

Resolution CM/Res(2007)13 of 10 October 2007 added Article 22 bis of the Staff Regulations.

Resolution CM/Res(2007)13 of 10 October 2007 amended Article 23 of the Staff Regulations and Article 5 of Appendix II.

Resolution CM/Res(2008)1 of 16 January 2008 amended Appendix XII by a new text.

Resolution CM/Res(2008)21 of 22 October 2008 amended Articles 7, 13 and 16 of Appendix II.

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2009)1045/11.2E of 14 January 2009 amended Article 6, paragraph 3, and Article 6 bis, paragraph 2, of the Pension Scheme Rules (Appendix V to the Staff Regulations) and the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2009)2 of 18 February 2009 amended Article 11 of the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations).

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2009)1071/11.4a,b of 25 November 2009 amended Article 41, paragraph 4 of the Pension Scheme Rules (Appendix V to the Staff Regulations) and Article 41, paragraph 3 of the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2009)44 of 25 November 2009 replaced the Appendix to Article 41 – Actuarial studies of the Pension Scheme Rules (Appendix V to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2009)45 of 25 November 2009 replaced the Appendix to Article 41 – Actuarial studies of the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2010)1 of 24 February 2010 amended Article 7 of the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2010)6 of 7 July 2010 amended Articles 5, 6, 7, 9 and 14 of and inserted a new Article 21 bis into Appendix II.

Resolution CM/Res(2010)7 of 7 July 2010 amended articles 7, 10, 15 and 20 of and inserted a new Article 20 bis into Appendix II; it also amended Article 2 of Appendix IV.

Resolution CM/Res(2010)9 of 7 July 2010 amended Articles 22 bis and 59 of the Staff Regulations, Articles 17 and 18 of Appendix II, Articles 2 and 3 of Appendix III and Articles 4, 6, 8 and 10 of Appendix VII.

Resolution CM/Res(2010)8 of 7 July 2010 amended Article 3 of Appendix IV.

Resolution CM/Res(2011)3 of 16 February 2011 amended Article 17 of the Staff Regulations, amended the French version of Article 21 bis of Appendix II and amended Article 24 of Appendix II.

Resolution CM/Res(2011)4 of 16 February 2011 amended Article 7 and deleted Articles 9 and 11 of Appendix IV.

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2011)1106/11.2 of 16 February 2011 amended paragraph 4 of Article 8 of the Pension Scheme Rules (Appendix V to the Staff Regulations) and amended paragraph 4 of Article 8, paragraph 5 of Article 8 and the first indent of paragraph 3 of article 36 of the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2011)9 of 12 October 2011 amended Article 59 of the Staff Regulations, added new Articles 61bis and 61ter to Part VIII, inserted a new paragraph into Article 21bis of Appendix II and deleted Article 26, paragraph 2, indent a of Appendix II. 

Resolution CM/Res(2011)25 of 9 November 2011 added a new Article 6ter to Appendix IV.

Resolution CM/Res(2012)46 of 12 December 2012 amended Article 43 of the Staff Regulations.

Resolution CM/Res(2012)47 of 12 December 2012 amended Article 24 of the Staff Regulations and inserted a new Article 24 bis to the Staff Regulations.

Resolution CM/Res(2012)49 of 12 December 2012 amended Articles 18, 21, 22, 26, 28 and 32 of the Pension Scheme rules (Appendix V to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2012)50 of 12 December 2012 amended Articles 18, 21, 22, 26, 28 and 32 of the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2013)6 of 27 March 2013 added Appendix V ter to the Staff Regulations concerning the Third Pension Scheme “TPS” for permanent staff members taking up their duties on or after 1 April 2013.

Resolution CM/Res(2013)58 of 11 December 2013 amended Articles 1, 4, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 22 bis, 23, 47 bis, 59, 60 and 61 bis of the Staff Regulations.

Resolution CM/Res(2013)59 of 11 December 2013 amended the Regulations on appointments (Appendix II to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2013)60 of 11 December 2013 amended the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2013)61 of 11 December 2013 amended the Regulations on indemnity for loss of job (Appendix VI to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2013)62 of 11 December 2013 amended the Regulations on unpaid leave (Appendix VII to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2013)63 of 11 December 2013 amended the Regulations on part-time work (Appendix IX to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2013)64 of 11 December 2013 amended the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal (Appendix XI to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2013)65 of 11 December 2013 amended the Regulations on the medical and social insurance scheme (Appendix XII to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2014)4 of 11 June 2014 amended the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal (Appendix XI to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2014)45 of 26 November 2014 amended the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations)

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2014)1213/11.2 of 26 November 2014 amended Article 41, paragraph 4 of the Pension Scheme Rules (Appendix V to the Staff Regulations) and Article 41, paragraph 3 of the Third Pension Scheme “TPS” (Appendix V ter to the Staff Regulations).

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2015)1234/11.4 of 10 September 2015 amended Article 8, paragraph 4 of the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations).

Decision of the Ministers’ Deputies CM/Del/Dec(2016)1256/11.1 of 11 May 2016 amended Article 5, paragraph 5 of the Third Pension Scheme “TPS” (Appendix V ter to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2016)18 of 18 October 2016 amended Article 42, paragraph 4, of the Staff Regulations, the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations), the Regulations on indemnity for loss of job (Appendix VI to the Staff Regulations), the Regulations on unpaid leave (Appendix VII to the Staff Regulations), the Regulations on part-time work (Appendix IX to the Staff Regulations) and the Regulations on the medical and social insurance scheme (Appendix XII to the Staff Regulations).

Resolution CM/Res(2019)1 of 27 February 2019 amended Articles 24, 25, 26, 28 of the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations) and the Third Pension Scheme “TPS” (Appendix V ter to the Staff Regulations) and added an Article 28 bis to  the New Pension Scheme “NPS” (Appendix V bis to the Staff Regulations) and the Third Pension Scheme “TPS” (Appendix V ter to the Staff Regulations)