‘Allowances’ are financial payments to employees of EU institutions that are paid on top of the ‘basic salary‘, depending on an employee’s personal or professional situation.
Examples of allowances are the Household allowance, Daily subsistence allowance, Education allowance, Expatriation allowance, Foreign residence allowance.
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