definiens: . FTE Rate means, with respect to each functional group or category set forth on Exhibit C, the rate setforth on Exhibit C that is applicable to each FTE within such functional group or category, as such rate may be increased ordecreased annually during the Term by the percentage increase or decrease in the CPI as of December 31 of each year overthe level of the CPI as of December 31 of the prior year ; provided that the rate payable for an FTE 6ststwithin a functional group or category set forth on Exhibit C shall be the same for each Party . As used in this definition, means ( i ) with respect to FTEs in North America, the Consumer Price Index – Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, USCity Average, All Items, 1982 - 84 = 100, published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics ( or itssuccessor equivalent index ), and ( ii ) with respect to FTEs in Europe, the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices as set by theEuropean Central Bank