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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 46 , 19 . 2 . 1981 , P . 1 .

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

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 1974/81

OF 13 JULY 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 397/81 ( 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 HAS TAKEN PLACE DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 1980 IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WHERE OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ARE EMPLOYED , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE REMUNERATION AND PENSIONS OF SUCH OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS SHOULD BE ADJUSTED WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 ;

WHEREAS , ACCORDING TO THE SYSTEM FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF REMUNERATION , RESULTING FROM ARTICLE 65 ( 1 ) AND ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS AND THE METHOD ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN 1976 , THE INTERIM ADJUSTMENT EFFECTED DURING THE YEAR PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 65 ( 2 ), WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT ONLY OF THE TREND IN THE COST OF LIVING , IS TO BE DEEMED AN ADVANCE WHICH MUST BE CAPABLE OF BEING DEDUCTED AT THE END OF THE YEAR FROM THE DEFINITIVE ADJUSTMENT , TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION BOTH THE COST-OF-LIVING TREND FACTOR AND THE PURCHASING POWER TREND FACTOR OF NATIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD ; WHEREAS , SHOULD THERE BE A NEGATIVE TREND IN THE PURCHASING POWER FACTOR , IT MAY PROVE NECESSARY , TO ALLOW THIS DEDUCTION TO BE MADE , TO ADOPT AS A PRECAUTION A PART OF THE INTERIM ADJUSTMENT , PENDING DEFINITIVE ADJUSTMENT ;

WHEREAS IN THE PRESENT CASE THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS THAT A NEGATIVE TREND IN THE PURCHASING POWER FACTOR , WHICH COULD AMOUNT TO 2 % DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD 1 JULY 1980 TO 1 JULY 1981 , COULD TAKE PLACE ; WHEREAS AS A PRECAUTION IT IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE TO DEDUCT , AS PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION , A FLAT-RATE AMOUNT OF 1 % FROM THE INTERIM ADJUSTMENT RESULTING FROM THE COST-OF-LIVING TREND IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1980 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE REMUNERATION OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS EMPLOYED IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED BELOW SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

BELGIUM103.6 DENMARK108.7 GERMANY99.2 GREECE83.2 FRANCE102.0 IRELAND77.1 ITALY82.4 LUXEMBOURG103.6 NETHERLANDS98.4 UNITED KINGDOM 88.3 SWITZERLAND115.3 UNITED STATES - NEW YORK112.5 UNITED STATES - WASHINGTON104.1 CANADA91.6 JAPAN134.6 TURKEY80.0 SPAIN99.3 PORTUGAL74.1 VENEZUELA136.3 AUSTRIA105.0 THAILAND122.9 CHILE140.4 AUSTRALIA109.1 YUGOSLAVIA 99.7 ALGERIA125.0 MOROCCO121.1 TUNISIA108.9 EGYPT125.2 SYRIA134.1 JORDAN139.1 LEBANON131.0 ISRAEL158.7 2 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 , THE WEIGHTING APPLICABLE TO PENSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 82 ( 1 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS SHALL BE AS SHOWN BELOW FOR THE COUNTRY OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE PERSON ENTITLED TO THE PENSION DECLARES HIS HOME TO BE :

BELGIUM103.6 DENMARK108.7 GERMANY99.2 GREECE83.2 FRANCE102.0 IRELAND77.1 ITALY82.4 LUXEMBOURG103.6 NETHERLANDS98.4 UNITED KINGDOM88.3 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 FOR BELGIUM .

ARTICLE 2

1 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE REMUNERATION OF PERSONS COVERED BY ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM , ECSC ) NO 160/80 ( 1 ) SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

BELGIUM107.1 DENMARK126.6 GERMANY101.1 FRANCE111.1 IRELAND81.0 ITALY97.3 LUXEMBOURG107.1 NETHERLANDS102.3 UNITED KINGDOM83.7 SWITZERLAND124.1 2 . WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 , THE WEIGHTINGS APPLICABLE TO THE PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES OF PERSONS COVERED BY ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM , ECSC ) NO 160/80 SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

BELGIUM107.1 DENMARK126.6 GERMANY101.1 FRANCE111.1 IRELAND81.0 ITALY97.3 LUXEMBOURG107.1 NETHERLANDS102.3 UNITED KINGDOM83.7 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 FOR BELGIUM .

ARTICLE 3

ARTICLES 6 AND 7 OF REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) NO 397/81 SHALL BE REPEALED WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 .

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 BRUSSELS , 13 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

LORD CARRINGTON