Proposal for a Council Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 1997 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 1997-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, pay, third country, wage determination

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 
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. 

to  officials  of 

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. 

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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; 

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1. 

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  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. 

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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 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

T ^ '
l of 
July  1997 

D 

en 

D 

; 

. 

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 
Fig 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Ghana 
Guatemala 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti 

. 

| 

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 

(***)  Not  available 

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l^ 2? 
July  1997 

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 

/***\ 

/***\ 

/***\ 
/***\ 

/***\ 

/***\ 

/***\ 

/***\ 

(***)  Not  available 

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 
106,54 

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. 

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| 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

T ^ of 
July  1997 

D 

m 

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) 
Uruguay 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Viet  Nam 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe 

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 

(***)  Not  available 

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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 

Legal basis 

3. 

Budgetary  impact: 

A 6000 

Articles  12  and  13  of  Annex X  to  the 
Staff  Regulations 

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 

estimated  expenditure for  six 
months  {(2) x (6)} 

+ ECU 53  122(2) 

+ 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. 

PLACE OF  EMPLOYMENT 

Economic 
parities 
July  1997 

Exchange  rates 
June  1997 

Weightings 
July  1997 

n 

n 

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 
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 

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 

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 

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 

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PLACE  OF  EMPLOYMENT 

Economic 
parities 
July  1997 

Exchange  rates 
June  1997 

<*) 

Weightings 
July  1997 
n 

TABLE A 

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 

/***\ 

/***\ 

(***) 
/***\ 

/***\ 

/***\ 

/***\ 

/***\ 

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 

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 
22,3468681 

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 
106,54 

(*)  BEF 1 = local  currency 

Georgia, Kazakhstan,  Russia, Ukraine  = USD 

(**)  Brussels = 100% 
(***) Not  available 

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;  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 

TABLE A 

Economic 
parities 
July  1997 

Exchange  rates 
June  1997 

n 

Weightings 
July  1997 
D 

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 

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 

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 

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PLACE OF  EMPLOYMENT 

ALBANIA 

ALGERIA 

(*") 

/***\ 

(***) 

r*) 

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 

TABLE B 

Variation  (%) 
for  July  1997 compared with  January  1997 

Economic 
parities 

Exchange 
rates 

Weightings 

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 

-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 

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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PLACE OF  EMPLOYMENT 

TABLE B 

Variation  (%) 
for  July  1997 compared with  January  1997 

Economic 
parities 

Exchange 
rates 

Weightings 

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 

4 

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 
-

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 

-

-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 

-

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 

" 
11,80| 

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PLACE OF  EMPLOYMENT 

TABLE B 

Variation  (%) 
for  July  1997 compared  with  January  1997 

Economic 
parities 

Exchange 
rates 

Weightings 

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 

r*) 

VIETNAM 
WEST  BANK - GAZA  STRIP 
YUGOSLAVIA 

ZAMBIA 
ZIMBABWE 

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 

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 

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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