# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 481/2014 of 4 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to specific rules on eligibility of expenditure for cooperation programmes, Article 4: Office and administrative expenditure

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Office and administrative expenditure shall be limited to the following elements:
(a) office rent;
(b) insurance and taxes related to the buildings where the staff is located and to the equipment of the office (e.g. fire, theft insurances);
(c) utilities (e.g. electricity, heating, water);
(d) office supplies;
(e) general accounting provided inside the beneficiary organisation;
(f) archives;
(g) maintenance, cleaning and repairs;
(h) security;
(i) IT systems;
(j) communication (e.g. telephone, fax, internet, postal services, business cards);
(k) bank charges for opening and administering the account or accounts where the implementation of an operation requires a separate account to be opened;
(l) charges for transnational financial transactions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/481/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-481/article-4
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