Article 40

Office and administrative costs shall be limited to the following elements: office rent; insurance and taxes related to the buildings where the staff is located and to the equipment of the office (such as fire or theft insurance); utilities (such as electricity, heating, water); office supplies; accounting; archives; maintenance, cleaning and repairs; security; IT systems; communication (such as telephone, fax, internet, postal services, business cards); bank charges for opening and administering the account or accounts where the implementation of an operation requires a separate account to be opened; and charges for transnational financial transactions. Office and administrative costs may be calculated as a fixed percentage of the gross employment cost in accordance with point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 54 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.