Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSC) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 1996 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 1996-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, pay, pay rise, regulations for civil servants, third country

COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  18.12.1996 
COM(96)678  final 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC, EURATOM,  ECSQ 
laying  down the weightings 
applicable  from  1 July  1996 
to  the remuneration of  officials  of  the  European  Communities 
serving  in third countries 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  NOTE 

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  Communi 
ties  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  1996.  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  1783/96 of  11 September  1996 which 
took  effect  on  1 January  1996. 

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)  for  local  currencies  in  relation  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. 

The  exchange  rates  selected  for  accounting  purposes  are  those  for  June  1996. 

Table  A  shows  for  each  place  of  employment  the  economic  parity  calculated  by  the 
Statistical Office  of the European Communities (SOEC) for July  1996, the exchange rate 
selected  and  the  resulting  weighting,  applicable  from  1 July  1996. 

The SOEC has calculated the economic parities for  each country shown in Table  B.  The 
parities  used  apply  from  1 July  1996. 

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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC. EURATOM,  ECSQ  No ..../.. 
of..». 
laying down the weightings 
applicable from  1 July  1996 
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 259/68',  as last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC,  Euratom, ECSC) 
No  2963/95* and jn  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 
I  July  1996; 

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  1996  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; 

'OJ No  L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1, 

*OJ No  L 310, 22.12.1995, p. 1. 

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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  1996 
and  the  date  of  the  Council  decision  setting  the  weightings  to  apply  with  effect  from  1 July 
1996; 

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  6  months  preceding  the  decision  and  for  its  effects  to  be  spread  over  a  period 
of  no  more  than  12 months  following  the  date  of  that  decision; 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

With  effect  from  1  July  1996,  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  1997. 

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  1996 and the date of the Council  decision setting the weightings 
applicable  with  effect  from  1 July  1996, the  institutions  shall  make  retrospective  downward 
adjustments  to  remuneration  in  the  event  of  a reduction  as  a  result  of  these  weightings. 

v 

-3 

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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Economic 
parities 
July 1996 

Exchange rates 
June 1996 
D 

Weightings 
July  1996 

TABLE A 

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 
Cyprus 
Czech  Republic 
Djibouti 
Dominican  Republic 
Egypt 
Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea 
Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Ex-Yugoslavia 
Fiji 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Ghana 
Grenada 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 

2,2556249 
0 
2468615,215 
0,081068 
•  0,0299492 
0,0333145 
0,7777071 
0,0544729 
0,0456028 
11,1971251 
0 
0 
0,0647352 
0,0244446 
1,5568537 
13,0420989 
7,4564554 
15,1617187 
0,0296948 
18,3698684 
12,9296478 
11,0214007 
0,2073044 
23,1500329 
11,0233646 
15,8847088 
4,2914188 
'  0,0123438 
0,5561112 
6,6312349 
0,3064145 
0,0632051 
13,2482031 
0 
0 
0,0725413 
0 
0,0316962 
20,1557622 
0,2471755 
0,0261629 
18,8697439 
0,0793511 
32,1593765 
457,1247205 
2,6616635 

3,6664956 
1,7800246 
1011910,183 
0,0859623 
0,0318279 
0,0399664 
1,329363 
0,063674 
0,063674 
16,4725649 
0 
0 
0,1056 
0,0309521 
4,0390985 
16,4725649 
8,9198109 
16,4725649 
0,0437082 
16,4725649 
16,4725649 
13,0191381 
0,2651535 
34,0309682 
12,3543728 
16,4725649 
6,5397947 
0,0150657 
0,8873902 
5,6580287 
0,4097521 
0,1058896 
16,4725649 
0 
0 
0,2012113 
0,1605575 
0,0436567 
16,4725649 
0,3068708 
0,031837 
51,4588586 
0,0859623 
31,8684471 
736,1059993 
4,4734723! 
1 

! 

61,52 
0,00 
243,96 
94,31 
94,10 
83,36 
58,50 
85,55 
71,62 
67,97 
0,00 
0,00 
61,30 
78,98 
38,54 
79,17 
83,59 
92,04 
67,94 
111,52 
78,49 
84,66 
78,18 
68,03 
89,23 
96,43 
65,62 
81,93 
62,67 
117,20 
74,78 
59,69 
80,43 
0,00 
0,00 
36,05 
.0,00 
72,60 
122,36 
80,55 
82,18 
36,67 
92,31 
100,91 
62,10 
59,50 
• 
: 

(*)  Not available. 
(**)  BEF 1 = local currency 

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 

(***)  Brussels  =100 

G 

PLACE OF  EMPLOYMENT 

Economic 
parities 
July 1996 

(*) 

n 
n 
n 

n 

Haiti 
Hong Kong 
Hungary 
India 
Indonesia 
Israel 
Ivory Coast 
Jamaica 
Japan 
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 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Norway 
Pakistan 
Papua New Guinea 
Peru 
Philippines 
Poland 
Republic of Cape Verde 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda 
Senegal 
Sierra Leone 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 

0 
0,2497118 
3,5476908 
04445627 
59,0410903 
0,1092398 
15,259141 
0,6155779 
5,3131863 
0,0141788 
0,0342607 
1,1767997 
0 
47,0506759 
0 
0,0703153 
0 
0 
68,2662146 
0,1880859 
13,9842377 
0,009066 
3,3068724 
0,4316361 
0,1181044 
0,1961727 
194,4173606 
0,0874029 
0,0450799 
3,6821563 
13,0819304 
1,0355024 
0,2576376 
0,6604226 
0,0380214 
0,0627747 
0,4918452 
716,1510829 
1,9902843 
39,1804024 
0,0386537 
0 
12,2688129 
22,4305825 
0,5873548 
3,6983593 

TABLE A 

Exchange rates 
June 1996 

Weightings 
July  1996 

n 

0,5093984 
0,24833 
4,8503662 
1,0951103 
73,713696 
0,103598 
16,4725649 
1,2351779 
3,3998572 
0,0222084 
0,031837 
1,8240187 
0 
49,3193924 
0 
0,1392874 
0,031837 
0 
125,2348153 
0,4882336 
16,4725649 
0,0116159 
4,3023706 
0,6136099 
0,2363899 
0,2803241 
351,4938489 
0,1392874 
0,0566701 
2,9949984 
16,4725649 
2,6266022 
0,2080862 
1,1056954 
0,0406058 
0,0767578 
0,817929 
849,5454932 
2,6755137 
93,949643 
0,031837 
9,6237128 
16,4725649 
27,2643001 
0,986096 
4,4347865 

0,00 
100,56 
73,14 
40,60 
80,10 
105,45 
92,63 
49,84 
156,28 
63,84 
107,61 
64,52 
0,00 
95,40 
0,00 
50,48 
0,00 
0,00 
54,51 
38,52 
84,89 
78,05 
76,86 
70,34 
49,96 
69,98 
55,31 
62,75 
79,55 
122,94 
79,42 
39,42 
123,81 
59,73 
93,64 
81,78 
60,13 
84,30 
74,39 
41,70 
121,41 
0,00 
74,48 
82,27 
59,56 
83,39 

(*)  Not available. 
(**)  BEF 1 = local currency 

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 

(***)  Brussels = 100 

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H 

n 

n 

Solomon  Islands 
Somalia 
South Africa  (Pretoria) 
South Africa (The Cape) 
South Korea 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
Suriname 
Swaziland 
Switzerland 
Syria 
Sâo Tome and  Principe 
Tanzania 
Thailand 
Togo 
Tonga 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Uganda 
Ukraine 
United States of America  (New York) 
United States of America  (Washington) 
Uruguay 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Viet Nam 
Western  Samoa 
Zaire 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe 

TABLE A 

Exchange  rates 
June 1996 

Weightings 
July  1996 

n 

0,1049043 
83,4097923 
0,1392874 
0,1392874 
24,7917493 
0 
3,7854412 
12,7985256 
0,1392874 
0,0399074 
1,3371487 
0 
18,5154326 
0,7861635 
16,4725649 
0,0395695 
0,1885547 
0,0305614 
2492,273951 
31,7803343 
0,031837 
0,031837 
0,031837 
0,2476903 
3,5308241 
14,9195834 
348,9305279 
0,0764584 
1089,324619 
39,1711387 
0,3101833 

94,06 
0,00 
60,94 
64,09 
95,17 
0,00 
27,62 
55,31 
43,84 
122,65 
68,22 
0,00 
45,00 
74,01 
79,79 
84,73 
53,39 
62,58 
64,21 
66,23 
107,97 
93,40 
81,45 
88,22 
96,95 
44,06 
36,01 
76,22 
0,00 
57,81 
47,07 

Economic 
parities 
July  1996 

0,0986771 
0 
0,0848823 
0,0892687 
23,5938015 
0 
1,0457249 
7,0786481 
0,0610639 
0,0489475 
0,9122293 
0 
8,3323384 
0,5818168 
13,1436828 
0,0335283 
0,1006786 
0,0191265 
1600,309282 
21,0489094 
0,0343746 
0,0297365 
0,0259319 
0,2185239 
3,4230266 
6,573016 
125,6336345 
0,0582731 
0 
22,644138 
0,1460063 

(*)  Not available. 
(**)  BEF  1 = local currency 

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD 

(***) Brussels = 100 

^ 

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n 

n 
n 

n 
n 
n 

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 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic 
Djibouti 
Dominican Republic 
Egypt 
Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea 
Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Ex-Yugoslavia 
Fiji 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Ghana 
Grenada 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 

. 

I 

TABLE B 

Economie 
parities 
July  1996 

2,2556249 
0 
2468615,215 
0,081068 
0,0299492 
0,0333145 
0,7777071 
0,0544729 
0,0456028 
11,1971251 
0 
Ô 
0,0647352 
0,0244446 
1,5568537 
13,0420989 
7,4564554 
15,1617187 
0,0296948 
18,3698684 
12,9296478 
11,0214007 
0,2073044 
23,1500329 
11,0233646 
15,8847088 
4,2914188 
0,0123438 
0,5561112 
6,6312349 
0,3064145 
0,0632051 
13,2482031 
0 
0 
0,0725413 
0 
0,0316962 
20,1557622 
0,2471755 
0,0261629 
18,8697439 
0,0793511 
32,1593765 
457,1247205 
2,6616635 

(*)  Not available. 

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n 

O 

o 
n 
n 

n 

Haiti 
Hong Kong 
Hungary 
India 
Indonesia 
Israel 
Ivory Coast 
Jamaica 
Japan 
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 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Norway 
Pakistan 
Papua New Guinea 
Peru 
Philippines 
Poland 
Republic of Cape Verde 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda 
Senegal 
Sierra Leone 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 

| 

- 

. 

; 

TABLE B 

Economie 
parities 
July  1996 

o 
0,2497ÎT8 
3,5476908 
0,4445627 
59,0410903 
0,1092398 
15,259141 
0,6155779 
5,3131863 
0,0141788 
0,0342607 
1,1767997 
0 
47,0506759 
0 
0,0703153 
0 
0 
68,2662146 
0,1880859 
13,9842377 
0,009066 
3,3068724 
0,4316361 
0,1181044 
0,1961727 
194,4173606 
0,0874029 
0,0450799 
3,6821563 
13,0819304 
1,0355024 
0,2576376 
0,6604226 
0,0380214 
0,0627747 
0,4918452 
716,1510829 
1,9902843 
39,1804024 
0,0386537 
0 
12,2688129 
22,4305825 
0,5873548 
3,6983593 

."" 

I 

(*)  Not available. 

(O 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

n 

n 

n 

n 

Solomon Islands 
Somalia 
South Africa (Pretoria) 
South Africa (The Cape) 
South Korea 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
Suriname 
Swaziland 
Switzerland 
Syria 
Sâo Tome and Principe 
Tanzania 
Thailand 
Togo 
Tonga 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Uganda 
Ukraine 
United States of America (New York) 
United States of America (Washington) 
Uruguay 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Viet Nam 
Western Samoa 
Zaire 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe 

" 

- 

TABLE B 

Economie 
parities 
July 1996 

0,0986771 
Ô 
0,0848823 
0,0892687 
23,5938015 
0 
1,0457249 
7,0786481 
0,0610639 
0,0489475 
0,9122293 
0 
8,3323384 
0,5818168 
13,1436828 
0,0335283 
0,1006786 
0,0191265 
1600,309282 
21,0489094 
0,0343746 
0,0297365 
0,0259319 
0,2185239 
3,4230266 
6,573016 
125,6336345 
0,0582731 
0 
22,644138 
0,1460063 

. 

(*)  Not available. 

it 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

Proposal  for a 
Council  of  the  European Union  Regulation 
laying  down the weightings 
applicable  from  1 July  1996 
to  the remuneration of  officials  of  the European  Communities 
serving  in third countries 

1. 

Budget  item 

A  6000 

2. 

Legal  basis 

Articles  12  and  13  of  Annex  X  to  the 
Staff  Regulations 

Budgetary  impact: 

-  provisional  real  expenditure 

for  1996 

ECU  72  247  000 
(i.e.  ECU  6  020  583  per  month)  (1) 

-  estimate  of  effect  of 
July  1996  weightings 

-  estimated  expenditure  for  six 

months  {(2) x  (6)} 

+ ECU  4  895  (2) 

+  ECU  29  370 

-  effect  in  relation  to  provisional 
real  expenditure  {(2)  :  (1)} 

+  0.081% 

This  budgetary  impact  does  not  take  account  of  the  adjustment  of  the  weightings  laid 
down  each  month  by  the European  Commission. 

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