COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 12.12.1997 
COM(97) 692 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION ŒCSC. EC. Euratom) 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from 1 Julyl997 
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 Anrltex 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 July 1997. The budgetary impact is negligible compared with the total 
operating costs of the delegations. 
II. Council of the European Union Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2175/88 
of 18 July 1988 laid down the initial weightings applicable from 10 October 1987. Since 
then these weightings have been adjusted by the Council of the European Union every 
six months, most recently by Regulation No 1785/97 of 11 September 1997 which took 
effect on 1 January 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 purchasing power parities 
(PPPs) by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC). The weighting is 
the factor obtained by dividing the PPP by the exchange rate. This means that 
implementation of a weightings system primarily involves calculating purchasing power 
parities for Brussels and the various places of employment. 
The exchange rates selected for accounting purposes are those for June 1997. 
Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the 
SOEC for July 1997, the exchange rate selected and the resulting weighting, applicable 
from 1 July 1997. 
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. 
<£ 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) No ..../.. 
of 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from 1 July 1997 
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 2485/962, 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 
July 1997; 
Whereas, under Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council sets the weightings every six 
months; whereas it will accordingly have to set new weightings for the coming half-years; 
Whereas the weightings to apply with effect from 1 July 1997 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 OJNo L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1. 
2 OJ No L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 1. 
3 
Whereas provision. should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a 
reduction in remunerations as a result of these weightings for the period between 1 July 1997 
and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 July 
1997; 
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 July 1997, the weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the 
currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in the Annex. 
The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be those used for 
implementation of the general budget of the European Communities for the month preceding 
the date referred to in the first paragraph. 
Article 2 
In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the 
Council shall set weightings every six months. It shall accordingly set new weightings with 
effect from 1 January 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 July 1997 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings 
applicable with effect from 1 July 1997, the institutions shall make retrospective downward 
adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings. 
<t 
Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall, however, concern 
only a period of no more than 6 months preceding the decision and this recovery shall be 
spread over no more than 12 months from the date of that decision. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
D 
en 
D PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT T^'lof 
July 1997 
Albania 82,84 
Algeria 0,00 
Angola 81,04 
Antigua and Barbuda 109,02 
Argentina 105,90 
Australia 88,56 
Bangladesh 67,50 
Barbados 114,24 
Belize ; 80,31 
Benin 75,34 
Bolivia 0,00 
Bosnia-Herzogovina 0,00 
Botswana 66,75 
Brazil . 92,37 
Bulgaria 93,55 
Burkina Faso 79,49 
Burundi 0,00 
Cameroon 94,62 
Canada 76,84 
Central African Republic 114,12 
Chad 80,65 
Chile 99,27 
China . 91,92 
Colombia 86,05 
Comoros 103,43 
Costa Rica 85,20 
Croatia 0,00 
Cyprus 87,05 
Czech Republic 65,74 
Democratic Republic of Congo 0,00 
Djibouti 123,30 
Dominican Republic 72,99 
Egypt 68,45 
Equatorial Guinea 91,93 
Eritrea 0,00 
Estonia 0,00 
Ethiopia 39,54 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 73,12 
Fig 76,25 
Gabon 124,30 
Gambia 93,21 
Georgia 88,55 
Ghana 36,33 
Guatemala 67,10 
Guinea 111,36 
Guinea-Bissau 68,01 
Guyana 68,73 
Haiti | 82^65 
(***) Not available £ 
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/***\ PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT ^lfl^2? 
July 1997 
Hong Kong 101,12 
Hungary 64,75 
India 45,76 
Indonesia 80,53 
Israel 107,18 
Ivory Coast 96,53 
Jamaica 104,82 
Japan (Naka) 134,18 
Japan (Tokyo) __; 163,31 
Jordan 73,00 
Kazakhstan 119,19 
Kenya 81,68 
Latvia 0,00 
Lebanon 108,45 
Left Bank - Gaza Strip 0,00 
Lesotho 60,06 
Liberia 0,00 
Lithuania 0,00 
Madagascar 51,73 
Malawi 46,90 
Mali . 86,85 
Malta 80,48 
Mauritania 86,58 
Mauritius 79,56 
Mexico 61,53 
Morocco 72,76 
Mozambique 64,03 
Namibia 67,49 
Netherlands Antilles L 92,22 
New Caledonia 125,01 
Nicaragua 0,00 
Niger 77,86 
Nigeria y 80,92 
Norway 129,58 
Pakistan 64,17 
Papua New Guinea 95,23 
People's Republic of Congo 0,00 
Peru 90,08 
Philippines 68,20 
Poland ' 66,70 
Republic of Cape Verde 84,70 
Romania 60,89 
Russia 128,38 
Rwanda 0,00 
Samoa 86,22 
Sâo Tome and Principe 0,00 
Senegal 81,47 
Sierra Leone | 106,54 
(***) Not available 7 
D 
m PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT T^of 
July 1997 
Slovakia 63,80 
Slovenia 92,75 
Solomon Islands 101,34 
Somalia 0,00 
South Africa (Pretoria) 72,52 
South Africa (The Cape) 76,37 
South Korea 107,88 
Sri Lanka 0,00 
Sudan 33,67 
Suriname 63,11 
Swaziland 52,46 
Switzerland 120,38 
Syria 78,74 
Tanzania 78,11 
Thailand 78,43 
Togo 82,20 
Tonga 97,44 
Trinidad and Tobago 59,20 
Tunisia 68,11 
Turkey 72,53 
Uganda 74,72 
Ukraine 141,50 
United States of America (New York) 98,19 
United States of America (San Diego) 86,14 
United States of America (Washington) 90,14 
Uruguay 97,85 
Vanuatu 122,43 
Venezuela 68,37 
Viet Nam 38,77 
Zambia 72,66 
Zimbabwe 52,05 
(***) Not available <F 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) No ....A. 
of 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from 1 July 1997 
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities 
serving in third countries 
Budget item A 6000 
Legal basis Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the 
Staff Regulations 
3. Budgetary impact: 
provisional real expenditure 
for 1997 ECU 73 150 000 
(i.e. ECU 6 095 833 per month) (1) 
estimate of effect of 
July 1997 weightings + ECU 53 122(2) 
estimated expenditure for six 
months {(2) x (6)} + ECU 318 732 
effect in relation to provisional 
real expenditure {(2) : (1)} + 0.8714% 
This budgetary impact does not take account of the adjustment of the weightings laid 
down each month by the European Commission. 
TABLE A 
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 
Costa Rica 
Croatia 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic 
Democratic Republic of Congo 
Djibouti 
Dominican Republic 
Egypt 
Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea 
Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
Fiji 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Ghana 
Guatemala 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti Economic 
parities 
July 1997 
3,8774463 
0 
4712,174559 
0,0837736 
0,0301319 
0,0330457 
0,8386712 
0,0650215 
0,045709 
12,3303809 
0 
0 
0,0669847 
0,0282097 
41,8588422 
13,0104561 
0 
15,487315 
0,0301323 
18,6789479 
13,200214 
11,8520655 
0,2169159 
26,3664615 
12,6970132 
5,5863366 
0 
0,0126071 
0,6116363 
0 
6,2365456 
0,2912479 
0,0666743 
15,0459609 
0 
0 
0,0728107 
0,1168818 
0,0305531 
20,3441924 
0,2582504 
0,0252017 
20,653228 
0,1143889 
34,3241102 
723,5460523 
2,7927338 
0,3969284 Exchange rates 
June 1997 
n 
4,6807714 
0 
5814,291529 
0,0768403 
0,0284544 
0,0373148 
1,2425139 
0,0569184 
0,0569184 
16,3671479 
0 
0 
0,1003553 
0,0305409 
44,7447313 
16,3671479 
0 
16,3671479 
0,0392141 
16,3671479 
... 16,3671479 
11,9397283 
0,2359938 
30,6419488 
12,2753609 
6,5569471 
0 
0,0144825 
0,9304057 
0 
5,0579131 
0,3990105 
0,0973994 
16,3671479 
0 
0 
0,1841349 
0,1598465 
0,0400721 
16,3671479 
0,2770774 
0,02846 
56,8537154 
0,1704739 
30,82234 
1063,86374 
4,0630587 
0,4802613 Weightings 
July 1997 
n 
82,84 
0,00 
81,04 
109,02 
105,90 
88,56 
67,50 
114,24 
80,31 
75,34 
0,00 
0,00 
66,75 
92,37 
93,55 
79,49 
0,00 
94,62 
76,84 
114,12 
80,65 
99,27 
91,92 
86,05 
103,43 
85,20 
0,00 
87,05 
65,74 
0,00 
123,30 
72,99 
68,45 
91,93 
0,00 
0,00 
39,54 
73,12 
76,25 
124,30 
93,21 
88,55 
36,33 
67,10 
111,36 
68,01 
68,73 
82,65 
(*) BEF 1 = local currency 
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 
(**) Brussels = 100% 
(***) Not available /o 
TABLE A 
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/***\ PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
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 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Norway 
Pakistan 
Papua New Guinea 
People's Republic of Congo 
Peru 
Philippines 
Poland 
Republic of Cape Verde 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda 
Samoa 
Sâo Tome and Principe 
Senegal 
Sierra Leone Economic 
parities 
July 1997 
0,2244607 
3,3642811 
0,467457 
56,3160315 
0,1036672 
15,7989404 
1,0511052 
4,4369526 
5,4002062 
0,0147057 
0,0339207 
1,2486599 
0 
47,2883417 
0 
0,0763916 
0 
0 
73,846814 
0,2026189 
14,2147294 
0,008766 
3,6339558 
0,458584 
0,1379933 
0,1957398 
209,8680546 
0,0858424 
0,0467187 
3,7201459 
0 
12,7431322 
1,9459398 
0,2613385 
0,7416672 
0,0377897 
0 
0,0681575 
0,5189424 
0,0605728 
2,2117332 
123,2881624 
0,0365371 
0 
0,0602533 
0 
13,3335562 
23,8074869 Exchange rates 
June 1997 
<*) 
0,2219854 
5,1956149 
1,02144 
69,9349605 
0,0967212 
16,3671479 
1,0027676 
3,306769 
3,306769 
0,0201438 
0,02846 
1,528678 
0 
43,6033836 
0 
0,127186 
0 
0 
142,7551749 
0,4320214 
16,3671479 
0,0108924 
4,1972718 
0,5764353 
0,2242605 
0,2690125 
327,7613897 
0,127186 
0,0506586 
2,9758362 
0 
16,3671479 
2,4048289 
0,201678 
1,1558422 
0,039681 
0 
0,0756601 
0,7609192 
0,0908183 
2,6111706 
202,4701357 
0,02846 
0 
0,0698812 
0 
16,3671479 Weightings 
July 1997 
n 
101,12 
64,75 
45,76 
80,53 
107,18 
96,53 
104,82 
134,18 
163,31 
73,00 
119,19 
81,68 
0,00 
108,45 
0,00 
60,06 
0,00 
0,00 
51,73 
46,90 
86,85 
80,48 
86,58 
79,56 
61,53 
72,76 
64,03 
67,49 
92,22 
125,01 
0,00 
77,86 
80,92 
129,58 
64,17 
95,23 
0,00 
90,08 
68,20 
66,70 
84,70 
60,89 
128,38 
0,00 
86,22 
0,00 
81,47 
22,3468681 106,54 
(*) BEF 1 = local currency 
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 
(**) Brussels = 100% 
(***) Not available 
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TABLE A 
/***\ 
/***\ ; PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
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 
Uk'aine 
United States of America (New York) 
United States of America (San Diego) 
United States of America (Washington) 
Uruguay 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Viet Nam 
Zamoia 
Zimbabwe Economic 
parities 
July 1997 
0,6048652 
4,0906244 
0,1052835 
0 
0,0922295 
0,0971274 
27,354886 
0 
14,9297056 
7,2019144 
0,0667237 
0,0484778 
0,9747777 
13,6337717 
0,5754734 
13,4545464 
0,0339457 
0,1055928 
0,0210136 
2888,193149 
22,7240514 
0,0402704 
0,0279454 
0,0245155 
0,0256533 
0,2593983 
3,9374501 
9,4270328 
128,5938089 
26,9240134 
0,1648908 Exchange rates 
June 1997 
n 
0,948047 
4,4105324 
0,1038961 
0 
0,127186 
0,127186 
25,3575413 
0 
44,3399991 
11,4123984 
0,127186 
0,0402706 
1,2380068 
17,4544439 
0,7337834 
16,3671479 
0,0348371 
0,1783803 
0,0308547 
3981,842797 
30,4117754 
0,02846 
0,02846 
0,02846 
0,02846 
0,2651043 
3,216158 
13,7887291 
331,7079643 
37,0535053 
0,3168166 Weightings 
July 1997 
D 
63,80 
92,75 
101,34 
0,00 
72,52 
76,37 
107,88 
0,00 
33,67 
63,11 
52,46 
120,38 
78,74 
78,11 
78,43 
82,20 
97,44 
59,20 
68,11 
72,53 
74,72 
141,50 
98,19 
86,14 
90,14 
97,85 
122,43 
68,37 
38,77 
72,66 
52,05 
(*) BEF 1 = local currency 
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 
(**) Brussels = 100% 
(***) Not available /a 
TABLE B 
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(***) 
r*) PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
ALBANIA 
ALGERIA 
ANGOLA 
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 
ARGENTINA 
AUSTRALIA 
BANGLADESH 
BARBADOS 
BELIZE 
BENIN 
BOLIVIA 
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 
BOTSWANA 
BRAZIL 
BULGARIA 
BURKINA FASO 
BURUNDI 
CAMEROON 
CANADA 
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 
CHAD 
CHILE 
CHINA 
COLOMBIA 
COMOROS 
COSTA RICA 
COTE D'IVOIRE 
CROATIA 
CYPRUS 
CZECH REPUBLIC 
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 
DJIBOUTI 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
EGYPT 
EQUITORIAL GUINEA 
ERITREA 
ESTONIA 
ETHIOPIA 
FIJI 
GABON 
GAMBIA 
GEORGIA 
GHANA 
GUATEMALA 
GUINEA 
GUINEA-BISSAU Variation (%) 
for July 1997 compared with January 1997 
Economic 
parities 
67,18 
-
10,48 
0,34 
-1,03 
-0,61 
6,05 
8,91 
-0,44 
3,74 
-
-
4,61 
7,28 
571,68 
-1,30 
-
-0,08 
0,40 
-0,23 
0,66 
0,63 
3,72 
9,60 
18,12 
17,23 
2,51 
-
1,48 
5,40 
-
-1,35 
-8,27 
4,32 
14,02 
-
-
-0,49 
-4,39 
1,02 
2,37 
-4,32 
3,73 
-
4,57 
31,25 Exchange 
rates 
-43,77 
-
9,55 
10,12 
10,12 
4,47 
7,57 
10,12 
10,12 
0,59 
-
-
11,54 
7,33 
-292,65 
0,59 
-
0,59 
8,23 
0,59 
0,59 
10,14 
10,21 
2,77 
0,59 
4,84 
0,59 
-
1,53 
-8,63 
-
10,12 
2,08 
9,97 
0,59 
-
-
9,27 
7,11 
0,59 
3,35 
. 10,11 
-4,63 
-
4,32 
-2,83 Weightings 
16,29 
-
22,15 
11,64 
10,12 
4,04 
14,73 
21,17 
10,77 
4,35 
-
-
18,26 
15,76 
71,06 
-0,71 
-
0,51 
9,40 
0,36 
1,26 
11,99 
15,52 
12,72 
18,83 
23,19 
3,12 
-
3,06 
-2,98 
-
9,75 
-6,32 
15,86 
14,70 
-
-
9,69 
2,93 
1,63 
5,92 
6,45 
-0,87 
-
9,30 
27,64 
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TABLE B 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
GUYANA 
HAITI 
HONG KONG 
HUNGARY 
INDIA 
INDONESIA 
ISRAEL 
JAMAICA 
JAPAN (Naka) 
JAPAN (Tokyo) 
JORDAN 
KAZAKHSTAN 
KENYA 
LATVIA 
LEBANON 
LESOTHO 
LIBERIA 
LITHUANIA 
MADAGASCAR 
MALAWI 
MALI 
MALTA 
MAURITANIA 
MAURITIUS 
MEXICO 
MOROCCO 
MOZAMBIQUE 
NAMIBIA 
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 
NEW CALEDONIA 
NICARAGUA 
NIGER 
NIGEF'A 
NORWAY 
PAKISTAN 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CONGO 
PERU 
PHILIPPINES 
POLAND 
REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE 
ROMANIA 
RUSSIA 
RWANDA 
SAMOA 
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Variation (%) 
for July 1997 compared with January 1997 
Economic 
parities 
1,47 
-
-11,75 
8,13 
2,28 
2,31 
-7,39 
62,51 
1,53 
1,58 
3,06 
-0,56 
6,20 
-
-0,87 
3,65 
-
-
3,02 
4,17 
-0,00 
-3,63 
6,57 
0,28 
8,66 
-0,17 
3,59 
3,14 
0,78 
1,39 
-
-3,56 
81,35 
1,02 
6,79 
0,13 
-
3,50 
2,45 
-14,89 
3,59 
84,06 
-4,99 
-
2,50 
-Exchange 
rates 
9,00 
-
10,12 
-1,72 
9,65 
7,18 
6,07 
9,45 
8,05 
8,05 
9,87 
10,11 
13,11 
-
11,65 
12,08 
4 
-
-5,05 
10,96 
0,59 
4,02 
7,22 
10,17 
10,01 
1,31 
10,62 
12,08 
10,12 
0,59 
-
0,59 
4,58 
0,58 
10,60 
8,35 
-
7,10 
9,91 
-2,03 
2,10 
, -78,07 
10,11 
-
8,32 
-Weightings 
11,51 
-
-1,82 
6,30 
13,20 
10,22 
-1,41 
79,47 
10,42 
10,48 
14,34 
10,63 
22,22 
-
12,20 
17,88 
-
-
-1,93 
17,00 
0,59 
0,40 
14,86 
11,63 
20,75 
1,16 
15,90 
17,30 
12,12 
2,00 
-
-2,99 
90,06 
1,62 
19,45 
9,25 
-
11,41 
13,72 
-16,59 
5,81 
3,36 
5,70 
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11,80| 
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TABLE B 
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(***) 
r*) PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 
SENEGAL 
SIERRA LEONE 
SLOVAKIA 
SLOVENIA 
SOLOMON ISLANDS 
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) 
URUGUAY 
VANUATU 
VENEZUELA 
VIETNAM 
WEST BANK - GAZA STRIP 
YUGOSLAVIA 
ZAMBIA 
ZIMBABWE Variation (%) 
for July 1997 compared with January 1997 
Economic 
parities 
8,31 
3,67 
3,03 
4,94 
4,73 
-
3,22 
4,41 
6,35 
-
9,00 
-0,22 
4,61 
-0,89 
4,40 
59,00 
-0,44 
3,47 
1,28 
2,40 
4,58 
37,56 
2,93 
16,51 
-6,61 
-2,76 
-2,06 
7,75 
0,79 
10,18 
-1,90 
-
-
5,86 
5,17 Exchange 
rates 
0,59 
25,35 
4,06 
-0,25 
9,11 
-
12,08 
12,08 
3,92 
-
4,08 
10,12 
12,08 
1,82 
10,12 
8,58 
1.0,07 
0,59 
8,35 
8,36 
0,08 
-23,78 
9,77 
10,11 
10,11 
10,11 
10,11 
2,30 
10,17 
7,37 
5,12 
-
-
9,92 
6,7.9 Weightings 
8,96 
38,88 
7,39 
4,68 
15,22 
-
17,39 
18,75 
10,69 
-
13,65 
11,01 
18,98 
0,96 
16,15 
73,92 
10,71 
4,09 
10,50 
11,75 
4.57 
11,14 
14,07 
29,62 
3,90 
8,18 
8,96 
10,29 
12,21 
18,94 
3,40 
-
-
17,52 
12,83 
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