International > Report of the Governing body of the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation > 1931

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Article 22.
Special leave may, if requested by an official, be granted by the Director for exceptional
reasons so far as is compatible with the requirements of the service.
Article 23.
An official entering or quitting the service during the course of a year shall only be entitled
in respect of that year to an amount of annual leave proportionate to the period served by
him during the year, and shall not be entitled to any leave if the period is less than four months.
On quitting the service, an official, in so far as he has not received the annual leave which
is allowable to him under Article 21 of the present Regulations, may be granted, in proportion
to the duration of his service, a number of days’ leave on full pay equivalent to such arrears
of leave, or an equivalent sum of money.
7. Travelling and Removal Expenses and Subsistence Allowances.
Article 24.
The travelling expenses of officials authorised to travel on the business of the Institute
shall be defrayed by the latter in accordance with a scale approved by the Governing Body.
Article 25.
The travelling and removal expenses on arrival and departure of an official entering the
service of the Institute and not domiciled at Paris or in the immediate suburbs shall in prin¬
ciple be defrayed by the Institute.
Nevertheless, such reimbursement shall only be due if it has been formally stipulated
in the letter of appointment provided for in Article 14 of the present Regulations, and subject
to the conditions stated in the said letter. The absence of such stipulation in the letter of
appointment indicates that the parties have by common agreement renounced the possibility
of a subsequent claim for such reimbursement by the official.
8. Allowances by Way of Compensation, and Pensions.
Article 26.
As soon as the financial situation permits, a system of pensions or retired pay shall be
instituted for the benefit of the permanent staff of the Institute, by means of special regulations
which the Director shall submit to the Directors’ Committee with a view to subsequent approval
by the Governing Body.
Each official shall be regarded, in virtue of his engagement, as having agreed to accept
as a contribution to the pensions or retired pay fund any deduction from his salary \vhich
may be fixed or stipulated in application of the first paragraph of the present article.
9. Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities.
Article 27.
Diplomatic privileges and immunities as provided for by Article VII of the Covenant
of the League of Nations and recognised by Article n of the Organic Statute of the Institute
shall be confined to officials of a grade at least equal to that of secretary.
The Director is instructed to conclude all the necessary agreements with the competent
administrations with a view to ensuring for the persons entitled the full exercise of the diplo¬
matic privileges and immunities, subject to the terms of Article 28 of the present Regulations.
Article 28.
The diplomatic privileges and immunities provided for in Article 27 are conferred on
officials in the interests of their functions. They do not exempt the officials who enjoy them
from discharging their private obligations or from observing the laws and police regulations
in force.
When they are obliged to claim the benefit of the said privileges and immunities, the
officials of the Institute shall report the matter to the Director, who shall decide whether these
privileges and immunities shall be waived, subject to the Directors’ Committee being informed
at its next session.
10. Termination of Contracts.
Article 29.
The appointment of an official guilty of misconduct may be terminated at any time. In
such case, the official shall not be entitled to claim such notice and allowances as are provided
for in the other articles of the present Regulations, or the leave to which he would ordinarily
have a right.