COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 18.12.1996 
COM(96)678 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSQ 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from 1 July 1996 
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities 
serving in third countries 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY NOTE 
On 5 October 1987, by Regulation No 3019/87, the Staff Regulations were amended by 
the, addition of an Annex X laying down special and exceptional provisions, including 
special arrangements for emoluments, applicable to officials of the European Communi­
ties serving in third countries. Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Annex X deal with the 
remuneration of officials posted in countries outside the European Union. Remuneration 
is payable in Belgian francs in Belgium but there is also provision for all or part of an 
official's remuneration to be paid in the currency of the country of employment. 
In that event, the portion of remuneration paid in local currency is subject to a 
weighting. Article 13 of Annex X requires the Council of the European Union to 
determine the weightings for third countries every six months. 
This proposal relates to the adjustment of weightings applicable in third countries with 
effect from 1 July 1996. The budgetary impact is negligible compared with the total 
operating costs of the delegations. 
II. Council of the European Union Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2175/88 
of 18 July 1988 laid down the initial weightings applicable from 10 October 1987. 
Since then these weightings have been adjusted by the Council of the European Union 
every six months, most recently by Regulation No 1783/96 of 11 September 1996 which 
took effect on 1 January 1996. 
The remuneration system for staff serving in countries outside the Community is based 
on equivalent purchasing power for Brussels and the various places of employment. 
Application of this principle is based on the calculation of purchasing power parities 
(PPPs) for local currencies in relation to the Belgian franc. The weighting is the factor 
obtained by dividing the PPP by the exchange rate. This means that implementation of 
a weightings system primarily involves calculating purchasing power parities for 
Brussels and the various places of employment. 
The exchange rates selected for accounting purposes are those for June 1996. 
Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the 
Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC) for July 1996, the exchange rate 
selected and the resulting weighting, applicable from 1 July 1996. 
The SOEC has calculated the economic parities for each country shown in Table B. The 
parities used apply from 1 July 1996. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC. EURATOM, ECSQ No ..../.. 
of..». 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from 1 July 1996 
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities 
serving in third countries 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
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 of the European Communities and the 
conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by Regulation 
(EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68', as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) 
No 2963/95* and jn particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas account should be taken of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the 
Community and weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency of the country 
of employment to officials serving in third countries should be determined with effect from 
I July 1996; 
Whereas, under Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council sets the weightings every six 
months; whereas it will accordingly have to-set new weightings for the coming half-years; 
Whereas the weightings to apply with effect from 1 July 1996 in respect of which payment 
has been made on the basis of a previous regulation could lead to retrospective adjustments 
to remuneration (positive or negative); 
Whereas provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in 
remunerations as a' result of these weightings; 
'OJ No L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1, 
*OJ No L 310, 22.12.1995, p. 1. 
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Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a 
reduction in remunerations as a result of these weightings for the period between 1 July 1996 
and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 July 
1996; 
Whereas, however, in order to mirror the weightings applicable within the European 
Community to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European 
Communities, provision should be made for any such recovery to apply solely to a period of 
no more than 6 months preceding the decision and for its effects to be spread over a period 
of no more than 12 months following the date of that decision; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
With effect from 1 July 1996, the weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the 
currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in the Annex. 
The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be those used for 
implementation of the general budget of the European Communities for the month preceding 
the date referred to in the first paragraph. 
Article 2 
In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the 
Council shall set weightings every six months. It shall accordingly set new weightings with 
effect from 1 January 1997. 
The institutions shall make back payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a 
result of these weightings. 
For the period between 1 July 1996 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings 
applicable with effect from 1 July 1996, the institutions shall make retrospective downward 
adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings. 
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Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall, however, concern 
only a period of no more than 6 months preceding the decision and this recovery shall be 
spread over no more than 12 months from the date of that decision. 
Article 3 
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, 
For the Council 
The President 
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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
Albania 
Algeria 
Angola 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Argentina 
Australia 
Bangladesh 
Barbados 
Belize 
Benin 
Bolivia 
Bosnia-Herzogovina 
Botswana 
Brazil 
Bulgaria 
Burkina Faso 
Burundi 
Cameroon 
Canada 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
Chile 
China 
Colombia 
Comoros 
Congo 
Costa Rica 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic 
Djibouti 
Dominican Republic 
Egypt 
Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea 
Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Ex-Yugoslavia 
Fiji 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Ghana 
Grenada 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana Economic 
parities 
July 1996 
2,2556249 
0 
2468615,215 
0,081068 
• 0,0299492 
0,0333145 
0,7777071 
0,0544729 
0,0456028 
11,1971251 
0 
0 
0,0647352 
0,0244446 
1,5568537 
13,0420989 
7,4564554 
15,1617187 
0,0296948 
18,3698684 
12,9296478 
11,0214007 
0,2073044 
23,1500329 
11,0233646 
15,8847088 
4,2914188 
' 0,0123438 
0,5561112 
6,6312349 
0,3064145 
0,0632051 
13,2482031 
0 
0 
0,0725413 
0 
0,0316962 
20,1557622 
0,2471755 
0,0261629 
18,8697439 
0,0793511 
32,1593765 
457,1247205 
2,6616635 Exchange rates 
June 1996 
D 
3,6664956 
1,7800246 
1011910,183 
0,0859623 
0,0318279 
0,0399664 
1,329363 
0,063674 
0,063674 
16,4725649 
0 
0 
0,1056 
0,0309521 
4,0390985 
16,4725649 
8,9198109 
16,4725649 
0,0437082 
16,4725649 
16,4725649 
13,0191381 
0,2651535 
34,0309682 
12,3543728 
16,4725649 
6,5397947 
0,0150657 
0,8873902 
5,6580287 
0,4097521 
0,1058896 
16,4725649 
0 
0 
0,2012113 
0,1605575 
0,0436567 
16,4725649 
0,3068708 
0,031837 
51,4588586 
0,0859623 
31,8684471 TABLE A 
Weightings 
July 1996 
61,52 
0,00 
243,96 
94,31 
94,10 
83,36 
58,50 
85,55 
71,62 
67,97 
0,00 
0,00 
61,30 
78,98 
38,54 
79,17 
83,59 
92,04 
67,94 
111,52 
78,49 
84,66 
78,18 
68,03 
89,23 
96,43 
65,62 
81,93 
62,67 
117,20 
74,78 
59,69 
80,43 
0,00 
0,00 
36,05 
.0,00 
72,60 
122,36 
80,55 
82,18 
36,67 
92,31 
100,91 
736,1059993 62,10 
4,4734723! 59,50 
! 1 : • 
(*) Not available. 
(**) BEF 1 = local currency 
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 
(***) Brussels =100 
G 
(*) 
n 
n n 
n PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
Haiti 
Hong Kong 
Hungary 
India 
Indonesia 
Israel 
Ivory Coast 
Jamaica 
Japan 
Jordan 
Kazakhstan 
Kenya 
Latvia 
Lebanon 
Left Bank - Gaza Strip 
Lesotho 
Liberia 
Lithuania 
Madagascar 
Malawi 
Mali 
Malta 
Mauritania 
Mauritius 
Mexico 
Morocco 
Mozambique 
Namibia 
Netherlands Antilles 
New Caledonia 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Norway 
Pakistan 
Papua New Guinea 
Peru 
Philippines 
Poland 
Republic of Cape Verde 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda 
Senegal 
Sierra Leone 
Slovakia 
Slovenia Economic 
parities 
July 1996 
0 
0,2497118 
3,5476908 
04445627 
59,0410903 
0,1092398 
15,259141 
0,6155779 
5,3131863 
0,0141788 
0,0342607 
1,1767997 
0 
47,0506759 
0 
0,0703153 
0 
0 
68,2662146 
0,1880859 
13,9842377 
0,009066 
3,3068724 
0,4316361 
0,1181044 
0,1961727 
194,4173606 
0,0874029 
0,0450799 
3,6821563 
13,0819304 
1,0355024 
0,2576376 
0,6604226 
0,0380214 
0,0627747 
0,4918452 
716,1510829 
1,9902843 
39,1804024 
0,0386537 
0 
12,2688129 
22,4305825 
0,5873548 
3,6983593 Exchange rates 
June 1996 
n 
0,5093984 
0,24833 
4,8503662 
1,0951103 
73,713696 
0,103598 
16,4725649 
1,2351779 
3,3998572 
0,0222084 
0,031837 
1,8240187 
0 
49,3193924 
0 
0,1392874 
0,031837 
0 
125,2348153 
0,4882336 
16,4725649 
0,0116159 
4,3023706 
0,6136099 
0,2363899 
0,2803241 
351,4938489 
0,1392874 
0,0566701 
2,9949984 
16,4725649 
2,6266022 
0,2080862 
1,1056954 
0,0406058 
0,0767578 
0,817929 
849,5454932 
2,6755137 
93,949643 
0,031837 
9,6237128 
16,4725649 
27,2643001 
0,986096 
4,4347865 TABLE A 
Weightings 
July 1996 
0,00 
100,56 
73,14 
40,60 
80,10 
105,45 
92,63 
49,84 
156,28 
63,84 
107,61 
64,52 
0,00 
95,40 
0,00 
50,48 
0,00 
0,00 
54,51 
38,52 
84,89 
78,05 
76,86 
70,34 
49,96 
69,98 
55,31 
62,75 
79,55 
122,94 
79,42 
39,42 
123,81 
59,73 
93,64 
81,78 
60,13 
84,30 
74,39 
41,70 
121,41 
0,00 
74,48 
82,27 
59,56 
83,39 
(*) Not available. 
(**) BEF 1 = local currency 
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 
(***) Brussels = 100 
? 
TABLE A 
H 
n 
n PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
Solomon Islands 
Somalia 
South Africa (Pretoria) 
South Africa (The Cape) 
South Korea 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
Suriname 
Swaziland 
Switzerland 
Syria 
Sâo Tome and Principe 
Tanzania 
Thailand 
Togo 
Tonga 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Uganda 
Ukraine 
United States of America (New York) 
United States of America (Washington) 
Uruguay 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Viet Nam 
Western Samoa 
Zaire 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe Economic 
parities 
July 1996 
0,0986771 
0 
0,0848823 
0,0892687 
23,5938015 
0 
1,0457249 
7,0786481 
0,0610639 
0,0489475 
0,9122293 
0 
8,3323384 
0,5818168 
13,1436828 
0,0335283 
0,1006786 
0,0191265 
1600,309282 
21,0489094 
0,0343746 
0,0297365 
0,0259319 
0,2185239 
3,4230266 
6,573016 
125,6336345 
0,0582731 
0 
22,644138 
0,1460063 Exchange rates 
June 1996 
n 
0,1049043 
83,4097923 
0,1392874 
0,1392874 
24,7917493 
0 
3,7854412 
12,7985256 
0,1392874 
0,0399074 
1,3371487 
0 
18,5154326 
0,7861635 
16,4725649 
0,0395695 
0,1885547 
0,0305614 
2492,273951 
31,7803343 
0,031837 
0,031837 
0,031837 
0,2476903 
3,5308241 
14,9195834 
348,9305279 
0,0764584 
1089,324619 
39,1711387 
0,3101833 Weightings 
July 1996 
94,06 
0,00 
60,94 
64,09 
95,17 
0,00 
27,62 
55,31 
43,84 
122,65 
68,22 
0,00 
45,00 
74,01 
79,79 
84,73 
53,39 
62,58 
64,21 
66,23 
107,97 
93,40 
81,45 
88,22 
96,95 
44,06 
36,01 
76,22 
0,00 
57,81 
47,07 
(*) Not available. 
(**) BEF 1 = local currency 
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 
(***) Brussels = 100 
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TABLE B 
n 
n n 
n n 
n Economie 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT parities 
July 1996 
Albania 2,2556249 
Algeria 0 
Angola 2468615,215 
Antigua and Barbuda 0,081068 
Argentina 0,0299492 
Australia 0,0333145 
Bangladesh 0,7777071 
Barbados 0,0544729 
Belize 0,0456028 
Benin 11,1971251 
Bolivia 0 
Bosnia-Herzogovina Ô 
Botswana 0,0647352 
Brazil 0,0244446 
Bulgaria 1,5568537 
Burkina Faso 13,0420989 
Burundi 7,4564554 
Cameroon 15,1617187 
Canada 0,0296948 
Central African Republic 18,3698684 
Chad 12,9296478 
Chile 11,0214007 
China 0,2073044 
Colombia 23,1500329 
Comoros 11,0233646 
Congo 15,8847088 
Costa Rica 4,2914188 
Cyprus 0,0123438 
Czech Republic 0,5561112 
Djibouti 6,6312349 
Dominican Republic 0,3064145 
Egypt 0,0632051 
Equatorial Guinea 13,2482031 
Eritrea . 0 
Estonia 0 
Ethiopia 0,0725413 
Ex-Yugoslavia 0 
Fiji 0,0316962 
Gabon 20,1557622 
Gambia 0,2471755 
Georgia 0,0261629 
Ghana 18,8697439 
Grenada 0,0793511 
Guinea 32,1593765 
Guinea-Bissau 457,1247205 
Guyana I 2,6616635 
(*) Not available. 
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TABLE B 
n 
O 
o 
n n 
n Economie 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT parities 
July 1996 
Haiti ."" o 
Hong Kong 0,2497ÎT8 
Hungary 3,5476908 
India 0,4445627 
Indonesia 59,0410903 
Israel 0,1092398 
Ivory Coast 15,259141 
Jamaica 0,6155779 
Japan 5,3131863 
Jordan 0,0141788 
Kazakhstan 0,0342607 
Kenya 1,1767997 
Latvia 0 
Lebanon 47,0506759 
Left Bank - Gaza Strip 0 
Lesotho | 0,0703153 
Liberia 0 
Lithuania 0 
Madagascar 68,2662146 
Malawi 0,1880859 
Mali 13,9842377 
Malta 0,009066 
Mauritania 3,3068724 
Mauritius 0,4316361 
Mexico 0,1181044 
Morocco 0,1961727 
Mozambique 194,4173606 
Namibia ; 0,0874029 
Netherlands Antilles 0,0450799 
New Caledonia 3,6821563 
Niger 13,0819304 
Nigeria 1,0355024 
Norway 0,2576376 
Pakistan - 0,6604226 
Papua New Guinea 0,0380214 
Peru 0,0627747 
Philippines 0,4918452 
Poland 716,1510829 
Republic of Cape Verde 1,9902843 
Romania 39,1804024 
Russia 0,0386537 
Rwanda . 0 
Senegal 12,2688129 
Sierra Leone 22,4305825 
Slovakia 0,5873548 
Slovenia I 3,6983593 
(*) Not available. 
(O 
TABLE B 
n 
n 
n 
n Economie 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT parities 
July 1996 
Solomon Islands 0,0986771 
Somalia Ô 
South Africa (Pretoria) 0,0848823 
South Africa (The Cape) 0,0892687 
South Korea 23,5938015 
Sri Lanka 0 
Sudan 1,0457249 
Suriname 7,0786481 
Swaziland 0,0610639 
Switzerland 0,0489475 
Syria 0,9122293 
Sâo Tome and Principe 0 
Tanzania 8,3323384 
Thailand 0,5818168 
Togo 13,1436828 
Tonga - 0,0335283 
Trinidad and Tobago 0,1006786 
Tunisia 0,0191265 
Turkey 1600,309282 
Uganda 21,0489094 
Ukraine 0,0343746 
United States of America (New York) 0,0297365 
United States of America (Washington) 0,0259319 
Uruguay 0,2185239 
Vanuatu 3,4230266 
Venezuela 6,573016 
Viet Nam . 125,6336345 
Western Samoa " 0,0582731 
Zaire 0 
Zambia 22,644138 
Zimbabwe 0,1460063 
(*) Not available. 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
Proposal for a 
Council of the European Union Regulation 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from 1 July 1996 
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities 
serving in third countries 
1. Budget item 
2. Legal basis A 6000 
Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the 
Staff Regulations 
Budgetary impact: 
- provisional real expenditure 
for 1996 
- estimate of effect of 
July 1996 weightings 
- estimated expenditure for six 
months {(2) x (6)} 
- effect in relation to provisional 
real expenditure {(2) : (1)} ECU 72 247 000 
(i.e. ECU 6 020 583 per month) (1) 
+ ECU 4 895 (2) 
+ ECU 29 370 
+ 0.081% 
This budgetary impact does not take account of the adjustment of the weightings laid 
down each month by the European Commission. 
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