ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES 
DE LA COMMISSION 
 
 
 
COLLECTION RELIEE DES 
DOCUMENTS "COM" 
 
 
 
 
COM (83) 443 
 
 
 
Vol. 1983/0 171 
  
 
Disclaimer  
Conformém ent au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983 
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique 
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983, 
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003 
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents 
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit 
règlem ent. 
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983 
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Econom ic 
Communit y and the European Atom ic Energy Communit y (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as 
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243, 
27.9.2003, p. 1), t his file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this 
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.  
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom  1. 
Februa r 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen  
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgem einschaft (ABI. L 43 vom  15.2.1983,  
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. Septem ber 2003  
(ABI. L 243 v om 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit  
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5  
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.  
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C0MC83) 443 final  
Brussels, 8 July 1983
Proposal for a
ÇQyNÇIL.BEGULATION.CEEÇ^.EyRATOM^.EÇSÇ)
adjusting the weightings applied in Italy to the remuneration  
and pensions of officials and other servants of the  
European Communities
(presented by the Commission to the Council)
COM(83) 443 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Following high inflation in Italy in 1976, staff at Ispra asked  
that the weighting be adjusted, claiming that it was not high enough  
and that it did not take account of living conditions in Ispra.  
Weightings have been fixed for national capitals since 1978.
As a result, the weighting for Italy was increased by 6.4% by  
Council Regulations No 3084/78 of 21.12.1978^ and No 3087/78 of  
21.12.1978^ and backdated to 1 January 1978.
A group of staff working in Ispra appealed, under the conditions laid  
down by Articles 90 and 91 of the Staff Regulations, against their  
salary statements for January 1979 which were calculated on the basis  
of the above regulations. They argued that the new weighting applicable  
from 1  January 1978 should have been backdated to 1  January 1976 since  
it was based on a statistical survey conducted at the end of 1975.
They further argued that a statistical weighting should have been fixed  
for staff in Varese to take account of living conditions in the area.
On the backdating issue, the Court found as follows:
"The Statistical Office's reports dated 17 and 29 June 1976 and its  
memorandum dated 17 August 1976 show that the cost of living in Rome and,  
to a greater extent in Varese, increased by some 2% more than in Brussels  
in 1976."
0J No L 369, 29.12.1978, p. 1.  
0J No L 369, 29.12.1978, p. 10.

-  2 -
The Court referred to its judgment of 6 October 1982 (Case 59/81 -  
Commission v Council) in which it declared that the Council's role in  
adjusting the weightings was to determine whether there had been a  
considerable increase or not and, if so, to act accordingly.
On the second point, i.e. the fixing of a separate weighting for Ispra,  
the Court found in favour of the applicants:
"39. Under those conditions, in order that the rule contained in  
Article 64 of the Staff Regulations to the effect that account must  
be taken of living conditions in the various "places of employment"  
may be observed, that expression must be understood as meaning not only  
the capitals of the Member States but the exact places where the duties  
of a sufficiently large number of officials and other employees of the  
Communities are performed.
40. Therefore it is for the Community institutions, in cases in which  
the cost of living in such a place of employment undergoes fluctuations  
greater than those occurring in the capital of the State in question,  
to determine separate weightings. Hence the applicant's submission  
relating to the calculation of the weighting affecting his salary on  
the basis of the cost of living in the province of Varese must be  
considered well founded."
The Commission is of the opinion that the weightings that the judgments  
referred to hold to be incorrectly established be repealed.
As to the backdating issue, the Commission considers that the 6.4%  
increase in the weighting applicable to the salaries and pensions of  
officials and other servants in Italy, set out in Regulations Nos 3084/78  
and 3087/78, should be backdated to 1  January 1976.
As to the establishment of a separate weighting for Varese, the  
Commission has adopted the statistical method recommended by the  
Statistical Office of the European Communities and explained in the  
attached technical report. An ad hoc survey of living conditions in  
Varese and Rome would not give satisfactory results for previous years.

- 3 -
However, the Commission plans to undertake such a survey in future.
It is proposed that separate weightings be fixed for Varese from  
1  January 1976 onwards, since the weightings fixed prior to that date  
have not been disputed.
The attached proposal for a Regulation complies with the Court's  
judgments as far as regulations laying down weightings from  
1  January 1976 to 1  July 1982 are concerned. The amendments to be  
made to the proposal for a regulation submitted under Article 65(2)
on ....... will mean consequential adjustments to this proposal as
so
on as the Statistical Office of the European Communities is in a  
position to produce a time index for Varese.

STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DOÇ^NoJjQH/SS
Demographic and social statistics
Memorandum on the Court's Judgment of 15 December 1982
- Action to be taken following the Court's Judgment of
15 December 1982 on the weighting applicable to the remuneration  
of staff serving in Italy.
- Statistical aspects of the problem.

-  2 -
1. Following the Court's Judgment, the 6.4% increase in the weighting  
for Italy (Rome and Varese) approved by the Council with effect from  
1  January 1978 must be backdated to 1  January 1976.
This means that the weighting in force on 1  January 1976 must be  
multiplied by a factor of 106.4. After that date and up to 1  July 1977,  
the weightings must be multiplied by the same factor. For Rome,  
therefore, the weighting applicable on 1  January 1978 and subsequent  
weightings are correct.
Table 1
Regulation Entry into force Old weightingCorrection 
to be made
1592/76 1.1.76 176,6 106,4
3177/76 1.7.76 189,3 106,4
3177/76 1.1.77 120 106,4
1409/77 1.1.77 132,1 106,4
2859/77 1.7.77 130,2 106,4
1461/78 1.1. '78 137,6 106,4
3087/78 1.1.78 146,4 weighting:
correct
2. For Varese there are two problems:
The first is to establish the difference in price levels between Rome  
and Varese on 1  January 1976; the second is to build an index for  
the Ispra area.
Annex I describes the procedure used to establish the difference  
in price levels.
Annex II describes the method used by the Office to calculate a  
specific index for Ispra (Annex II and Table 2).
Finally, Table 3 shows the corrections to be made for Varese from  
1  January 1976 to 1  July 1982 to take account of the Court's  
deci sion.

Procedure used to establish the difference in price Levels between
Ispra and Rome on 1  January 1976
I.  Basis
Price survey conducted in April 1967 in Brussels, Rome and Ispra  
(see Doc. No 106/68 attached).
Results of survey  
Brussels = 100
Ispra = 99.44
Rome = 101.27
or =
Rome = 100
Ispra = 98.2
II. Price increases in Rome and Varese between 1 April 1967 and  
1  January 1976 (Consumer price indices for white and blue collar  
workers and their dependents - regional indices).
April 1967 - December 1975 Rome Varese
193.4 201.9
or Rome = 100 Varese = 104.4
Calculation  
April 1967  
(1966 = 100)
December 1975  
(1970 = 100)
Basic linking scale
177.9
101.4x 1.1024 = 193.4Rome
101.4Varese
101.3
177.9
1.1024181.0
1.1301
181.0
101.3x 1.1301 = 201.9
III. The difference in price levels between Rome and Varese on  
1  January 1976 can therefore be estimated at 4.4% - 1.8% = 2.6%.

ANNEX II
Building of a specific cost of living index  
for the Ispra area
In accordance with a Council Decision of 1968 the weightings  
applicable in the different countries are those of the capitals. The  
Court Judgment in Case 543/79 of 15 December 1982 states:
"39. Under those conditions, in order that the rule contained in Article  
64 of the Staff Regulations to the effect that account must be taken of living  
conditions in the various "places of employment" may be observed, that  
expression must be understood as meaning not only the capitals of the  
Member States but the exact places where the duties of a sufficiently  
large number of officials and other employees of the Communities are  
performed.
40. Therefore it is for the Community institutions, in cases in which  
the cost of living in such a place of employment undergoes fluctuations  
greater than those occurring in the capital of the State in question,  
to determine separate weightings." ( ...)
(S
ections 39 and 40, page 76 of the Court's Judgment).
The Office has thus attempted to calculate a specific index for  
Varese. For technical reasons it has not been possible to calculate  
a genuine "joint index", i.e. an index calculated on the basis of a  
weighting specific to Community officials^, for the period from  
1 January 1976 to 1 July 1982.
To offset this drawback the Office has based its calculations on  
increases in ISTAT regional indexes for Rome and Varese and the  
increase in the joint index for Rome. The latter "internationalizes"  
the Varese regional index by indirect application of an "international  
officials" weighting.
The results of employing this method are shown in Table 2.
An index of this kind will be calculated from 1  July 1982 in  
collaboration with ISTAT.

TABLE 2
Cost of Living index for Rome and Varese  
from 1 January 1976 to 1  July 1982.
Dates^Joint index  
RomeRegionalindex
Corrected index  
for Varese^Correction for Varese  
to take account of the  
different patterns of  
cost-of-living  
increases in the two  cities^RomeVarese
1 . V . 7 6 100,0
1.1.76 106,0 - - - -
1.7.76 111,6 109,7 110,2 112,1 100,4
1.1.77 110,1 109,1 110,7 111,7 101,5
1.7.77 106,9 107,9 110,4 109,4 102,3
1.1.78 105,7 104,3 104,3 105,7 100,0
1.7.78 104,/, 105,5 106,2 105,1 100,7
1.1.79 107,1 106,1 106,1 107,1 100,0
1.7.79 105,6 107,6 108,0 105,9 100,4
1.1.80 109,3 109,6 108,3 108,0 98,8
1.4.80 106,3 106,6 103,9 102 , G 97,4
1.7.80 106,2 103,5 104,7 106,4 101,1
1  .1 .81 110,5 112,2 110,5 108,8 98,5
1.7.81 109,9 108,5 109,2 110,6 100,6
1.1.82 108,0 108,6 106,3 105,7 97,9
1 .7.8? 106,3 105,9 106,4^ 106,8 100,5
1Base 100 = previous date
2..Varese .  .  .  .  .----- = joint indexRo
me J
• Corrected joint index for Varese  
Joint index for Rome

TABLE 3
Corrections to be applied for Varese to Italian weightings between
1 January 1976 and 1  July 1982 following the Court's Judgment - · ·
of 15 December 1982^
Regulations 
1  'Date of 
entry into 
force
2OldCorrection to• - r '
be applied
New
Weighting
8Weighting
3 4 5 6Total
corrections
7
1592/76 1.1.76 176,6 106,4 102,6 —109,2 192,8
3177/76 1.7.76 189,3 106,4 102,6100,4109,6 2 0 7 ,5
3177/76 1.1.77 120,0 106,4 102,6 101,5 111,2 133,4
]409/77 1.1.77 132,1 106,4 102,6101,5111,2 146,9
2859/77 1.7.77 130,2 106,4 102,6 102,3113,8 148,2
1461/78 1.1.78 137,6 .106,4 102,6 100,0113,8 156,6
3087/78 1.1.78 146,4 -102,6 10 0 ,0 107,0 156,6
3004/78 1.7.78 146,8 -102,6 100,7107,7 158,1
161/80 1.1.79 157,2 -102,6 100,0107,7 169,3
161/80 1.4.79 75,3 -102,6 10 0 ,4 108,1 81,4
161/80 1.7.79 70,5 -102,6 100,4108,1 76,2
1525/80 1.1.80 77,1 -102,6 98,8106,8 82,3
3139/82 1.4.80 81,2 -102,6 97,4104,0 84,4
397/81 1.7.80 75,3 -102,6' 10] ,1 105,1 79,1
3017/02 16.11.80 82,4 -102,6 98,5103,5 85,3
1974/81 1.1.81 82,4 -102,6 98,5103,5 85,3
372/82. 16.5.81 91,5 -102,6 100,6 104,1 95,3
372/82 1.7.81 83,6 -102,6 100,6 104,1 87,0
1625/08 16.11.81 89,0 -102,6 97,9101,9 90,7
1625/82 1.1.02 89,0 -102,6 97,9101,9 90,7
- 1.7.82 09,7 -102,6 100,5 102,4 91,9
New weighting = old weighing (column 3) multiplied by the correction shown  
in column 7.
Column 4: correction to allow for backdating to 1 January 1976.
Column 5: correction to take account of the difference in price levels  
between Rome and Varese on 1 January 1976.
Column 6:  correction to take account of the different patterns of cost-of-living
increases in Rome and Varese from 1 January 1976.

STATISTICAL OFFICE  
OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIESDoc. No 106/68
Social Statistics
Report
by the Statistical Office of the European Communities  
on the establishment of purchasing power parities for  
European civil servants  
(geographical indexes)
1. In 1966, the Statistical Office of the European Communities was
asked by the ECSC High Authority, the EEC Commission and the
EAEC Commission to compare price levels in the different places
of employment of European civil servants with a view to
establishing the geographical inde;.?s provided for by Article 64
1of the Staff Regulations .
This report: ,
- gives a brief outline of the technicalities of the survey;
- describes the conduct of the survey, which was run by the  
Statistical Office over the period March/May 1967 in  
conjunction with representatives of the national statistical  
services of the Member States and the OECD interorganization  
section for the study of salaries and prices;
- presents the findings of the survey.
The methodology and the technicalities of the survey were  
finalized at a meeting of the ad hoc Working Party on the 1967  
price survey - European civil servants held in Brussels on  
19 and 20 September 1966 under the chairmanship of the SOEC.
The Working Party comprised expert statisticians from the  
national statistic services of the Member States, representatives
The first survey of this kind was carried out by the SOEC in  
collaboration with the national statistics institutes in 1963.

-  2 -
of the administrations of the three European executives, and  
representatives of the OECD interorganization for the study of
Asection salaries and prices.
I.  Organization and conduct of the survey
2. Definition of places of employment
Although, in theory, a geographical index should have been  
established for each place of employment this proved impossible  
in practice because these places of employment are so widely  
di spersed.
It was therefore decided to limit the survey to the capitals of  
the Six and places of employment with a large number of officials,  
vi z:
Federal Republic of Germany: Bonn and Karlsruhe
France: Paris, Paris region and Cadarache region
Italy: Rome and Ispra region
Netherlands: The Hague and Petten region
Belgium: Brussels
Luxembourg: Luxembourg.
3. List of items and services
A list of 243 products and services was priced, breaking down  
as follows:
Food: 64 items
Accommodation: 63 items
Clothing: 24 items
Medical services and health care: 18 items
Transport: 19 items
Cultural activities: 42 items
Miscellaneous: 13 items.
See Document No 5459/66 - record of the meeting of the ad hoc  
Working Party on the 1967 price survey - European civil servants.

For practical purposes three Lists of items were established:
- List I, containing 34 items priced directly in local shops  
by SOEC staff in conjunction with national experts.
- List II, containing 48 items priced directly by the national  
statistical institutes.
- List III, containing 161 items priced from the retail price  
survey undertaken by the SOEC in April and October each year,  
in conjunction with the national statistical institutes, in
a number of major cities in each country.
The choice of articles and services and their description were  
based on previous work by the SOEC in this area:
(a) for the selection of products and services, the list used  
was that already employed in 1963 for the household  
budgets survey carried out by the Office in 1965/66 among  
European civil servants employed in Brussels, Luxembourg  
and Ispra;
(b) for the descriptions, the definitions and standards used  
were those adopted by statisticians for the retail price  
survey.
Choice of shops
Practical organization of the survey and the choice of shops were  
left to the national statistical institutes. To ensure  
comparability from one country to another the shops were chosen  
jointly in Brussels and Luxembourg by experts from the six  
countries. Department stores, supermarkets and specialist  
retail outlets were chosen; discount stores, luxury goods shops  
and markets were systematically left out.

- 4 -
5. Number of prices recorded per item
For items on Lists I and II five prices were recorded, unless  
of course there was a single national price. For the Ispra  
region and for food items only, the number of prices was  
increased to seven. For items on List III all prices recorded  
during the survey were taken into account.
6.  Timing of the survey
For items on Lists II and III the prices for all places of  
employment relate to April 1967.
Items on List I had to be priced between March and May 1967.  
Since these items are not subject to seasonal variations this  
slight, inevitable time lag had no influence on the findings.
7. Calculation method
Price ratios between the different places of employment and  
the provisional headquarters were calculated by using the  
Irving-Fisher formula. This formula is also used by the  
OECD and the United Nations.
Calculations for Brussels, Luxembourg and Ispra were based on  
the weightings determined by the household budgets survey  
(European civil servants) conducted by the Office in 1965/66.  
The latest OECD weightings were used for the other places of  
employment.

- 5 -
8. Rent
Given its importance in the household budget, it was decided  
to include rent in the calculation of geographical indexes.
The findings of the annual survey conducted by the SOEC among  
European civil servants were used for all places of employment  
except Rome, Paris, the Paris region and The Hague.
For Rome, Paris, the Paris region and The Hague, where very  
few European civil servants are employed, similar surveys  
conducted by the OECD were used.
II.  Control and presentation of findings
9. To allow statisticians to determine the geographical indexes  
for their own countries, the experts from the six countries  
participated directly in the survey at headquarters (choice  
of shops, pricing). In addition, an official from the  
Belgian Ministry of Economic Affcirs and Energy and an  
official from STATEC (Luxembourg Latistical Service) helped  
with the survey at all places of employment side by side with  
SOEC and OECD experts. At the end of the field survey in  
each country, the prices recorded were critically examined.
The prices finally used were approved by statisticians from  
the countries in question. Furthermore, all the prices  
were submitted for approval to the ad hoc Working Party at
meetings held in Brussels on 10, 11 and 12 July 1967 and in
1Luxembourg on 11 and 12 September 1967 .
It goes without saying that only prices approved by the entire  
ad hoc Working Party were used for the final calculations.
Record A/DISTR. meeting 69/313/ST/67 and Recorded Doc. No 4811/67,  
E/P.F. 12.

-  6 -
10. The final calculations and the resultant geographical indexes  
were examined and approved by the ad hoc Working Party at a  
meeting held in Luxembourg on 1  December 1967. The results  
shown below and the record of the meeting is attached.
1967 price survey - European civil servants  
Purchasing power parities of  
European civil servants  
Fisher geographical indexes  
Base: Brussels and Brussels/Luxembourg = 100
April 1967
Places of employment Brussels= 100Brussels/
Luxembourg = 100
The Hague ................ 89,58 92.13
Petten .................. 910
6 93.68
Bonn .................... 10149 104.57
Karlsruhe ................ 95-02 97.90
Cadarache ................ 109.40 112.35
Paris ................... 11
877 122.06
Luxembourg ............... 94
.12
Ispra ................... 99
.44 102-10
Rome .................... 10127 104.33

STATISTICAL OFFICE Doc. No 5510/67
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES& -a «  w
Luxembourg, 1 December 1967
Social Statistics
Summary record of the meeting of the  
ad hoc Working Party on the  
1967 price survey - European civil servants  
held in Luxembourg on 1 December 1967
1. The meeting was chaired by Mr Gavanier, Director for Social Statistics  
at the Statistical Office of the European Communities. The attendance  
list is shown in Annex II.
2. The Working Party examined the final results of the survey carried  
out by the SOEC in April 1967 at the request of the administrations of  
the institutions to serve as a basis for fixing the weightings provided  
for in Article 64 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European  
Communities.
3. The technicalities of the survey had been jointly approved by the  
statisticians of the six member countries of the Community at a meeting
held in Brussels on 19 and 20 September 1966, in the presence of representatives  
of the OECD interorganization section for the study of salaries and prices  
on behalf of the coordinated organizations.
4. The survey was carried out by SOEC staff with the direct participation  
of representatives of national statistical institutes of the six Community  
countries and representatives of the OECD interorganization section.

-  2 -
5. The data collected were submitted to expert statisticians from  
the six Community countries and approved by them.
6.  The geographical indexes shown in Annex I, which include rent, were  
calculated by the Fisher method, which is also used by the United Nations  
and the coordinated organizations.
7. Statisticians from the six Community countries approved the price  
ratios between their countries and Brussels and between their countries  
and the Brussels/Luxembourg average.
8.  This record was adopted at the meeting.

Annex I
1967 price survey - European civil servants  
Purchasing power parities of  
European civil servants  
Fisher geographical indexes  
Base: Brussels and Brussels/Luxembourg = 100
April 1967
Places of employment Brussels = 100Brussels/ 
Luxembourg = 100
The Hague 89.58 92.13
Petten 91.06 93.68
Bonn 101.49 104.57
Karlsruhe 95.02 97.90
Cadarache 109.40 112.35
Paris 118.^7 122.06
Luxembourg 94.1 ’
Ispra 99.44 102.10
Rome 101.27 104.33

Annex II
Atendance List
Chairman :  Mr Gavanier
Secretary: Mr van der Weerden
Government representatives:
Germany :  Mr Rasch
Statistiches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden  
France :  Mr Lecolle
Institut national de la statistique et des étude  
économiques, Paris  
Italy :  Mr Felici
Istituto Centrale di Statistica, Roma  
Netherlands :  Mr Pathuis
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Den Haag  
Belgium :  Mr Broechoven
Ministère des Affaires économiques, Bruxelles  
Luxembourg :  Mr Huberty
Service central de la statistique et des études  
économiques, Luxembourg.
OECD: Mr Jama and Mr Bourgeois
Council of the European Communities: Mr Uebel
Economic and Social Committee :  Miss Herkendell
Commission of the European Communities: Mr Jaurant-Singer
Mrs Zimmermann  
Mr Peeters
Statistical Office of the European Communities: Mrs Kleine
Mr Bertaud
'  Mr Vock

Proposal for a
CQUNCIL_REGyLATION_(EEC^_EyRATOM„_FCSC)
adjusting the weightings applied in Italy
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 Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of  
the European Communities, and in particular Article 13 thereof.
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the
Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities
1laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 ,
2as last amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 440/83 ,  
and in particular Articles 63, 64 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 a large number of officials and other servants employed at  
the Joint Research Centre in Ispra instituted proceedings to  
secure replacement of their salary statements for January 1979;
Whereas, by judgment dated 15 December 1982, the Court ruled  
as follows:
The applicant's salary statement for January 1979 is annulled, in as far  
as it is restricted to giving effect to Council Regulation No 3087/78,  
both as to the amount of the adjustment of the weighting and as to the  
retroactive effect of that adjustment, together with the decisions  
rejecting the applicant's complaints; Regulation No 3087/78  
is declared not applicable to the applicant in so far as it takes  
no account of the cost of living in Varese and limits the retroactive  
effect of the adjustment of the weighting to 1  January 1978.
->0J L 56, 4 March 1968, p. 1.
0J L 53, 26 February 1983, p.1.

-  2 -
Whereas, to give effect to this judgment, the regulations  
fixing weightings for Italy from 1  January 1976 should be  
adjusted and a specific weighting fixed for Varese from the  
same date;
Whereas, to this end, the method devised by the Statistical  
Office of the European Communities should be applied,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. With effect from 1  January 1976, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 187.9
Varese 192.8
2. With effect from 1  July 1976, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 201.4
Varese 207.5
3. With effect from 1  January 1977, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 140.6
Varese 146.9
4. With effect from 1 July 1977, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 138.5
Varese 148.2

- 3 -
Article 2
1. With effect from 1  January 1976, the weighting applicable
to pensions pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 82(1)  
of the Staff Regulations shall be as shown below for persons  
entitled to pensions declaring their homes to be in Italy:
Italy 187.9
2. With effect from 1  July 1976, the weighting applicable
to pensions pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 82(1)  
of the Staff Regulations shall be as shown below for persons  
entitled to pensions declaring their homes to be in Italy:
Italy 201.4
3. With effect from 1  January 1977, the weighting applicable
to pensions pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 82(1)  
of the Staff Regulations shall be as shown below for persons  
entitled to pensions declaring their homes to be in Italy:
Italy 140.6
4. With effect from 1  July 1977^the weighting applicable to  
pensions pursuant to the second subpai graph of Article 82(1)  
of the Staff Regulations shall be as shown below for persons  
entitled to pensions declaring their homes to be in Italy:
Italy 138.5

- 4 -
Article 3
1. With effect from 1 January 1978, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 146.4
Varese 156.6
2. With effect from 1 July 1978, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 146.8
Varese 158.1
3. With effect from 1  January 1979, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 157.2
Varese 169.3
4. With effect from 1 April 1979, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 75.3
Varese 81.4
5. With effect from 1  July 1979, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 70.5
Varese 76.2

- 5 -
6.  With effect from 1  January 1980, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 77.1
Varese 82.3
7. With effect from 1  April 1980, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 81.2
Varese 84.4
8.  With effect from 1 July 1980, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 75.3
Varese 79,1
9. With effect from 16 November 1910, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and ■~>ther servants employed in  
Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 82.4
Varese 85.3
10. With effect from 16 May 1981, the weightings applicable to  
the remuneration of officials and other servants employed in  
Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 91.5
Varese 95.3

-  6 -
11. With effect from 1 July 1981, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed  
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 83.6
Varese 87.0
12. With effect from 16 November 1981, the weightings applicable  
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 89.0
Varese 90.7
13. With effect from 1  July 1982, the weightings applicable to the  
remuneration of officials and other servants employed in Italy  
shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese) 89.7
Varese 91.9
Article 4
1. The weightings applicable to the remunerations and pensions
of officials and other servants of the European Communities
1employed in Italy, as set out in Regulations No 1592/76 ,
No 3177/76^, No 1409/77^ and No 2859/77^, are hereby repealed.
'0J L 177, 2.7.1976, p. 1  .  
^0J L 359, 30.12.1976, p. 1.  
4OJ L 160, 30.6.1977, p. 1.  
0J L 330, 23.12.1977, p. 1.

- 7 -
2. The weightings applicable to the remunerations of officials
and other servants of the European Communities employed in
1 ?Italy, as set out in Regulations No 1461/78 , No 3087/78 ,
No 3084/783, No 161/304, No 1525/805, No 3139/826, No 397/817,
No 3017/818, No 372/829 and No 1625/8210, are hereby repealed.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force the day after its  
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable  
in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, For the Council
The President
20J L 176, 30.6.1978, p. 1.
30J L 369, 29.12.1978, p. 10.  
40J L 369, 29.12.1978, p. 1.  
50J L 161/80, 26.1.1980, p. 5.  
60J L 15 2 20.6.1980, p. 3.
OJ L 331, 26.11.1982, p. 1.
?0J L 46, 19.2.1981, p. 1.
80J L 302, 23.10.1981, p. 1.
?0J L 47, 19.2.1982, p. 13.
,00J L 181, 25.6.1982, p. 1.