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Division 2

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Subsistence allowance shall be calculated as follows:

  1. (a)

    if the travel on official duty involves hotel accommodation the staff member concerned shall be paid the full daily allowance;

  2. (b)

    if the travel on official duty does not involve hotel accommodation:

    1. (i)

      no subsistence allowance shall be payable for periods of less than four hours;

    2. (ii)

      where the period of duty is between four and eight hours the staff members shall be entitled to 25 % of the daily allowance. For a period of more than eight hours but less than 24, the staff member shall be entitled to 50 % of the daily allowance;

  3. (c)

    official journeys carried out in the province of Madrid will not be entitled to reimbursement of a subsistence allowance. Duly authorised minor expenditure (car parking fees, kilometres, taxi, public transport costs etc.) will be paid upon receipt;

  4. (d)

    a notional period shall be added to the actual journey time for the purpose of calculating subsistence allowance to allow for travelling time to/from the main station or airport. This period shall be as follows:

    1. (i)

      two hours will be added before the start of the train journey (real time of train departure) and another two hours will be added after the finish (real time of train arrival);

    2. (ii)

      three hours before the start of the air travel (real time of flight departure) and another three hours will be added after the finish (real time of flight arrival);

  5. (e)

    staff members who wish to add a weekend or a leave immediately preceding the travel on official duty will receive a subsistence allowance calculated from 15.00 hours on the day prior to the travel on official duty;

  6. (f)

    staff members who wish to add a weekend or a leave immediately following the travel on official duty will receive a subsistence allowance calculated until 22.00 hours of the day on which the travel on official duty ends;

  7. (g)

    in the case of overnight accommodation the allowance shall be reduced by 30 % if it is included in travel fares (night ferry, sleeping berth or compartment, by rail or air) and by 50 % if it is provided by an external body.