15. Notes that administrative and other expenditure comprises expenditure on human resources (salaries, allowances and pensions), which accounts for 60 % of total administrative and other expenditure, and expenditure on buildings, equipment, energy, communications, and information technology is considered as a low risk area; points out that according to the Court of Auditors, the main risks regarding administrative and other expenditure are non-compliance with the procedures for procurement, for the implementation of contracts, for recruitment and for the calculation of salaries and allowances;

15. Notes that administrative and other expenditure comprises expenditure on human resources (salaries, allowances and pensions), which accounts for 60 % of total administrative and other expenditure, and expenditure on buildings, equipment, energy, communications, and information technology is considered as a low risk area; points out that according to the Court of Auditors, the main risks regarding administrative and other expenditure are non-compliance with the procedures for procurement, for the implementation of contracts, for recruitment and for the calculation of salaries and allowances;

This was actually a decrease of $28.4 million, to $144 million, so the $144 million that we are requesting today will be spent on the following items: salaries and allowances, $36.6 million; real-life support, so food and supplies and accommodations, $60 million; vehicle and equipment—much of the vehicle support there is rented SUVs, vehicle maintenance, supplies; communications equipment, so computers and satellite communication, accounts for $4 million; the movement, so the in-and-out rotation of personnel, theatre visits, and relief; pre-deployment training accounts for $7 million of that amount; and personnel support, which is ...[+++]$15 million, for the morale, welfare, local engagement, home leave travel, etc.

a systemic miscalculation of the forecasts for the staff expenditure, since the calculation of the forecasts was based on the 2007 basic salaries grid, three annual indexations were therefore missing;

In addition to this it can be said that the Council standardised already the salary package of the special representatives.

The Pinerolo court thus asked the Court of Justice of the European Communities for a preliminary ruling on whether the legal provisions on the determination of the scale of fees and emoluments payable to members of the Bar are compatible with Community competition law.