Article 1 4 0 — Other staff and externals

Item 1 4 0 0 — Other staff

Remarks

Former Articles 1 1 1, 1 1 5 (in part) and former Items 1 8 9 3 and 1 8 9 5

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities.

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

This appropriation is intended to cover the following expenditure:

• the remuneration of other staff including auxiliary, contract and local staff and special advisers (within the meaning of the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities), employer's contributions to the various social security schemes and the impact of salary weightings applicable to the remuneration of these staff or the termination of contract allowance,

• fees of medical and paramedical staff paid under the arrangements for the provision of services and, in special cases, the employment of temporary agency staff,

• the remuneration and fees of conference operators and multimedia editors used during times of excessive workload or in special cases.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 1 000.

Item 1 4 0 2 — Interpreter services

Remarks

Former Item 1 8 9 1

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on interpreter services.

It covers the fees, social security contributions, travel expenses and subsistence allowances of interpreters employed.

Item 1 4 0 4 — Graduate traineeships, grants and exchanges of officials

Remarks

Former Articles 1 5 0, 1 5 2, 2 7 3 and former Item 2 9 4 0

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities.

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

This appropriation is intended to cover:

• an allowance, travel and mission expenses for trainees, and accident and sickness insurance during courses,

• expenditure arising from movements between the Committee of the Regions and the public sector in the Member States or other countries specified in the rules,

• the contribution, on a limited scale, to the realisation of research projects in the fields of activity of the Committee of the Regions which are of particular interest for European integration,

• the cost of programmes to inform young people in the European spirit.

Item 1 4 0 8 — Entitlements in connection with entering the service, transfer and leaving the service

Remarks

Former Items 1 1 4 9 (in part), 1 1 8 1 (in part), 1 1 8 2 (in part), 1 1 8 3 (in part) and 1 1 8 4 (in part)

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities.

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

This appropriation is intended to cover:

• travel expenses due to staff (including their families) entering or leaving the service or being transferred to another place of employment,

• installation/resettlement allowances and removal expenses due to staff obliged to change their place of residence on taking up duty, on transfer to a new place of employment and on finally leaving the institution and resettling elsewhere,

• daily subsistence allowance for staff who furnish evidence that they must change their place of residence on taking up duty or transferring to a new place of employment,

• the difference between the contributions paid by staff to a Member State pension scheme and those paid to the Community scheme in the event of redefinition of a contract.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 1 000.

Article 1 4 2 — Outside services

Item 1 4 2 0 — Supplementary services for the translation service

Remarks

Former Items 1 8 3 0 and 1 8 9 6

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on work carried out by freelance or temporary translators and typing and other work sent out by the translation service. The Committee of the Regions always makes use of freelance translators whose names figure on the lists drawn up as a result of interinstitutional calls for tender.

Expenditure on any work entrusted to the Translation Centre in Luxembourg and all interinstitutional cooperation activities in the language area are also covered by this Item.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 1 000.

Item 1 4 2 2 — Expert advice connected with consultative work

Remarks

Former Article 2 6 0 (in part)

This appropriation is intended to cover payments to qualified experts in their specific fields who participate in the activities of the Committee of the Regions, in implementation of the rules governing reimbursement of travel expenses and payment of subsistence allowances to experts, speakers and researchers who participate in the activities of the Committee of the Regions.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 1 000.

Article 1 4 9 — Provisional appropriation

Remarks

Former Items 1 1 9 1 (in part) and 1 2 9 1 (in part)

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 65 thereof and Annex XI thereto.

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

This appropriation is intended to cover the effects of any salary adjustments decided by the Council during the financial year.

This appropriation is purely provisional and may only be used after its transfer to other headings in accordance with the Financial Regulation.

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