Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1999 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 1999-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, exchange rate, national currency, remuneration of work, third country

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 08.07.1999
COM(1999)343 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)

laying down the weightings
applicable from 1 January 1999
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 Annex X laying down special and exceptional
provisions,
including special arrangements for emoluments, applicable to
officials of 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.

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 January 1999. The budgetary impact is negligible
compared with the total operating costs of the delegations.

II.

Council 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 every six months, most recently
by Regulation No 342/99 of 15 February 1999 which took effect on 1 July 1998.

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 economic parities by
the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC). The weighting is
the factor obtained by dividing the economic parity by the exchange rate. This
means
system primarily involves
calculating economic parities between Brussels and the various places of
employment.

implementation of a weightings

that

The accounting exchange rates used are those for January 1999.

2

Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by
the SOEC for January 1999, the exchange rate used and the resulting weighting,
applicable from 1 January 1999.

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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ANNEX

TABLE A

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

January 1999

January 1999

January 1999

(*)

(**)

168,1

163,345

102,9

Albania

(***) Algeria

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Australia

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Benin

(***) Bolivia

Bosnia-Herzogovina

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

2,32183

110,3

0

0

435266

725719

3,49

1,186

1,307

35,48

2,56

1,83

3,15023

1,16663

1,89932

56,599

2,3335

501,6

655,957

0

1,682

2,865

1,31

1810

0

1,95583

5,33627

1,42236

1955,83

0,0

60,0

110,8

101,6

68,8

62,7

78,4

76,5

0,0

86,0

53,7

92,1

92,5

78,4

0,0

92,9

66,9

Burkina Faso

514,4

655,957

(***) Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

0

609,2

1,209

777,5

618,8

505,7

8,72

4

0

655,957

1,80613

655,957

118,5

655,957

549,697

9,65812

94,3

92,0

90,3

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

January 1999

January 1999

January 1999

(*)

(**)

Colombia

Comoros

(***) Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cyprus

1163

522,4

0

241,9

6,321

1768,77

491,968

0

315,968

7,25042

0,5175

0,581776

Czech Republic

27,95

35,1939

(***) 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

0

235,7

12,2

2,915

602,8

5,154

11,06

5,497

5,247

1,4

0

779,3

10,59

0,984

1132

4,919

1482

640,8

122,5

15,89

5

65,8

106,2

0,0

76,6

87,2

88,9

79,4

0,0

0

207,356

113,7

18,0613

4,01325

655,957

8,59836

15,5631

8,79379

11,735

2,32977

0

67,5

72,6

91,9

59,9

71,1

62,5

44,7

60,1

0,0

655,957

118,8

11,9575

1,16675

2734,86

7,77721

88,5

84,3

41,4

63,3

1478,86

100,2

655,957

190,829

19,2514

97,7

64,2

82,5

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

January 1999

January 1999

January 1999

(*)

(**)

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

9,015

146,2

24,08

4966

4,423

662,7

48,21

201,9

211,1

9,10065

252,392

50,2848

8895,96

4,86074

655,957

43,368

132,8

132,8

0,6134

0,842878

1,267

57,63

0,452

1869

0

1,16675

72,9967

0,661547

0

3,289

6,84883

0

2,828

3256

10,27

600,5

0

4,667

6432,82

52,6696

655,957

0,3621

0,4416

146,3

19,03

6,539

8,022

240,775

29,0118

11,5508

10,8672

99,1

57,9

47,9

55,8

91,0

101,0

111,2

152,1

159,0

72,8

108,6

78,9

68,3

0,0

48,0

0,0

60,6

50,6

19,5

91,5

82,0

60,8

65,6

56,6

73,8

83,5

1788,99

104,5

Mozambique

11748

14076,2

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

January 1999

January 1999

January 1999

(*)

(**)

Namibia

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Republic of Cape Verde

Romania

Russia

(***) Rwanda

Samoa

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***)

Somalia

South Africa (Pretoria)

South Africa (The Cape)

South Korea

6,84883

2,07682

58,3

88,7

119,265

115,3

12,9752

655,957

99,7571

77,6

78,2

79,3

8,8714

119,8

54,6606

2,51731

3,64843

46,1598

4,08947

110,402

12813,9

60,3

70,5

81,3

54,7

65,9

82,0

56,3

1,16675

112,8

0

3,5638

8076,37

655,957

1846,19

43,2089

188,81

5,74943

0

6,84883

6,84883

1403,02

0,0

67,4

91,5

81,7

97,6

57,6

90,2

82,0

0,0

57,2

60,9

91,2

3,994

1,843

137,5

10,07

512,6

79,13

10,63

32,94

1,776

2,967

25,26

2,696

90,53

7217

1,316

0

2,401

7392

536,1

1801

24,87

170,3

4,712

0

3,92

4,169

1280

7

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

January 1999

January 1999

January 1999

(*)

(**)

(***)

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 (Washington)

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Viet Nam

Zambia

Zimbabwe

0

2737,2

740,886

6,84883

0,0

29,8

48,4

47,2

1,60778

118,3

0

816,6

358,5

3,232

1,902

41,29

629,9

25,7

582,2

1,377

4,478

1351

1,596

1,114

1,008

11,79

154,5

611,2

9576

1357

53,6705

792,223

43,1726

655,957

1,90098

7,30321

1620,78

1,16675

1,16675

12,5951

655,947

16208,5

2640,17

76,9

79,5

59,5

88,8

72,4

61,3

72,4

76,9

83,3

95,5

83,4

86,4

93,6

93,2

59,1

51,4

20,7

0,9231

1,2746

281123

365748

1,16675

136,8

153,166

100,9

9,099

43,8519

8

United States of America (San Diego)

0,9726

1,16675

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

January 1999

January 1999

January 1999

(*)

(**)

€

(*)

= local currency

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD

(**) Brussels = 100%

(***) Not available

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ANNEX

TABLE B

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 1999 compared with July 1998

Economic

Exchange rates Weightings

parities

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

3.07

-

31.39

2.05

0.81

0.21

2.43

-0.09

-0.09

-4.25

-

-

2.59

2.96

-0.22

2.53

-

0.34

0.58

2.25

2.31

2.58

0.00

3.07

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

31.39

2.05

0.81

0.21

2.43

-0.09

-0.09

-4.25

-

-

2.59

2.96

-0.22

2.53

-

0.34

0.58

2.25

2.31

2.58

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 1999 compared with July 1998

Economic

Exchange rates Weightings

parities

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

11

0.73

5.13

-0.66

-

3.71

-

1.51

3.40

-

0.68

3.60

3.51

-1.02

1.77

5.90

72.31

12.13

4.69

-

1.10

1.33

-1.34

9.88

3.93

4.86

10.13

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

0.73

5.13

-0.66

-

0.00

3.71

-

0.00

0.00

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

1.51

3.40

-

0.68

3.60

3.51

-1.02

1.77

5.90

72.31

12.13

4.69

-

1.10

1.33

-1.34

9.88

3.93

4.86

10.13

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 1999 compared with July 1998

Economic

Exchange rates Weightings

parities

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

(***) Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

1.57

-0.78

-0.79

2.91

16.32

6.24

5.92

2.42

12.77

-0.12

-0.14

1.99

3.20

4.64

1.40

0.83

-

2.04

-

1.05

3.85

12.96

3.75

3.15

0.24

1.85

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

1.57

-0.78

-0.79

2.91

16.32

6.24

5.92

2.42

12.77

-0.12

-0.14

1.99

3.20

4.64

1.40

0.83

-

0.00

2.04

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

1.05

3.85

12.96

3.75

3.15

0.24

1.85

12

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 1999 compared with July 1998

Economic

Exchange rates Weightings

parities

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

(***)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

7.24

1.05

34.75

7.52

-0.14

-1.42

-

0.52

0.08

0.74

6.20

1.43

3.48

5.62

2.82

1.13

12.91

-10.06

-

-1.99

-

0.30

9.74

0.61

2.12

5.92

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

7.24

1.05

34.75

7.52

-0.14

-1.42

-

0.52

0.08

0.74

6.20

1.43

3.48

5.62

2.82

1.13

12.91

-10.06

-

0.00

-1.99

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

0.30

9.74

0.61

2.12

5.92

13

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 1999 compared with July 1998

Economic

Exchange rates Weightings

parities

(***)

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

14

-

2.02

3.60

3.52

-

9.57

10.05

11.25

-0.31

1.59

4.23

1.60

1.09

1.09

-1.96

6.11

30.75

45.89

-4.93

0.66

0.16

0.21

5.23

4.74

15.69

2.91

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

2.02

3.60

3.52

-

9.57

10.05

11.25

-0.31

1.59

4.23

1.60

1.09

1.09

-1.96

6.11

30.75

45.89

-4.93

0.66

0.16

0.21

5.23

4.74

15.69

2.91

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 1999 compared with July 1998

Economic

Exchange rates Weightings

parities

8.82

9.98

0.00

0.00

8.82

9.98

Zambia

Zimbabwe

(***) Not available

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)

laying down the weightings
applicable from 1 January 1999
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 2762/982, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of
Annex X,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(1) 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 January 1999;

(2) 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;

(3) Whereas the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 1999 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);

(4) Whereas provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase

in remuneration as a result of these weightings;

1 OJ L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1.
2 OJ L 346, 22.12.1998, p. 1.

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(5) Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event
of a reduction in remuneration as a result of these weightings for the period
between 1 January 1999 and the date of the Council decision setting the
weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 1999;

(6) 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 January 1999, 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 July 1999.

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 January 1999 and the date of the Council decision setting
the weightings applicable with effect from 1 January 1999, 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 six months preceding the decision and this
recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve 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

ANNEX

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

January 1999

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

19

102,9

0,0

60,0

110,8

101,6

68,8

62,7

110,3

78,4

76,5

0,0

86,0

53,7

92,1

92,5

78,4

0,0

92,9

66,9

118,5

94,3

92,0

90,3

65,8

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

January 1999

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

20

106,2

0,0

76,6

87,2

88,9

79,4

0,0

113,7

67,5

72,6

91,9

59,9

71,1

62,5

44,7

60,1

0,0

118,8

88,5

84,3

41,4

63,3

100,2

97,7

64,2

82,5

99,1

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

January 1999

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

57,9

47,9

55,8

91,0

101,0

111,2

152,1

159,0

72,8

108,6

78,9

68,3

104,5

0,0

48,0

0,0

60,6

50,6

19,5

91,5

82,0

60,8

65,6

56,6

73,8

83,5

58,3

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Weightings

January 1999

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Republic of Cape Verde

Romania

Russia

(***) Rwanda

Samoa

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***) Somalia

South Africa (Pretoria)

South Africa (The Cape)

South Korea

(***) Sri Lanka

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88,7

115,3

77,6

78,2

79,3

119,8

60,3

70,5

81,3

54,7

65,9

82,0

56,3

112,8

0,0

67,4

91,5

81,7

97,6

57,6

90,2

82,0

0,0

57,2

60,9

91,2

0,0

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

January 1999

29,8

48,4

47,2

118,3

76,9

79,5

59,5

88,8

72,4

61,3

72,4

76,9

83,3

136,8

95,5

83,4

86,4

93,6

100,9

93,2

59,1

51,4

20,7

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

(***) Not available

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.

TITLE OF OPERATION

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC)
laying down the weightings
applicable from 1 January 1999 to the remuneration of officials of the
European Communities serving in third countries

2.

BUDGET HEADING(S) INVOLVED

A 6000

3.

LEGAL BASIS

Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations

4.

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

FINANCIAL IMPACT

Provisional real expenditure
for 1999

Estimate of effect of
January 1999 weightings

Estimated expenditure for six
months [(2) x 6]

Impact in relation to provisional
real expenditure [(2) : (1)]

€
€

(

78 027 000
6 502 250 per month) (1)

€

€

-

-

9 886 (2)

59 316

- 0,15203%

This budgetary impact does not
weightings laid down each month by the European Commission.

take account of the adjustment of the

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