(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), where payment of a special allowance is approved in respect of a child, payment thereof shall commence with the month following the month in which the application therefor is received, but where a special allowance would have been payable before that month if an application therefor had been received, the special allowance is payable for each month commencing with the latest of

It is important to remember that only certain costs are covered by the CFSP budget – equipment costs, contracted staff, special allowances, for instance, the EU special representatives – but Member States also pay for the cost of their seconded staff.

It is important to remember that only certain costs are covered by the CFSP budget – equipment costs, contracted staff, special allowances, for instance, the EU special representatives – but Member States also pay for the cost of their seconded staff.

This annual revision is also important in view of the substance of the issues dealt with: definitions of the terms ‘employed person’ and ‘self-employed person’ when these cannot be established on the basis of national legislation (Annex I, Section1), definition of ‘member of the family’ when national legislation does not permit a distinction to be drawn between family members and other persons (Annex I, Part 2), special schemes for self-employed persons excluded from the scope of the Regulation (Annex II, Section 1), special childbirth or adoption allowances excluded from the scope of the Regulation (Annex II, Section 2), special non-contributory benefits supplied solely to persons on the territory of the Member State of residence, thus con ...[+++]stituting an exception to the rule of exportable benefits (Annex II a), existing bilateral conventions which were in force before the implementation of the Regulation in the Member States concerned (Annex III), legislation under which the amount of invalidity benefit is independent of the length of insurance periods (Annex IV, Section A), cases where the calculation of benefit may be waived because it will not yield a higher amount (Annex IV, Section C), special procedures for implementation in certain Member States (Annex VI), and schemes that provide only for family allowances or supplementary or special allowances for orphans (Annex VIII).

Of course, we have a special allowance for children with special educational needs, but sometimes we have asked for additional resources from parents in this particular case. That is the information available to me.

On the other hand, certain specific provisions identifying cases of misconduct of accounting officers and imprest administrators, given the special nature of their duties, should be retained; they will no longer have any special allowance or insurance.