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This article provides the European Commission mission hotel price ceiling and daily allowance scale for EU and non-EU countries and other jurisdictions.

It also contains other information relevant to “mission performers” as staff going on business trips on behalf of EU institutions are called.

EU Member States

EU country	EU country in French	Daily allowance	Hotel ceiling
Austria	Autriche	€102.00	€132.00
Belgium	Belgique	€102.00	€148.00
Bulgaria	Bulgarie	€57.00	€135.00
Croatia	Croatie	€75.00	€110.00
Cyprus	Chypre	€88.00	€140.00
Czech Republic	République tchèque	€70.00	€124.00
Denmark	Danemark	€124.00	€173.00
Estonia	Estonie	€80.00	€105.00
Finland	Finlande	€113.00	€142.00
France	France	€102.00	€180.00
Germany	Allemagne	€97.00	€128.00
Greece	Grèce	€82.00	€112.00
Hungary	Hongrie	€64.00	€120.00
Ireland	Irlande	€108.00	€159.00
Italy	Italie	€98.00	€148.00
Latvia	Lettonie	€73.00	€116.00
Lithuania	Lituanie	€69.00	€117.00
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	€98.00	€148.00
Malta	Malte	€88.00	€138.00
Netherlands	Pays-Bas	€103.00	€166.00
Poland	Pologne	€67.00	€116.00
Portugal	Portugal	€83.00	€101.00
Romania	Roumanie	€62.00	€136.00
Slovakia	Slovaquie	€74.00	€100.00
Slovenia	Slovenie	€84.00	€117.00
Spain	Espagne	€88.00	€128.00
Sweden	Suède	€117.00	€187.00
UK	Royaume-Uni	€125.00	€209.00

Hotels in Brussels with prices under the European Commission hotel ceiling

All non-EU countries

Country or jurisdiction	Daily allowance	Hotel ceiling
Afghanistan	50	75
Albania	50	160
Algeria	85	85
American Samoa	70	135
Andorra	68.89	126.57
Angola	105	175
Anguilla	75	140
Antigua and Barbuda	85	140
Argentina	75	210
Armenia	70	210
Aruba	80	185
Australia	75	135
Azerbaijan	70	200
Bahamas	75	115
Bahrain	80	195
Bangladesh	50	140
Barbados	75	140
Belarus	90	135
Belize	50	135
Benin	50	100
Bermuda	70	140
Bhutan	50	130
Bolivia	50	100
Bonaire	90	185
Bosnia and Herzegovina	65	135
Botswana	50	135
Brazil	65	180
British Virgin Islands	75	140
Brunei	60	165
Burkina Faso	55	90
Burundi	50	115
Cambodia	50	115
Cameroon	55	105
Canada	65	165
Cape Verde	50	75
Cayman Islands	60	135
Chad	65	145
Chile	70	175
China	55	155
Colombia	50	120
Comoros	50	85
Congo Democratic Republic of	105	140
Congo Republic	70	115
Cooks Island	50	135
Costa Rica	50	140
Cuba	75	150
Djibouti	65	170
Dominica	75	140
Dominican Republic	60	170
East Timor	50	110
Ecuador	50	140
Egypt	65	140
El Salvador	55	125
Equatorial Guinea	60	85
Eritrea	50	80
Ethiopia	50	145
Fiji	50	120
French Guyana	55	140
French Polynesia	60	135
Gabon	75	115
Gambia	50	120
Georgia	80	215
Ghana	70	140
Grenada	75	140
Guadeloupe	65	115
Guam	60	135
Guatemala	50	125
Guinea-Bissau	50	90
Guyana	50	160
Haiti	65	125
Honduras	50	125
Hong-Kong	60	205
Iceland	85	160
India	50	195
Indonesia	50	145
Indonesia – East Timor	50	110
Iran	55	145
Iraq	60	85
Israel	105	210
Ivory Coast	60	130
Jamaica	60	170
Japan	130	275
Jordan	60	135
Kazakhstan	70	175
Kenya	60	165
Kiribati	60	145
Korea. North	50	180
Korea. South	100	200
Kuwait	85	175
Kyrgyzstan	75	180
Laos	50	145
Lebanon	70	190
Lesotho	50	100
Liberia	85	150
Libya	50	175
Liechtenstein	80	95
Macao	55	95
Madagascar	50	105
Malawi	50	165
Malaysia	50	160
Maldives	50	135
Mali	60	95
Marshall	50	135
Mauritania	50	75
Mauritius	60	140
Mayotte	50	110
Mexico	70	185
Micronesia	55	135
Moldova	80	170
Monaco	72.58	97.27
Mongolia	70	90
Montenegro	80	140
Montserrat	55	140
Morocco	75	130
Mozambique	60	140
Myanmar	50	75
Namibia	50	85
Nauru	50	135
Nepal	50	135
Netherlands Antilles	90	185
New Caledonia	55	135
New Zealand	60	125
Nicaragua	50	135
Niger	50	75
Nigeria	50	185
Northern Marianas	70	135
North Macedonia	50	160
Norway	80	140
Oman	70	135
Other Countries	60	145
Pakistan	50	130
Palau	50	135
Panama	50	160
Papua New Guinea	55	135
Paraguay	50	140
Peru	75	135
Philippines	60	150
Puerto Rico	65	140
Qatar	65	135
Republic of Guinea	50	135
Réunion	60	90
Russia	90	275
Rwanda	65	160
Saint Kitts and Nevis	85	185
Saint Lucia	75	140
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	75	190
Samoa	50	135
San Marino	60.34	114.33
Sao Tome and Principe	60	95
Saudi	85	195
Senegal	65	135
Serbia	80	140
Seychelles	85	140
Sierra Leone	55	135
Singapore	75	150
Solomon Islands	50	120
Somalia	50	125
South Africa	50	145
Sri Lanka	50	105
Sudan	55	215
Suriname	55	125
Swaziland	50	90
Switzerland	80	140
Syria	80	145
Taiwan	55	200
Tajikistan	75	110
Tanzania	50	200
Thailand	60	145
Togo	60	95
Tonga	50	105
Trinidad and Tobago	60	115
Tunisia	60	85
Turkey	55	165
Turkmenistan	80	150
Turks and Caicos Islands	55	135
Tuvalu	50	135
Uganda	55	180
Ukraine	80	190
United Arab Emirates	70	195
United States of America (except New York)	80	200
United States of America ( New York)	100	275
Uruguay	55	160
US Virgin Islands	55	140
Uzbekistan	75	155
Vanuatu	60	110
Vatican City	60.34	114.33
Venezuela	85	125
Vietnam	50	205
Wallis and Futuna Islands	50	135
West Bank and Gaza	60	110
Yemen	60	165
Zambia	50	135
Zimbabwe	50	115
Other Countries	60	145

Exchange rate for expenses in other currencies to euro

If a mission performer has incurred costs in other currencies than euro, the person needs to convert them to euro according to the official EU exchange rate for the month when expenses were incurred as proven by a receipt or a similar document.

For this purpose European Commission has set up the InforEurope exchange rate calculation portal. InforEruope provides “the European Commission’s official monthly accounting rates for the euro, the corresponding conversion rates for other currencies and historic conversion rates from 1994”.

Applicable documents

At the moment (2022) the missions of all EU institutions are regulated by the 27 September 2017 European Commission Decision on the general provisions for implementing Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of Officials (mission expenses) and on authorised travel Guide to missions and authorised travel. The Decision and its Annex can be downloaded from the European Commission Register of Comission Documents and is also below by clicking on the relevant download buttons.

Daily allowances and hotel ceilings for missions to non-EU countries and jurisdictions are defined in the European Commission 24 January 2002 Decision on mission allowances for countries outside the European Union.

Updating of EU mission allowance and hotel scales

The above expense scales for missions to EU countries are reviewed every two years by the European Commission to account for inflation (deflation) and can be adjusted up or down. The current mission expense scales for EU countries are always published in the Staff Regulations. However, in practice, the scales are seldom updated, as the current DSA and hotel ceilings haven’t changed since 2017.

European Commission Guide to Missions

Full text of the European Commission Guide to Missions can be downloaded below in both Word and PDF formats. Full name of the document is “Decision on the general provisions for implementing Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations of Officials (mission expenses) and on authorised travel Guide to missions and authorised travel and its Annex.”

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