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| 1.3.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 59/1 |
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1.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 59/1

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 351/2006

of 27 February 2006

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2005 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months after accession

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by 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 2003 Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

| (1) | It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the Community, and to determine accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2005 to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and to certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months starting on 1 May 2004. |
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(1)

It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the Community, and to determine accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2005 to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and to certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months starting on 1 May 2004.

| (2) | The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 257/2005 (2) may lead to retrospective upward or downward adjustments to remuneration. |
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(2)

The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 257/2005 (2) may lead to retrospective 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. |
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(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 2005 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation. |
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(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 2005 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 and for its effects to be spread over a period of no more than twelve months following that date, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the Community to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities, |
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(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 and for its effects to be spread over a period of no more than twelve months following that date, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the Community to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2005, the weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and to certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months starting on 1 May 2004, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be as shown in the Annex.

The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and shall correspond to the date referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Article 2

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

2.   The institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 July 2005 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall be restricted to a period of no more than six months preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve 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, 27 February 2006.

For the Council

The President

U. PLASSNIK

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(1)  
  OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 31/2005 (OJ L 8, 12.1.2005, p. 1).

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(2)  
  OJ L 46, 17.2.2005, p. 1.

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ANNEX

| Place of Employment | Weightings July 2005 |
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| Afghanistan (*1) | 0 |
| Albania | 86,2 |
| Algeria | 89,3 |
| Angola | 126,5 |
| Argentina | 63,3 |
| Armenia | 104,9 |
| Australia | 105,3 |
| Bangladesh | 53,3 |
| Barbados | 127,4 |
| Benin | 92,8 |
| Bolivia | 52,2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73,4 |
| Botswana | 62,8 |
| Brazil | 76,8 |
| Bulgaria | 73,9 |
| Burkina Faso | 87,7 |
| Burundi (*1) | 0 |
| Cambodia | 67,6 |
| Cameroon | 101,3 |
| Canada | 84,6 |
| Cape Verde | 74,2 |
| Central African Republic | 117,6 |
| Chad | 130,6 |
| Chile | 79,4 |
| China | 78,5 |
| Colombia | 71,3 |
| Congo | 129,8 |
| Costa Rica | 72,4 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 111,2 |
| Croatia | 101,8 |
| Cuba | 93 |
| Cyprus | 101,3 |
| Czech Republic | 82,1 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 138,6 |
| Djibouti | 101,1 |
| Dominican Republic | 84,8 |
| Ecuador | 70,5 |
| Egypt | 56,9 |
| El Salvador | 81,7 |
| Eritrea | 51 |
| Estonia | 77,7 |
| Ethiopia | 81,1 |
| Fiji | 78,4 |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 69,9 |
| Gabon | 116,1 |
| Gambia | 51,1 |
| Georgia | 96,1 |
| Ghana | 79,4 |
| Guatemala | 84,9 |
| Guinea | 59,8 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 139,2 |
| Guyana | 60,6 |
| Haiti | 100,8 |
| Honduras | 75,9 |
| Hong Kong | 87,6 |
| Hungary | 78,1 |
| India | 51,6 |
| Indonesia | 78,7 |
| Israel | 91,5 |
| Jamaica | 91,5 |
| Japan (Naka) | 125,6 |
| Japan (Tokyo) | 132,9 |
| Jordan | 76 |
| Kazakhstan | 112,8 |
| Kenya | 88,2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 84,6 |
| Laos | 74,7 |
| Latvia | 71,2 |
| Lebanon | 105,7 |
| Lesotho | 74,3 |
| Liberia (*1) | 0 |
| Lithuania | 73,8 |
| Madagascar | 71,9 |
| Malawi | 76,4 |
| Malaysia | 73,9 |
| Mali | 98,8 |
| Malta | 97,9 |
| Mauritania | 71,7 |
| Mauritius | 75 |
| Mexico | 77,9 |
| Moldavia (*1) | 0 |
| Morocco | 86,1 |
| Mozambique | 72,7 |
| Namibia | 79,5 |
| Nepal | 72,7 |
| New Caledonia | 120,4 |
| New Zealand | 106,7 |
| Nicaragua | 67,5 |
| Niger | 91,8 |
| Nigeria | 86,1 |
| Norway | 132,5 |
| Pakistan | 52,9 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77,3 |
| Paraguay | 66 |
| Peru | 86,5 |
| Philippines | 51,4 |
| Poland | 78 |
| Romania | 56,4 |
| Russia | 110 |
| Rwanda | 87,7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 86,4 |
| Senegal | 78,2 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 61,7 |
| Sierra Leone | 72 |
| Singapore | 97,6 |
| Slovakia | 87,4 |
| Slovenia | 76,4 |
| Solomon Islands | 85,4 |
| Somalia (*1) | 0 |
| South Africa | 66,6 |
| South Korea | 108,2 |
| Sri Lanka | 60,8 |
| Sudan | 43,4 |
| Suriname | 54,7 |
| Swaziland | 69,7 |
| Switzerland | 118,7 |
| Syria | 67,5 |
| Taiwan | 96,2 |
| Tajikistan | 73 |
| Tanzania | 61,7 |
| Thailand | 61,8 |
| Togo | 95 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 73,8 |
| Tunisia | 72,6 |
| Turkey | 93,2 |
| Uganda | 75,6 |
| Ukraine | 101,1 |
| United States (New York) | 106,8 |
| United States (Washington) | 103,7 |
| Uruguay | 74,8 |
| Vanuatu | 124,1 |
| Venezuela | 59,9 |
| Vietnam | 52,7 |
| West Bank — Gaza Strip | 91,3 |
| Yemen | 75,8 |
| Zambia | 55,9 |
| Zimbabwe | 62,7 |

Place of Employment

Weightings July 2005

Afghanistan (*1)

0

Albania

86,2

Algeria

89,3

Angola

126,5

Argentina

63,3

Armenia

104,9

Australia

105,3

Bangladesh

53,3

Barbados

127,4

Benin

92,8

Bolivia

52,2

Bosnia and Herzegovina

73,4

Botswana

62,8

Brazil

76,8

Bulgaria

73,9

Burkina Faso

87,7

Burundi (*1)

0

Cambodia

67,6

Cameroon

101,3

Canada

84,6

Cape Verde

74,2

Central African Republic

117,6

Chad

130,6

Chile

79,4

China

78,5

Colombia

71,3

Congo

129,8

Costa Rica

72,4

Côte d’Ivoire

111,2

Croatia

101,8

Cuba

93

Cyprus

101,3

Czech Republic

82,1

Democratic Republic of Congo

138,6

Djibouti

101,1

Dominican Republic

84,8

Ecuador

70,5

Egypt

56,9

El Salvador

81,7

Eritrea

51

Estonia

77,7

Ethiopia

81,1

Fiji

78,4

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

69,9

Gabon

116,1

Gambia

51,1

Georgia

96,1

Ghana

79,4

Guatemala

84,9

Guinea

59,8

Guinea-Bissau

139,2

Guyana

60,6

Haiti

100,8

Honduras

75,9

Hong Kong

87,6

Hungary

78,1

India

51,6

Indonesia

78,7

Israel

91,5

Jamaica

91,5

Japan (Naka)

125,6

Japan (Tokyo)

132,9

Jordan

76

Kazakhstan

112,8

Kenya

88,2

Kyrgyzstan

84,6

Laos

74,7

Latvia

71,2

Lebanon

105,7

Lesotho

74,3

Liberia (*1)

0

Lithuania

73,8

Madagascar

71,9

Malawi

76,4

Malaysia

73,9

Mali

98,8

Malta

97,9

Mauritania

71,7

Mauritius

75

Mexico

77,9

Moldavia (*1)

0

Morocco

86,1

Mozambique

72,7

Namibia

79,5

Nepal

72,7

New Caledonia

120,4

New Zealand

106,7

Nicaragua

67,5

Niger

91,8

Nigeria

86,1

Norway

132,5

Pakistan

52,9

Papua New Guinea

77,3

Paraguay

66

Peru

86,5

Philippines

51,4

Poland

78

Romania

56,4

Russia

110

Rwanda

87,7

Saudi Arabia

86,4

Senegal

78,2

Serbia and Montenegro

61,7

Sierra Leone

72

Singapore

97,6

Slovakia

87,4

Slovenia

76,4

Solomon Islands

85,4

Somalia (*1)

0

South Africa

66,6

South Korea

108,2

Sri Lanka

60,8

Sudan

43,4

Suriname

54,7

Swaziland

69,7

Switzerland

118,7

Syria

67,5

Taiwan

96,2

Tajikistan

73

Tanzania

61,7

Thailand

61,8

Togo

95

Trinidad and Tobago

73,8

Tunisia

72,6

Turkey

93,2

Uganda

75,6

Ukraine

101,1

United States (New York)

106,8

United States (Washington)

103,7

Uruguay

74,8

Vanuatu

124,1

Venezuela

59,9

Vietnam

52,7

West Bank — Gaza Strip

91,3

Yemen

75,8

Zambia

55,9

Zimbabwe

62,7

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