Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 501/98 of 20 February 1998 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 1997 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 1998-02-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Community budget, European official, implementation of the budget, pay, ratio, third country

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) No 501/98

of 20 February 1998

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 employ-
ment of other servants of the Communities laid down by
Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2592/97 (2), 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
to officials
the country of employment
currency of
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;

Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of
sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remunera-
these weighthings for the period
tions as a result of

(1) OJ L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 5.

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 remu-
neration 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 the said 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 remu-
neration 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 para-
graph.

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.

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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 retro-
spective downward adjustments to remuneration in the
event of a reduction as a result of these weightings.

more than six months preceding the decision and this
recovery shall be spread over no more than 12 months
from the date of that decision.

Article 3

Retrospective adjustments involving the revovery of sums
overpaid shall, however, concern only a period of no

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the day
following that of 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, 20 February 1998.

For the Council

The President

R. COOK

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Place of employment

Weightings
July 1997

Place of employment

Weightings
July 1997

ANNEX

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
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
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Israel
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan (Naka)
Japan (Tokyo)
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Latvia (*)
Lebanon
Left Bank – Gaza strip (*)
Lesotho

(*) Not available.

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
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

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
S(cid:209)o Tom(cid:130) 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)
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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
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