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( 1 ) OJ NO 45 , 14 . 6 . 1962 , P . 1385/62 .

REGULATION NO 122/66/EEC OF THE COUNCILS OF 28 JULY 1966 LAYING DOWN THE LIST OF PLACES FOR WHICH A TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE MAY BE GRANTED , THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THAT ALLOWANCE AND THE RULES FOR GRANTING IT

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ,

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO REGULATION NO 31 ( EEC ) , 11 ( EAEC ) ( 1 ) ON THE STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS AND THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF OTHER SERVANTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY , AND , IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 14B OF ANNEX VII TO THOSE STAFF REGULATIONS AND ARTICLES 22 AND 67 OF THOSE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSALS FROM THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS IT IS FOR THE COUNCILS , ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 65 ( 3 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS , TO LAY DOWN THE LIST OF PLACES FOR WHICH A TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE MAY BE GRANTED , THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THAT ALLOWANCE AND THE RULES FOR GRANTING IT ;

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AN OFFICIAL EMPLOYED IN A PLACE WHERE THE PROBLEM OF TRANSPORT IS RECOGNISED AS BEING PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT AND ACUTE BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PLACES OF RESIDENCE AND THE PLACE OF WORK MAY BE GIVEN A TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE UNDER THE CONDITIONS SET OUT BELOW .

ARTICLE 2

1 . THE PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR WHICH THE ALLOWANCE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 MAY BE GRANTED SHALL BE :

GERMANY :

GARCHING

GUNDREMMINGEN

FRANCE :

FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES

SACLAY

CADARACHE

CHOOZ

EPOISSES

ITALY :

CENTRALE DE LATINA

CENTRALE DE GARIGLIANO

CASACCIA

NETHERLANDS :

PETTEN

DODEWAARD

UNITED KINGDOM :

WINFRITH .

2 . IN ADDITION TO THE PLACES REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 , A TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE MAY ALSO BE GRANTED IN RESPECT OF PLACES WHERE THERE ARE NOT MORE THAN THREE OFFICIALS . IN THIS CASE , THE COMMISSIONS SHALL NOTIFY THE COUNCILS AND THE LIST SUBMITTED SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN APPROVED IF WITHIN SIX WEEKS NO DELEGATION HAS EXPRESSED A WISH TO CONTEST THE GRANTING OF THE TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE IN RESPECT OF THOSE PLACES .

ARTICLE 3

TRANSPORT ALLOWANCES SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY TO OFFICIALS WHO :

- BECAUSE OF DIFFICULT HOUSING CONDITIONS IN THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT CANNOT OBTAIN APPROPRIATE ACCOMODATION ON PAYMENT OF A MONTHLY RENT WHICH , EXCLUDING , WHERE APPROPRIATE , THE COST OF UTILITIES SUCH AS HEATING , WATER , GAS , ELECTRICITY AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES , AMOUNTS TO LESS THAN :

18 % FOR OFFICIALS UP TO AND INCLUDING GRADE B2 ,

20 % FOR OFFICIALS FROM GRADE B1 TO GRADE A4 ,

22 % FOR OFFICIALS ABOVE GRADE A4 ,

OF THE TOTAL EMOLUMENTS AS DETERMINED BELOW , AND PAY RENT OF MORE THAN 10 % OF THE TOTAL EMOLUMENTS AS DETERMINED BELOW .

TOTAL EMOLUMENTS SHALL COMPRISE BASIC SALARY PLUS EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE AND HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD ALLOWANCE , LESS THE COMPULSORY DEDUCTIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 64 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS AND COMMUNITY TAX . THE AMOUNT THUS OBTAINED SHALL BE ADJUSTED BY THE CORRECTIVE FACTOR APPLICABLE AT THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OF THE OFFICIAL CONCERNED .

NO ALLOWANCE SHALL BE GRANTED IN CASES WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE USE OF JOINT MEANS OF TRANSPORT , NOR WHERE A SERVICE CAR IS USED , NOR WHERE A STANDARD LOCAL TRAVEL ALLOWANCE IS GRANTED .

THE AMOUNT OF THE TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE SHALL BE :

- BFRS 600 PER MONTH WHERE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OFFICIAL'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND PLACE OF WORK IS NOT LESS THAN 20 KILOMETERS AND NOT MORE THAN 30 KILOMETERS ;

- BFRS 1000 PER MONTH WHERE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OFFICIAL'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND PLACE OF WORK IS GREATER THAN 30 KILOMETERS .

ARTICLE 4

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1966 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 28 JULY 1966 .

FOR THE COUNCILS

THE PRESIDENT

S . A . POSTHUMUS