Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1945/98 of 8 September 1998 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 1998-09-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, exchange rate, pay rise, regulations for civil servants, third country, wage determination

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) No 1945/98

of 8 September 1998

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1998 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), 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 weight-
ings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency
of the country of employment to officials serving in third
countries
from 1
should be determined with effect
January 1998;

Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of
sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remunera-
tions as a result of
these weightings for the period
between 1 January 1998 and the date of the Council
Decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from
1 January 1998;

Whereas, however,
in order to mirror the weightings
applicable within the European Community to remunera-
tions 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 12 months
following the date of that decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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;

With effect from 1 January 1998, the weightings applic-
able to remuneration payable in the currency of
the
country of employment shall be as shown in the Annex.

Whereas the weightings to apply with effect
from 1
January 1998 in respect of which payment has been made
on the basis of a previous regulation could lead to retro-
spective adjustments to remuneration (positive or nega-
tive);

Whereas provision should be made for back-payments in
the event of an increase in remunerations as a result of
these weightings;

(1) OJ L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 781/81 (OJ L 113, 15. 4.
1998, p. 4).

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 July 1998.

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The institutions shall make back payments in the event of
an increase in remuneration as
these
weightings.

result of

a

For the period between 1 January 1998 and the date of
the Council Decision setting the weightings applicable
with effect from 1 January 1998, the institutions shall
make retrospective downward adjustments
to remu-
neration in the event of a reduction as a result of these
weightings.

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

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, 8 September 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. SCH(cid:154)SSEL

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Place of employment

Weightings
January 1998

Place of employment

Weightings
January 1998

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
Congo (*)
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 (*)

(*) Not available.

95,45
0,00
101,22
111,37
109,52
80,96
67,99
117,97
84,01
77,00
0,00
0,00
64,81
99,81
92,89
76,97
0,00
94,20
76,50
116,07
88,99
102,07
95,56
76,10
107,24
0,00
85,18
0,00
90,19
69,97
0,00
120,16
74,96
71,13
93,39
67,29
0,00
43,85
73,15
73,84
126,57
95,03
92,73
37,73
69,92
110,63
81,97
73,66
83,34
105,18
61,74
45,48
63,82
107,68
99,81
104,79
125,54
152,80
76,49
94,90
78,30
0,00
109,57
0,00

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
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Republic of Cape Verde
Romania
Russia
Rwanda (*)
Samoa
S(cid:209)o Tom(cid:130) and Pr(cid:146)ncipe (*)
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
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe

59,35
0,00
0,00
52,31
42,45
89,23
82,22
79,57
75,88
63,31
74,26
65,41
67,27
95,03
118,01
0,00
78,03
92,33
131,70
62,88
87,80
92,27
56,99
64,69
85,89
63,98
134,60
0,00
80,83
0,00
82,68
102,59
65,08
90,78
105,47
0,00
69,82
73,59
98,62
0,00
38,32
70,42
52,93
123,87
79,91
85,24
53,44
85,62
85,96
63,46
66,99
76,99
71,50
150,97
102,16
89,11
91,94
99,83
109,30
83,22
67,74
75,41
45,03