
Article 1 

1. An official
— paid from research and investment appropriations and employed in an establishment of the Joint Research Centre or in indirect action, or
— paid from operating appropriations and employed in an information and communication technology (ICT) services department, a safety and security department or another service involved in performing safety or security functions, a telephone switchboard/information service, a reception desk, a department providing support for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)/European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) operations or for emergency and crisis coordination arrangements or employed to run or supervise technical installations,who is engaged in shift work within the meaning of Article 56a of the Staff Regulations, shall be entitled to an allowance of:
— EUR 420,64 — where the department operates on a two-shift basis, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
— EUR 634,89 — where the department operates on a two-shift basis, one of them at night, including Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
— EUR 694,17 — where the department operates on a round-the-clock basis, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
— EUR 946,38 — where the department operates on a continuous basis.The allowance shall be adjusted by the weighting applicable to the official's salary.
2. Where shiftwork does not continue throughout the month, one thirtieth of the said allowance shall be paid for each day on which shifts are worked. However, no allowance shall be paid if the number of days of shiftwork is fewer than three per month.
3. An official who can show that for a period not exceeding one month he was prevented from doing shiftwork on grounds of illness, accident, shutdown, leave for attendance at training courses or annual leave, shall retain his entitlement to the allowance. If the period during which he is prevented from doing shiftwork extends to more than one month, his entitlement to the allowance shall be suspended at the end of that month until he resumes work.
Article 2 
An official who is entitled to payment of the allowance provided for in Article 1 may receive the allowances for particularly arduous work provided for in Article 56c of the Staff Regulations only up to a maximum of 600 points, to be determined in accordance with Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 858/2004.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall apply by analogy to temporary, auxiliary and contract staff.
Article 4 
Articles 1 and 4, second paragraph, of Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1371/72 of 27 June 1972 determining the rates and the conditions of the special allowances which may be granted to officials or servants who are paid from appropriations in the Research and investment budget and employed in an establishment of the Joint Research Centre or on indirect action for services of a special nature, are repealed.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 February 1976.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.