Rule No. 1335 of 11 September 2011 amending Rule No. 1234 of 15 December 2005 laying down the conditions of recruitment and employment of locally recruited temporary staff members working in Information and Field Offices

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe,

HAVING REGARD to Rule No. 1234 of 15 December 2005 laying down the conditions of recruitment and employment of locally recruited temporary staff members working in Information and Field Offices (hereinafter referred to as ''Rule No. 1234'');

CONSIDERING that paragraph 19 of Rule No. 1234 should be clarified;

D E C I D E S:

Article 1

Paragraph 19 of Rule No. 1234 shall henceforth read as follows:

“19.    Remuneration shall be paid:

a.       in the currency of the applicable scale of the Co-ordinated Organisations; or

b.       in Euro where it is based on a United Nations salary scale or equivalent. If the reference salary is in a currency other than the Euro, the relevant conversion rate shall be fixed by the Secretary General once a year in order to limit fluctuations in           salaries. Should such a conversion result in a reduction in remuneration, the Secretary General may decide to maintain the previous remuneration as long as           is necessary.”

Article 2

This Rule shall enter into force on the first day of the month following its signature by the Secretary General.

Strasbourg, 11 September 2011

The Secretary General

Thorbjørn JAGLAND