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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 481/2014 of 4 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to specific rules on eligibility of expenditure for cooperation programmes
Consolidated text: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 481/2014 of 4 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to specific rules on eligibility of expenditure for cooperation programmes
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 481/2014 of 4 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to specific rules on eligibility of expenditure for cooperation programmes
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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 481/2014 of 4 March 2014 (OJ L 138 13.5.2014, p. 45) |
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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 481/2014
of 4 March 2014
supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to specific rules on eligibility of expenditure for cooperation programmes
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
Without prejudice to the eligibility rules laid down in or on the basis of Articles 65 to 71 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, this Regulation sets out specific rules on eligibility of expenditure for cooperation programmes with regard to the following expenditure categories:
staff costs;
office and administrative expenditure;
travel and accommodation costs;
external expertise and services costs; and
equipment expenditure.
Article 2
General provisions
The following costs are not eligible:
fines, financial penalties and expenditure on legal disputes and litigation;
costs of gifts, except those not exceeding EUR 50 per gift where related to promotion, communication, publicity or information;
costs related to fluctuation of foreign exchange rate.
Article 3
Staff costs
Expenditure on staff costs shall consist of gross employment costs of staff employed by the beneficiary in one of the following ways:
full time;
part-time with a fixed percentage of time worked per month;
part-time with a flexible number of hours worked per month; or
on an hourly basis.
Expenditure on staff costs shall be limited to the following:
salary payments related to the activities which the entity would not carry out if the operation concerned was not undertaken, fixed in an employment/work contract, an appointment decision (both hereinafter referred to as ‘employment document’) or by law, relating to responsibilities specified in the job description of the staff member concerned;
any other costs directly linked to salary payments incurred and paid by the employer, such as employment taxes and social security including pensions as covered by Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) provided that they are:
fixed in an employment document or by law;
in accordance with the legislation referred to in the employment document and with standard practices in the country and/or organisation where the individual staff member is actually working; and
not recoverable by the employer.
With regard to point (a), payments to natural persons working for the beneficiary under a contract other than an employment/work contract may be assimilated to salary payments and such a contract considered as an employment document.
Staff costs may be reimbursed either:
in accordance with point (a) of Article 67(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 (as proven by the employment document and payslips); or
in the form of standard scales of unit costs in accordance with point (b) of Article 67(1), with paragraph (2), the first subparagraph of paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of Article 68a of that Regulation; or
in the form of lump sums in accordance with point (c) of Article 67(1); or
in the form of flat-rate financing in accordance with point (d) of Article 67(1) and with Article 68a(1) of that Regulation.
Staff costs related to individuals who work on part-time assignment on the operation, shall be calculated as either:
a fixed percentage of the gross employment costs in accordance with Article 68a(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013; or
a flexible share of the gross employment cost, in line with a number of hours varying from one month to the other worked on the operation, based on a time registration system covering 100 % of the working time of the employee.
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For part-time assignments under point (b) of paragraph 4, the reimbursement of staff costs shall be calculated on a single hourly rate basis determined either by:
dividing the monthly gross employment cost by the average monthly working time expressed in hours taking into account the working time as fixed in the employment document as well as fixed by law or agreements between the social partners on the relevant level; or
dividing the latest documented annual gross employment cost by 1 720 hours.
The hourly rate shall be multiplied by the number of hours actually worked on the operation.
Article 4
Office and administrative expenditure
Office and administrative expenditure shall be limited to the following elements:
office rent;
insurance and taxes related to the buildings where the staff is located and to the equipment of the office (e.g. fire, theft insurances);
utilities (e.g. electricity, heating, water);
office supplies;
general accounting provided inside the beneficiary organisation;
archives;
maintenance, cleaning and repairs;
security;
IT systems;
communication (e.g. telephone, fax, internet, postal services, business cards);
bank charges for opening and administering the account or accounts where the implementation of an operation requires a separate account to be opened;
charges for transnational financial transactions.
Article 5
Travel and accommodation costs
Expenditure on travel and accommodation costs shall be limited to the following elements:
travel costs (e.g. tickets, travel and car insurance, fuel, car mileage, toll, and parking fees);
the costs of meals;
accommodation costs;
visa costs;
daily allowances.
Article 6
External expertise and services costs
Expenditure on external expertise and service costs shall be limited to the following services and expertise provided by a public or private law body or a natural person other than the beneficiary of the operation:
studies or surveys (e.g. evaluations, strategies, concept notes, design plans, handbooks);
training;
translations;
IT systems and website development, modifications and updates;
promotion, communication, publicity or information linked to an operation or to a cooperation programme as such;
financial management;
services related to the organisation and implementation of events or meetings (including rent, catering or interpretation);
participation in events (e.g. registration fees);
legal consultancy and notarial services, technical and financial expertise, other consultancy and accountancy services;
intellectual property rights;
verifications under Article 125(4)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Article 23(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013;
certification and audit costs on programme level under Articles 126 and 127 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013;
the provision of guarantees by a bank or other financial institution where required by Union or national law or in a programming document adopted by the monitoring committee;
travel and accommodation for external experts, speakers, chairpersons of meetings and service providers;
other specific expertise and services needed for operations.
Article 7
Equipment expenditure
Expenditure for the financing of equipment purchased, rented or leased by the beneficiary of the operation other than those covered by Article 4 shall be limited to the following:
office equipment;
IT hardware and software;
furniture and fittings;
laboratory equipment;
machines and instruments,
tools or devices;
vehicles;
other specific equipment needed for operations.
Purchase costs of second-hand equipment may be eligible subject to the following conditions:
no other assistance has been received for it from the ESI Funds;
its price does not exceed the generally accepted price on the market in question;
it has the technical characteristics necessary for the operation and complies with applicable norms and standards.
Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
( 1 ) Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1).