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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 702/89

of 15 March 1989

adjusting the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials posted in third countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 3982/88 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the said Staff Regulations,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas, to take account of changes in the cost of living in third countries, weightings applicable to the remuneration paid to officials posted in third countries in the currency of the country of employment must be determined with effect from 1 January 1989,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 January 1989 the weightings applicable to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment shall be fixed as shown in the Annex.

The exchange rates for the payment of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the budget of the European Communities during the month preceding the date on which this Regulation takes effect.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 15 March 1989.

For the Council

The President

F. FERNANDEZ ORDOÑEZ

(1) OJ No L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 354, 22. 12. 1988, p. 1.

ANNEX

Weightings applicable with effect from 1 January 1989

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Country of employment // Weighting // Country of employment // Weighting

// // // // Algeria 96,35

Angola 93,87

Antigua and Barbuda 87,61

Australia 108,10

Austria 114,50

Bahamas 98,92

Bangladesh 48,30

Barbados 88,43

Belize 80,91

Benin 93,67

Botswana 50,67

Brazil 54,90

Burkina Faso 88,50

Burundi 76,32

Cameroon 106,86

Canada 86,70

Cape Verde 89,91

Central African Republic 147,59

Chad 144,56

Chile 46,80

China 63,88

Comoros 132,08

Congo 125,25

Costa Rica 61,91

Côte d'Ivoire 125,49

Djibouti 149,42

Dominican Republic 29,18

Egypt 56,10

Equatorial Guinea 116,77

Ethiopia 74,84

Fiji 58,72

Gabon 141,17

Gambia 91,30

Ghana 39,17

Grenada 83,46

Guinea 42,75

Guinea Bissau 53,00

Guyana 38,79

Haiti 79,22

India 35,97

Indonesia 65,89

Israel 87,58

Jamaica 68,22

Japan 177,73

Jordan 52,79

Kenya 58,68

Lebanon 18,63

Lesotho 55,56

Liberia 83,11

Madagascar 44,41

Malawi 61,00

Mali 102,30

Mauritania 118,91

Mauritius 52,50

Mexico 52,64

Morocco 66,47

Mozambique 19,35

Netherlands Antilles 103,99

Niger 103,08

Nigeria 66,04

Norway 143,01

Pakistan 44,62

Papua-New Guinea 94,94

Rwanda 114,40

Samoa 68,17

Santo Tome and Principe -

Senegal 114,99

Seychelles 171,33

Sierra Leone 110,64

Solomon Islands 77,28

South Korea 88,49

Sudan 92,11

Surinam 147,24

Swaziland 44,09

Sweden 126,04

Switzerland 139,83

Syria 141,59

Tanzania 40,56

Thailand 54,42

Togo 103,84

Tonga 116,95

Trinidad and Tobago 69,42

Tunisia 50,08

Turkey 46,44

Uganda 97,75

United States of America 86,47

Uruguay 53,16

Vanuatu 101,91

Venezuela 30,46

Yugoslavia 29,22

Zaire 93,63

Zambia 55,27

Zimbabwe 52,67