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

In adopting the report by Mr Michael TAPPIN (PSE, UK) Parliament approved the amendment of the articles of the Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the Communities with regard to mission expenses. Parliament hoped for the implementation of an active policy of rationalization of administrative expenditure by all the institutions and considered that common criteria should be established for the provisions governing mission expenses. It also required that: - the budgetary authority must be informed of the annual adjustments in the documents accompanying the estimates of the institutions; - each institution must justify the overall budget adopted for mission expenses in its estimates on the basis of an annual programme of work and it must ensure the strict application of the principles of sound financial management and in particular economy and cost-effectiveness. �