24. 12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 337/89 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 1994 amending Decision 93/10/EEC establishing implementing provisions for Council Decision 92/481/EEC on the adoption of an action plan for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market (Karolus Programme) (94/818/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 92/481/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the adoption of an action plan for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market ('), and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas, in the light of experience with exchanges so far, Commission Decision 93/10/EEC (%) on travel expenses and subsistence allowances should be amended and brought into line with the conditions currently applying to other Commission programmes ; Whereas, in justified cases and with the prior agreement of the Commission, provision should be made to enable exchanges in a given priority area to comprise periods spent at locations some distance apart within the same host country ; , Whereas it may be appropriate to authorize officials working in more than one priority area to divide their exchanges accordingly ; Whereas consideration should be given to the possibility of exchanges of officials between border regions; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinon of the Committee established by Article 10 of Decision 92/481/EEC, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Decision 93/10/EEC is amended as follows : 1. In Atrticle 10, the second paragraph is replaced by the following : () OJ No L 286, 1. 10. 1992, p. 6. () OJ No L 8, 14. 1. 1993, p. 17. ‘Subsistence expenses shall be calculated on the basis of the scale set out in Annex III. Where the exchange comprises more than one month, the subsistence allo- wance shall be reduced by 25 % for the period which exceeds one month. In the case of exchanges of offi- cials between border regions, the scale shall be adjusted by joint agreement between the Commission and the official’s supervisory authority. The Commis- sion shall revise the scale in any case annually and also if there are significant variations in currency values or if this Decision is revised in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10 of Decision 92/481/EEC’ . Article 16 is replaced by the following : ‘Article 16 Exchange officials shall be entitled to a daily subsis- tence allowance in respect of each day spent in the host country as laid down in Article 10 and to the reimbursement of the following travel expenses as laid down in Annex VI: (a) two return journeys where the length of the exchange is two months or more; (b) one return journey where the length of the exchange is less than two months in accordance with Article 4; (c) where the stay is divided into separate periods, the travel expenses resulting from this division shall be reimbursed as set out in points (a) and (b) for each of the periods; (d) where, in justified cases, and in agreement with the Commission, the time is spent successively in more than one department of the host country’s administration at locations some distance apart, the travel expenses incurred as a result of travelling from one location to the next shall be reimbursed, for a maximum of three such journeys, on the basis of the shortest route between the locations concerned using the most economical means; (e) where, in justified cases, and in agreement with the Commission, the time is spent successively on different aspects of the programme, journeys between the different places involved shall also be