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From · Plenary report · 17 Mar 2026 A-10-2026-0059 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee
To · Adopted text · 29 Apr 2026 TA-10-2026-0131 Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Economic and Social Committee
✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

The only substantive change is correcting the date of the Council decision on allowances from September to June 2024. #2 Other changes are formal or wording: updated heading, rephrased appreciation, and typographical fixes. #1#3#4

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Change #2 Substance

Changes the date of the Council decision on allowances from 21 September to 21 June 2024, and fixes a typo in the text.

8. Notes that on 21 SeptemberJune 2024, the Council adopted a new decision on the granting of daily allowances to and the reimbursement of travel expenses of Committee members and their alternates, whereby the daily allowance for beneficiaries attending in-person meetings is set at EUR 367 (up from EUR 290) and the daily allowance for beneficiaries attending meetings remotely by electronic means is set EUR 149 (up from EUR 145); notes from the Questionnaire that in 2024 the Committee reimbursed EUR 259 669 (EUR 294 930 in 2023) for remote participation, the equivalent of 1 744 meeting days (2 006 meeting days in 2023), while the total amount of flat-rate allowances paid for in-person participation in meetings was EUR 6 579 196 in 2024 (up from EUR 5 902 963 in 2023); calls on the Committee to strengthen transparency and proportionality of the system on the remote participation allowance in order to reinforce the public trust and stresses that financial compensation for remote attendance must be strictly justified; notes further that the Committee has a system in place to confirm the actual attendance of remote participation in meetings through electronic means; considers that remote attendance is an important instrument and a valuable tool for modern institutions - reducing meeting costs and enabling broader participation - such as allowance for participating remotely in meetingsI;meetings; welcomes the Committee’s approach to allocating allowances for remote participation in a fair and proportionate manner, reflecting members’ responsibilities and preparations requirement; recalls that members of the Committee do not receive a salary for their mandate;