3. The allowance per day of meeting shall be the same as the daily mission allowance for officials in Grades A4 to A8 and Category B in Brussels and Luxembourg.

On the basis of that report, daily subsistence allowances and hotel ceilings should be adjusted to take account of price increases,

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on transport costs, the payment of daily mission allowances and the ancillary or exceptional expenses incurred in the performance of a mission, including ancillary costs relating to tickets and reservations.

Furthermore, I should like to call on those Members who are more expert at preparing amendments to the Rules, namely Mr Leinen, and Mr Corbett as well, to prepare an amendment to this rule, stipulating the following: if there is a request for a quorum count and if the person who made the request is not present in the Chamber at the time the count is carried out, they will lose their per diem for that day, and all those who are not in the Chamber, if there is no quorum the count establishes that, shall lose half their per diem for that day, so that we can put paid to this type of tactic once and for all.

(c) mission allowances per diem for the escorts. These are to be determined in accordance with the applicable national legislation and/or practice.

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on transport costs, the payment of daily mission allowances and the ancillary or exceptional expenses incurred in the performance of a mission.