EC staff regulation: adjustment of the daily subsistence allowance rates for officials on mission

OBJECTIVE: the proposed regulation seeks to revise the daily subsistence allowance rates for officials on mission within the European territory of the European Union. SUBSTANCE: the Commission proposes an early adjustment of daily allowance rates and the ceilings on the reimbursement of hotel expanses incurred on missions within the Member States, including the three new Member States. To ensure uniform application, the proposal takes as its point of departure the scale in force in the European Parliament in 1996 (since 1991 Parliament has made an annual adjustment based on the values for the previous year). The Commission also proposes the introduction of a system for the regular adjustment of the scales on the basis of trends in price indices in the hotel and catering sector as published by EUROSTAT and the exchange rates used for implementation of the EC's general budget. �