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| 2.7.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 172/1 |
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2.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 172/1

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 624/2008

of 23 June 2008

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2007 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 two new Member States for a maximum period of 19 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 Act of Accession of 2005, and in particular Article 27(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 2007 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff serving in third countries. |
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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 2007 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff serving in third countries.

| (2) | The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 453/2007 (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 453/2007 (2) may lead to retrospective upward or downward adjustments to remuneration.

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

| (4) | Provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of reductions in remuneration as a result of the new weightings for the period between 1 July 2007 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 reductions in remuneration as a result of the new weightings for the period between 1 July 2007 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 12 months following that date, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the European Community to the 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 12 months following that date, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the European Community to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2007, the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries payable in the currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.

The exchange rates used for the calculation of that remuneration shall be established in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the date indicated in the first subparagraph.

Article 2

1.   The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of increases 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 reductions as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 July 2007 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 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 Luxembourg, 23 June 2008.

For the Council

The President

I. JARC

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(1)  
  OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 420/2008 (OJ L 127, 15.5.2008, p. 1).

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(2)  
  OJ L 109, 26.4.2007, p. 22.

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ANNEX

| Place of employment | Weighting July 2007 (*1) |
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| Afghanistan (*2) | 0 |
| Albania | 80,2 |
| Algeria | 88,7 |
| Angola | 130 |
| Argentina | 57,1 |
| Armenia | 123,5 |
| Australia | 112,2 |
| Azerbaijan (*2) | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 48,2 |
| Barbados | 129,7 |
| Belarus (*2) | 0 |
| Benin | 91,9 |
| Bolivia | 48 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka) | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) | 78,7 |
| Botswana | 56,4 |
| Brazil | 93,2 |
| Bulgaria | 81,7 |
| Burkina Faso | 90,7 |
| Burundi (*2) | 0 |
| Cambodia | 69,8 |
| Cameroon | 101,9 |
| Canada | 93 |
| Cape Verde | 80,9 |
| Central African Republic | 119,1 |
| Chad | 129,4 |
| Chile | 71,5 |
| China | 77,4 |
| Colombia | 82,1 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 130,2 |
| Costa Rica | 73,7 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 100,2 |
| Croatia | 106,8 |
| Cuba | 86,1 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) | 129,5 |
| Djibouti | 94,3 |
| Dominican Republic | 69,3 |
| East Timor | 66,5 |
| Ecuador | 64,8 |
| Egypt | 49,6 |
| El Salvador | 76,1 |
| Eritrea | 51,3 |
| Ethiopia | 88,3 |
| Fiji | 73,5 |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 71,7 |
| Gabon | 123 |
| Gambia | 60,5 |
| Georgia | 96,6 |
| Ghana | 69,7 |
| Guatemala | 78,6 |
| Guinea | 73,3 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 100,7 |
| Guyana | 62,1 |
| Haiti | 118,8 |
| Honduras | 69,7 |
| Hong Kong | 94,8 |
| India | 52,9 |
| Indonesia (Banda Aceh) | 53,9 |
| Indonesia (Jakarta) | 81,1 |
| Iraq | 0 |
| Israel | 109,5 |
| Jamaica | 90,5 |
| Japan (Naka) | 101 |
| Japan (Tokyo) | 106,5 |
| Jordan | 77,7 |
| Kazakhstan (Almaty) | 125,4 |
| Kazakhstan (Astana) | 71,6 |
| Kenya | 81,9 |
| Kosovo | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 88,3 |
| Laos | 74,2 |
| Lebanon | 86 |
| Lesotho | 62 |
| Liberia (*2) | 0 |
| Madagascar | 86,6 |
| Malawi | 71,8 |
| Malaysia | 74,4 |
| Mali | 85 |
| Mauritania | 65,3 |
| Mauritius | 69,5 |
| Mexico | 74,4 |
| Micronesia (*2) | 0 |
| Montenegro | 69,7 |
| Morocco | 89,5 |
| Mozambique | 77,7 |
| Namibia | 72,5 |
| Nepal | 82,5 |
| New Caledonia | 135,3 |
| New Zealand | 109,6 |
| Nicaragua | 57 |
| Niger | 85 |
| Nigeria | 86,1 |
| Norway | 132 |
| Pakistan | 50,7 |
| Panama | 61 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74,3 |
| Paraguay | 82,2 |
| Peru | 77,5 |
| Philippines | 64,4 |
| Republic of Moldova | 59,6 |
| Romania | 73,9 |
| Russia | 122,6 |
| Rwanda | 91,7 |
| Samoa (*2) | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 84,6 |
| Senegal | 87,7 |
| Serbia | 66,1 |
| Sierra Leone | 75,4 |
| Singapore | 102,5 |
| Solomon Islands | 94,8 |
| Somalia (*2) | 0 |
| South Africa | 60,2 |
| South Korea | 113,9 |
| Southern Sudan | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 53,2 |
| Sudan | 56,2 |
| Suriname | 49,4 |
| Swaziland | 57 |
| Switzerland (Berne) | 109,7 |
| Switzerland (Geneva) | 109,8 |
| Syria | 69,4 |
| Taiwan | 83,7 |
| Tajikistan | 66,9 |
| Tanzania | 61,9 |
| Thailand | 67,7 |
| Togo | 89,4 |
| Tonga (*2) | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 68,3 |
| Tunisia | 71,5 |
| Turkey | 83,8 |
| Uganda | 77,1 |
| Ukraine | 108,2 |
| United States (New York) | 102,8 |
| United States (Washington) | 97,8 |
| Uruguay | 69,8 |
| Uzbekistan (*2) | 0 |
| Vanuatu | 122,6 |
| Venezuela | 65,2 |
| Vietnam | 51,5 |
| West Bank – Gaza Strip | 92,1 |
| Yemen | 77,3 |
| Zambia | 64,8 |
| Zimbabwe (*2) | 0 |

Place of employment

Weighting July 2007 (*1)

Afghanistan (*2)

0

Albania

80,2

Algeria

88,7

Angola

130

Argentina

57,1

Armenia

123,5

Australia

112,2

Azerbaijan (*2)

0

Bangladesh

48,2

Barbados

129,7

Belarus (*2)

0

Benin

91,9

Bolivia

48

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka)

0

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)

78,7

Botswana

56,4

Brazil

93,2

Bulgaria

81,7

Burkina Faso

90,7

Burundi (*2)

0

Cambodia

69,8

Cameroon

101,9

Canada

93

Cape Verde

80,9

Central African Republic

119,1

Chad

129,4

Chile

71,5

China

77,4

Colombia

82,1

Congo (Brazzaville)

130,2

Costa Rica

73,7

Côte d’Ivoire

100,2

Croatia

106,8

Cuba

86,1

Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)

129,5

Djibouti

94,3

Dominican Republic

69,3

East Timor

66,5

Ecuador

64,8

Egypt

49,6

El Salvador

76,1

Eritrea

51,3

Ethiopia

88,3

Fiji

73,5

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

71,7

Gabon

123

Gambia

60,5

Georgia

96,6

Ghana

69,7

Guatemala

78,6

Guinea

73,3

Guinea-Bissau

100,7

Guyana

62,1

Haiti

118,8

Honduras

69,7

Hong Kong

94,8

India

52,9

Indonesia (Banda Aceh)

53,9

Indonesia (Jakarta)

81,1

Iraq

0

Israel

109,5

Jamaica

90,5

Japan (Naka)

101

Japan (Tokyo)

106,5

Jordan

77,7

Kazakhstan (Almaty)

125,4

Kazakhstan (Astana)

71,6

Kenya

81,9

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

88,3

Laos

74,2

Lebanon

86

Lesotho

62

Liberia (*2)

0

Madagascar

86,6

Malawi

71,8

Malaysia

74,4

Mali

85

Mauritania

65,3

Mauritius

69,5

Mexico

74,4

Micronesia (*2)

0

Montenegro

69,7

Morocco

89,5

Mozambique

77,7

Namibia

72,5

Nepal

82,5

New Caledonia

135,3

New Zealand

109,6

Nicaragua

57

Niger

85

Nigeria

86,1

Norway

132

Pakistan

50,7

Panama

61

Papua New Guinea

74,3

Paraguay

82,2

Peru

77,5

Philippines

64,4

Republic of Moldova

59,6

Romania

73,9

Russia

122,6

Rwanda

91,7

Samoa (*2)

0

Saudi Arabia

84,6

Senegal

87,7

Serbia

66,1

Sierra Leone

75,4

Singapore

102,5

Solomon Islands

94,8

Somalia (*2)

0

South Africa

60,2

South Korea

113,9

Southern Sudan

0

Sri Lanka

53,2

Sudan

56,2

Suriname

49,4

Swaziland

57

Switzerland (Berne)

109,7

Switzerland (Geneva)

109,8

Syria

69,4

Taiwan

83,7

Tajikistan

66,9

Tanzania

61,9

Thailand

67,7

Togo

89,4

Tonga (*2)

0

Trinidad and Tobago

68,3

Tunisia

71,5

Turkey

83,8

Uganda

77,1

Ukraine

108,2

United States (New York)

102,8

United States (Washington)

97,8

Uruguay

69,8

Uzbekistan (*2)

0

Vanuatu

122,6

Venezuela

65,2

Vietnam

51,5

West Bank – Gaza Strip

92,1

Yemen

77,3

Zambia

64,8

Zimbabwe (*2)

0

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(*1)  Brussels = 100 %

(*2)  Not available

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