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CM(2016)99       7 September 2016^[1]

 

1268 meeting, 18 October 2016

11 Programme, Budget and Administration

11.1 Co-ordinating Committee on Remuneration (CCR)

- Draft resolution amending the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations) and related provisions

Document prepared by the Directorate General of Administration

Item to be discussed by the GR-PBA at its meeting on 6 October 2016

 

1.             In the context of its 2012 programme of work, the Co-ordinating Committee on Remuneration (CCR) launched a review of a number of Co-ordinated allowances falling within its remit, including the family-related allowances listed in Article 1 of the Regulations concerning the Co-ordination system [154th CCR Report][2].

2.             Current staff members of the Council of Europe may be entitled to one or several of the following family-related allowances:

-       a household allowance (Article 4 of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances - Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations),

-       an allowance in respect of dependent children (Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances),

-       an allowance in respect of other dependants (Article 5, paragraph 2, of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances),

-       an indemnity for handicapped child (Article 12 of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances).

3.             For officials of the Co-ordinated Organisations who take up duty on or after 1 January 2017, the CCR recommended replacing the above allowances by the following new allowances:

-       a basic family allowance,

-       a dependent child supplement,

-       supplements for disabled or severely disabled child,

-       a supplement for disabled and dependent parent.

4.             As regards serving staff having taken up their duties before 1 January 2017, the CCR has recommended maintaining the existing allowances mentioned in paragraph 2 above.

Household allowance/Basic family allowance (238th CCR report: CM(2016)51)

Household allowance (current)	Basic family allowance (new)
Granted to married staff members whose spouse’s income is inferior to the basic salary for grade B3/1 or to staff members who have dependent children/other dependants	Granted to married staff members whose spouse has an overall income lower than 50% of the basic monthly scale of the duty station of grade C1/1 plus the basic amount of the basic family allowance
6% of the staff member’s basic annual salary	Fixed monthly amount equal to the amount of the dependent child allowance[3] Staff members who are eligible for the expatriation allowance are entitled to an additional monthly basic family allowance
Paid for the duration of employment as long as the eligibility criteria are met	Paid to staff members who are not entitled to the expatriation allowance for a maximum of five years Paid for the duration of employment as long as the eligibility criteria are met to staff members entitled to the expatriation allowance and recruited from outside of the geographical zone[4] of the duty station Reduced by one fifth from the sixth year of payment to reach zero in the tenth year for staff members entitled to the expatriation allowance and recruited from within the same geographical zone (see footnote no.4)

Dependent child allowance/Dependent child supplement (239th CCR report: CM(2016)52)

Dependent child allowance (current)	Dependent child supplement (new)
Granted in respect of each child who depends on the staff member’s household or on the staff member alone for main and continuing support	Granted in respect of each child who depends on the staff member’s household or on the staff member alone for main and continuing support
Fixed monthly amount[5]	Fixed monthly amount equal to the dependent child allowance (see footnote no.3) Single-parent families are entitled to one additional monthly dependent child supplement, irrespective of the number of dependent children
Paid until the child reaches the age of 18 or until 26 years if he/she receives, on a full-time basis, school or university education or vocational training which does not carry a wage or salary Paid without age-limit if the child cannot support himself or herself owing to a permanent disablement	Paid until the child reaches the age of 18 or until the end of the academic year during which the child reaches the age of 22 years if he/she is engaged in full-time education Paid without age-limit if the child is disabled or severely disabled

Allowance in respect of other dependants/Supplement for disabled and dependent parent (241^st CCR report: CM(2016)54)

Allowance in respect of other dependants (current)	Supplement for disabled and dependent parent (new)
Granted by decision of the Secretary General in respect of a staff member’s or his/her spouse’s ascendants who depend on the staff member’s household or on the staff member alone for main and continuing support, and in respect of any relative by blood or marriage, whom he or she is under a legal obligation to provide with main and continuing support, who: - are over 65 years of age, or - have reached the age at which, in the country where he or she holds citizenship or resides, he or she could be required by his or her employer to retire, or - are unable to work due to a medically certified handicap or disability qualifying for disability status in his/her country of citizenship or residence, and in receipt of an income lower than 50% of the basic monthly scale of a C1/1 grade in his/her country of residence (lower than 70 % in the case of a couple)	Granted by decision of the Secretary General in respect of a staff member’s father and/or mother who is: - over 60 years of age, - medically certified as being disabled, - financially dependent on the staff member, and - in receipt of an overall income (gross income less compulsory social and/or pension contributions) lower than 50% of the basic monthly scale of a C1/1 grade applicable in his/her country of residence
Fixed monthly amount equal to the amount of the dependent child allowance (see footnote no.5)	Fixed monthly amount equal to the amount of the dependent child allowance (see footnote no.3)

Indemnity for handicapped child/Supplements for disabled or severely disabled child (240^th CCR report: CM(2016)53)

Indemnity for handicapped child (current)	Supplements for disabled or severely disabled child (new)
Granted by decision of the Secretary General to any staff member with a dependent child medically certified as suffering from a serious and chronic impairment of the dependent child’s physical or mental capacities and necessitating special care, supervision or special education or training, not provided free of charge, whatever the age of the child	Granted by decision of the Secretary General to staff members with a dependent child medically certified as suffering from a serious and chronic impairment of physical and/or mental faculties and requiring specialised care, specialised observation or special education or training, which are not available free of charge, whatever the age of the child Staff members shall be eligible to the supplement for severely disabled child if the latter requires permanent care from a third person or if the staff member’s spouse has given up work or has never worked in order to provide the requisite care A staff member entitled to the supplement for severely disabled child will not be entitled to the supplement for disabled child
Fixed monthly amount equal to the amount of the dependent child allowance (see footnote no.5) Paid in addition to the dependent child allowance Reimbursement of 90% of special education and training expenses	Fixed monthly basic amount equal to the dependent child allowance (see footnote no.3) Staff members eligible to the supplement for severely disabled child shall be paid a monthly basic amount of double the supplement for disabled child Paid in addition to the dependent child supplement Reimbursement of 90% of special education and training expenses

No double payment

5.         As is currently the case, staff members receiving any of the above-mentioned allowances/supplements shall be required to report any payments received from other sources, for the same or similar purpose, and any change of circumstances related to eligibility. The amounts of any such payments shall be deducted from the respective allowance/supplement. Staff members are expected to ensure that they avail themselves of any entitlements to benefits for the same or similar purposes from other sources in their duty station.

Adjustment method

6.         Currently, adjustments to allowances expressed in absolute value are governed by Article 6 of the remuneration adjustment method for officials of the Co-ordinated Organisations [211th CCR Report[6], CCR/R(2011)3].

7.         In its 242^nd report[7], the CCR has recommended that from now on the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value are adjusted on an annual basis using an index based on the trend in the dependent child allowance recorded in each reference country. The trend index will be calculated by the International Service for Remunerations and Pensions (ISRP) based on information provided and validated by the representatives of the reference countries. A special mechanism for high-inflation countries provides for the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value to be adjusted as soon as the inflation rate rises above 7% for three consecutive months.

8.         This adjustment method will apply to both current and new allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value:

- current allowances (dependent child allowance, expatriated child allowance, handicapped child allowance, dependent person’s allowance);

- new allowances/supplements (basic family allowance, dependent child supplement, supplements for disabled or severely disabled child, supplement for disabled and dependent parent).

9.         This new adjustment method shall, for that purpose, supersede Articles 6 and 7 of the remuneration adjustment method resulting from the 211th CCR Report[8] [CCR/R(2011)3].

Transitional measures

10.        The CCR recommended applying transitional measures for the dependent child allowance. Conditions for the payment of the dependent child allowance as set out in Article 5 of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances shall be maintained for staff members serving at 31 December 2016 with respect to children born before 1 January 2032. Dependent child allowance with respect to children born after

31 December 2031 shall only be payable until the end of the academic year during which the child reaches the age of 22 years.

The Secretary General’s proposals

11.        The necessary amendments to implement the CCR’s recommendations are presented in the draft Resolution in the Appendix.

12.        These entail:

a.     the following Articles be added to the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations):

-       an Article 4 bis – Basic family allowance;

-       an Article 5 bis – Supplement for dependent child;

-       an Article 5 ter – Supplement for disabled parents;

-       an Article 12 bis – Supplements for disabled or severely disabled child;

b.    in order to ensure an equivalent allowance/supplement regardless of the country of the duty station, the amounts of the allowances/supplements be adjusted by the purchasing power parities applicable in the country of the duty station or any other method of calculating cost of living differentials applicable at the time;

c.     the amount of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value be adjusted according to the method of adjustment described in the 242^nd CCR Report which will enter into force on 1 January 2017;

d.    the conditions for the payment of the dependent child allowance as set out in Article 5 of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances be maintained for staff members serving at 31 December 2016 with respect to children born before 1 January 2032, and dependent child allowance with respect to children born after 31 December 2031 only be payable until the end of the academic year during which the child reaches the age of 22 years;

e.     in order to ensure the coherence of the Organisation’s internal regulations and bearing in mind that references to the allowances stipulated under the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances are contained in several other parts of the Staff Regulations, changes to the relevant articles of the Staff Regulations and the Appendices IV, VI, VII, IX and XII to the Staff Regulations be made as shown in Article 2 of the Resolution proposed in the Appendix below for adoption;

f.     Appendices V, Vbis and Vter to the Staff Regulations be amended at a later stage on the basis of a related technical opinion of the Administrative Committee on Pensions of the Co-ordinated Organisations (CAPOC).

13.        In accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Regulations on staff participation (Appendix I to the Staff Regulations) the Staff Committee was consulted on the draft Resolution proposed in the Appendix below for adoption.

Appendix

Draft Resolution CM/Res(2016)…

amending the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations) and related provisions

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on …

at the … th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, in accordance with Article 16 of the Council of Europe Statute;

Having regard to 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);

Having regard to the 238^th, 239^th, 240^th, 241^st reports of the Co-ordinating Committee on Remuneration (CCR) establishing, respectively, Rules governing the basic family allowance, the dependent child supplement, the supplements for disabled or severely disabled child, the supplement for disabled and dependent parent for staff members of the Co-ordinated Organisations who take up duty on or after 1 January 2017 and the Addendum to the 154^th CCR report;

Having regard to the 242^nd report of the CCR establishing Rules governing the method for adjusting the allowances/supplements of the Co-ordinated Organisations expressed in absolute value;

At the proposal of the Secretary General, the Staff Committee having been consulted in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Regulations on Staff Participation (Appendix I to the Staff Regulations);

Decides as follows:

Article 1

The following articles shall be inserted into the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations), worded as follows:

“Article 4bis - Basic family allowance for staff recruited on or after 1 January 2017

1. A basic family allowance shall be paid monthly to staff members whose spouse has an overall income (gross income less compulsory social and/or pension contributions) lower than 50% of the basic monthly salary for grade C1, step 1, plus the amount of the basic family allowance[9].

2. Eligibility will commence when the staff member and his/her spouse have established a family unit at the duty station. It will end when the family unit is dissolved or when the spouse ceases to actually and habitually live with the staff member at the duty station.

3. Staff members eligible for the expatriation allowance shall be entitled to double the monthly amount of the basic family allowance.

4. In the case of a staff member whose spouse has an overall income, as defined in paragraph 1, equal to or higher than 50% of the basic salary for grade C1, step 1, the amount of the allowance payable shall be reduced. The allowance shall be equal to the difference between 50% of the basic salary for grade C1, step 1, plus the basic monthly amount of the basic family allowance, as defined in paragraph 1 above and the income of the spouse as referred to in paragraph 1. If the spouse’s income is equal to or higher than 50% of the basic salary for grade C1, step 1 plus the basic amount of the basic family allowance, no allowance shall be paid.

5. For staff members who are not eligible for the expatriation allowance, the basic amount shall be paid monthly, for a period of up to five consecutive years following the taking up of duty of the staff member or the time of the establishment of his/her family unit.

6. For staff members who are eligible for the expatriation allowance and who take up duty from within the same geographical zone of the duty station, the basic amount and the additional amount shall be paid monthly and reduced after five years by one fifth per year to reach zero the tenth year of a consecutive period following the staff member's taking up of duty or the moment when the family unit is established at the duty station. The four geographical zones shall be defined as follows: EME (Europe and Middle East), Africa, Americas (North, Central and South America), Asia and Pacific (Far East and Pacific countries).

7. For staff members who are eligible for the expatriation allowance and who take up duty from outside of the geographical zone of the duty station, the basic amount and the additional amount shall be paid monthly for the duration of the staff member’s employment. However, if the staff member has the nationality of one of the countries of the geographical zone of the duty station, the payment of the basic amount and its additional amount shall be made in accordance with paragraph 6.

8. When a staff member is transferred to a different duty station within the Organisation at the initiative of the Organisation, the Secretary General may, in circumstances such as an exceptional organisational restructuring or to support the accomplishment of missions critical for the Organisation, reset the period of payment for the family unit.

9. A staff member receiving the basic family allowance shall be required to report any payments of the same nature or for a similar purpose that are received from other sources by the family unit and any change of circumstances related to eligibility. The amounts of any such payments shall be deducted from the basic family allowance to which the staff member is entitled.

10. Where two staff members are married to each other, or a staff member is married to an official of another Co-ordinated Organisation, within the meaning of the Staff Regulations and the Staff Rules of that Co-ordinated Organisation, only one basic family allowance shall be paid to the spouse with the highest income provided the eligibility criteria are met.”

“Article 5bis - Dependent child supplement for staff recruited on or after 1 January 2017

1. A dependent child supplement shall be paid monthly to staff members for each dependent child, as defined in Article 5.1.ii above, under 18 years of age[10].

2. The supplement shall also be granted for each dependent child aged 18 to 22 years receiving a full-time education. Payment of the supplement shall be maintained until the end of the academic year during which the child reaches the age of 22 years.

3. If the dependent child has performed compulsory military or civil service under the legislation of his or her country of nationality, eligibility for the supplement shall be extended beyond the child’s 22nd birthday, for a period not to exceed the duration of that compulsory military or civil service. Payment of the supplement shall be suspended for the duration of the military or civil service.

4. The supplement shall continue to be granted without any age limit if the dependent child fulfils the criteria related to the eligibility for the supplements for disabled or severely disabled child as defined in Article 12 bis below.

5. Only one dependent child supplement shall be granted for each child recognised as a dependant under the conditions set out in the present Article.

6. One additional dependent child supplement shall be granted to a single-parent family irrespective of the number of dependent children.

7. The amount of the dependent child supplement shall be used as a multiplier for computing reimbursement ceilings for the education allowance (see Article 7, paragraph 6 below).

8. In case of shared or alternate custody, the payment of the supplement for dependent child shall be shared equally between the two staff members or the staff member and an official employed by another Co-ordinated Organisation who are the child’s parents. However, the parents may decide by mutual agreement which of them will receive the dependent child supplement.

9. In the case of two staff members or a staff member and an official of another Co-ordinated Organisation married to each other, only one of them shall receive the dependent child supplement.

10. A staff member receiving the dependent child supplement shall be required to report any payments of the same nature or of similar purpose that are received from other sources by the staff member, the staff member’s spouse or the child’s other parent and any change of circumstances related to eligibility. The amounts of any such payments shall be deducted from the dependent child supplement to which the staff member is entitled.”

“Article 5ter – Supplement for disabled and dependent parent for staff recruited on or after 1 January 2017

1. Any staff member who can prove that he provides main and continuing support to his disabled and dependent father and/or mother, within the meaning of this Article, shall be eligible to only one supplement for disabled and dependent parent[11], paid monthly under the following conditions:

i.              the staff member’s father or mother, aged over 60, has an overall income (gross income less compulsory social and/or pension contributions) lower than 50% of the basic monthly salary of the scale of the parent’s country of residence of a C1/1 grade staff member and

ii.              is medically certified with a disability.

2. Entitlement to the supplement for disabled and dependent parent shall be granted by decision of the Secretary General, after assessment of the nature and severity of the disability by the appropriate advisory board. The Secretary General shall obtain the opinion of the board that he has created for this purpose, and which includes at least one medical doctor. This decision shall establish the duration for which the right will be recognised and any revision, if necessary.

3.  A staff member receiving the supplement for disabled and dependent parent shall be required to report any payments of the same nature or for similar purpose that are received from other sources by the official, the staff member’s spouse or parent and any change of circumstances related to eligibility. The amounts of any such payments shall be deducted from the supplement for disabled and dependent parent to which the staff member is entitled.”

“Article 12 bis - Supplements for disabled or severely disabled child for staff recruited on or after 1 January 2017

1. Any staff member with a dependent child of any age medically certified with a disability and necessitating either special care, supervision, special education or training, not provided free of charge, within the meaning of this article may claim, in addition to the dependent child supplement, a monthly supplement for disabled or severely disabled child[12] and reimbursement for education and/or training costs that are related to the disability.

2. Any staff member with a child with a medically‑attested disability and requiring permanent care from a third person – or if the staff member’s spouse has given up work to provide the requisite care for the disabled child or has never worked in order to look after the disabled child – shall be eligible for a supplement for severely disabled child.

3. The child shall be considered as dependent on the staff member within the meaning of Article 5 bis above at the time the disability is recognised. In exceptional circumstances justifying the request by a staff member to benefit from the supplement for disabled or severely disabled child, the Secretary General may decide to derogate from this provision.

4. Entitlement to the supplements for disabled or severely disabled child and coverage of costs as set out in the present Article shall be granted by decision of the Secretary General, after assessment of the nature and severity of the disability by the appropriate advisory board.

5. The Secretary General shall obtain the opinion of the board that he has created for this purpose, and which includes at least one medical doctor.

6. The Secretary General’s decision shall establish the duration for which the right will be recognised, and any revision if necessary.

7. Serious and chronic impairment of physical and/or mental faculties shall constitute the criterion for entitlement to benefits under this Article.

8. Children may be considered disabled by the board referred to in paragraph 5 if they suffer from:

            i.          serious or chronic affection of the central or peripheral nervous system, however caused: encephalopathy, myelopathy or peripheral paralysis;

            ii.          serious affection of the locomotor system;

            iii.         serious affection of one or more sensory systems;

            iv.         chronic and disabling mental illness.

9. The above list is not exhaustive. It is provided as an indication and shall not constitute the definitive basis for assessing the degree of any disability.

10. Only those expenses incurred with a view to providing the disabled or severely disabled child with access to an education or training programme designed to meet his or her needs in order to obtain the best possible functional capacity, and which are not otherwise covered by the provisions governing the education allowance, shall be eligible for reimbursement.

11. The supplement for severely disabled child shall be double the monthly basic amount of the disabled child supplement.

12. Reimbursement of education and training expenses shall amount to 90% of the expenses defined in paragraph 10.

13. Only one supplement for disabled or severely disabled child shall be granted for each disabled or severely disabled child under the conditions set out in the present Article.

14. A staff member receiving the disabled or severely disabled child supplement shall be required to report any payments of the same nature or for similar purpose that are received from other sources by the staff member, the staff member’s spouse or the child’s other parent and any change of circumstances related to eligibility. The amounts of any such payments shall be deducted from the supplement for disabled child or severely disabled child to which the staff member is entitled.

15. The amount of expenses covered with respect to reimbursing education and training costs, as defined under paragraph 10 above, is the amount that is remaining after the deduction of any payments that have been received from any other sources and for the same purpose.

16. In case of shared or alternate custody, the payment of the supplements for disabled or severely disabled child shall be shared equally between the two staff members or the staff member and an official employed by another Co-ordinated Organisation who are the child’s parents. However, the parents may decide by mutual agreement which of them will receive the supplement for disabled or severely disabled child.

17. Where two staff members are married to each other or a staff member is married to an official of another Co-ordinated Organisation, within the meaning of the Staff Regulations or the Staff Rules of the other Co-ordinated Organisation, only one supplement for disabled or severely disabled child shall be paid per child.”

Article 2

1.             In Article 42, paragraph 4, of the Staff Regulations, the reference to Article 5 of Appendix IV shall be replaced by references to Articles 5, 5 bis and 5 ter of Appendix IV.

2.             In Article 7, paragraph 6, subparagraphs a, b, c, d, and in Article 7, paragraph 7, of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations), the words “or, for staff members recruited on or after 1^st January 2017, of the dependent child supplement” shall be added after the words “dependent child allowance”.

3.             In Article 14 of the of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations):

a)     the words “or, for staff members recruited on or after 1st January 2017, the basic family allowance” shall be added after the words “household allowance”;

b)      the words “or, for staff members recruited on or after 1st January 2017, the dependent child supplement” shall be added after the words “the allowance in respect of dependent children”;

c)      the words “or, for staff members recruited on or after 1st January 2017, the supplements for disabled or severely disabled child” shall be added after the words “the allowance for a handicapped child”.

4.             In Articles 4 and 5, paragraph 1, of the Regulations on indemnity for loss of job (Appendix VI to the Staff Regulations), the words “or, for staff members recruited on or after 1st January 2017, the basic family allowance and the dependent child supplement” shall be inserted after the words “the household allowance and allowance for dependent child or other dependant”.

5.             In Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Regulations on unpaid leave (Appendix VII to the Staff Regulations), the words “or, for staff members recruited on or after 1st January 2017, the dependent child supplement” shall be inserted after the words “allowance for dependent child or other dependants”.

6.             In Article 7, paragraph 1, of the Regulations on part-time work (Appendix IX to the Staff Regulations), the words “or, for staff members recruited on or after 1st January 2017, the basic family allowance (Article 4bis of the same Regulations)”, shall be inserted after the first closing bracket.

7.             In Article 7, paragraph 2, of the Regulations on part-time work (Appendix IX to the Staff Regulations), the words “or, for staff members recruited on or after 1st January 2017, the dependent child supplement, the supplement for dependent and disabled parent and the supplements for disabled or severely disabled child”, shall be inserted after the words “allowance for a handicapped child”.

8.         In Article 12, paragraph 1, of the Regulations on the medical and social insurance scheme (Appendix XII to the Staff Regulations), the terms “if he/she is not receiving the household allowance, and to four years’ salary if he/she is receiving that allowance” shall be deleted.

9.         In Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Regulations on the medical and social insurance scheme (Appendix XII to the Staff Regulations), the terms “if he/she is not receiving the household allowance, and to two years’ salary if he/she is receiving that allowance” shall be deleted.

10.        In Article 13 of the Regulations on the medical and social insurance scheme (Appendix XII to the Staff Regulations), the terms “if he/she was not receiving the household allowance, and to four years’ salary if he/she was receiving that allowance,” shall be deleted.

11.        In the footnotes 3 and 4 of the Regulations on the medical and social insurance scheme (Appendix XII to the Staff Regulations), the words “the basic family allowance”, preceded by a comma, shall be inserted after the words “the household allowance”.

12.        In Article 9, paragraph 2 b) of the Regulations on the medical and social insurance scheme (Appendix XII to the Staff Regulations), the following phrases shall be inserted after the first phrase:

“In such cases, cover shall be limited to the amounts refundable under the local rules of the French Social Security Scheme in Alsace-Moselle. However, supplementary cover for health care costs may be extended to that person on payment of an additional contribution borne entirely by the staff member.”

Article 3

1.         This resolution shall enter into force on 1 January 2017.

2.         Articles 4, 5, paragraphs 1 and 2, and Article 12 of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations) shall continue to apply to staff members serving when this Resolution takes effect. They shall not apply to staff members who are recruited on or after 1 January 2017.

3.         Conditions for the payment of the dependent child allowance as set out in Article 5 of the Regulations governing staff salaries and allowances (Appendix IV to the Staff Regulations) shall be maintained for staff members serving at 31 December 2016 with respect to children born before 1 January 2032. Dependent child allowance with respect to children born after 31 December 2031 shall only be payable until the end of the academic year during which the child reaches the age of 22 years.

4.         In order to ensure an equivalent supplement regardless of the country of the duty station, the monthly basic amount of the basic family allowance, the dependent child supplement, the supplement for dependent and disabled parent and the supplements for disabled or severely disabled child, shall be adjusted by the purchasing power parities applicable in the country of the duty station or any other method of calculating cost of living differentials applicable at the relevant time.

5.         The amount of the allowances/supplements expressed in absolute value shall be adjusted in accordance with the method of adjustment provided for in the 242nd CCR Report [CCR/R(2016)5] which enters into force on 1 January 2017.