Expenses payments to members of the Court

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Dear European Court of Auditors,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

All expenses and subsistence payments, broken down by category (eg, taxis, restaurant meals, gifts, alcoholic drinks, attendance allowances) for each senior member of the court - eg, current Irish member Kevin Cardiff.

For the calendar years 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Yours faithfully,

Senan Molony

Tribunal de Cuentas Europeo

Dear Mr. Molony,

Thank you for your email of 27 February 2013 in which you request
documents which contain information on expenses and subsistence payments
made to members of the Court of Auditors. Under the terms of Decision No
12-2005 of the Court of Auditors regarding public access to Court
documents you will receive a reply within 15 working days.

Kindest regards,

Aidas Palubinskas

From:        Senan Molony <[FOI #396 email]>
To:        information requests at European Court of Auditors
<[European Court of Auditors request email]>
Date:        27/02/2013 19:22
Subject:        access to information request - Expenses payments to
members of the Court

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     Dear European Court of Auditors,
   
    Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as
    developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which
    contain the following information:
   
    All expenses and subsistence payments, broken down by category (eg,
    taxis, restaurant meals, gifts, alcoholic drinks, attendance
    allowances) for each senior member of the court - eg, current Irish
    member Kevin Cardiff.
   
    For the calendar years 2010, 2011 and 2012.
   
    Yours faithfully,
   
    Senan Molony
   
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    This is a request for access to information under Article 15 of the
    TFEU and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been
    sent via the AsktheEU.org website.
   
    Please kindly use this email address for all replies to this
    request: [FOI #396 email]
   
    If [European Court of Auditors request email] is the wrong address for information
    requests to European Court of Auditors, please tell the
    AsktheEU.org team on email [email address]
   
    This message and all replies from European Court of Auditors will
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Dear Mr Molony,

On 27 February 2013, you sent a request to the Court of Auditors for
documents containing information on the expenses and subsistence
allowances of its members.

First, and in order to give an overview of the financial entitlements of
the members of the Court of Auditors, please find attached:

- a pdf. of pages 85 and 86 of the Consolidated Annual Accounts of the
European Union for the year 2011.
([1]http://ec.europa.eu/budget/library/bibli...)
The 2012 version is not yet available.

Page 86 contains a table setting out a summary of the the key management
financial entitlements for the 2011. As is established on page 85 of the
Consolidated Annual Accounts, the President and other Members of the Court
of Auditors fall under Category 4.

Further information is available in the Staff Regulations
([2]http://ec.europa.eu/civil_service/docs/t...) which describes
the rights and obligations of all officials of the EU, and which are
applicable to Members of the institution.

Next, please find attached:

 - Regulation No 2290/77 - EMOLUMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE COURT
(consolidated version)

[3]http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexU...

- Court of Auditor's Decision 1/2003 - MISSION EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF THE
COURT

 - Court of Auditor's Decision 7/2004 - REPRESENTATION AND RECEPTION
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF THE COURT

Finally, please see the Budget of the European Union for the relevant
years for the appropriations entered in the budget under Budget line
252.01: Representation expenses of Members of the Court and Budget line
104: Mission expenses of Members of the
Court.([4]http://ec.europa.eu/budget/biblio/docume...)

Please note that the amount of real payments made by the Court of Auditors
(until 15 March 2013) relating to the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 are as
following:

Budget line 252.01: Representation expenses of Members of the Court:

    - 2010: 194.334,23***,

    - 2011: 184.712,11***,

    - 2012: 153.074,56***.

Budget line 104: Mission expenses of Members of the Court:

    - 2010: 234.714,64***,

    - 2011: 194.657,74***,

    - 2012: 218.869,85***.

All requests made by members for reimbursement of expenses are accompanied
by external supporting documents relating to the expenditure (ex.
invoices).

We hope the information provided meets your needs.

Sincerely,

Aidas Palubinskas

From:        Senan Molony <[FOI #396 email]>
To:        information requests at European Court of Auditors
<[European Court of Auditors request email]>
Date:        27/02/2013 19:22
Subject:        access to information request - Expenses payments to
members of the Court

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Dear European Court of Auditors,
   
    Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as
    developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which
    contain the following information:
   
    All expenses and subsistence payments, broken down by category (eg,
    taxis, restaurant meals, gifts, alcoholic drinks, attendance
    allowances) for each senior member of the court - eg, current Irish
    member Kevin Cardiff.
   
    For the calendar years 2010, 2011 and 2012.
   
    Yours faithfully,
   
    Senan Molony
   
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
   
    This is a request for access to information under Article 15 of the
    TFEU and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been
    sent via the AsktheEU.org website.
   
    Please kindly use this email address for all replies to this
    request: [FOI #396 email]
   
    If [European Court of Auditors request email] is the wrong address for information
    requests to European Court of Auditors, please tell the
    AsktheEU.org team on email [email address]
   
    This message and all replies from European Court of Auditors will
    be published on the AsktheEU.org website. For more information see
    our dedicated page for EU public officials at
    [5]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/help/officers
   
   
   
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