2000/544/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Commission Decision of 21 August 2000 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 1999 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries (notified under document number C(2000) 2546)
Date: 2000-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, exchange rate, pay, third country, workplace

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 August 2000

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and
1 December 1999 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third
countries

(notified under document number C(2000) 2546)

(2000/544/EC, ECSC, Euratom)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 2700/1999 (2), and in particular the
second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X
to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation (EC, ECSC,
Euratom) No 376/2000 (3) laid down the weightings to
be applied from 1 July 1999 to the remuneration of
officials
serving in third countries, payable in the
currency of their country of employment.

The Commission has made a number of adjustments to
these weightings (4) in recent months, pursuant to the
second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff
Regulations.

Some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect
from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November
and 1 December 1999 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 the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate
has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down
or adjusted,

DECIDES:

Sole Article

from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1
With effect
November and 1 December 1999 the weightings applicable to
the remuneration of officials serving in third countries payable
in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as
shown in the Annex.

The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration
shall be those used for implemention of the general budget of
the European Communities for the month preceding the dates
referred to in the first paragraph.

Done at Brussels, 21 August 2000.

For the Commission

Philippe BUSQUIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 47, 19.2.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 62, 9.3.2000, p. 41.

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ANNEX

Place of employment

Weightings
August 1999

76,8

95,6

33,0

53,0

Place of employment

Weightings
September 1999

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

76,5

95,0

53,1

28,0

57,5

83,1

33,1

Place of employment

Weightings
October 1999

76,7

86,7

55,2

56,3

32,9

66,8

66,6

Angola

Kazakhstan

Malawi

Suriname

Angola

Bulgaria

Malawi

Suriname

Turkey

Zimbabwe

Angola

Georgia

Lesotho

Romania

Sudan

Suriname

Zambia

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Place of employment

Weightings
November 1999

Angola

Colombia

Suriname

Turkey

Uganda

Venezuela

Zimbabwe

77,6

66,1

67,0

85,9

90,8

107,7

36,0

Place of employment

Weightings
December 1999

Angola

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Guinea-Bissau

Papua New Guinea

Turkey

Ukraine

76,4

56,8

110,4

69,3

88,1

129,0