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# 52013PC0772

**Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2013 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries /* COM/2013/0772 final - 2013/0380 (NLE) */**

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.           CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Annex X to the
Staff Regulations lay down provisions on payments of remuneration to officials
serving in a third country. Under Articles 10 and 118 of the Conditions of
Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, those provisions apply by
analogy to temporary and contract staff serving in third countries.

Remuneration is payable in euros in
Belgium, however upon request of an official, a member of temporary or contract
staff, all or part of it may be paid in the currency of the country of
employment. In that event, it is subject to the weighting for the place of
employment and is converted on the basis of the corresponding exchange rate.

In order to ensure as far as possible that
officials, temporary and contract staff of the Union enjoy equivalent
purchasing power irrespective of their place of employment, the Council should adjust
the weightings once a year. To establish the purchasing power equivalence of
the remuneration paid in Brussels, as the reference city, with that paid in the
other places of employment Eurostat calculates the economic parities.

The weighting is the factor obtained by
dividing the economic parity by the exchange rate. The exchange rates used are established
in accordance with the rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation
and correspond to the date of application of the weightings.

The initial weightings applicable from 10
October 1987 were laid down in the Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No
2175/88 of 18 July 1988. The most recent weightings, which took effect on 1
July 2012, were laid down by the Council in Regulation (EU) No 679/2013 of 15
July 2013.

2.           RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS
WITH THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

The elements of the proposal have been
discussed with the staff representatives in accordance with the appropriate
procedures.

3.           LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE
PROPOSAL

Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff
Regulations constitute the legal basis.

The attached proposal for the Council
Regulation adjusts the weightings applicable from 1 July 2013 to the
remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European
Union serving in a third country.

The Council should, by the written
procedure within one month, act on a proposal from the Commission by the
qualified majority provided for in Article 16(4) and (5) of the Treaty on
European Union. Should a Member State request formal examination of the
Commission proposal, the Council should act within two months.

The Annex to the proposed Council Regulation
sets out the weightings derived from the parities communicated by Eurostat for
July 2013 for all places of employment outside the European Union.

4.           BUDGETARY IMPLICATION

The budgetary impact is small (in
percentage terms); see the Financial Statement.

2013/0380 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

laying down the weightings applicable from
1 July 2013 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract
staff of the European Union serving in third countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of
Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European
Union, as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 ([1]), and in particular the first
paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Having regard to the proposal from the
European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)       It is necessary to take
account of changes in the cost of living in third countries and to determine
accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2013 to remuneration paid in
the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and
contract staff of the Union serving in third countries.

(2)       The weightings in respect
of which payment has been made on the basis of Council Regulation (EU) No
679/2013 ([2])
may lead to back-dated upward or downward adjustments to remuneration.

(3)       Provision should be made
for back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of
the new weightings.

(4)       Provision should be made
for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration
as a result of the new weightings for the period between 1 July 2013 and the
date of entry into force of this Regulation.

(5)       Provision should be made
for any such recovery to be restricted to a period of no more than six months
preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. With effect from 1 July 2013, the
weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and
contract staff of the Union serving in third countries payable in the currency
of the country of employment shall be as set out in the Annex.

2. The exchange rates for the calculation
of such remuneration shall be established in accordance with Regulation (EU,
Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25
October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the
Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 ([3]) and shall correspond to the
rates applicable on 1 July 2013.

Article 2

1. The institutions shall make
back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the
application of the weightings set out in the Annex.

2. The institutions shall make
retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction
in remuneration as a result of the weightings set out in the Annex for the
period between 1 July 2013 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

3. Retrospective adjustments involving the
recovery of sums overpaid shall be restricted to a period of six months
preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Recovery shall be
spread over no more than 12 months from that date.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding
in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels,

For
the Council

The
President

ANNEX

Weightings
applicable from 1 July 2013

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT || Economic parity July 2013 || Exchange rate July 2013 (*) || Weighting  July 2013 (**)

Afghanistan (***) || 0 || 0 || 0

Albania || 82,78 || 140,580 || 58,9

Algeria || 75,76 || 104,367 || 72,6

Angola || 172,1 || 127,217 || 135,3

Argentina (***) || 0 || 0 || 0

Armenia || 423,1 || 539,500 || 78,4

Australia || 1,485 || 1,39950 || 106,1

Azerbaijan || 1,024 || 1,02236 || 100,2

Bangladesh || 60,05 || 101,996 || 58,9

Barbados || 3,182 || 2,62036 || 121,4

Belarus || 7263 || 11550,0 || 62,9

Belize || 1,882 || 2,63246 || 71,5

Benin || 657,7 || 655,957 || 100,3

Bolivia || 6,241 || 9,00511 || 69,3

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka) || 1,217 || 1,95583 || 62,2

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) || 1,438 || 1,95583 || 73,5

Botswana || 6,062 || 11,2867 || 53,7

Brazil || 2,581 || 2,84200 || 90,8

Burkina Faso || 626,2 || 655,957 || 95,5

Burundi (***) || 1261 || 2013,63 || 62,6

Cambodia || 4352 || 5361,50 || 81,2

Cameroon || 606,2 || 655,957 || 92,4

Canada || 1,189 || 1,35990 || 87,4

Cape Verde || 78,24 || 110,265 || 71,0

Central African Republic || 666,9 || 655,957 || 101,7

Chad || 736,8 || 655,957 || 112,3

Chile || 437,2 || 669,063 || 65,3

China || 7,605 || 8,01320 || 94,9

Colombia || 2142 || 2532,08 || 84,6

Comoros || 371,0 || 491,968 || 75,4

Congo (Brazzaville) || 799,9 || 655,957 || 121,9

Costa Rica || 631,9 || 650,623 || 97,1

Croatia (****) || 5,821 || 7,45400 || 78,1

Cuba || 0,9525 || 1,30320 || 73,1

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) || 1,944 || 1,30320 || 149,2

Djibouti || 214,2 || 231,606 || 92,5

Dominican Republic || 33,21 || 54,4065 || 61,0

Ecuador || 0,9947 || 1,30320 || 76,3

Egypt || 5,680 || 9,17140 || 61,9

El Salvador || 0,9560 || 1,30320 || 73,4

Eritrea || 24,67 || 20,0367 || 123,1

Ethiopia || 21,89 || 24,3471 || 89,9

Fiji || 1,639 || 2,48509 || 66,0

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia || 36,47 || 61,6850 || 59,1

Gabon || 648,2 || 655,957 || 98,8

Gambia || 31,22 || 51,0000 || 61,2

Georgia || 1,543 || 2,16590 || 71,2

Ghana || 2,075 || 2,62335 || 79,1

Guatemala || 8,092 || 10,1982 || 79,3

Guinea (Conakry) || 6980 || 9033,17 || 77,3

Guinea-Bissau || 605,6 || 655,957 || 92,3

Guyana || 179,8 || 270,215 || 66,5

Haiti || 48,81 || 57,0893 || 85,5

Honduras || 20,69 || 26,5996 || 77,8

Hong Kong || 10,45 || 10,1092 || 103,4

Iceland || 157,5 || 162,050 || 97,2

India || 49,68 || 78,4530 || 63,3

Indonesia (Banda Aceh) || 9094 || 12936,1 || 70,3

Indonesia (Jakarta) || 9932 || 12936,1 || 76,8

Iraq (***) || 0 || 0 || 0

Israel || 5,076 || 4,73800 || 107,1

Ivory Coast || 634,6 || 655,957 || 96,7

Jamaica || 123,8 || 131,208 || 94,4

Japan (Tokyo) || 144,0 || 127,930 || 112,6

Jordan || 0,9240 || 0,923969 || 100,0

Kazakhstan (Astana) || 196,4 || 198,460 || 99,0

Kenya || 92,28 || 112,916 || 81,7

Kosovo (Pristina) || 0,7282 || 1,00000 || 72,8

Kyrgyzstan || 48,77 || 63,3131 || 77,0

Laos || 9166 || 10127,0 || 90,5

Lebanon || 1570 || 1964,57 || 79,9

Lesotho || 6,479 || 12,9640 || 50,0

Liberia || 1,504 || 1,30320 || 115,4

Libya (***) || 0 || 0 || 0

Madagascar || 2429 || 2865,05 || 84,8

Malawi || 251,9 || 438,269 || 57,5

Malaysia || 3,066 || 4,13620 || 74,1

Mali || 663,7 || 655,957 || 101,2

Mauritania || 239,9 || 396,710 || 60,5

Mauritius || 31,65 || 40,3387 || 78,5

Mexico || 12,66 || 17,0117 || 74,4

Moldova || 10,66 || 16,2640 || 65,5

Montenegro || 0,6349 || 1,00000 || 63,5

Morocco || 7,845 || 11,1215 || 70,5

Mozambique || 31,95 || 38,5000 || 83,0

Myanmar || 745,8 || 1227,61 || 60,8

Namibia || 8,744 || 12,9640 || 67,4

Nepal || 85,32 || 125,865 || 67,8

New Caledonia || 133,4 || 119,332 || 111,8

New Zealand || 1,730 || 1,66400 || 104,0

Nicaragua || 18,44 || 32,1974 || 57,3

Niger || 543,2 || 655,957 || 82,8

Nigeria (Abuja) || 214,8 || 202,198 || 106,2

Norway || 10,38 || 7,88100 || 131,7

Pakistan || 65,63 || 128,896 || 50,9

Panama || 0,8445 || 1,30320 || 64,8

Papua New Guinea || 3,680 || 2,85144 || 129,1

Paraguay || 3776 || 5830,52 || 64,8

Peru || 3,138 || 3,62420 || 86,6

Philippines || 44,45 || 56,4420 || 78,8

Russia || 47,88 || 42,7350 || 112,0

Rwanda || 696,0 || 836,494 || 83,2

Samoa || 2,969 || 3,09549 || 95,9

Saudi Arabia || 3,645 || 4,88700 || 74,6

Senegal || 610,3 || 655,957 || 93,0

Serbia (Belgrade) || 83,27 || 114,460 || 72,8

Sierra Leone || 6948 || 5646,66 || 123,0

Singapore || 1,990 || 1,64650 || 120,9

Solomon Islands || 11,60 || 9,33521 || 124,3

South Africa || 6,702 || 12,9640 || 51,7

South Korea || 1473 || 1495,51 || 98,5

Southern Sudan (Juba) (***) || 0 || 0 || 0

Sri Lanka || 122,9 || 168,790 || 72,8

Sudan (Khartoum) || 5,479 || 7,25179 || 75,6

Suriname || 2,649 || 4,30056 || 61,6

Swaziland || 7,019 || 12,9640 || 54,1

Switzerland (Berne) || 1,520 || 1,23260 || 123,3

Switzerland (Geneva) || 1,536 || 1,23260 || 124,6

Syria (***) || 0 || 0 || 0

Taiwan || 33,79 || 39,1171 || 86,4

Tajikistan || 4,274 || 6,20910 || 68,8

Tanzania || 1467 || 2088,16 || 70,3

Thailand || 32,88 || 40,5560 || 81,1

Timor Leste || 1,588 || 1,30320 || 121,9

Togo || 545,3 || 655,957 || 83,1

Trinidad and Tobago || 6,945 || 8,30780 || 83,6

Tunisia || 1,391 || 2,15770 || 64,5

Turkey || 2,249 || 2,50700 || 89,7

Turkmenistan || 2,208 || 3,71412 || 59,4

Uganda || 2459 || 3416,28 || 72,0

Ukraine || 8,002 || 10,4165 || 76,8

United Arab Emirates (***) || 0 || 0 || 0

United States (New York) || 1,246 || 1,30320 || 95,6

United States (Washington) || 1,212 || 1,30320 || 93,0

Uruguay || 26,25 || 26,7834 || 98,0

Uzbekistan || 1582 || 2727,73 || 58,0

Vanuatu || 143,8 || 127,470 || 112,8

Venezuela || 7,313 || 8,19986 || 89,2

Vietnam || 15308 || 27406,9 || 55,9

West Bank — Gaza Strip || 5,344 || 4,73800 || 112,8

Yemen || 239,9 || 280,286 || 85,6

Zambia || 6,854 || 7,14850 || 95,9

Zimbabwe (***) || 0 || 0 || 0

(*) 1 EURO = x units
of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R.
Congo and Timor-Leste).

(**) Brussels = 100 %.

(***) Not available
because of local instability or unreliable data.

(****) Applicable to
statutory staff maintained in Croatia for a maximum of 18 months following its
accession under Article 44 of the Accession Treaty of Croatia to the EU.

NB: Economic parity
or purchasing power parity (PPP) is: Number of monetary units required to buy
the same product compared with Brussels (per euro). The figure provided in the
first column (PPP) is the product of multiplying the exchange rate (TX) by the
weighting (CC). The mathematical formula used to calculate the CC is therefore:
PPP (provided by Eurostat) divided by TX = CC. The amounts due to staff are
calculated by applying the invariable PPP established by this table — not by
multiplying each time the CC by the TX of the date of the transaction, since
this TX is variable and will produce a different (wrong) PPP.

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.           FRAMEWORK OF THE
PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

1.1.        Title of the
proposal/initiative

Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the
weightings applicable from 1 July 2013 to the remuneration of officials,
temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third
countries

1.2.        Policy area(s) concerned
in the ABM/ABB structure[4]

All areas and activities are potentially concerned

1.3.        Grounds for the
proposal/initiative

1.3.1.     Requirement(s) to be met in
the short or long term

To ensure the same purchasing power of EU officials and
other civil servants regardless of their place of employment

1.4.        Duration and financial
impact

ý Proposal/initiative of unlimited
duration

– Implementation with a start-up period from 1 July 2013,

– followed by full-scale operation.

1.5.        Management mode(s) planned[5]

ý Centralised
direct management by the Commission: PMO

2.           ESTIMATED FINANCIAL
IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

2.1.        Heading(s) of the multiannual
financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected

· 
Existing budget lines

· The proposal has a financial impact on all budgetary lines related
to staff expenditure in the Commission and the EEAS.

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.

Heading of multiannual financial framework || Budget line || Type of expenditure || Contribution

Number [Description.....................................] || DA/NDA ([6]) || from EFTA[7] countries || from candidate countries[8] || from third countries || within the meaning of Article 18(1)(aa) of the Financial Regulation

|| European Commission: XX-01.01.02, 08.01.05.01, 19.01.04.02, 19.01.04.03, 21.01.04.01, 21.01.04.10. European External Action Service: 1100, 3000, 3001. || non-diff. || NO || NO || NO || NO

2.2.        Estimated impact on expenditure

2.2.1.     Summary of estimated impact
on expenditure

EUR million (to 3 decimal
places)

Heading of multiannual financial framework: || 5 || " Administrative expenditure "

EUR million (to 3 decimal
places)

|| || || Year 2013 || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Subsequent years || TOTAL

DG: <.......> ||

Ÿ Human resources || || || || || || || ||

Ÿ Other administrative expenditure || || || || || || || ||

TOTAL DG <.......> || Appropriations || || || || || || || ||

BGUEXX.010101 || || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || Not available

BGUEXX.010102 || || -0,20 || -0,40 || -0,40 || -0,40 || -0,40 || -0,40 || -0,40 || Not available

EEAS -3001 || || -0,05 || -0,10 || -0,10 || -0,10 || -0,10 || -0,10 || -0,10 || Not available

EEAS -3000 || || -0,33 || -0,66 || -0,66 || -0,66 || -0,66 || -0,66 || -0,66 || Not available

SUBTOTAL appropriations under HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || (Total commitments = Total payments) || -0,58 || -1,17 || -1,17 || -1,17 || -1,17 || -1,17 || -1,17 || Not available

EUR million (to 3 decimal
places)

Heading of multiannual financial framework: || Other headings || Outside HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework

EUR million (to 3 decimal
places)

|| || || Year 2013 || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Subsequent years || TOTAL

DG: <.......> ||

Ÿ Human resources || || || || || || || ||

Ÿ Other administrative expenditure || || || || || || || ||

BGUE- -08.010501 || || -0,02 || -0,04 || -0,04 || -0,04 || -0,04 || -0,04 || -0,04 || Not available

BGUE- 19.010402 || || -0,00 || -0,00 || -0,00 || -0,00 || -0,00 || -0,00 || -0,00 || Not available

BGUE- 19.010407 || || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || Not available

BGUE- 21.010401 || || -0,02 || -0,03 || -0,03 || -0,03 || -0,03 || -0,03 || -0,03 || Not available

BGUE- 21.010410 || || -0,04 || -0,09 || -0,09 || -0,09 || -0,09 || -0,09 || -0,09 || Not available

BGUE- 19.010403 || || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || -0,01 || Not available

SUBTOTAL appropriations outside HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || (Total commitments = Total payments) || -0,09 || -0,19 || -0,19 || -0,19 || -0,19 || -0,19 || -0,19 || Not available

EUR million (to 3 decimal
places)

|| || || Year 2013 || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Subsequent years || TOTAL

TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 5 of the multiannual financial framework || Commitments || -0,68 || -1,35 || -1,35 || -1,35 || -1,35 || -1,35 || -1,35 || Not available

Payments || -0,68 || -1,35 || -1,35 || -1,35 || -1,35 || -1,35 || -1,35 || Not available

2.2.2.     Estimated impact on
operational appropriations

The
proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations.

2.2.3.     Estimated impact on appropriations
of an administrative nature

2.2.3.1.  Summary

The
proposal/initiative requires the use of administrative appropriations.

2.2.3.2.  Estimated requirements of
human resources

The
proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources.

2.2.4.     Compatibility with the
current multiannual financial framework

Proposal/initiative
is compatible the current multiannual financial framework.

2.2.5.     Third-party contributions

The
proposal/initiative does not provide for co-financing by third parties.

2.3.        Estimated impact on
revenue

Proposal/initiative
has no financial impact on revenue.

[1]               OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.

[2]               OJ L 195, 18.7.2013, p. 3.

[3]               OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

[4]               ABM: activity-based management – ABB: activity-based
budgeting.

[5]               Details of management modes and references to the
Financial Regulation may be found on the BudgWeb site: http://www.cc.cec/budg/man/budgmanag/budgmanag_en.html

[6]               Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-Diff. =
Non-differentiated appropriations

[7]               EFTA: European Free Trade Association.

[8]               Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential
candidate countries from the Western Balkans.