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C 452/2

Official Journal of the European Union
29.11.2022

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The latest version of the list of expenses which may be defrayed from the general expenditure allowance was adopted by the Bureau in its decision of 2 July 2018. The Bureau is to evaluate that decision on the basis of the experience gained during the ninth parliamentary term and maintain it until the end of 2022.

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Following the announcement by the President on 4 April 2022, the Bureau ad-hoc Working Group on the General Expenditure Allowance the Bureau ad-hoc Working Group was established and tasked with carrying out the evaluation of the Bureau decision of 2 July 2018 and submitting its outcome to the Bureau no later than November 2022, together, where appropriate, with recommendations and proposals.

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On 6 October 2022, the Bureau ad-hoc Working Group submitted a recommendation to the Bureau to introduce a separate Chapter in Title 1 of the Implementing Measures, namely Chapter 7, dedicated to the general expenditure allowance, as well as a number of accompanying measures to increase transparency in relation to that allowance.

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The Bureau ad-hoc Working Group also proposed that the Bureau assess and, if necessary, review the rules on the general expenditure allowance under Chapter 7 of the Implementing Measures, after taking note of the overview of voluntarily-returned, unused amounts prepared after the end of each legislative term by the Parliaments Directorate-General for Finance. That assessment and any review should be carried out at the latest by the end of the year following the elections to the European Parliament, with a view to any new rules entering into force during the following parliamentary term.

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Furthermore, in the light of the addition of Chapter 7, and in order to maintain the logical structure of the Implementing Measures, it is appropriate to reorder, and therefore to renumber, certain of its existing articles,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1
The Implementing Measures are amended as follows:
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in Title I, Chapter 4, the title of Section 3 is replaced by the following:
Section 3: General provisions;

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Article 25 is replaced by the following:
Article 25
Assistance to Members on official journeys 1.
A Member who, in the course of an official journey as referred to in Article 101, point a, 2 and 2a, falls seriously ill or is the victim of an accident or of unforeseen circumstances that prevent the journey from proceeding smoothly shall be entitled to the assistance of Parliament. That assistance shall include the organisation of repatriation and the assumption of responsibility for payment of any associated costs. The Member, or, where appropriate, his or her representative, may request repatriation to one of Parliaments places of work or to his or her place of residence.
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In the event of the death of a Member during such an official journey, the expenses incurred in transporting the deceased back to his or her place of residence may also be reimbursed.
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Parliament shall discharge its assistance obligations by means of an insurance policy. The rights of Members referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be exercised under the conditions laid down in the policy.
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The insurance policy shall cover inter alia the cost of provision of the following assistance:

assistance in the event of serious illness, accident or death of a Member, assistance and early return in the event of natural disaster, major disturbances of public order or serious illness, accident or death of a relative of the Member, logistical and administrative assistance in the event of loss or theft of documents,