No L 127/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 5. 80 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 1238/80 of 13 May 1980 amending Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1860/76 laying down the condi- tions of employment of staff of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Hgving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of 26 May 1975 establishing a European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas it is for the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, to amend the conditions of employment of staff of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions laid down in Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1860/76 (?); Whereas certain provisions of Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1860/76 should be amended in the light of Regulations (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 912/78 (3) and (Euratom ECSC, EEC) No 3085/78 (4) amending the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities ; Whereas priority should be given to those provisions which concern rates of exchange and weightings, so as to avoid subsequent distortions; Whereas it is also desirable that certain provisions of the conditions of employment be amended, in parti- cular those concerning remuneration, disciplinary action, length of the probationary period, maternity leave, travelling time and travel expenses, in order to align them on those applicable to officials of the Euro- pean Communities, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The conditions of employment of staff of the Euro- pean Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions shall be amended in accordance with the following Articles. ' (*) OJ No L 139, 30. 5. 1975, p. 1. (3) O] No L 214, 6. 8. 1976, p. 24. () OJ No L 119, 3. 5. 1978, p. 1. (*) O] No L 369, 29. 12. 1978, p. 6. Article 2 The following words shall be added to the last para- graph of Article 17: ‘or of the relevant safety standards’. Article 3 The following paragraph shall be added to Article 20 : ‘A staff member assigned by the director of the Foundation to teaching duties under the further training and instruction scheme provided for in the third paragraph may be granted an allowance on the conditions laid down in Article 9a of Annex IV’ Article 4 The following paragraph shall be added to Article 25 : ‘Where during his probationary period a staff member is prevented, by sickness or accident, from performing his duties for one month or more, the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment may extend his proba- tionary period by the corresponding length of time’. Article 5 In Article 29, ‘eight weeks’ and ‘14 weeks shall be replaced by ‘10 weeks’ and ‘16 weeks’ respectively. Article 6 1. Article 39 (1) shall be replaced by the following : ‘. On the birth of a child to a staff member, the person who has actual care of the child shall receive a grant of Bfrs 8 000. The same grant shall be paid to a staff member who adopts a child who is less than five years of age and is a dependant within the meaning of Article 7 (2) of Annex IV. This amount is equivalent to the amount specified in Article 74 (1) of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and shall be auto- matically adjusted in line with any change in that amount’. "