^;* COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 108 final 
Brussels, 18 March 1993 
Proposal for a 
C0UNÇ \L..REGULAJ ION... (EÇSÇ. EEC. Euratom) 
adjusting the weightings applicable to the remuneration 
of officials posted in non-member countries 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Introduction 
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 Communities serving in a third country. Articles 11, 12 and 13 of 
Annex X deal with the remuneration of officials posted to third countries. Remunera­
tion is payable in Belgian francs in Belgium but there is also provision for all or part 
of an official's remuneration being paid in the currency of the country of 
employ men!. 
In that event, the portion of remuneration paid in local currency is subject to a 
weighting. 
2. New weightings 
Article 13 of Annex X requires the Council to determine the weightings for non-
member countries every six months. This was last done by Regulation No. 3948/92 
of 22 December 1992 which took effect on 1 January 1992. 
Proposal lor a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) NO /.. 
of 
adjusting the weightings 
applicable to the remuneration of officials 
posted in non-member countries 
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. 259/681, as last amended by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No. 3761/922, and in 
particular Article 13 of Annex X thereto, 
Having regard to the pro|X)sal from the Commission, 
Whereas, to take account of changes in the cost of living in third countries, weightings 
applicable to the portion of remuneration payable in the currency of the country of 
employment must be determined with effect from 1 July 1992; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
With effect from 1 July 1992, the weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the 
currency of the country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex. 
1 OJ No. L 56 of 04.03.1968, p. 1. 
'OJ No. L383, 29.12.1992, p. 1. 
3. 
The exchange rates for the payment of such remuneration shall be those used for 
implementation of the budget of the European Communities during the month preceding the 
date on which this Regulation takes effect. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 
COUNTRY Of F HPLOYMENT Ueightings applicable with effect 
from the 1st July 1992 
ALGERIA 
ANGOLA 
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 
ARGENTINA 
AUSTRALIA 
AUSTRIA 
BAHAMAS 
BANGLADESH 
BARBADOS 
BELIZE 
BENIN 
BOTSUANA 
BRAZIL 
BULGARIA 
BURKINA FASO 
BURUNDI 
CAMEROON 
CANADA 
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 
CHAD 
CHILE 
CHINA 
COLOMBIA 
COMOROS 
CONGO 
COSTA RICA 
CYPRUS 
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 
DJIBOUTI 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
EGYPT 
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 
ETHIOPIA 
FIJI 
FINLAND 
GABON 
GAMBIA 
GHANA 
GRENADA 
GUATEMALA 
GUINEA 
GUINEA BISSAU 
GUYANA 
HAITI . 
HONG KONG 
HUNGARY 
INDIA 
INDONESIA 
ISRAEL 
IVORY COAST 
JAMAICA 
JAPAN 
JORDAN 
KENYA 
LEBANON 
LESOTHO 
LIBERIA 
MADAGASCAR 
MALAWI 
MALAYSIA 
MALI 
MALTA 
MAURITANIA 
MAURITIUS 
MEXICO 
MOROCCO 
MOZAMBIQUE 
NAMIBIA 
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 
NEU CALEDONIA 91.8300000 
990.4700000 
93.9200000 
101.3000000 
96.2200000 
125.6600000 
0.0000000 
76.1500000 
86.3800000 
85.2200000 
90.6600000 
73.7300000 
72.6700000 
31.2800000 
117.6300000 
84.2200000 
138.8700000 
81.3600000 
171.7400000 
146.8800000 
78.0100600 
84.1700000 
47.6Î0Ô800 
118.9800000 
141.1290000 
62.2000000 
95.8300000 
45.5700000 
118.7100000 
62.2500000 
43.8900000 
116.0800000 
93.2200000 
63.0400000 
131.3500000 
181.7400000 
80.2400000 
61.0900000 
98.5800000 
47.3300000 
92.3700000 
72.1300000 
36.6600000 
117.2200000 
91.8800000 
57.1700000 
36.8700000 
84.2300000 
107.4800000 
127.1200000 
47.7200000 
172.9100000 
79.8200000 
65.0200000 
19.2700000 
60.6400000 
154.1500000 
68.0800000 
62.2000000 
97.9200000 
116.6500000 
69.9500000 
104.2200000 
79.0300000 
82.3000000 
73.8500000 
51.3600000 
76.4800000 
81.6800000 
124.8200000 
s 
COUNTRY OF FMPLOYMFNT Weightings applicable with effect 
from the 1st July 1992 
NIGER 
NIGERIA 
NORWAY 
PAKISTAN 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
PERU 
PHILIPPINES 
POLAND 
REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE 
ROMANIA 
RUSSIA 
RWANOA 
*SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 
SAUDI ARABIA 
SENEGAL 
SEYCHELLES 
SIERRA LEONE 
SOLOMON ISLANOS 
SOMALIA 
SOUTH AFRICA (LE CAP) 
SOUTH AFRICA (PRETORIA) 
SOUTH KOREA 
SUDAN 
SURINAM 
SWAZILAND 
SWEDEN 
SWITZERLAND 
SYRIA 
TANZANIA 
THAILAND 
TOGO 
TONGA 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 
TUNISIA 
TURKEY 
UGANDA 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK) 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON) 
URUGUAY 
VANUATU 
VENEZUELA 
VIET NAM 
WESTERN SAMOA 
YUGOSLAVIA 
ZAIRE 
ZAMBIA 
ZIMBABWE 115.0000000 
35.1000000 
139.8000000 
36.3500000 
91.4300000 
125.5500000 
54.4800000 
73.5800000 
93.9300000 
41.4200000 
123.7800000 
97.1400000 
0.0000000 
61.4400000 
132.5900000 
113.9100000 
66.3700000 
75.8400000 
126.6000000 
64.9900000 
61.3300000 
100.0300000 
28.9200000 
201.9800000 
55.3700000 
141.6500000 
125.9600000 
156.9200000 
48.4500000 
71.9600000 
103.3000000 
79.7300000 
79.5300000 
61.6800000 
60.7400000 
44.0500000 
111.0800000 
98.8600000 
84.4000000 
91.8900000 
51.2600000 
30.0500000 
67.3500000 
35.4100000 
30.3800000 
65.0900000 
52.2100000 
Memorandum from (he Commission 
concerning the adjustment of weightings 
applicable from 1 July 1992 
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities 
serving in non-member countries 
1. Council Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) 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 every six months, most 
recently by Regulation No. 3948/92 of 22 December 1992 which took effect on 1 
January 1992. 
The Statistical Office (SOEC) has prepared a paper on adjustment of the weightings 
applicable to the remuneration of Community officials serving in non-member 
countries explaining how the economic parities for the various places of employment 
are determined and compared with Brussels. The parities used apply from 1 July 
1992. 
4. The exchange rates selected for accounting purposes are those for June 1992. 
5. Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the 
SOEC for July 1992, the exchange rate selected and the resulting weighting, 
applicable from 1 July 1992. 
6. The budgetary impact of the adjustments to weightings for July 1992 is negligible 
compared with the total operating costs of the delegations. 
-T-
COUNTRY OF 
tH.PLOYM.ENT TABLE A 
Local currency equivalent BFR 1 
Economic 
panties 
for 
July 92 Exchange 
rates 
for 
June 92 Ueightings 
for 
July 92 
Brussels = 100 
ALGERIA 
ANGOLA 
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 
ARGENTINA 
AUSTRALIA 
AUSTRIA 
BAHAMAS 
BANGLADESH 
BARBADOS 
BELIZE 
BENIN 
BOTSWANA 
BRAZIL 
BULGARIA 
BURKINA FASO 
BURUNDI 
CAMEROON 
CANADA 
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 
CHAD 
CHILE 
CHINA 
COLOMBIA 
COMOROS 
CONGO 
COSTA RICA 
CYPRUS 
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 
DJIBOUTI 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
EGYPT 
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 
ETHIOPIA 
FIJI 
FINLAND 
GABON 
GAMBIA 
GHANA 
GRENADA 
GUATEMALA 
GUINEA 
GUINEA BISSAU 
GUYANA 
HAITI 
HONG KONG 
HUNGARY 
INDIA 
INDONESIA 
ISRAEL 
IVORY COAST 
JAMAICA 
JAPAN 
JORDAN 
KENYA 
LEBANON 
LESOTHO 
LIBERIA 
MADAGASCAR 
MALAWI 
MALAYSIA 
MALI 
MALTA 
MAURITANIA 
MAURITIUS 0.5883300 
52.9352000 
0.0755000 
298.3940000 
.0378900 
.4298000 
.0000000 
.8821000 
.0514400 
0.0518800 
7.3983400 
0.0472100 
59.0152000 
0.2154100 
9.5995500 
5.2225900 
11.3323000 
0.0291500 
14.0149000 
11.9866000 
8.8734200 
0.1378300 
10.5936000 
9.7094600 
11.5163000 
2.4309700 
0.0131100 
0.3897500 
6.2810900 
0.2344500 
0.0434600 
9.4728500 
0.0574500 
0.0282000 
0.1732400 
14.8313000 
0.2097600 
7.3667900 
0.0792500 
0.0727200 
25.6591000 
138.9860000 
1.3557900 
0.1745000 
0.2115900 
1.3568600 
0.3147500 
50.6788000 
0.0779900 
10.3740000 
0.3222600 
6.7054900 
0.0163400 
0.6114500 
9.8284000 
0.0512000 
0.0458900 
39.0696000 
0.0606200 
0.0740400 
9.5194100 
0.0066100 
2.5337400 
0.3696100 0.6407000 
5.3444500 
0.0803900 
294.5510000 
0.0393800 
0.3420300 
0.0000000 
1.1584300 
0.0595500 
0.0608800 
8.1606000 
0.0640300 
81.2150000 
0.6887100 
8.1606000 
6.2007800 
8.1606000 
0.0358300 
8.1606000 
8.1606000 
11.3742000 
0.1637500 
22.2514000 
8.1606000 
8.1606000 
3.9080800 
0.0136800 
0.8553600 
5.2912900 
0.3766300 
0.0990300 
8.1606000 
0.0616300 
0.0447300 
0.1318900 
8.1606000 
0.2614200 
12.0581000 
0.0803900 
0.1536300 
27.7793000 
192.6780000 
3.6987700 
0.1488600 
0.2302800 
2.3734400 
0.8537500 
60.1649000 
0.0725600 
8.1606000 
0.6753100 
3.8779200 
0.0204700 
0.9403800 
50.9944000 
0.0844300 
0.0297700 
57.3855000 
0.0974600 
0.0756100 
8.1606000 
0.0094500 
2.4311400 
0.4676800 91.83 
990.47 
93.92 
101.30 
96.22 
125.66 
0.00 
76.15 
86.38 
85.22 
90.66 
73.73 
72.67 
31.28 
117.63 
84.22 
138.87 
81.36 
171.74 
146.88 
78.01 
84.17 
47.61 
118.98 
141.12 
62.20 
95.83 
45.57 
118.71 
62.25 
43.89 
116.08 
93.22 
63.04 
131.35 
181.74 
80.24 
61.09 
98.58 
47.33 
92.37 
72.13 
36.66 
117.22 
91.88 
57.17 
36.87 
84.23 
107.48 
127.12 
47.72 
172.91 
79.82 
65.02 
19.27 
60.64 
154.15 
68.08 
62.20 
97.92 
116.65 
69.95 
104.22 
79.03 
I ABLE A 
Local currency equivalent BFR 1 
COUNTRY OF 
IMPIOYMENT 
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 
>SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 
SAUDI ARABIA 
SENEGAL 
SEYCHELLES 
SIERRA LEONE 
SOLOMON ISLANDS 
SOMALIA 
SOUTH AFRICA (LE CAP) 
SOUTH AFRICA (PRETORIA) 
SOUTH KOREA 
SUDAN 
SURINAM 
SWAZILAND 
SWEDEN 
SWITZERLAND 
SYRIA 
TANZANIA 
THAILAND 
TOGO 
TONGA 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 
TUNISIA 
TURKEY 
UGANDA 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK) 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON) 
URUGUAY 
VANUATU 
VENEZUELA 
VIET NAM 
WESTERN SAMOA 
YUGOSLAVIA 
ZAIRE 
ZAMBIA 
ZIMBABWE Econonr.c 
parities 
for 
July 92 
•^JH k'1- OX .v\r\V*v 75.6651000 
0.1923000 
35.4700000 
0.0645700 
0.0432900 
3.7040000 
9.3847600 
0.1929200 
0.2648100 
0.2761800 
0.0263400 
0.0426100 
0.4334300 
299.4820000 
1.9205900 
2.7743600 
0.0368500 
3.5745700 
0.0000000 
0.0686000 
10.8200000 
0.1750300 
10.0761000 
0.0658700 
98.7554000 
0.0684000 
0.0645500 
23.3173000 
0.8351700 
0.1073500 
0.0467500 
0.2479500 
0.0559900 
0.5244100 
4.3274200 
0.5509200 
8.4300600 
0.0320200 
0.1005100 
0.0167100 
122.5840000 
15.4605000 
0.0330700 
0.0294300 
73.8819000 
3.0917500 
0.9993000 
100.6470000 
0.0502700 
6.9058900 
1446.5920000 
2.9013700 
0.0792600 Exchange 
rates 
for 
June 92 Ueightinsî 
tor 
July 92 
*-91 
0 
69 
0 
0 
2 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
407 
2 Brussels 100 
6 
0 
3 
0 
0 
8 
0. 
15. 
0 
78 
0 
0 
23 
2 
0 
0 
0. 
0. 
0. 
8. 
0. 
8. 
0. 
0. 
0. 
201. 
35. 
0 
0 
87 
3 
1 
334 
0 
19 
4761. 
4. 
0. .9371000 
.2604000 
.0608000 
.0844300 
.0530000 
.9675400 
1606000 
.5496000 
.1894200 
.7598800 
.0288100 
.0339400 
.7955400 
0000000 
0446100 
6988200 
.0297700 
6799V00 
.0000000 
1116500 
.1606000 
1536500 
1812000 
0868500 
0031000 
,1052500 
.1052500 
.3095000 
.8880000 
.0531500 
.0844300 
.1750400 
.0444500 
.3342000 
.9317600 
.7656400 
.1606000 
.0401600 
.1263800 
.0270900 
.8160000 
.1013000 
.0297700 
0297700 
5350000 
3647400 
9493900 
.8960000 
.0746400 
.5000000 
9050000 
4577200 
1518200 82.30 
73.85 
51.36 
76.48 
81.68 
124.82 
115.00 
35.10 
139.80 
36.35 
91.43 
125.55 
54.48 
73.58 
93.93 
41.42 
123.78 
97.14 
0.00 
61.44 
132.59 
113.91 
66.37 
75.84 
126.60 
64.99 
61.33 
100.03 
28.92 
201.98 
55.37 
141.65 
125.96 
156.92 
48.45 
71.96 
103.30 
79.73 
79.53 
61.68 
60.74 
44.05 
111.08 
98.86 
84.40 
91.89 
51.26 
30.05 
67.35 
35.41 
30.38 
65.09 
52.21 
«t. 
STATISTICAL OFFICE note 
concerning the adjustment of weightings 
applicable from 1 July 1992 
to the rémunérât ion of officials of the European Communities 
serving in non-member countries 
PREAMBLE 
Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations requires the Council to lay down the 
weightings referred to in Article 12 of that Annex every six months. This note 
relates to the fixing of weightings applicable from July 1992 and is to be read in 
conjunction with the proposal for a Regulation adjusting the weightings for non-
member countries. 
IL MANAGEMENT OF WEIGHTINGS AND CORRESPONDING EXCHANGE 
RATES 
2. The remuneration system for staff serving 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 relating 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. 
11L ECONOMIC PARITIES 
3. The Statistical Office has calculated the economic parities for each country shown in 
Table A. 
TABLE A 
COUNTRY 01 I HIM OYMI.NT 
ALGERIA 
ANGOLA 
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 
ARGENTINA 
AUSTRALIA 
AUSTRIA 
BAHAMAS 
BANGLADESH 
BARBADOS 
BELIZE 
BENIN 
BOTSWANA 
BRAZIL 
BULGARIA 
BURKINA FASO 
BURUNDI 
CAMEROON 
CANADA 
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 
CHAD 
CHILE 
CHINA 
COLOMBIA 
COMOROS 
CONGO 
COSTA RICA 
CYPRUS 
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 
DJIBOUTI 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
EGYPT 
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 
ETHIOPIA 
FIJI 
FINLAND 
GABON 
GAMBIA 
GHANA 
GRENADA 
GUATEMALA 
GUINEA 
GUINEA BISSAU 
GUYANA 
HAITI 
HONG KONG 
HUNGARY 
INOIA 
INDONESIA 
ISRAEL 
IVORY COAST 
JAMAICA 
JAPAN 
JORDAN 
KENYA 
LEBANON 
LESOTHO 
LIBERIA 
MADAGASCAR 
MALAWI 
MALAYSIA 
MALI 
MALTA 
MAURITANIA 
MAURITIUS 
MEXICO 
MOROCCO 
MOZAMBIQUE 
NAMIBIA 
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 
NEW CALEDONIA 0.5883300 
52.9352000 
0.0755000 
298.3940000 
0.0378900 
0.4298000 
0.0000000 
0.8821000 
0.0514400 
0.0518800 
7.3983400 
0.0472100 
59.0152000 
0.2154100 
9.5995500 
5.2225900 
11.3323000 
0.0291500 
14.0149000 
11.9866000 
8.8734200 
0.1378300 
10.5936000 
9.7094600 
11.5163000 
2.4309700 
0.0131100 
0.3897500 
6.2810900 
0.2344500 
0.0434600 
9.4728500 
0.0574500 
0.0282000 
0.1732400 
14.8313000 
0.2097600 
7.3667900 
0.0792500 
0.0727200 
25.6591000 
138.9860000 
1.3557900 
0.1745000 
0.2115900 
1.3568600 
0.3147500 
50.6788000 
0.0779900 
10.3740000 
0.3222600 
6.7054900 
0.0163400 
0.6114500 
9.8284000 
0.0512000 
0.0458900 
39.0696000 
0.0606200 
0.0740400 
9.5194100 
0.0066100 
2.5337400 
0.3696100 
75.6651000 
0.1923000 
35.4700000 
0.0645700 
0.0432900 
3.7040000 
il 
COUNTRY OF [MPI OYMINI 
* v NIGER 
NIGERIA 
NORWAY 
PAKISTAN 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
PERU 
PHILIPPINES 
POLAND 
REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE 
ROMANIA 
RUSSIA 
RWANDA 
HDSAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 
SAUDI ARABIA 
SENEGAL 
SEYCHELLES 
SIERRA LEONE 
SOLOMON ISLANDS 
SOMALIA 
SOUTH AFRICA (LE CAP) 
SOUTH AFRICA (PRETORIA) 
SOUTH KOREA 
SUDAN 
SURINAM 
SWAZILAND 
SWEDEN 
SWITZERLAND 
SYRIA 
TANZANIA 
THAILAND 
TOGO 
TONGA 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 
TUNISIA 
TURKEY 
UGANDA 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK) 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON) 
URUGUAY 
VANUATU 
VENEZUELA 
VIET NAM 
WESTERN SAMOA 
YUGOSLAVIA 
ZAIRE 
ZAMBIA 
ZIMBABWE , TABLE A 
Economic parities for July 92 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
299 
1 
2 
0 
3 
0 
0 
10 
0 
10 
0 
98 
0 
0 
23 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
0 
8 
0 
0 
0 
122, 
15. 
0, 
0, 
73, 
3, 
0, 
100. 
0 
6. 
1446 
2. 
0 3847600 
.1929200 
.2648100 
.2761800 
.0263400 
.0426100 
.4334300 
.4820000 
.9205900 
.7743600 
.0368500 
.5745700 
.0000000 
.0686000 
.8200000 
.1750300 
.0761000 
.0658700 
.7554000 
.0684000 
.0645500 
.3173000 
.8351700 
.1073500 
.0467500 
.2479500 
.0559900 
.5244100 
.3274200 
.5509200 
.4300600 
.0320200 
.1005100 
.0167100 
.5840000 
.4605000 
.0330700 
.0294300 
.8819000 
.0917500 
.9993000 
6470000 
0502700 
9058900 
5920000 
9013700 
0792600 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
Proposal for 
a Council Regulation 
fixing the weightings 
applicable in countries outside the Community 
with effect from 1 July 1992 
1. Budget item A 6000 
2. Ixgal basis Articles 12 and 13 of An­
nex X to the Staff Regula­
tions 
3. Budgetary impact 
total budget for remune­
rations for 1992 
effect of June 1992 weightings (*) 
estimate of effect of July 
1992 weightings 
increase (3) - (2) 
estimated animal expenditure 
relative increase of impact 
in relation to budget (4) : (1) 
effect in relation to budget 
(3): (1) Ecu 63 419 000 
(Ecu 5 284 917 per month) 
(1) 
Ecu 246 207 (2) 
Ecu 248 549 (3) 
Ecu 2 342 (4) 
Ecu 2 982 588 
0.003 % 
+ 0.39 % 
(*) a) Without prejudice to the adoption of these weightings by the Commission, 
b) Calculated on the basis of the last weightings approved by the Council, that 
is those for July 1991. 

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