1999/185/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Commission Decision of 5 February 1999 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries (notified under document number C(1999) 458)
Date: 1999-02-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, exchange rate, pay, ratio, third country, wage determination

9. 3. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 60/83

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 February 1999

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April,
1 May and 1 June 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European
Communities serving in third countries

(notified under document number C(1999) 458)

(1999/185/EC, ECSC, Euratom)

the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has
exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or
adjusted,

DECIDES:

Sole Article

With effect
from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April,
1 May and 1 June 1998 the weightings applicable to the
serving in third countries
remuneration of officials
payable in the currency of their country of employment
are adjusted as shown in the Annex.

for

the calculation of

The exchange rates
such re-
muneration 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.

Done at Brussels, 5 February 1999.

For the Commission

Hans VAN DEN BROEK

Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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, Euratom, ECSC) No 2762/
98 (2) and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13
of Annex X,

Whereas, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of
Annex X to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation
(EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1945/98 (3)
laid down the
weightings to be applied from 1 January 1998 to the
serving in third countries,
remuneration of officials
payable in the currency of their country of employment;

Whereas the Commission has made a number of adjust-
ments to these weightings (4) in recent months, pursuant
to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the
Staff Regulations;

Whereas some of these weightings should be adjusted
with effect
from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April,
1 May and 1 June 1998 given that the statistics available
to the Commission show that in certain third countries
the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of

(1) OJ L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 253, 15. 9. 1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 194, 10. 7. 1998, p. 47.

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9. 3. 1999

ANNEX

Place of employment

Place of employment

Place of employment

Place of employment

Indonesia

Kazakhstan

Romania

Turkey

Zimbabwe

Albania

Colombia

Ghana

Indonesia

Venezuela

Indonesia

Malawi

Romania

Suriname

Turkey

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Angola

Benin

Chad

Fiji

Guinea-Bissau

India

Indonesia

Papua New Guinea

Turkey

Venezuela

Weightings
March 1998

18,67

102,79

66,19

78,26

35,69

Weightings
April 1998

96,54

79,55

40,71

34,93

87,59

Weightings
May 1998

42,46

33,53

69,40

76,97

77,47

68,24

46,65

Weightings
June 1998

110,43

81,94

94,01

62,59

87,70

47,99

52,37

78,43

77,59

89,28