"The Council recalls its conclusions on the Court of Auditors' special report No. 2/2007 concerning the Institutions' expenditure on buildings and, acknowledging that building costs represent a significant part of the overall administrative expenditure of the EU Institutions, considers that a sound financial management of building expenses is essential.

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32008D0457 - EN - 2008/457/EC: Commission Decision of 5 March 2008 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Decision 2007/435/EC establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund (notified under document number C(2008) 795) - COMMISSION DECISION // laying down r ...[+++]ules for the implementation of Council Decision 2007/435/EC establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund // (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) // (2008/457/EC) // MODEL DESCRIPTION OF MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS // MODEL MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL FINAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL AUDIT STRATEGY // MODEL REPORT BY THE AUDIT AUTHORITY // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE SECOND PRE-FINANCING // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR PAYMENT OF THE BALANCE // INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE EMBLEM AND DEFINITION OF THE STANDARD COLOURS // RULES ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF EXPENDITURE — INTEGRATION FUND

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32008D0458 - EN - 2008/458/EC: Commission Decision of 5 March 2008 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Return Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund (notified under document number C(2008) 796) - COMMISSION DECISION // laying down ...[+++]rules for the implementation of Decision No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Return Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund // (notified under document number C(2008)796) // (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) // (2008/458/EC) // MODEL DESCRIPTION OF MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS // MODEL MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL FINAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL AUDIT STRATEGY // MODEL REPORT BY THE AUDIT AUTHORITY // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE SECOND PRE-FINANCING // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR PAYMENT OF THE BALANCE // INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE EMBLEM AND DEFINITION OF THE STANDARD COLOURS // RULES ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF EXPENDITURE — EUROPEAN RETURN FUND

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32008D0456 - EN - 2008/456/EC: Commission Decision of 5 March 2008 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 574/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the External Borders Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund (notified under document number C(2008) 789) - COMMISSION DECISION // laying down ...[+++] rules for the implementation of Decision No 574/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the External Borders Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ as regards Member States' management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund // (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) // (2008/456/EC) // MODEL DESCRIPTION OF MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS // MODEL MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL FINAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME // MODEL AUDIT STRATEGY // MODEL REPORT BY THE AUDIT AUTHORITY // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE SECOND PRE-FINANCING // MODEL DECLARATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR PAYMENT OF THE BALANCE // INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE EMBLEM AND DEFINITION OF THE STANDARD COLOURS // RULES ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF EXPENDITURE — EXTERNAL BORDERS FUND

5.4. Under Part 2, the only costs to be taken into account in determining the operating grant shall be those necessary for the proper conduct of the normal activities of the body selected, in particular personnel costs, overheads (rental and property charges, equipment, office supplies, telecommunications, postal charges, etc.), costs of internal meetings, publication, information and dissemination costs and costs directly linked to the body's activities.

Under this measure, the only costs to be taken into account in determining the operating grant are those necessary for the proper conduct of the normal activities of the body selected, in particular personnel costs, overheads (rental and property charges, equipment, office supplies, telecommunications, postal charges, etc.), costs of internal meetings, and publications, information and dissemination costs.