Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2120/1999 of 1 October 1999 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1999 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 1999-10-01
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, pay, ratio, third country, wage determination

7. 10. 1999

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) No 2120/1999

of 1 October 1999

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 the European
Community,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the Euro-
pean Communities and the conditions of employment of other
servants of the Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC,
Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation
(EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1238/1999 (2), and in particular the
first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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
from 1
countries should be determined with effect
January 1999;

under Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council sets
the weightings every six months; it will accordingly have
to set new weightings for the coming half-years;

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);

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

provision should be made for the recovery of sums
overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration as
these weightings for the period between
a result of

1 January 1999 and the date of the Council decision
setting the weightings
from
1 January 1999;

to apply with effect

(6)

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 Union 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.

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 150, 17.6.1999, p. 1.

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 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 adjust-
ments 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 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, 1 October 1999.

For the Council

The President

T. HALONEN

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Place of employment

Weightings
January 1999

Place of employment

Weightings
January 1999

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
Côte d'Ivoire
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
Jamaica
Japan (Naka)
Japan (Tokyo)
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Latvia
Lebanon

(*) Not available

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
106,2
0,0
76,6
101,0
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
57,9
47,9
55,8
91,0
111,2
152,1
159,0
72,8
108,6
78,9
68,3
104,5

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
São Tomé and Príncipe
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

0,0
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
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
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