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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 2899/89

of 27 September 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 (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2187/89 (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 countires, 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 July 1989,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 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, 27 September 1989.

For the Council

The President

R. DUMAS

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

(2) OJ No L 209, 21. 7. 1989, p. 1.

ANNEX

Weightings applicable with effect from 1 July 1989

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

// // // // Algeria 94,94

Angola 110,12

Antigua and Barbuda 104,33

Australia 109,60

Austria 113,13

Bahamas 115,92

Bangladesh 57,47

Barbados 103,06

Belize 100,64

Benin 92,97

Botswana 52,15

Brazil 100,40

Burkina Faso 89,20

Burundi 82,91

Cameroon 108,61

Canada 99,34

Cape Verde 89,35

Central African Republic 152,61

Chad 143,82

Chile 56,43

China 77,31

Comoros 132,93

Congo 126,18

Costa Rica 72,96

Côte d'Ivoire 132,54

Djibouti 172,25

Dominican Republic 48,21

Egypt 57,72

Equatorial Guinea 119,83

Ethiopia 89,00

Fiji 63,31

Gabon 144,65

Gambia 75,37

Ghana 36,01

Grenada 103,83

Guinea 45,14

Guinea Bissau 49,56

Guyana 14,03

Haiti 91,71

India 39,33

Indonesia 77,63

Israel 94,64

Jamaica 81,61

Japan 174,86

Jordan 63,78

Kenya 61,91

Lebanon 21,90

Lesotho 58,39

Liberia 103,59

Madagascar 44,07

Malawi 66,62

Mali 99,72

Mauritania 129,45

Mauritius 58,13

Mexico 57,43

Morocco 71,81

Mozambique 21,08

Netherlands Antilles 123,20

New Caledonia 137,42

Niger 105,25

Nigeria 58,50

Norway 150,72

Pakistan 44,34

Papua-New Guinea 103,75

Rwanda 118,23

Samoa 71,22

São Tomé and Principe -

Senegal 115,01

Seychelles 173,55

Sierra Leone 79,76

Solomon Islands 83,56

Somalia 41,23

South Korea 109,17

Sudan 137,63

Surinam 166,70

Swaziland 44,84

Sweden 133,35

Switzerland 135,18

Syria 196,61

Tanzania 35,66

Thailand 61,62

Togo 102,93

Tonga 123,25

Trinidad and Tobago 86,29

Tunisia 51,11

Turkey 59,80

Uganda 113,54

United States of America 102,28

Uruguay 58,63

Vanuatu 110,88

Venezuela 44,05

Yugoslavia 30,30

Zaire 89,69

Zambia 65,32

Zimbabwe 55,64