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( 1 ) OJ NO L 56 , 4 . 3 . 1968 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 271 , 26 . 9 . 1981 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 193 , 16 . 7 . 1981 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 3017/81

OF 19 OCTOBER 1981

ADJUSTING THE WEIGHTINGS APPLIED TO THE REMUNERATION AND PENSIONS OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

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 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM , ECSC ) NO 259/68 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 2780/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 64 , 65 ( 2 ) AND 82 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS AND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 20 AND ARTICLE 64 OF THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , BECAUSE OF THE APPRECIABLE RISE IN THE COST OF LIVING WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 1980 IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WHERE OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ARE EMPLOYED , IT WAS DECIDED BY REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 1974/81 ( 3 ) THAT THE WEIGHTINGS APPLIED TO THE REMUNERATION AND PENSIONS OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS SHOULD BE ADJUSTED WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 ;

WHEREAS THE CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF PURCHASING POWER SUFFERED IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1980 BY OFFICIALS EMPLOYED IN COUNTRIES WITH HIGH RATES OF INFLATION , COMPARED WITH THAT SUFFERED DURING THE SAME PERIOD BY OFFICIALS AT THE PROVISIONAL SEAT OF THE INSTITUTIONS , RENDERS IT ADVISABLE TO MAKE COMPENSATION FOR THE ENSUING DIFFERENCE IN SALARY ; WHEREAS , TO THIS END , IT IS ADVISABLE TO FIX AN EARLIER DATE FOR THE APPLICABILITY OF THE WEIGHTING FOR VARIOUS PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT AS ADOPTED BY REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 1974/81 ;

WHEREAS THIS IS WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE RULES GOVERNING ADJUSTMENTS TO WEIGHTINGS FOR HIGH INFLATION COUNTRIES , WHICH ARE TO BE SPECIFIED IN THE NEW SALARIES ADJUSTMENT METHOD ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 1974/81 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

' - WITH EFFECT FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1980 , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE REMUNERATION OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS EMPLOYED IN THE TWO COUNTRIES LISTED BELOW SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

TURKEY80.0 ISRAEL158.7 - WITH EFFECT FROM 16 NOVEMBER 1980 , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE REMUNERATION OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS IN THE FIVE COUNTRIES LISTED BELOW SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

GREECE83.2 ITALY82.4 VENEZUELA136.3 CHILE140.4 YUGOSLAVIA99.7 ' ARTICLE 2

ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 1974/81 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

' WITH EFFECT FROM 16 NOVEMBER 1980 , THE FOLLOWING WEIGHTINGS SHALL BE APPLIED TO PENSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 82 ( 1 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS AS REGARDS PERSONS DECLARING THEIR HOME TO BE IN ONE OF THE TWO COUNTRIES BELOW :

GREECE83.2 ITALY82.4 ' ARTICLE 3

ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EURATOM ECSC , EEC ) NO 1974/81 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

' WITH EFFECT FROM 16 NOVEMBER 1980 , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES OF PERSONS COVERED BY ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM , ECSC ) NO 160/80 ( 1 ) WHO DECLARE THEIR HOME TO BE IN ITALY SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

ITALY97.3

( 1 ) OJ NO L 20 , 26 . 1 . 1980 , P . 1 . '

ARTICLE 4

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 LUXEMBOURG , 19 OCTOBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER