Regulation on the payment of a foreign use surcharge (Foreign Use Award Ordinance-AuslVZV)

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AuslVZV

Date of completion: 25.09.1995

Full quote:

" Use of the foreign application supplement in the version of the announcement of 8 April 2009 (BGBl. 809), as last amended by Article 4 of the Law of 11 June 2013 (BGBl. I p. 1514).

Status:	New by Bek. v. 8.4.2009 I 809
	Last amended by Art. 4 G v. 11.6.2013 I 1514

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(+ + + Proof of text: 29.7.1995 + + +) 

  

Heading: IdF d. Art. 1 No. 1 V v. 8.4.2009 I 807 mWv 12.2.2009 Unofficial table of contents

§ 1 Conditions of eligibility for special uses abroad

Foreign use surcharge is regularly only paid in case of use in an association, unit or group as well as in the police single service. In the case of other individual uses, the surcharge of use abroad may only be paid if the specific characteristics of a particular use abroad justify an exception. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Material additional expenses and intangible burdens

The following shall be taken into account as material additional expenditure and intangible burdens in the area of use and in the place of special use:

1.

General physical and mental stress, in particular

1.1

the type and duration of use,

1.2

restriction of personal freedom of movement, privacy and leisure activities,

1.3

Accommodation in tents, containers or mass accommodation,

1.4

major shortcomings in sanitary and hygiene facilities which pose a potential health risk,

1.5

special time during the whole period of use, high readiness levels,

1.6

extreme climates;

2.

Danger to life and limb, in particular

2.1

Diseases, epidemics, tropical diseases, dangerous rays and chemicals,

2.2

mine-polluted area,

2.3

terrorist acts, organised crime, a high level of violence, piracy, hostage-taking,

2.4

civil war-like and war-like conflicts, civil war;

3.

Additional expenses arising from the special circumstances in the area of use, in particular due to defects and aggravating circumstances in the case of supply and communication, insofar as no claims for travel expenses are in place.

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§ 3 Height and determination of the foreign use surcharge

(1) The additional expenses and charges for use shall be taken into account in six stages of the foreign use surcharge as follows:

1.

Level 1 :General, typically with the special use of humanitarian and supportive measures, additional expenses and charges, up to 30 euro;

2.

Level 2: Stronger additional costs and strains, in particular by

a)

special time during the whole period of use, which would result in a service compensation or a financial compensation in the country,

b)

Accommodation in tents, mass accommodation or containers,

or

c)

high costs for the procurement of goods of adequate quality for daily use and for the purposes of communication with the home country, provided that there is only insufficient military or comparable infrastructure,

46 euro;

3.

Stage 3: Charges beyond level 2, in particular by:

a)

particular health risks, which do not normally exist in the home country,

or

b)

High potential for weapons in the civilian population and the threat thereof, in particular in the case of restricted territorial authority of the State,

EUR 62;

4.

Level 4: High pressures, especially in civil war-like disputes, terrorist acts, extraordinary violent crime, piracy, mines or similar health hazards, 78 euros;

5.

Level 5: Very high loads, in particular when used under civil war conditions, by organised armed actions, acts of terrorism or similar health hazards, 94 euro;

6.

Level 6: Extreme loads when used between the parties to the conflict under war-like conditions, concrete threats from combat, shelling or air strikes, 110 euros.

(2) The foreign use surcharge shall be provided by the highest service authority responsible for the use abroad, in consultation with the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the Federal Ministry of Defence, the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Finance. The Federal Foreign Office is set as a daily rate. (3) In so far as there are substantial differences in the conditions of use in the particular particular use, these are to be taken into account in the determination. In the case of a not only temporary change in the conditions of use, the daily rate is fixed anew. (4) The foreign use surcharge is not subject to the purchasing power balance. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 Duration of the claim

(1) The amount of the foreign use surcharge shall be for the duration of the special use abroad. It shall be paid from the day of arrival in the territory or at the place of use until the end of this use or leaving this territory or place. During a service exemption or illness, the foreign application surcharge shall be continued as long as the official or soldier is in the territory or place of special use. (2) In the case of use on ships and in aircraft the claim arises with the attainment of the area of use intended for the performance of the order and/or the port or airfield/landing place within the area of use, which has been initiated for this purpose. The foreign use surcharge is not paid for days of use outside of this area. In particular, foreign use surcharge is not paid for periods of outward and return journey (travel, flight) to or from the foreign location or territory of special use. Unofficial table of contents

§ 5 Invoice of other references

(1) Deductions are to be paid which are subject to charges which have been taken into consideration in the case of foreign use surcharge. (2) The foreign surcharge which is further paid in accordance with § 56 (2) sentence 8 of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (Bundesbesoldungsgesetz) shall be applied to the following: Foreign use surcharge calculated as follows:

1.

15 per cent if the status of the person entitled to the status of the person concerned is continued abroad and persons living with the person entitled to live in the home community (Section 53 (4) of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz) continue to be there;

2.

70% if the house status of a single person entitled to the residence is kept at the previous place of employment abroad; a Community accommodation shall not be considered as a household;

3.

80% if a Community accommodation against payment is maintained at the previous place of employment abroad; if it is a community accommodation provided free of charge, the amount of the invoice shall be increased to 90 per cent;

4.

90% if the house status of the person entitled to work or a community accommodation on the previous place of employment is abandoned abroad.

However, at least 30 per cent of the amount of foreign use to be used abroad is to be left. (3) The retroactive credit transfer is permitted. Payments in another currency shall be credited in accordance with the exchange rate applicable at the time of payment.