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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/annex-IV/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1351",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1351 of 4 August 2016 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Defence Agency, and repealing Decision 2004/676/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351",
  "path": "annex/IV/article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Staff members entitled to the expatriation or foreign residence allowance shall be entitled, within the limit set out in paragraph 2, in each calendar year to a flat-rate payment corresponding to the cost of travel from the place of employment to the place of origin as defined in Article 7 for themselves and, if they are entitled to the household allowance, for the spouse and dependants within the meaning of Article 2.\nWhere both spouses are staff members of the Agency, each has the right in respect of himself or herself and in respect of dependants to the flat-rate payment of travelling expenses, in accordance with the above provisions; each dependant shall be entitled to one payment only. The payment in respect of dependent children is fixed at the request of the husband or wife, on the basis of the place of origin of one or other of them.\nWhere a staff member marries during a given year and thereby becomes entitled to the household allowance, the travel expenses payable for the spouse shall be calculated in proportion to the period from the date of the marriage to the end of the year.\nAny alteration to the basis of calculation which may arise from changes in family status after the date of payment of the sums in question shall not render the staff member concerned liable to make repayment.\nTravel expenses for children aged less than two years during the entire calendar year shall not be reimbursed.\n2. The flat-rate payment shall be based on an allowance per kilometre of geographical distance between the staff member's place of employment and his place of origin.\nWhere the place of origin, as defined in Article 7, is outside the territories of the Member States as well as outside the countries and territories listed in Annex II to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the territories of the Member States of the European Free Trade Association, the flat-rate payment shall be based on an allowance per kilometre of geographical distance between the staff member's place of employment and the capital city of the Member State whose nationality he holds. Staff members whose place of origin is outside the territories of the Member States as well as outside the countries and territories listed in Annex II to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the territories of the Member States of the European Free Trade Association and who are not nationals of one of the Member States shall not be entitled to the flat-rate payment.\nThe kilometric allowance shall be:\nEUR 0 for every km from 0 to 200 km\nEUR 0,3820 for every km from 201 to 1 000 km\nEUR 0,6367 for every km from 1 001 to 2 000 km\nEUR 0,3820 for every km from 2 001 to 3 000 km\nEUR 0,1272 for every km from 3 001 to 4 000 km\nEUR 0,0614 for every km from 4 001 to 10 000 km\nEUR 0 for every km over 10 000 km.\nTo the above kilometric allowance a flat-rate supplement shall be added amounting to:\nEUR 191,00 if the distance by train between the place of employment and the place of origin is between 725 km and 1 450 km,\nEUR 381,96 if the distance by train between the place of employment and the place of origin is greater than 1 450 km.\nThe above kilometric allowances and flat-rate supplements shall be updated every year in the same proportion as remuneration.\n3. A staff member whose service is terminated in the course of a calendar year for any reason other than death or who is on leave on personal grounds during part of the year shall, if he is in active employment in the service of an institution of the European Union for less than nine months of that year, be entitled only to part of the flat-rate payment provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, calculated in proportion to the time spent in active employment.\n4. Paragraphs 1 to 3 shall apply to staff members whose place of employment is within the territories of the Member States. Staff members whose place of employment is outside the territory of the Member States shall be entitled for themselves and, if they are entitled to receive the household allowance, for their spouse and other dependants within the meaning of Article 2, in each calendar year, to a flat-rate payment for travel expenses to their place of origin, or to repayment of travel expenses to another place not exceeding the expense of travel to the place of origin. However, if the spouse and the persons referred to in Article 2(2) do not live with the staff member at the place of employment, they shall be entitled each calendar year to reimbursement of travel expenses from the place of origin to the place of employment or to another place not exceeding the cost of the former journey.\nThe flat-rate payment shall be based on the cost of air travel in economy class.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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