Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 342/1999 of 15 February 1999 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 1999-02-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, exchange rate, national currency, pay, regulations for civil servants, third country

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) No 342/1999

of 15 February 1999

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 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), as last
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2762/
98 (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 weight-
ings 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
1998;

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
1998 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 remuneration as a result of
these weightings;

Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of
sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remu-
neration as a result of these weightings for the period

(1) OJ L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 1.

between 1 July 1998 and the date of
the Council
Decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from
1 July 1998;

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 that decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 1998, 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 1999.

The institutions shall make back payments in the event of
an increase in remuneration as a result of these weight-
ings.

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For the period between 1 July 1998 and the date of the Council Decision setting the
weightings applicable with effect from 1 July 1998, the institutions shall make retro-
spective downward adjustments to remuneration 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 twelve months from the date of that Decision.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 3

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 15 February 1999.

For the Council

The President

E. BULMAHN

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Place of employment

Weightings
July 1998

Place of employment

Weightings
July 1998

ANNEX

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
Croatia (*)
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of Congo (*)
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Fiji
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (*)
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

(*) Not available.

95,31
0,00
114,15
115,68
107,45
73,99
68,33
117,60
83,65
79,91
0,00
0,00
64,70
98,44
92,77
76,53
0,00
92,58
75,41
115,96
92,21
99,26
95,49
72,52
106,96
0,00
83,89
0,00
88,68
74,03
0,00
120,30
76,71
74,31
92,89
65,24
66,79
41,12
39,88
60,88
0,00
117,56
92,78
91,07
41,03
68,82
105,56
88,78
75,41
86,68
106,42
60,51
46,15
39,19
104,62
98,67
107,38
133,26
139,35
77,16
112,15
79,10
68,42
111,00

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
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

0,00
56,83
0,00
63,89
50,77
30,21
88,28
81,64
74,13
71,91
65,31
74,31
68,48
65,50
94,67
117,00
0,00
77,76
82,52
127,44
63,87
76,05
92,14
55,47
68,01
81,23
68,71
133,63
0,00
75,26
0,00
81,51
96,09
65,55
92,32
84,53
0,00
67,75
70,95
80,54
0,00
36,41
74,19
51,22
118,03
82,53
83,29
58,59
87,85
78,17
67,02
69,10
76,58
68,83
153,37
101,06
88,68
91,81
98,71
105,74
89,86
65,47
60,05
42,53