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COM(74)1520 final
Brussels ,2October 1974
Proposai for a
REGULATION (EEC,EURATOM ,ECSC )OFTHE COUNCIL
firing theweightings applied tothe remunerations and pensions
ofofficials and other servants ofthe European Communities
e^toyed orresident inDenmark .Ireland and the United Kingdom
.Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC.EURATOM .ECSC )OFTHE COUNCIL
fixing the weightings applied tothe remunerations and pensions
ofofficials and other servants ofthe European Communities
employed orresident inDenmark ,Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom
(submitted totheCouncil "bythe Commission )
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EXPLANATORY IEÎÎOHAICDUI
I. Atthe express request oftherepresentatives ofthethree new Member
States ,theStatistical Office ofthe Barcpean Connnmitios has drawn up
tables comparing purchasing power inDublin and Copenhagen with purchasing
power inBrussels® .The comparative rates asbetween London and Brussels
have also been reexamined .The method followed bythe SOEG isgiven in
detail inthe report atAnnex Ihereto®
Onthe basis ofthestatistics contained therein and talcing into account
the increase inprices since 1January 1973 *the date ofthe enlargement
ofthe -Communities fthe Commission proposes the following weightings :
From 1January 1973 ;
Denmark 13ou9
Ireland 12G»7
United Kingdom 124*3 (instead of122,8 previously )
ascompared with Brussels 112,8
Prom 1July 1973 :
Dermarlc 147*7
Ireland 128.2
United Kingdom 131*4 (instead of129.8 previously )
ascompared with Brussels 117
From 1January 1974 ;
Denmark 158«8
Ireland 137*9
United Kingdom 138*2 (instead of135.5 previously )
ascompared with Brussels 'i£2 c5*
Itisunderstood that these weightings aretobeconsidered incorrelation
with the exchange parities \ised forthe payment ofremunerations andreferred
toinArticle 63of.theStaff Regulations .
1...Adjrstment taking into account theincrease inprices between August 1973
and February 1974 *

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Aproposal foraCouncil Regulation No /74fixing theweightings applied
totheremunerations andpensions ofofficials andother servants ofthe
European Communities employed inDenmark ,Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom
istherefore submitted fortheCouncil 'sapproval .Thedraft inquestion
istobefound inAnnex II.
II.Article 65(2 )oftheStaff Regulations provides asfollows :
•'Intheevent ofasubstantial change inthecost ofliving ,theCouncil
shall decide byagreement ,within twomonths ,what adjustment should be
made totheweightings and ifappropriate toapply them retrospectively ".
Moreover ,initem libofthedecision taken on21March 1972 onthemethod
ofcalculation used fortheperiodic examination ofthelevel ofthe
remunerations ofofficials ,theCouncil stated that itwould compensate for
therise inthe cost ofliving byadjusting theweightings according to
Article 65(1 )from theendoftheperiod ofreference andwithout prejudice
totheapplication oftheprovisions ofArticle 65(2).
Thejoint indexes drawn upbytheStatistical Office oftheEuropean
Communities inaccordance with thedepartments oftheOECD ,ILOand
theNational Statistical Offices oftheMember States reflecting theincrease
inthe cost ofliving forthefirst quarter of1974 aregiven indetail in
Annex IIIofthereport .
Inparticular ,arise of3•&?<>maybenoted inBelgium (joint index -without
rent).Theofficial Belgian consumer price index also shows arise of
3*6foforthesame period .AttheendofJune 1974 »this index hadreached
thelevel of108.2 6$.
Similar ,ifnotlarger ,rises have taken place inallthecountries where
officials areemployed .They cancertainly beconsidered "substantial ".
Inview oftheabove ,theCommission hasdecided topropose that the
weightings beadjusted with effect from 1April 1974 asdescribed indraft
Council Regulation No/74tobefound atAnnex IV.

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A1TOEX I
STATISTICAL OFFICE
OF THE EUROPEAN COMU1ITIES
Population and SocialStatistics Directorete " Document No88/74
COPY
Definitio n ifortheweighting provide !forunderArticle 64oftheSxrff Regulations ofofficials
ofthe European Communities for Dunlin and
Introduction
1»Article 64oftheStaff Regulations ofofficials ofthe European
Communities provides that anofficial *sremuneration expressed in
Belgian francs shall ,after the compulsory deductions set out inthese
Staff Regulations orifany implementing Regulations have been made ,
beweighted atarate above ,below orequal to100$ ,depending on
living conditions inthevarious places ofemployment"' ",
2. Thestatistical interpretation ofArticle 64oftheStaff
Regulations means that what hastobecalculated (bymeans ofthe
weighting mentioned intheArticle )isthe comparative price levels as
between thevarious places ofemployment andBrussels ,theprovisional
headquarters .
Inthis way,the Council basing itself enaprices enquiry carried out
bythe SOEC ,hasfixed thedifferent ^eighfcigfi currently inforce for
most ofthe countries where officials ofthe European Communities are
employed .
– ./.
Cf.Official Journal ofthe European Communities No C100 of
23September 1972 .

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3. Asthe SOEC did not yet hrve sufficient statistical information
available onIreland and Denmark ,the Counoil decided ,provisionally ,
toalign thelevel ofremunerations for these two countries onthe
Brussels level .
Atthe annual review ofremunerations ofofficials and other servants
ofthe Communities for the period 1972-73 *theStaff Regulations
working party asked the SOEC tofix aseparate weighting for each of
these two countries .
Foritspart ,the Commission administration requested that the SOEC
should atthe sane time check whether the London weighting was correct .
Calculatins 1methods
4. The comparison oftherelative cost -of-living levels oftwo or
more regions orcountries atagiven time isextremely difficult .
The following requirements have tobemet :
(a)prices forproducts that arecomparable inquality must berecorded ;
(b)forthepurpose ofworking outaverages anideal shopping basket
has tobeput together ;
(c)thespecific problem introduced bytheuseofdifferent currencies ,
e.g. ,the Belgian franc ,the pound sterling andthe Danish kroner ,
has tobedealt with .
5. Recording prices ofcomparable products
Re(a)Inthecontext ofstudies onthecorrelating factor for consumers *
purchasing power ,the SOEC carries outregular price enquiries inclose
collaboration with thenational statistical institutes orcompetent
authorities ofthe member countries .
Thelast enquiry was held inOctober 1973 •
Themechanics oftheenquiry (list ofitems ,description ,number of
recordings ,choice ofshops ,etc.)were worked out bytherelevant
"Price statistics "and working party . Thepractical organization ofthe
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enquiry was entrusted tothenational statistical mstitues or
competent bodies ofthe member countries concerned .
The enquiry onthe ground wascarried out bySOEC officials andnational
statistical institutes orcompetent services (forBrussels ~Service de
1*Index duMinist&re des Affaires Economiques beige ;for London -
Department ofEmployment )supervised bymembers oftheworking party .
Itwas theresponsibility ofthelatter toensure that the goods whose
prices were recorded were comparable from country tocountry . This
requirement isessential ,since the whole value oftheresults depends
on'the concept ofquality comparable between countries ,asthe weighting
isfixed onageographical basis ,
6. Thelarge amount ofdata assembled made itpossible tocalculate
anaverage price perarticle aridcity . Theratio between the average
price forarticle AinDublin and the average price for the same
article AinBrussels iswhat iscalled the "basic economic parity ".
For each article considered this parity indicates how much amonetary
unit inDublin ,for example ,isworth inmonetary units inBrussels ,
and vice versa .
There are asmany "basic economic parities "asthere are goods and ■
services whose prices have been sampled .
7. One ofthe problems which have not been solved bythis enquiry is
that ofthe average rent paid byEuropean officials . This isbecause
not enough European officials arestationed inDublin ,London and
Copenhagen toallow asignificant average price forthese three areas
ofemployment tobecalculated .
Itithis connection itshould also benoted that formethodological
reasons medical care has also had tobeexcluded from this calculation .
About 300intheprésent enquiry .

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3. Re(fc)VJ^ightir-g schene
Tocalculate theoverall equivalence rate ofconsumers' purchasing power
asynthesis must first beobtained from all the elementary economic
parities byusing aweighting scheme which gives therelative importance
ofall goods and services intotal consumption .
The weighting scheme used bythe SOEC isthe one used each year to
calculate thejoint Index andisbased onthe European officials' family
budget enquiry carried out bythe SOEC .
9• Re(c)Calculating économie paritics
Aswas seen above ,the overall economic parity was calculated bytalcing
the weighted average ofthe elementary parities .
These elementary parities cenbeobtained bytaking theratio between
Brussels prices and those inDublin ,London and Copenhagen ortheratio
between Dublin ,London and Copenhagen prices andthose ofBrussels .
Thefirst calculation would give the economic parity ofone pound sterling
orone Danish kroner expressed inBelgian francs ,whilst the second would
give the economic parity ofone Belgian franc expressed inpounds
sterling orDanish kroner .
These two calculations can beexpressed bythe following formulae :
i\ Рв \ PA l l
1
PBî
PA -
where
p^=Average price peritemincountry A
.pg=Average price peritem incountry B
=Weighting coefficient per item .
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Both calculations arevalid ,neither carrying more weight than theother .
10.The double calculation was therefore made onthe basis oftheprice
rs-tios Brussels _andtheprice ratios
Dublin ,London ,Copenhagen
Dublin ,iLondo n,Copenh agen
Brus sels
The following were theresults obtained :
Economic parity calculated onthe basi3 oftheratios Brussels
Dublin ,London ,Copenhagen
£1(Dublin ) =Bfrs 135 »72
£1(London ) =Bfrs 130 <>07
Dkr 1(Copenhagen )=Bfrs 6.02
Economic parity calculated onthebasis oftheratios Dublin ,London ,Copenhagen
Brus sels
Bfrs 100 =84.74 pence (Dublin )
Bfrs 100 =86.42 pence (Lôndon )
Bfrs 100 =•Ha *18.77 (Copenhagen )
Since the formula isreversible ,asingle -figure can beused toexpress •
theratio between theprices ,
Dublin/Lond on/Copenhagen and Brussels
Brus sels DubliiyLondonT "Copenhagen
byusing thegeometric mean ofthe twoparities (Fisher index ).
11.Proceedings thus ,the following final results areobtained :
Economic parity inOctober 1973 (Fisher method .)
Bfrs 100 =79.02 pence (Dublin )
Bfrs 100 =8I.5I pence (London )
Bfrs 100 =Dkr17.66 (Copenhagen )
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AMEX I;
12.Caloulrtion cfthereighting
Thewoighting must therefor© express thedifferences inprice
levels between thevarious places ofemployment and Brussels .Itis
obtained bydividing the economic parity obtained from theprice enquiry
(seeparagraph 11),bythe exchange rate which the Commission uses to
convert the remuneration ofofficials . Asisknown ,these rates are
those fixed bytheInternational Monetary Fund on1January 1965^•
Inorder to .allow for modifications the Council has made tothe
weightings since 1January 1973 when the Community was enlarged ,the
SOSC onthebasis ofnational cost ofliving indices has calculated
weightings notonly forthedate oftheenquiry (October 1973 )butalso
for 1January 1973 ~nd 1July 1973 . Thefollowing table sums upall
these calculations .
Weightings for Dublin ,London and Copenhagen
Weighting for Brussels =100
' >; 1January 1973 i 1July 1973 'October 1973 i. – " ^ i \ – – i/–y t-* -– – 1 1
I r~ ' ■ î ■ I
jDublin ! 107.0 , 109.6 | 110.6 j
: ' s i
!London ; 110.2 ! 112.3 . 114.1 i
' ' i 1
!Copenhagen 123.1 126.2 1 127«9 f
These rates
£1
Bfrs 100 =
Dkr 1'
Bfrs 100 aare :
Bfrs 140 or
71.43 pence
Bfrs 7-24 or
Dkr 13.81

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AMIES II–– ι«ΙιΛ ■ ■Πι■
Regulation (EEC,EURATOM ,ECSC )Ho/74oftheCouncil
of
fixing the weightings applied tothe remunerations and pensions
ofofficials and other servants ofthe European Communities
employed orresident inDenmark ,Ireland andthe United Kingdom
■itfJf ww i wee*iW–«i»ininifn »iinnnn «ii'trnx
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing asingle Council and asingle
Commission ofthe European Communities ;
Having regard toRegulation (EEC,2URAT0M ,ECSC)Ho259/68^laying downthe
Staff Regulations ofOffioials andthe Conditions ofEmployment ofOther
Servants ofthe European Communities ,aslast amended "byRegulation
(EEC,EOItATOM fECSC)Ho1408/742,andtoArticles 64,65(2)and82ofthe
said Staff Regulations andthefirst paragraph ofArticle 20andArticle 64
ofthe Conditions ofEmployment ofOther Servants ofthe Community ;
Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ;
Whereas ,pursuant toArticle 64oftheStaff Regulations ofOfficials of
the European Communities stipulating that the remuneration ofofficials
expressed inBelgian francs ,after the compulsory deductions set outin
these Staff Regulations orany implementing regulations have been made ,
shall "beweighted atarate above ,below orequal ...to100% ,depending onthe
1living conditions inthevarious places ofemployment ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ,.
,10JloL56,4Ifer.qh 1968,po 1.
"•0JNoL150,7June 1974 ,P»
30JNoC100,28September 1972. ;"

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AMEX II
Article 1
1,With effect from 1January 1973 »theweightings applied tothe remuneration
ofofficials employed inone ofthe countries mentioned "below shall befixed
asfollows :
Denniark 139 »9
Ireland 120.7
United Kingdom 124.3
2.With effect from 1January 1973 ,theweightings applied topensions ,
pursuant tothesecond paragraph ofArticle 82(l )oftheStaff Regulations ,
shall befixed asfollows ,depending onthebeneficiary 'sdeclared country
ofdomicile within the Community :
Denmark 139*9
4Ireland 120.7
United Kingdom 124.3
Article 2
1.With effect from 1July 1973 »theweightings applied tothe remuneration
ofofficials employed inone ofthe countries mentioned below shall befixed
asfollows :
Denmark 147*7
Ireland 128.2
United Kingdom 131*4
2.With effect from 1July 1973 *theweightings applied topensions ,
pursuant tothesecond paragraph ofArticle 82(l)oftheStaff Regulations ,
shall befixed asfollows ,depending onthebeneficiary 'sdeclared country
ofdomicile within the Community :
Denmark 147*7
Ireland 128.2
United Kingdom 131*4

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Ла – АДОЕК IIAff\
Article 3
m.«B-wd n.m
1.With effect from 1January 1974 the weightings applied tothe
remuneration ofofficials employed inone ofthe countries mentioned below
shall "befixed asfollows s
Demnark 158 »8
Ireland 137*9
United Kingdom 138«2
2.With effect from 1January 1974 "theweightings applied topensions ,
pursuant tothesecond paragraph ofArticle 82(l )oftheStaff Regulations ,
shall befixed asfollows ,depending onthebeneficiary *sdeclared country
ofdomicile within the Community :
Denmark 158.8
Ireland 137«9
United Kingdom 133s ,2
Article 4
■Μ*
Theweighting fortheUnited Kingdom stipulated inArticle l(l)and (2)of
-Regulation (ECSC,EEC,EURATOM )ITo1301/73oftheCouncil of14Hay1973 1
ishereby repealed with effect from 1January 1973 »
Theweighting fortheUnited Kingdom stipulated inArticle 50)and (2)of
Regulation (EEC,EL7EATCM .ECSC)Ho2/74of "theCouncil of28December 1973^
ishereby repealed with effect from 1July 1973 »
Theweighting fortheUnited Kingdom stipulated inArticle l(l)and (2)of
Regulation (EEC,EURATOM ,ECSC)Ho1408/74oftheCouncil of4June^743
ishereby repealed with effect from 1January 1974 * /•/•
gOT NoL132,19May 1973 ,p. 1.
~0JhoL2,3January 1974 »p»1«
OJNoL150,7June 1974 »P«1»

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AifelEX II
WMrMOMMVI
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities ,
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at . For the Council
The President

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AJTOEX III
Luxembourg ;,2?-;v.
REPORT
oftheStatistical Office oftheEuropean Communities
ontheestablishment ofthe joint index forthe
period 1January 1974 -1April 1974
(Article 65(2 ;cftheStaff Regulations )
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Inaccordance with Article 6p(2 ;of'theStaff Regulations ofofficials
oftheEuropean Communities ,theStatistical Office established the
common index onthebasis ofaprice survey forBrussels carried out
bytheIndex Department oftheBelgian Ministry ofEconomic Affairs
andEnergy ,andonthebasis offigures provided bytheInter-Organization
Section fortheStudy ofWages andPrices (organizations coordinated in
Paris ).
ForDenmark andIreland theOffice used thenational cost-of-living index ,
since noindex iscalculated for these two countries for international
purposes .
Alltheindices forthis report (except that forIreland )were established
for 1April 1974 (1January 1974 »100).
Theoverall results forthevarious countries arerecorded inasummary
table ,thesub-indicies forthedifferent groups ofarticles being setout
inthe annexed tables .
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1^ AMEX III
Recapitulatory table ofthe .joint index
Situation at 1April 1974
1January 1974 =100
Index numbers
at 1April 1974
1January 1974 =100
Belgium
Brussels ,excluding rent 103.6
Italy
RomeH II103.7
France
Paristt II103-7
Germany
Bonn11 11 101.6
Netherlends \
The Hague«1 tt103.1
United Kin^dom
London11 tt104.4
Ireland 105.5
Bermark 103
Switzerland
Geneva 101.1
February 1974-May 1974 .
Thecost-of-living index iscalculated only every three months .

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1List oftables
Index numbers bygroups ofexpenditure :
Table 1............. Belgium
Table 2 • .•Italy
Table 3... .......... France
Table 4•>• •* .... Germany (Federal Republic )
Table 5..... ÎTetherlands
Table o. United Kingdom
1Itshould bepointed outthat ,since thefigures arerounded off ,
multiplying thesub-indices bytheweighting does notalways give the
exact general index .

murs ,ni
BELGIUM
(Brussels )
Table 1
Consumer price index bygroup ofexpenditure
(prepared from aprice survey carried out "bytheIndex Department of
theMinistry ofEconomic Affairs and Energy ,weighted totake account
oftheenquiry into European officials' family budgets ).
1/"-
excluding rent
Group ofexpenditure Weighting ■ Index numbers at
1April 1974
(1January 1974 =100)
COTISAI IHDEX BOMBER 1000.0 '103.b
Food 305.2 105.2
Housing ,furniture ,house­
hold equipment ,articles
and related services 199.6 104-7
Clothing 117.6 103.4
Medical services and
personal hygiene 65.3 102.8
Transport 171.7 -101.9
Cultural activities ,
entertainment 99.6 101.1
•Kiacellaneous 41.0 100.2 '•

ITALY
(lîors )
Table 2
Consumer price index byf^ouncf expenditure
at1April 1974 (1January 1974=100)
(calculated from index numbers prepared bytheInter-Organization
Section fortheSbudy ofWages andPrices )
Group ofexpenditure Weight'ing Index numbers at
1April 1974
(1January 1974 -100)
GENERAL iKDiiX lflJÏIBER 1000.0 103.7
I.Food ,drink ,rest . 302.0 104.9
II.Rent ,gasandelectricity 201.0 100.0
III .Household equipment and
maintenance 78.0 104.9 '
IV.Dôme stic service 32.0 100.0
V.Clothing andfootwear 102.0 106.9
VI.Personal hygiene ■35.3 105.5
VII .Medical care 22.S 100.3
VIII .Transport 124.0 ■ 104.2
IX.Récréation ,reading 69.5 104.4
X.Miscellaneous 33.5 100.6

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Table 3
Consumer price index bygroup ofexpenditure
at 1April 1974 (1January 1974 =100)
(calculated from index numbers prepared bythe I33SEE fortheInter-
Organization Section fortheStudy ofWages andPrices )
Group ofexpenditure Weighting Index numbers at
1April l974
(1January 1974 =100)
G3NEPAL IHD5X MMEERS 1000.0 103.7
I.Pood ,drink ,rest . 296.5 103,2
II.Rent ,gas and
electricity 194.5 100,4
III.Household equipment and
maintenance 76.5 104.1
IV.Domestic service 50.0 100.0
V,Clothing and .footwear 99.0 103.9
VI.Personal hygiene 31.0 101.7
VII .Medical care 31.0 105.2
VIII .Transport 110.5 113.0
IX.Récréation ,reading .78.0 104.4
X.Miscellaneous 33.0 100.5

k AdTÈX III"Zo- GrnmrT~ –
(Bonn )
ïafcle 4
Consumer price index oygroup ofexpenditure
at1April 1974 (1January 1974=100)
(calculated from index numbers prepared bytheInter-Organization
Section fortheStudy ofWages andPrices )
CrouD ofe::penditure Ueighti ng Index numbers at
1April 1974
(1Jaimary 1974 =100)
GENERAL INDEX ÏÏUMBER 1000.0 101.6
I.Food ,drink ,.rest . 271.0 01.6
II.Pent .gasandelectiicity 191.0 98.4
III .Lousehold equipment and
maintenance 121.0 103.2
IV.Domestic service 18.5 100.0
v.Clothing andfootwear 100.0 102.4
VI.Personal hygiene 28.0 102,4
VII .Medical care 25.0 102.0
VIII .Transport 145.5 Ю4.3
IX»Récréation ,reading 64.5 102.5
X.Miscellaneous 35.5 100.3

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Tfi±eKa/niê)
ТаЪ1е 5
Consumer prioe index "bygroup ofexpenditure at1April 1974 .
(lJanuary 1974 =100)
(calculated from index numbers prepared by
theInter-Organization Section
fortheStudy ofWage sandPrices )
Group ofexpenditure Weighting Index numbers at
1April 1974(lJanuary 1974 =100)
GEHEPJLL INDEX KXJIEBER 1000.0 103.1
I. Food ,drink ,rest . 253.0 100.0
II.Rent ,gas andelectricity 1C0.0 102.4
III.Household equipment and
maintenance 117.0 103.6
IV.Domestic service 22,0 - 100.0
V . Clothing and footwear $o.O 105.2
VI.Personal hygiene 29.0 104.2
VII.Kedioal care 36.0 102.7
VIII .Transport 158.0 107.3
IX.Recreation ,reading 72.0 104.6
X. Miscellaneous 35.0 ' 100.3

UM TED KINGDOM
TLondon )
Table 6
Consumer prices index bygroup ofexpenditure at1April 1974 .
(lJanuary 1974 38100)
(calculated from index numbers prepared by
the Inter-Organization Section
forthe Studjr ofWages andPrices )
Group ofexpenditure Weighting Index numbers at
1April 1974
(lJanuary 1974 =100)
GENERAL INDEX NIMBER 1000.0 104.4
I. Pood ,drink ,rest . 246.5
II.Rent ,ga3 andelectricity 244.5
III.Household equipment and
maintenance * 78.5
IV.Domestic service 42.0
V . Clothing and footwear 83.5
VI.Personal hygiene 23.0
VII.Medical care 24.5
VIII .Transport 144.0
IX.Récréation ,reading 65.0
X. I-IiscellaneoiTs 43.5104.4
102.6
104.7
110.5
105.8
106.5
100.8
105.8
103.6
101.5

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AMEI .IV
Regulation (EEC,EURATOII ,ECSC )No /74oftheCornell
of
fixing theweightings applied totheremunerations andpensions
ofofficials and other servants ofthe European Communities
employed orresident inDenmark .Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom
SHE COUNCIL OPTHE EUROPEAN CCI.IilUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing asingle Council andasingle
Commission ofthe European Communities !
Having rogard toCounoil Regulation .(EEC,EURATOM ,ECSC )Ho259/68^"
laying down theStaff Regulations ofOfficials andtheConditions of
Deployment ofOther Servants ofthe European Communities 2aslast amended
byRegulation (EEC,EURATOM ,ECSC)No1408/742,andtoArticles 64,65(2)
and 62ofthe said Staff Regulations andthefirst paragraph ofArticle 20
andArticle 64ofthe Conditions ofUnployment ofOther Servants ofthe
Community $
Having regard tothe proposal from the Commissi on$
Whereas "byreason ofthe substantial rise inthe cost ofliving which has
taken place inBelgium andinthe other countries where officials and
other servants ofthe European Communities are employed during thefirst
quarter of1974 »the weightings applying tothe remuneration and pensions
ofthese officials andother servants should beadjusted ^
Whereas the adjustment toremunerations andpensions provided for bythe
present regulations ismade byway ofanadvance onthe adjustment tobe
made bythe Council following the annual review ofremunerations next
September pursuant toArticle 65(1 )oftheStaff Regulations fora
reference period running from 1July 1973 to30June 1974j
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
T"– .
OJNoL56of4March i960 ,p.1
NoL150of7June 1974 fp.1

m­/JELir'A IV
Article 1
1.With effect from 1April 1974 ,the weightings applicable tothe
remuneration ofofficials employed inthe countries listed below shall "be
asfollox-rs :
Belgium 126.9
Denmark lt»3.6
Germany 11G.7
Prance 153.4
Irelana 145.5
Italy 131.3
Luxemoourg 126.9
ITetherlands 126.1
United Kingdom 144.3
Swit zcrland 122
USA 179.3
2.IJith effect from 1April 1974 the weighting applicable topensions in
accordance with the second subparagraph ofArticle C2(l )oftheStaff
Regulations shall bethat given below for the Community country inwhich
the person entitled tothe pension declares his domicile tobe:
126.5
163.6
118.7
153.4 .
145.5
131.3
126.9
126.1
144.3
122
179.3Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Switzerland
USA
Ifaperson entitled tothe pension declares his domicile tobeina
country other than those listed above ,theweighting applicable tothe
pension shall bethat fixed for Belgium .

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AM EXIV
Article 2
Council Regulation (EEC,EURATOM ,ECSC )No140G/74andArticle 3(l)
and (2)ofCouncil Regulation ITo /74fixing theweightings for
remunerations andpensions ofofficials and other agents ofthe
European Communities working orresiding inDenmark ,Ireland orthe
United Kingdom arerepealed with effect from 1April 1974 .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthe day following its
publication intheOfficial Journal ofthe European Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Ilember States .
Done at For the Council
ThePresident ,

Wp&EBm OPffiiura ™TOTHE COST OFLIVING
(Article 65(2 )oftheStaff Regulations )
Financial cost
71aototal appropriations required m1974 for adapting the weightings
from 1April 1974 "tothe cost ofliving inthe various places inwhich
officials perform thoir duties is
4,729.040 u.a.for the Commission
or
6»312»123 u.a.forailtheInstitutions
Timetable
Theproposal is "based onArticle 65(2 )oftheStaff Regulations ,"bywhich
the Council must make adecision within amaximum oftwo months .
Adecision istherefore toheexpected inthe course ofNovember *