No L 181/2 Official. Journal of the European Communities 28. 6, 89 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No:1857/89 - of 21 June 1989 introducing special and temporary measures to terminate the service of officials 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, made 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- performance .of future activities and the specific research programmes of the Joint Research Centre call for a radical restructuring of the centre designed to ensure that it has adequate skills at its disposal ; Whereas - this restructuring must be carried out with no increase in staffing and the number of retirements is far from sufficient to allow the recruitments needed to attain the centre’'s new objectives ; Whereas in order to ensure that the restructuring and the attainment of these new objectives are not impeded by inadequate staff skills, special termination-of-service measures must be adopted ; Whereas these special measures could prove ineffective if in every ' case . their application required the- prior agreement of the officials concerned ; whereas, since they are dictated by the interests of the service, it must be possible for such measures  to be mandatory .and not subject to such agreement in the case of category A officials, whose administrative and advisory duties are of particular importance for the implementation of research programmes ; Whereas in the limited number of cases where such mandatory measures are necessary, the situation of the officials likely-to bé concerned should be examined in detail - before implementation of the prescribed procedures, HAS ADOPTED THIS :REGULATION : Article 1 1. In the. interests of the service, the Commission is authorized until 28 February 1990 to adopt, within the () OJ No C 158, 26. 6. 1989. meaning of Article 47 of the Staff Regulations-of Officials of the European Communities, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Staff Regulations’, and on the conditions set out in - this Regulation, measures terminating the service of officials in active employment or on secondment, in grades other than A1 and ‘A 2, who are aged at least 50, have completed at least 15 years’ service, are paid from research and investment appropriations and are included in the establishment plan of the Joint Research Centre. 2. The number of officials in all categories to whom these measures may be applied shall not exceed. 100. Article 2 1.. After consulting the Joint Committee, which shall give a hearing to any official- who so requests, the Commission shall draw up the list of officials affécted by the measures referred to in Article 1. When drawing up this list; the Commission -shall take - into consideration : — by way of priority and if the interests of the service so permit, the officials who have requested the application of such measures, : ' — in all cases, age, competence, performance, conduct within _ the service, the family situation - and - the: seniority of the officials as well as, where appropriate, the irksome nature of certain tasks linked -to the duties carried out. : 2.  However, the Commission shall grant any requests for termination of service under this Regulation from officials aged 60 and -over. 3. In the case of officials who have not requested application of the measures provided for in Article 1, only officials in category A may be included -on the list referred to in- paragraph 1 of this Article. 4. The measures provided for in Article 1 and in paragraph 1 of this Article shall in no way be disciplinary in nature. Article 3 1. A former official affected by the measure provided for in Article 1 shall be entitled to a monthly allowance equal to 70 % of the basic salary for the grade and step