16. Emphasises the fact that institutional self-restraint in the 7 legislature, considering the level of relevant inflation rates, has resulted in a reduction of Parliament's budget in real terms for 2012 and 2014; notes that once exceptional and non-recurrent expenditure, such as Union enlargements or other expenditure linked to the entry in force of the Treaty of Lisbon, European elections and the financing of building projects were taken out, it showed a decrease in five years out of six (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014); stresses, furthermore, that the Members' allowances have been frozen since 2011, the travel expenditure for Memb ...[+++]ers and staff have been reduced by 5 % and the staff mission allowances have not been indexed since 2007;

17. Emphasises the fact that institutional self-restraint in the seventh legislature, considering the level of relevant inflation rates, has resulted in a reduction of Parliament's budget in real terms for 2012 and 2014; notes that once exceptional and non-recurrent expenditure, such as Union enlargements or other expenditure linked to the entry in force of the Treaty of Lisbon, European elections and the financing of building projects were taken out, it showed a decrease in five years out of six (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014); stresses, furthermore, that the Members' allowances have been frozen since 2011, the travel expenditure fo ...[+++]r Members and staff have been reduced by 5 % and the staff mission allowances have not been indexed since 2007;

1. As regards administrative costs associated with the implementation of this Arrangement, the Associated States shall make an annual contribution to the general budget of the European Union in accordance with the percentage of the gross domestic product of their countries in relation to the gross domestic product of all participating States of an amount of EUR 500000, subject to an annual adjustment to reflect the rate of inflation in the European Union.

Institutions might transmit those increased cost to customers or shareholders by pushing rates on deposits lower, increasing lending rates and banking fees or reducing returns on equity.

| From the moment at which the irrevocable conversion rate is fixed (which constitutes the start of the period of mandatory dual display) credit institutions will accept euro banknotes deposited by their business clients into Maltese lira or euro accounts at the conversion rate, i.e. free of any exchange or administration charges.

- aid of an amount not exceeding the higher of the following two values, as determined by an independent consultants report: the residual book value of the installations, ignoring that portion of any revaluation since 1 January 1991 that exceeds the national inflation rate, or the discounted value of the contribution to fixed costs obtainable from the installations over a three-year period (less any advantages the aided undertaking derives from their closure);