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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION (EURATOM,ECSC,EEC)
CORRECTING THEWEIGHTING APPLIEDTOTHEREMUNERATION ANDPENSIONS
OPOFFICIALS ANDOTHERSERVANTSOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITY
EMPLOYED ORRESIDENTINITALY
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Italianweighting
Inadditiontothelastsalaryadjustmentfortheriseinthecostof
livinginthesecondhalfof1977"theCommissionproposeda5%
increaseintheweightingforItaly.This,figurewasputforward
provisionally,pendingthefindingsofthestatisticalsurveysto
hecarriedoutbytheStatisticalOfficeattheCommission's
request*However,theCouncildeferreditsdecisionuntilthe
outcomeofthesurveyswasknown*
TheSCEC*sreportisnowattached*
TheCommissionwouldstressthattheworkingpartysetup"by
MrJenkinsagreedthat,ifthemethodistooperatesatisfactorily ,
theremustheprovisionforupdatingthebasicstatisticalmaterial
tomakeperiodicchecksonweightings *Infactthemethodchosen »
Φwillmakeitpossibletodrawasmuchoftheinformationproducedby
thefive-yearpricesurveyconductedbytheSCECinconnectionwith
nationalaccounts*
InitscheckonthefirstapplicationofthemethodtotheItalian
weightingtheworkingpartyusedthelatestfiguresavailable(1975
nationalaccountssurvey)*
TheCommissionwouldalsopointoutthattheuseofasingle
weightingforeachcountryofemployment,workedoutforthecapital,
placesstaffworkinginIspraataslightdisadvantage *Thestatistics
availableshowthatthecostoflivinginRomehasrisenlessrapidly
thanintheVaresearea,fromwhichitmayreasonablybeassumedthat

mm2mm
pricesinRomaarenowlowerthaninVarese*Thisexistenceof
lowerpricesinthecapitalthanelsewhereistheexceptionrather
thantheruleintheNine*Inviewofthenumberofstaffemployed
inIspraaspeciallooalpricesurveywouldappearjustified*
However,theCommissionfeelsthatitwouldbewisernottoinnovate
inthisdirectionandtoabidebytheCouncilDecisionof1963,which
providesspecificallyfortheuseofthepriceindexesrelatingto
thecapital.
T£eweightingforItaly(Rome)hasthereforebeenrecalculated *
Thecalculations aresetoutindetailintheSGECreportreferred
toabove*
Theresultisawei^rtingof143*2asat1January1973(where
Brussels-100)or146*4(whereBrussels-102*3)*Thefigure
decidedonbytheCouncilwitheffectfrom1January1978vas
137*6(Brussels■102*3)*Aninoreaseof6*4$isthereforecalled
for* ,
TheCommissionisaccordinglyproposingthattheCouncilfixthe
Italianweightingat146*4witheffectfrom1January1978
TheCommissionmustalsoinformtheCouncilthatthestaff
representatives haveaskedthatthenewweightingbeappliedfroma
dateearlierthan1January1978*

STATISTICAL OFFICEOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUlaTIES
CalculationoftheweightingforItaly(Rome)
1.ThecurrentweightingforItalyisworkedoutonthebasisof196?
calculations updatedbymeansofthejointindex.
TheinflationinItalyoverthelastfewyearshasmadeitnecessary
torecalculatetheweighting.
2.Themethodusedisthesameasbefore,namelythe"Fisher"method.
3.Basicmaterial
Sheworkingpartydecidedtomakeuseofthebasicstatisticsalready
Φ
availableattheStatistical Office.
Pricecalculations werebasedontheCommunitysurveyconductedin
October1975andtherelevantweightswereworkedoutonthebasisof
thesurveyofcivilservants*familybudgetsconductedinBrussels
andIsprain1967.

4.Useofbasicmaterial
( ,
' 1
•Prices
Promthelistused,intheCommunitysurveyofOctober1975»601itemswere
selectedinaccordancewiththefollowingcriteria:
(a)theOctober1975priceshadtobeavailableforbothcapitalcities
(Brusselsand'Rome);
(b)theitemhadtoappearonthenomenclatureofweightsusedin1967-
Tennewitemswereadded(third-partyliabilitypremiumsfortwocarsand
eigfrttelevisionsets).
AstherewerenofiguresavailableshowingrentsforRome,calculations
werebasedonthenationalaverage,likewiseusedfortheItaliannational
accounts.
Weights
Theweightsusedtoproducethe1967jointcost-of-livingindexforBrussels
andIspra(Documents2352/66and2353/66)wereextrapolatedfortheperiod .
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covering1967to1975takingintoaccountthechangesintherelativeshares
ofthefunctiongroups(one-digitcode)ofthenationalaccountsoverthe
«
referenceperiod.
Inordertocorrelatethe1967weightsnomenclature andthelistofitems
usedintheOctober1975surveyitwasnecessarytoregroupsomeheadings
andbreakdownothers*
I *•'
Thisproducedweightsinrespectof156basioheadingsforwhichthereare
oneormoreitemstheprioesofwhichwereavailableforbothoountriea.

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5.Calculations
Foreachproduot theratio between theRome price (piR)andthe
Brussels price (piB)wascalculated :
piR^piB (i*1, 611)
Theprice ratios forproducts included under abasic heading were
aggregated bycalculating thenon-weighted geometric average .
WherePj^g represents theparity ofthebasio heading sandn^the
number ofproducts included under theheading ,theformula wasas
follows :
4 Γ*** ΐΐ%4-^ pL PisJ··*/
Theparities ofthe156basic headings were aggregated using the
Laspeyres index (L^^)andtheFaaoche index
Where c<°andi<®represent theweighting coefficients (i.e. the
relative spending onheading sinRome (R)andinBrussels (B),the
formulae adopted canbesetoutasfollows : -.
6
9
iÇ(t ■ A 4
f<^1'
HiePisher index istherefore thegeometric average ofthetwo
results :
t/8-\IjS3
v'i

6*Adjustment
TheOotober1975Communitypricesurveywasconductedinthecapitalsof
theNineoveraperiodoftwoandahalfmonths.TheBrusselsoperation
tookplaoeinlateOctoberandtheRomeoperationinlateNovember.
InordertoworkouttheOctober1975paritybetweenthetwocapitals
allowancehadtobemadeforthe1.1$riseinpricesinRomebetween
OctoberandNovember.
7•Updating
TheresultsproducedapeforOctober1975*
InordertoobtainthepresentpurchasingpowerparitybetweenRomeand
BrusselsitwasneoessarytoextrapolatetheOotober1975resultsusingthe
jointindexfor.thetwocities.
/
Updatingwillcontinuealongtheselinesuntil19dOtwhenthenext.five–year
Communitysurveywillprovidethedatatoworkoutthenewweighting.-\■

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8*Results
SituationasatOctober1975
Pisher Lit14*9perBfr
Commissionrate Lit12.50perBfr
WeightingwitheffectfromJuly1975
(Brussels■100) 11'9
Pricemovement "betweenJuly1975andDecember1977
Brussels \ 122.5
Rome• 147*2
Situationearly1978
Φ·
Fisherextrapolated Lit17.9perBfr
Commissionrate Lit12.50perBfr
Weighting
(Brussels-100) 143.2

IX/l839/78-EN
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION(Euratom,ECSC,EEC)No
of ,
correctingtheweightingappliedtotheremuneration
andpensionsofofficialsandotherservantsofthe
EuropeanCommunitiesemployedorresidentinItaly
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,'
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing aSingleCouncilandaSingle
CommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,
HavingregardtotheStaffRegulationsofOffioialsandtheConditions
ofEmploymentofOtherServantsoftheEuropeanCommunitieslaiddown
byCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom,ECSC)No259/68^,aslastamended
pbyRegulation(ECSC,EEC,Euratom)No914/78,andinparticular
«Articles64and82oftheStaffRegulationsandthefirstparagraph
ofArticle20andArticle64oftheConditionsofEmployment,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheweightingforItalyshouldbecorrectedinlinewiththe
findingsofthestatisticalsurveyscarriedoutbytheStatistical
OfficeoftheEuropeanCommunities,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION 1
Article1 ,
1.Witheffeotfrom1January1978,theweightingapplicabletothe
remunerationofofficialsemployedinItalyshallbe146.4*•
OJNoL56,4March1968,p.1«
20JNoL119,3May1978,p.8.

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/ •
2.Witheffectfrom1January197°theweightingapplicabletopensions
inacoordancewiththeseoondsubparagraphofArticle82(l)ofthe
/StaffRegulationsshallbe146.4wherethepersonentitledtothepension
deolareshishometobeinItaly* •
Article2
TheweightingforItalyinArticles 1and2ofCouncilRegulation
(Euratom,ECSC,EEC)No1461/78^isrepealedwitheffectfrom
•1January1978.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
Φ
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
ι
Doneat
FortheCouncil ,
/ ThePresident
OJNoL176,30June1978-p.1*