– 71 – (2.1 – Conditions of employment) ANNEX Amendment to Staff Regulation 9.9 Regulation 9.9 Mandatory age of retirement Staff members shall not be retained in active service beyond the age of: a) 60 years; or b) 62 years, if appointed on or after 1 January 1990; or c) 65 years, if appointed on or after [1 January 2014*]. The Secretary-General may, in the interest of the Union, extend this age limit in exceptional cases, on the proposal of the Director of the Bureau concerned. *date to be inserted as adopted by the UNGA for the entry into force of amendments to the UN Staff Regulations and Rules, which should be not later than 1 January 2014. Ref.: Documents C13/117 and C13/122.