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COUNCIL REGULATION ( ECSC , EEC , EURATOM ) NO 1793/79

OF 9 AUGUST 1979

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 REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM , ECSC ) NO 259/68 ( 1 ) , AND LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 3085/78 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 64 , 65 ( 2 ) AND 82 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS AND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 20 TOGETHER WITH ARTICLE 64 OF THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , BY REASON OF THE APPRECIABLE RISE IN THE COST OF LIVING WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE REGULATIONS ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 3084/78 ( 3 ) AND ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 3086/78 ( 4 ) CAME INTO FORCE DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 1978 IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WHERE OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ARE EMPLOYED , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLIED TO THE REMUNERATION AND PENSIONS OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS SHOULD BE ADJUSTED WITH EFFECT RESPECTIVELY FROM 1 JANUARY AND 1 APRIL 1979 ;

WHEREAS , OWING TO EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES AND TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES CONNECTED WITH THE NEW RULES FOR THE TRANSFER OF PART OF REMUNERATION TO A COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT AND WITH MAINTAINING A BALANCE BETWEEN PURCHASING POWERS IN THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF EMPLOYMENT , WEIGHTINGS SHOULD BE LAID DOWN PROVISIONALLY BY DEDUCTING A RATE WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE LOWEST RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE COST OF LIVING IN THE MEMBER STATES , IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT A FINAL DECISION , WITH RETROACTIVE EFFECT IF NECESSARY , WILL BE TAKEN IN THE LIGHT OF A MORE THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE THE END OF 1979 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1979 , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE REMUNERATION OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS EMPLOYED IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED BELOW SHALL BE PROVISIONALLY LAID DOWN AS FOLLOWS :

BELGIUM : 102,1

DENMARK : 137,5

GERMANY : 78,3

FRANCE : 133,7

IRELAND : 142,2

ITALY : 156,3

LUXEMBOURG : 102,1

NETHERLANDS : 94,0

UNITED KINGDOM : 148,4

CANADA : 136,3

JAPAN : 144,6

SWITZERLAND : 76,3

USA : 135,2

GREECE : 170,9

TURKEY : 446,2

2 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1979 , THE WEIGHTING APPLICABLE TO PENSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 82 ( 1 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS SHALL BE PROVISIONALLY LAID DOWN AS SHOWN BELOW FOR THE COMMUNITY COUNTRY IN WHICH THE PERSON ENTITLED TO THE PENSION DECLARES HIS HOME TO BE :

BELGIUM : 102,1

DENMARK : 137,5

GERMANY : 78,3

FRANCE : 133,7

IRELAND : 142,2

ITALY : 156,3

LUXEMBOURG : 102,1

NETHERLANDS : 94,0

UNITED KINGDOM : 148,4

IF A PERSON ENTITLED TO A PENSION DECLARES HIS HOME TO BE IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED ABOVE , THE WEIGHTING APPLICABLE TO THE PENSION SHALL BE THAT PROVISIONALLY LAID DOWN FOR BELGIUM .

ARTICLE 2

1 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 1979 THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE REMUNERATION OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS EMPLOYED IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED BELOW SHALL BE PROVISIONALLY LAID DOWN AS FOLLOWS :

BELGIUM : 102,1

DENMARK : 110,0

GERMANY : 98,7

FRANCE : 95,8

IRELAND : 61,7

ITALY : 74,9

LUXEMBOURG : 102,1

NETHERLANDS : 99,8

UNITED KINGDOM : 64,4

CANADA : 85,6

JAPAN : 167,5

SWITZERLAND : 118,2

USA : 88,1

GREECE : 90,7

TURKEY : 106,9

SPAIN : 87,0

PORTUGAL : 73,0

VENEZUELA : 111,8

2 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 1979 , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO PENSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 82 ( 1 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS SHALL BE PROVISIONALLY LAID DOWN AS BELOW FOR THE COMMUNITY COUNTRY IN WHICH THE PERSON ENTITLED TO THE PENSION DECLARES HIS HOME TO BE :

BELGIUM : 102,1

DENMARK : 110,0

GERMANY : 98,7

FRANCE : 95,8

IRELAND : 61,7

ITALY : 74,9

LUXEMBOURG : 102,1

NETHERLANDS : 99,8

UNITED KINGDOM : 64,4

IF A PERSON ENTITLED TO A PENSION DECLARES HIS HOME TO BE IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED ABOVE , THE WEIGHTING APPLICABLE TO THE PENSION SHALL BE THAT PROVISIONALLY LAID DOWN FOR BELGIUM .

3 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 1979 , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES REFERRED TO IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 3086/78 SHALL BE THOSE INDICATED IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) OF THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 3

FROM 1 JULY 1979 THE AMOUNTS GIVEN IN ARTICLE 4 OF REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM , ECSC ) NO 260/68 ( 5 ) SHALL BE MULTIPLIED BY A WEIGHTING OF 113,2395 .

ARTICLE 4

ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 3084/78 IS HEREBY REPEALED WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1979 .

ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 3086/78 IS HEREBY REPEALED WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 1979 .

ARTICLE 5

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 , 9 AUGUST 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

M . O'KENNEDY

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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 369 , 29 . 12 . 1978 , P . 6 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 369 , 29 . 12 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 369 , 29 . 12 . 1978 , P . 8 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 56 , 4 . 3 . 1968 , P . 8 .