{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-528/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-528/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2015/528",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/528 of 27 March 2015 establishing a mechanism to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications (Athena) and repealing Decision 2011/871/CFSP",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-528",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "COMMON COSTS BORNE BY ATHENA WHENEVER THEY ARE INCURRED",
  "text": "In cases when the following common costs cannot be linked directly to a specific operation, the Special Committee may decide to allocate the corresponding appropriations to the general part of the annual budget. These appropriations should, as much as possible, be entered in the articles showing the operation to which they are most related.\n1.. Mission expenditure incurred by the operation commander and his or her staff for submitting an operation's accounts to the Special Committee.\n2.. Indemnities for damages and costs resulting from claims and legal actions to be paid through Athena.\n3.. Costs pursuant to any decision to store material which was acquired in common for an operation (where these costs are attributed to the general part of the annual budget, a link to a specific operation shall be indicated).\nThe general part of the annual budget shall furthermore include appropriations, where necessary, to cover the following common costs in operations to the financing of which the participating Member States contribute:\n1.. Banking costs.\n2.. Auditing costs.\n3.. Common costs relative to the preparatory phase of an operation as defined at Annex II.\n4.. Costs related to the development and maintenance of the Athena accounting and asset management system.\n5.. Costs related to the Administrative Arrangements and framework contracts in accordance with Article 11.",
  "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/2015/528/annex/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:24.383831+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."
}