At present this allowance is granted to all mothers.

229. The family allowance is granted for children and for a spouse.

The care allowance is granted to a worker released from the obligation to work to take care of

247. As from 1990, an education allowance may also be granted for children over 27 but still under 29 who performed the statutorily prescribed military or civilian service such an allowance may be granted together with a tax reduction on the grounds of an exceptional burden due to maintenance payments in the amount of the tax allowance for children.

As from 1996, the tax allowance to be granted for each eligible child amounts to DM 6,264 per year.

The Act does not lay down any limitations as to the purpose for which a personal allowance may be granted.

The allowance may, for example, be granted towards payment of expenses for medication, dietetic food, medical or dental treatment, and pedicure.

(e) Adoption allowance is granted to adopters of a foreign child if the child is adopted through the recognized adoption organizations.

The child care allowance is granted for a period of 24 months, or 36 months in the case of single mothers.

A maternity allowance is also granted to all foreign citizens, if they satisfy the above mentioned conditions and are, legally, residents of Greece.

313. Changes have been introduced in the conditions for eligibility for the child care allowance. Previously, an income requirement had to be fulfilled to receive this allowance the allowance was granted to a woman if the monthly income per head in her family did not exceed a fixed amount.

The state's family benefits are childbirth allowance, child allowance, child care allowance, single parent's child allowance, conscript's child allowance, school allowance, foster care allowance, start in independent life allowance, allowance for families with three or more children and families raising triplets, and adoption allowance.

(d) Multiple birth allowance is granted in the event of births of more than one child and until the children attain the age of seven.

These benefits include housing allowance, transport allowance medical allowance and social security benefits.

Constant attendance allowance may be granted when a disablement entails that an applicant needs constant care or attendance requiring other people to be present at all times.

157. The compensatory allowance is a special entitlement granted to workers with decreased capacity for work if their remuneration decreases on account of their undergoing vocational rehabilitation.

226. These benefits include the family allowance and the nursing allowance, as well as the child care allowance and the care allowance.

The allowance is granted for a child under 16 years of age, and for an older child attending school up to the age of 20 (with certain exceptions).

(e) Education allowance. With regard to the education allowance

Intervention or public works was granted to single unemployed people who have lost their right to the allowance on the expiry of the statutory allowance period (9 months for graduates, 12 or 18 months for other unemployed) and who are raising a child (children) or whose spouses are also unemployed and both have lost the right to the allowance on account of the expiry of the allowance period and are raising a child (children).

The most important of them are the social insurance benefits for workers maternity leave and allowance, confinement allowance, child care leave and allowance, care leave and allowance.

10. The following entitlements are calculated by the system gross salary, staff assessment, dependency allowance, adjusted dependency allowance, post adjustment, hardship, mobility and non removal elements of the mobility and hardship allowance, pension contribution, language allowance, recruitment allowance, salary differential and non resident s allowance.

If incapacity for work was caused by an employment related accident or an occupational disease, the allowance is granted for periods of incapacity for work of less than 30 days.

Disablement allowance

Child allowance

Daily allowance.

Specialist allowance

Specialist allowance

13. Mission subsistence allowance, travel costs and clothing and equipment allowance.

232. Another benefit in this field is the child care allowance regulated by the Order of the Council of Ministers of 17 July 1981 concerning child care leave (uniform text Dziennik Ustaw of 1990 No. 76, Text 454, with amendments). The child care allowance is granted to a worker taking advantage

386. The personnel of the Ministry of Education enjoy specific benefits (teaching allowance, training allowance, allowance for teaching in rural areas, etc.).

The general family allowance, the special child allowance and the multiple birth allowance are payable automatically without application, but application must be made for ordinary and extra child allowances and adoption allowance.

113 Representation allowance

Bridging allowance b

(b) Household allowance

(c) Education allowance

Dependent spouse allowance

7. Daily allowance.

113 Representation allowance

Mission subsistence allowance

Mission subsistence allowance.

Mission subsistence allowance.

Mission subsistence allowance.

Mission subsistence allowance.

Mission subsistence allowance.