27. 7. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 203/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 2074/83 of 21 July 1983 amending the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities, and in particular Article 24 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, submitted after consulting the Staff Regulations Committee, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (*), Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice, Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (?), as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2023/83 (°), lay down the Staff Regulations of officials and the condi- tions of employment of other servants of the European Communities respectively ; whereas it is for the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the other institutions concerned, to amend the Staff Regulations and the conditions of employment; Whereas experience gained in applying the said Staff Regulations and the said conditions of employment has shown that the amendments set out in this Regu- lation should be made, it being understood that the other questions referred to in the Commission’s proposal should remain open, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 In Article 37 (1) of the Staff Regulations the words ‘is one who’ shall be replaced by the words ‘is an esta- blished official who'. () OJ No C 34, 11. 2. 1980, p. 4. () O] No L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1. () OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 3. Article 2 Article 37 (1) (b) of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by the following: ‘(b) has at his own request: — been placed at the disposal of another of the institutions of the European Commu- nities ; or — been placed at the disposal of an organiza- tion devoted to furthering the Commu- nity’s interests and included on a list to be drawn up by agreement between the insti- tutions of the Communities after consult- ing the Staff Regulations Committee.’ Article 3 The following shall be added to Article 39 (d) of the Staff Regulations : ‘However, an official on secondment under the second indent of Article 37 (1) (b) who acquires pension rights in the body to which he is seconded shall cease to be affiliated to the pension scheme in his original institution for the duration of this secondment. An official who becomes an invalid while’ on secondment within the meaning of Article 37 (1) (b), second indent, and the dependents of an offi- cial who dies during the same period, shall be entitled under these Staff Regulations to the invalidity or the survivor's pension less any amounts paid to them on the same grounds and for the same period by the body to whom the offi- cial was seconded. This provision shall not result in the official or his dependants being entitled to a total pension higher than the maximum amount he would have received pursuant to these Staff Regulations.’