COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 22.06.1998 
COM(1998) 384 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, Euratom) 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from 1 January 1998 
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities 
serving in third countries 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
I. 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 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 January 1998. The budgetary impact is negligible compared with the total 
operating costs of the delegations. 
II. Council 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 every six months, most recently by Regulation No 501/98 
of 20 February 1998 which took effect on 1 July 1997. 
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 economic parities by the 
Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC). The weighting is the factor 
obtained by dividing the economic parity by the exchange rate. This means that 
implementation of a weightings system primarily involves calculating economic parities 
between Brussels and the various places of employment. 
The accounting exchange rates used are those for December 1997. 
Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the 
SOEC for January 1998, the exchange rate used and the resulting weighting, applicable 
from 1 January 1998. 
Table B shows for each place of employment variations in percentage terms between the 
figures in Table A and those for the previous half-year. 
t 
TABLE A 
(-) 
(•*•) 
r#) 
/••*\ 
IT) 
r*) 
(*") 
r-) 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 
Croatia 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic 
Democratic Republic of Congo 
Djibouti 
Dominican Republic 
Egypt 
Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea 
Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Economic 
parities 
January 1998 
3,8179884 
0 
7420,961827 
0,0826407 
0,0300918 
0,0327381 
0,8495276 
0,0648419 
0,0461762 
12,4938939 
0 
0 
0,0680071 
0,0309949 
45,1289628 
12,4901474 
0 
15,2850759 
0,0299515 
18,8339438 
14,43932 
11,9988664 
0,2174644 
27,1510097 
13,0505792 
0 
5,6679142 
0 
0,0128357 
0,6608494 
0 
5,8686958 
0,2888051 
0,0676817 
15,1544973 
0,1259207 
0 
0,0820486 
0,1170383 Exchange rates 
December 1997 
n 
4 
0 
7331,378299 
0,0742005 
0,0274763 
0,0404384 
1,2494065 
0,0549632 
0,0549632 
16,2263906 
0 
0 
0,1049274 
0,031053 
48,5837827 
16,2263906 
0 
16,2263906 
0,0391512 
16,2263906 
16,2263906 
11,7559926 
0,2275572 
35,6773342 
12,1698917 
0 
6,6542454 
0 
0,014232 
0,9444654 
0 
4,8842434 
0,3852971 
0,0951475 
16,2263906 
0,1871257 
0 
0,1871257 
0,1599872 Weightings 
January 1998 
n 
95,45 
0,00 
101,22 
111,37 
109,52 
80,96 
67,99 
117,97 
84,01 
77,00 
0,00 
0,00 
64,81 
99,81 
92,89 
76,97 
0,00 
94,20 
76,50 
116,07 
88,99 
102,07 
95,56 
76,10 
107,24 
0,00 
85,18 
0,00 
90,19 
69,97 
0,00 
120,16 
74,96 
71,13 
93,39 
67,29 
0,00 
43,85 
73,15 
3 
r*) 
r*> 
r*> 
(•*•) 
(***) PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
Fiji 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Ghana 
Guatemala 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Hong Kong 
Hungary 
India 
Indonesia 
Israel 
Ivory Coast 
Jamaica 
Japan (Naka) 
Japan(Tokyo) 
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 j 
Nicaragua I Economic 
parities 
January 1998 
0,0306946 
20,538262 
0,2589709 
0,0254857 
23,3834476 
0,1193305 
34,6890444 
864,6296662 
2,8951956 
0,3966324 
0,2254612 
3,3897555 
0,4810191 
63,3385162 
0,1041682 
16,1934714 
1,0404833 
4,3796261 
5,3306216 
0,0150771 
0,026081 
1,3835809 
0 
46,5150435 
0 
0,0791567 
0 
0 
76,2273355 
0,2119946 
14,4794367 
0,0087681 
3,693276 
0,4610547 
0,1444022 
0,1968452 
210,8020474 
0,0897197 
0,0464853 
3,4815584J 
of Exchange rates 
December 1997 
H 
0,0415697 
16,2263906 
0,2725018 
0,0274823 
61,9732276 
0,170663 
31,3568091 
1054,852321 
3,9303541 
0,4759412 
0,2143577 
5,4899808 
1,0576862 
99,2457324 
0,0967399 
16,2263906 
0,9929501 
3,4885749 
3,4885749 
0,0197106 
0,0274823 
1,7669718 
0 
42,4538315 
0 
0,1333707 
0 
0 
145,7301078 
0,4993758 
16,2263906 
0,0106644 
4,6414481 
0,60760721 
0,2281022J 
0.2650622J 
322,2687722| 
0,1333707 
0,0489189) 
2,9502877| 
o Weightings 
January 1938 
n 
73,84 
126,57 
95,03 
92,73 
37,73 
69,92 
110,63 
81,97 
73,66 
83,34 
105,18 
61,74 
45,48 
63,82 
107,68 
99,81 
104,79 
125,54 
152,80 
76.49 
94,90 
78,30 
0,00 
109,57 
0,00 
59,35 
0,00 
0,00 
52,31 
42,45 
89,23 
82,22 
79,57 
75,88 
63,31 
74,26 
65,41 
67,27 
95,03 
118,01 
0.00 
/•**\ 
/***\ 
C") 
/***\ PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Norway 
Pakistan 
Papua New Guinea 
Peru 
Philippines 
Poland 
Republic of Cape Verde 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda 
Samba 
SSo Tome and Principe 
Senegal 
Sierra Leone 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Solomon Islands 
Somalia 
South Africa (Pretoria) 
South Africa (The Cape) 
South Korea 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
Suriname 
Swaziland 
Switzerland 
Syria 
Tanzania 
Thailand 
Togo 
Tonga 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Uganda 
Ukraine 
United States of America (New York) 
United States of America (San Diego) 
United States of America (Washington) | Economic 
parities 
January 1998 
12,6617788 
1,991841 
0,2604206 
0,7774193 
0,0401623 
0,0688249 
0,5596984 
0,0627008 
2,2384226 
138.0293418 
0,0369919 
0 
0,05989 
0 
13,4167835 
23,4739657 
0,6116447 
4,1410227 
0,1083925 
0 
0,0931155 
0,0981532 
30,2226424 
0 
17,482928 
7,7603313 
0,0705929 
0,0485109 
0,9881784 
14,4017 
0,5949458 
13,8927273 
0,0340628 
0,1095637 
0,0209104 
4104,882493 
22,7772076 
0,0414899 
0,028076 
0,0244897 
0,0252665 Exchange rates 
December 1997 
n 
16,2263906 
2,1573577 
0,197734 
1,2363079 
0,0457415 
0,0745879 
0,9821253 
0,0969274 
2,6062028 
215,7497303 
0,0274823 
0 
0,07409 
0 
16,2263906 
22,8817244 
0,9398496 
4,5614195 
0,1027718 
0 
0,1333707 
0,1333707 
30,6466442 
0 
45,620438 
11,0202552 
0,1333707 
0,0391619 
1,2366901 
16,8956 
1,1132386 
16,2263906 
0,0396275 
0,172649 
0,031212 
5331,627213 
31,8552497 
0,0274823 
0,0274823 
0,0274823 
0,0274823 Weightings 
January 1998 
n 
78,03 
92,33 
131,70 
62,88 
87,80 
92,27 
56,99 
64,69 
85,89 
63,98 
134,60 
0,00 
80,83 
0.00 
82,68 
102,59 
65,08 
90,78 
105,47 
0,00 
69,82 
73,59 
98,62 
0,00 
38,32 
70,42 
52,93 
123,87 
79,91 
85,24 
53,44 
85.62 
85.96 
63,46 
66,99 
76,99 
71,50 
150,97 
102,16 
89,11 
91,94 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
Uruguay 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Viet Nam 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe Economic 
parities 
January 1998 
0,2729791 
3,6516345 
11,4357335 
227,93263 
28,7370918 
0,1682978 Exchange rates 
December 1997 
n 
0,2734482 
3,3410177 
13,7409825 
336,48508 
38,1053995 
0,373706 Weightings 
January 1998 
n 
99,83 
109,30 
83,22 
67,74 
75,41 
45,03 
(*) BEF 1 = local currency 
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 
(**) Brussels = 100% 
(***) Not available 
C 
TABLE B 
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/***\ 
r*> 
r") 
r*) 
r*) 
r*> 
/***\ 
r*) PLACE 
OF EMPLOYMENT 
Albania 
Algeria 
Angola 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Argentina 
Australia 
Bangladesh 
Barbados 
Belize 
Benin 
Bolivia 
Bosnia-Herzegovina 
Botswana 
Brazil 
Bulgarie 
Burkina Faso 
Burundi 
Cameroon 
Canada 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
Chile 
China 
Colombia 
Comoros 
Congo 
Costa Rica 
Croatia 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic 
Democratic Republic of Congo 
Djibouti 
Dominican Republic 
Egypt 
Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea 
Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | VARIATION (%) 
for January 1998 compared with July 1997 
Economic 
parities 
-1,53 
-
57,48 
-1,35 
-0.13 
-0.93 
1.29 
-0,28 
1,02 
1,33 
-
-
1,53 
9,87 
7,81 
-4,00 
-
-1,31 
-0,60 
0,83 
9,39 
1,24 
0,25 
2,98 
2,78 
-
1,46 
-
1,81 
8,05 
-
-5,90 
-0,84 
1,51 
0,72 
-
-
12,69 
0,13| Exchange 
rate 
14,54 
-
-26,09 
3,44 
3,44 
-8,37 
-0.55 
3,44 
3,44 
0,86 
-
-
-4,56 
-1.68 
-8.58 
0,86 
-
0,86 
0,16 
0,86 
0,86 
1,54 
3,57 
-16,43 
0,86 
-
-1,48 
-
1,73 
-1,51 
-
3,43 
3,44 
2,31 
0,86 
-
-
-1,62 
-0,09 Weightings 
15,22 
-
24,90 
2,16 
3,42 
-8,58 
0,74 
3,27 
4,62 
2,21 
-
-
-2,90 
8,06 
-0,71 
-3.17 
-
-0.45 
-0,44 
1,70 
10,34 
2,82 
3,97 
-11,56 
3.68 
-
-0.02 
-
3.61 
6.44 
-
-2,55 
2,69 
3,91 
1,60 
-
-
10,89 
0,05 
*• 
r*) 
z***\ 
("*) 
ri 
r-) PLACE 
OF EMPLOYMENT 
Fiji 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Ghana 
Guatemala 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Hong Kong 
Hungary 
India 
Indonesia 
Israel 
Ivory Coast 
Jamaica 
Japan (Naka) 
Japan (Tokyo) 
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 
Nicaragua VARIATION (%) 
for January 1998 compared with July 1997 
Economic 
parities 
0,46 
0,95 
0,28 
1,13 
13,22 
4,32 
1,06 
19,50 
3,67 
-0,07 
0,45 
0,76 
2,90 
12,47 
0,48 
2,51 
-1,01 
-1,29 
-1,29 
2,53 
-23,11 
10,81 
-
-1,64 
-
3,62 
-
-
3,22 
4,63 
1,86 
0,02 
1,63 
0,54 
4,64 
0,56 
0.45 
4,52 
-0,50 
-6,41 
-Exchange 
rate 
-3,74 
0,86 
1,65 
3,44 
-9,00 
-0,11 
-1,73 
0.85 
3,27 
0,90 
3,44 
-5,67 
-3,55 
-41,91 
-0,02 
0,86 
0,98 
-5,50 
-5,50 
2,15 
3,44 
-15,59 
-
2,64 
-
-4,86 
-
-
-2,08 
-15,59 
0,86 
2,09 
-10,58 
-5,41 
-1,71 
1,47 
1,68 
-4,86 
3,43 
0,86 
-Weightings 
-3,16 
1,83 
1,96 
4,72 
3,87 
4,20 
-0,66 
20,52 
7,17 
0,83 
4,02 
•4,65 
-0,63 
-20,75 
0,46 
3,40 
-0,03 
-6,44 
-6,43 
4,78 
-20,37 
-4,14 
-
1,03 
-
-1.19 
-
-
1,12 
-9.48 
2,75 
2,16 
-8,09 
-4,62 
2,88 
2,06 
2,16 
-0,33 
3,04 
-5.60 
-
V7 
n 
r-) 
("*) 
D PLACE 
OF EMPLOYMENT 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Norway 
Pakistan 
Papua New Guinea 
Peru 
Philippines 
Poland 
Republic of Cape Verde 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda 
S3o Tome and Principe 
Salomon Island 
Samoa 
Senegal 
Sierra Leone 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Somalia 
South Africa (Cape Town) 
South Africa (Pretoria) 
South Korea 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
Suriname 
Swaziland 
Switzerland 
Syria 
Tanzania 
Thailand 
Togo 
Tonga 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Uganda 
Ukraine 
United States of America (New York) 
United States of America (San Diego) 
United States of America (Washington) VARIATION (%) 
for January 1998 compared with July 1997 
Economic 
parities 
-0.64 
2.36 
-0,35 
4.82 
6,28 
0.98 
7,85 
3,51 
1,21 
11,96 
1.24 
-
-
2,95 
-0,60 
0.62 
-1.40 
1.12 
1,23 
-
1,06 
0,96 
10,48 
-
17,10 
7,75 
5,80 
0,07 
1.37 
5,63 
3,38 
3,26 
0,34 
3,76 
-0,49 
42,13 
0,23 
3,03 
0,47 
-0,11 
-1,51 Exchange 
rate 
0,86 
10.29 
1,96 
-6,96 
-15.27 
1,42 
-29.07 
-6.73 
0.19 
-6.56 
3,44 
-
-
1,08 
-6,02 
0,86 
-2,39 
0,86 
-3.42 
-
-4,86 
-4,86 
-20,86 
-
-2,89 
3,44 
-4,86 
2,75 
0,11 
3,20 
-51,71 
0,86 
-13,75 
3,21 
-1,16 
-33,90 
-4,75 
3,44 
3.44 
3-44l 
3.44J Weightings 
0.22 
14,10 
1,64 
-2,00 
-7,80 
2,43 
-16.44 
-3,01 
1.40 
5,07 
4,85 
-
-
4,08 
-6,24 
1,50 
-3,71 
2,00 
-2,12 
-
-3,63 
-3,72 
-8,58 
-
13,81 
11,59 
0,89 
2,90 
1,48 
9,13 
-31,86 
4,15 
-11,79 
7,21 
-1,63 
6,14 
-4,31 
6,69 
4,04 
3,45 
2,00 
PLACE 
OF EMPLOYMENT 
Uruguay 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Viet Nam 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe VARIATION (%) 
for January 1998 compared with July 1997 
Economic 
parities 
5,24 
-7,26 
21,31 
77,25 
6.73 
2.07 Exchange 
rate 
-3.15 
-3,88 
0,35 
-1,44 
-2,84 
-17,96 Weightings 
2,02 
-10,72 
21,73 
74,74 
3,79 
-13,47 
(••*) Not available 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, Euratom) 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from 1 January 1998 
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 259/681, as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, 
ECSC) No 2591/972, and in 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 1 January 1998; 
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 January 1998 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; 
1 OJ No L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1. 
2 OJ No L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 1. 
AA 
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 
January 1998 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with 
effect from 1 January 1998; 
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 six months preceding the decision and for its effects to be spread over a 
period of no more than twelve months following the date of that decision, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
With effect from 1 January 1998, 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 July 1998. 
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 January 1998 and the date of the Council decision setting the 
weightings applicable with effect from 1 January 1998, the institutions shall make 
retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a 
result of these weightings. 
At 
Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall, however, 
concern only a period of no more than six months preceding the decision and this 
recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve 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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ANNEX 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT ,Wei9htl?Soo 
January 1998 
Albania 95,45 
(***) Algeria 0,00 
Angola 101,22 
Antigua and Barbuda 111,37 
Argentina 109,52 
Australia 80,96 
Bangladesh 67,99 
Barbados 117,97 
Belize 84,01 
Benin 77,00 
(•**) Bolivia 0j00 
(***) Bosnia-Herzogovina 0,00 
Botswana 64,81 
Brazil . 99,81 
Bulgaria 92,89 
Burkina Faso 76,97 
(**•) Burundi 0,00 
Cameroon 94,20 
Canada 76,50 
Central African Republic 116,07 
Chad 88,99 
Chile 102,07 
China 95,56 
Colombia 76,10 
Comoros 107,24 
(***) Congo 0,00 
Costa Rica 85,18 
(***) Croatia 0,00 
Cyprus 90,19 
Czech Republic 69,97 
(***) Democratic Republic of Congo 0,00 
Djibouti 120,16 
Dominican Republic 74,96 
Egypt '_ 71,13 
Equatorial Guinea 93,39 
Eritrea 67,29 
(***)• Estonia "_ O.ooj 
Ethiopia 43,85| 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 73,15§ 
M 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT J^'lWB 
Fiji 73,84 
Gabon 126,57 
Gambia 95,03 
Georgia 92,73 
Ghana • 37,73 
Guatemala 69,92 
Guinea 110,63 
Guinea-Bissau 81,97 
Guyana 73,66 
Haiti 83,34 
Hong Kong 105,18 
Hungary 61,74 
India 45,48 
Indonesia 63,82 
Israel 107,68 
Ivory Coast 99,81 
Jamaica 104,79 
Japan (Naka) 125,54 
Japan (Tokyo) 152,80 
Jordan 76,49 
Kazakhstan * 94,90 
Kenya 78,3p| 
(***) Latvia O.Ooj 
Lebanon 109,57| 
(***) Left Bank - Gaza Strip 0,00 
Lesotho 59,35 
(***) Liberia O00 
(***) Lithuania 0,00 
Madagascar 52,31 
Malawi 42,45 
Mali 89,23 
Malta 82,22 
Mauritania 79,57 
Mauritius 75,88 
Mexico 63,31 
Morocco 74,26 
Mozambique 65,41 
Namibia 67,27 
Netherlands Antilles 95,03 
New Caledonia 118,01 
(***) Nicaragua 0,00 
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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT .Welflht,?So0 
January 1998 
Niger 78,03 
Nigeria 92,33 
Norway 131,70 
Pakistan 62,88 
Papua New Guinea 87,80 
Peru 92,27 
Philippines 56,99 
Poland 64,69 
Republic of Cape Verde 85,89 
Romania 63,98 
Russia 134,60 
(***) Rwanda 0,00 
Samoa 80,83 
(***) Sao Tome and Principe 0,00 
Senegal 82,68 
Sierra Leone 102,59 
Slovakia 65,08 
Slovenia 90,78 
Solomon Islands 105,47 
(•**) Somalia 0,00 
South Africa (Pretoria) 69,82 
South Africa (The Cape) 73,59 
South Korea 98,62 
(***) Sri Lanka 0,00 
Sudan 38,32 
Suriname 70,42 
Swaziland 52,93 
Switzerland ' 123,87 
Syria 79,91 
Tanzania 85,24 
Thailand 53,44 
Togo 85,62 
Tonga 85,96 
Trinidad and Tobago 63,46 
Tunisia 66,99 
Turkey 76,99 
Uganda 71,50 
Ukraine 150,97 
United States of America (New York) 102,16 
United States of America (San Diego) 89,11 
United States of America (Washington) 91,94 
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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT ^^L 
January 1998 
Uruguay 99,83 
Vanuatu 109,30 
Venezuela 83,22 
Viet Nam 67,74 
Zambia 75,41 
Zimbabwe 45,03 
("*) Not available 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, Euratom) 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from 1 January 1998 
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities 
serving in third countries 
1. Budget item A 6000 
Legal basis Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the 
Staff Regulations 
Budgetary impact: 
- provisional real expenditure 
for 1998 
- estimate of effect of 
January 1998 weightings 
- estimated expenditure for six 
months {(2) x (6)} 
- impact in relation to provisional 
real expenditure {(2) : (1)} ECU 74 950 000 
(i.e. ECU 6 245 833 per month) (1) 
+ ECU 2 719 (2) 
+ ECU 16 314 
+ 0.0435% This budgetary impact does not take account of the adjustment of the weightings laid 
down each month by the European Commission. 
A% 
ISSN 0254-1475 
COM(98) 384 final 
DOCUMENTS 
EN 01 09 
Catalogue number : CB-CO-98-401-EN-C 
ISBN 92-78-37338-9 
Office for Official Publications ol the European Communities 
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