Translation of "congé pour raisons personnelles " (French → English) :

However, an official who is not engaged in a gainful activity may, not later than one month following that in which the leave on personal grounds begins, apply to continue to be covered in accordance with those articles, provided that he bears half the cost of the contributions required to cover the risks referred to in Article 72(1) and Article 73(1) for the first year of the leave on personal grounds and the full cost during the remainder of such leave.

24. Calls on the Member States and social partners to encourage and facilitate lifelong learning by providing, inter alia, opportunities for paternal or maternal leave, or for leave of absence for reasons relating to legal guardianship or the care of dependent adults or people with disabilities, and for greater flexibility in working conditions, particularly through the use of new technologies; calls, furthermore, on the Member States to count maternity and parental leave during a period of study towards women's and men's aggregate time spent in work and their retirement pension entitlement periods, with a view to meeting fully the goal ...[+++] of genuine gender equality;

24. Calls on the Member States and social partners to encourage and facilitate lifelong learning by providing, inter alia, opportunities for paternal or maternal leave, or for leave of absence for reasons relating to legal guardianship or care of dependent adults, or for people with disabilities, and for greater flexibility in working conditions, particularly through the use of new technologies; calls, furthermore, on the Member States to count maternity and parental leave during a period of study towards women's aggregate time spent in work and their retirement pension entitlement periods, with a view to meeting fully the goal of genui ...[+++]ne gender equality;

24. Calls on the Member States and social partners to encourage and facilitate lifelong learning by providing, inter alia, opportunities for paternal or maternal leave, or for leave of absence for reasons relating to legal guardianship or the care of dependent adults or people with disabilities, and for greater flexibility in working conditions, particularly through the use of new technologies; calls, furthermore, on the Member States to count maternity and parental leave during a period of study towards women's and men's aggregate time spent in work and their retirement pension entitlement periods, with a view to meeting fully the goal ...[+++] of genuine gender equality;

suspending the retention or acquisition of rights during periods of maternity leave or leave for family reasons which are granted by law or agreement and are paid by the employer.

11. Wishes that the Appointing Authorities of the Institutions will be informed about the level of the absence of staff on sick leave, leave on personal grounds and leave for secondment to another public body; asks the institutions to submit the relevant figures for the year 1999 when they forward their estimates for 2001, together with an overview of the reasons why leave on personal grounds was granted;