{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-399/annex/division-2/division-2.1/division-Rule",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-399/annex/division-2/division-2.1/division-Rule.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/399",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 20 January 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Decision 2004/904/EC as regards the eligibility of expenditure within the framework of actions co-financed by the European Refugee Fund implemented in the Member States (notified under document number C(2006) 51/1) (Only the Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Swedish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovakian, Slovenian and Spanish texts are authentic) (2006/399/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-399",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.1/division/Rule",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "Rule No 8",
  "heading": "Staff costs",
  "text": "The cost of staff assigned to the project, corresponding to real salaries plus social security charges and other remuneration-related costs, shall be eligible. Staff costs may not exceed the salaries and other employment charges normally incurred by the beneficiary, nor exceed the most economical rates in the relevant market. However, levies, taxes or charges (in particular, direct taxes and social security contributions on wages) arising from projects co-financed by the European Refugee Fund constitute eligible costs only where they are actually and definitively borne by the beneficiary of the subsidy.\nStaff costs for public officials are only eligible for activities that are not part of their normal routine and for tasks that are specifically linked to implementation of the project, on the following terms:\n(a) civil servants or other public officials seconded by duly documented decision of the competent authority, entrusted with implementing a project;\n(b) other staff employed solely for the purpose of implementing a project.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/399/annex/division/2/division/2.1/division/Rule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:34.826164+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}