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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-528/annex-III/part-A/division-1/division-1.2",
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  "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/III/part/A/division/1/division/1.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Definition of incremental costs financed in common:\n(a) Transport costs transport to and from the theatre of operations to deploy, sustain and recover FHQs and CCHQs.\n(b) Travel and accommodation travel and accommodation costs incurred by the OHQ for official journeys necessary to an operation; travel and accommodation costs incurred by personnel from deployed HQs travelling on official journeys to Brussels and/or operation related meetings.\n(c) Transport/travel (excluding 'per diem' costs) of HQs within the theatre of operations expenditure related to vehicle transport and other travel by other means and freight costs, including travel by national augmentees and visitors; incremental costs of fuel over and above what normal operations would have cost; lease of additional vehicles; third-party insurance costs imposed by some countries upon international organisations conducting operations in their territory.\n(d) Administration additional office and accommodation equipment, contractual services and utilities, maintenance costs of the HQ buildings.\n(e) Civilian personnel recruited specifically in the eligible HQs for the requirements of the operation civilian personnel working in the Union, international and local personnel hired in theatre needed for the conduct of the operation over and above the normal operational requirements (including any overtime compensation payments).\n(f) Communications between eligible HQs and between eligible HQs and directly subordinate forces capital expenditure for the purchase and use of additional communications and IT equipment and costs for rendered services (lease and maintenance of modems, telephone lines, satphones, cryptofaxes, secure lines, internet providers, data lines, local area networks).\n(g) Barracks and lodging/infrastructure expenditure for acquisition, rental or refurbishing of required HQ facilities in theatre (rental of buildings, shelters, tents), if required.\n(h) Public information costs related to information campaigns and to inform media at HQ level, in accordance with the information strategy developed by the HQ.\n(i) Representation and hospitality representational costs; costs at HQ level necessary for the conduct of an operation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/528/annex/III/part/A/division/1/division/1.2",
    "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."
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