Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2001 to the remuneration of officials of the european communities serving in third countries
Date: 2001-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, exchange rate, national currency, pay, servant (EU), third country

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 15.6.2001
COM(2001) 306 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

laying down the weightings
applicable from 1 January 2001
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 2001. 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 106/2001 of 15 January 2001 which took effect on 1 July 2000.

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 that
implementation of a weightings system primarily involves calculating economic
parities between Brussels and the various places of employment.

The accounting exchange rates used are those for December 2000.

Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the
SOEC for January 2001,
the exchange rate used and the resulting weighting,
applicable from 1 January 2001.

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

December 2000

January 2001

January 2001

(*)

(**)

Albania

(***) Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

(***) Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

140,2

0

13,4

1,123

1,625

37,64

2,441

1,749

544,3

4,524

1,694

3,205

1,568

1,396

497,1

0

603

1,2

88,35

698,7

688,9

492,7

8,217

1561

504,7

127,062

0

13,0317

0,865

1,6488

46,7381

1,72135

1,73

655,957

5,49275

1,95583

4,68106

1,62783

1,95583

655,957

0

655,957

1,3275

110,265

655,957

655,957

497,15

7,16064

1853,07

491,968

110,3

0,0

102,8

129,8

98,6

80,5

141,8

101,1

83,0

82,4

86,6

68,5

96,3

71,4

75,8

0,0

91,9

90,4

80,1

106,5

105,0

99,1

114,8

84,2

102,6

3

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2000

January 2001

January 2001

(*)

(**)

(***) Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

(***) Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

4

0

285,7

672,2

6,937

0,5474

29,05

0

225

12,93

2,893

552,4

5,222

12,03

5,46

1,415

46,08

749,6

0,9811

1902

5,955

1452

813,3

117,5

19,82

8,725

161,3

24,57

0

273,677

655,957

7,56382

0,57241

34,582

0

153,729

14,2725

3,2365

655,957

8,255

15,6466

6,97507

1,98204

59,9575

655,957

0,865

5819,3

6,68645

1627,01

655,957

159,242

20,6519

6,747

264,97

39,24

0,0

104,4

102,5

91,7

95,6

84,0

0,0

146,4

90,6

89,4

84,2

63,3

76,9

78,3

71,4

76,9

114,3

113,4

32,7

89,1

89,2

124,0

73,8

96,0

129,3

60,9

62,6

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2000

January 2001

January 2001

(*)

(**)

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Japan (Naka)

Japan (Tokyo)

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

(***) Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

5243

4,611

50,22

180

195,1

0,6289

1,01

68,7

8150,9

3,5638

38,8696

95,01

95,01

0,5958

0,865

65,342

0,4637

0,530101

1494

3,758

0

2,866

4260

19,6

549,8

0,3829

150

19,53

7,826

9,064

14080

4,591

1,818

143,7

11,78

538,6

1302

6,7038

0

3,46

5481

67,7362

655,957

0,3972

211,61

23,55

7,92265

9,4204

13945,3

6,7038

1,5397

119,332

11,1585

655,957

64,3

129,4

129,2

189,5

205,3

105,6

116,8

105,1

87,5

114,7

56,1

0,0

82,8

77,7

28,9

83,8

96,4

70,9

82,9

98,8

96,2

101,0

68,5

118,1

120,4

105,6

82,1

5

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2000

January 2001

January 2001

(*)

(**)

(***) Nigeria (Abuja)

Nigeria (Lagos)

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

(***) Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

(***) Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***) Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

0

91

11,11

31,48

2,122

3,388

27,27

2,919

11380

1,248

0

5859

514,3

0

28,31

157,5

4,534

0

4,242

1316

55,78

106,5

1436

3,088

1,877

46,7

603,1

0

103,151

8,028

48,4765

2,56476

3,05172

41,5268

3,8798

21859

0,865

0

7637,33

655,957

0

42,942

212,215

4,34431

0

6,7038

1040,16

67,7228

222,149

1846,5

6,7038

1,5134

39,79

694,863

0,0

88,2

138,4

64,9

82,7

111,0

65,7

75,2

52,1

144,3

0,0

76,7

78,4

0,0

65,9

74,2

104,4

0,0

63,3

126,5

82,4

47,9

77,8

46,1

124,0

117,4

86,8

6

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2000

January 2001

January 2001

(*)

(**)

Thailand

The Gambia

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States (New York)

United States (Washington DC)

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

West Bank - Gaza Strip

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

26,44

8,839

604,2

1,278

4,663

1,063

530700

1501

1,112

1,218

1,146

11,87

151,8

779,3

9164

4,233

26,05

2024

28,54

36,9486

12,575

655,957

1,68186

5,43272

1,248

590233

1559,1

0,865

0,865

0,865

10,7563

124,304

601,932

12356

3,5638

58,675

3151,15

47,2148

71,6

70,3

92,1

76,0

85,8

85,2

89,9

96,3

128,6

140,8

132,5

110,4

122,1

129,5

74,2

118,8

44,4

64,2

60,4

€

(*)

1 = local currency (Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD)

(**) Brussels = 100%

(***) Not available

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ANNEX

TABLE B

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2001 compared with July 2000

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

Albania

(***) Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

(***) Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

parities

-16,05

0

151,27

0,18

3,7

3,63

0,99

-0,57

3,95

0,18

3,42

4,26

5,31

-0,36

-0,52

0

0,84

0,59

-1,26

-0,78

9,47

-1,24

-0,95

4,91

8

6,99

0

-88,71

7,56

-1,71

2,17

7,58

7,58

0

4,72

0

2,6

2,95

0

0

0

0

5,62

0

0

0

-2,18

7,56

6,25

-9,7

0,0

33,2

8,4

2,0

5,9

9,3

7,6

4,0

5,2

3,4

7,0

8,5

-0,4

-0,5

0,0

0,8

6,6

-1,3

-0,8

9,5

-3,4

7,2

11,9

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2001 compared with July 2000

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

Comoros

(***) Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

(***) Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

(***) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Hong Kong

9

-0,02

0

3,85

0,86

3,66

-0,65

0,1

0

-1,14

6,07

0,42

-1,74

-0,21

5,62

1,58

1,43

0

-0,25

4,26

45,52

2,64

3,05

7,72

1,29

12,23

-0,46

0

0

4,52

0

1,63

0,29

4,55

0

7,58

4,98

-3,37

0

5,09

0

6,41

0,15

0

0

7,58

-35,58

6,97

-9,9

0

6,56

-10,06

7,58

0,0

0,0

8,8

0,9

5,4

-0,4

4,9

0,0

7,0

11,6

-2,9

-1,7

5,1

5,6

8,5

1,6

0,0

-0,3

12,8

7,3

10,3

-6,2

7,7

8,4

2,0

7,7

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2001 compared with July 2000

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Japan (Naka)

Japan (Tokyo)

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

(***) Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Netherlands Antilles

3,6

4,87

2,64

-2,1

4,87

-2,86

-1,86

1,98

1,68

3,6

1,22

-5,86

6,13

0

0,74

12,05

36,02

0,27

6,51

-1,96

1,3

6,26

0,47

1,08

4,77

1,22

-2,08

4,76

-2,58

8,45

1,58

4,8

4,8

9,37

7,58

5,56

3,46

9,58

-0,97

0

7,58

15,73

-44,28

0

2,55

3,41

-1,41

11,13

3,01

2,18

-0,97

7,58

1,5

10,1

0,1

6,9

6,6

2,0

3,1

12,5

10,0

9,7

4,9

4,1

5,1

0,0

9,0

33,0

-5,7

0,3

9,3

1,5

-0,1

19,6

3,6

3,3

3,8

9,5

10

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2001 compared with July 2000

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

(***) Nigeria (Abuja)

Nigeria (Lagos)

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

(***) Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

(***) Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***) Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

(***) Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

1,55

2,88

5,24

0

5,48

2,49

2,51

4,38

3,2

1,68

2,96

7,97

2,63

0

-2,24

0,7

0

4,12

2,07

1,36

0

2,84

0,77

0

8,37

77,92

0

4,48

0

0

-4,47

3,77

-2,14

-16,07

7,11

-10,86

6,35

-12,94

7,58

0

-5,39

0

0

0,01

-3,33

6,99

0

-0,97

2,29

0

7,71

-107,47

1,6

7,7

5,2

0,0

1,0

6,5

0,4

-10,1

11,1

-8,3

10,0

-4,4

11,0

0,0

-7,2

0,7

0,0

4,1

-1,2

9,0

0,0

1,9

3,1

0,0

17,4

-14,2

11

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2001 compared with July 2000

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

-0,06

-0,16

3,89

-0,48

2,72

0,36

2,63

0,63

3,07

2,31

-5,92

6,83

-4,14

3,13

9,88

2,5

-0,85

-3,07

0,68

0

249,81

10,36

51,01

-0,97

3,72

7,58

7,14

-4,41

-6,79

0

-6,07

7,55

1,4

-2,75

-4,32

7,58

7,58

7,58

4,14

1,86

5,78

3,09

0

-400

-22,21

-33,69

-1,0

3,7

12,4

7,2

-1,6

-6,0

2,6

-5,1

11,5

3,8

-8,4

2,4

3,7

11,6

18,9

6,9

1,0

2,9

3,9

0,0

-30,0

-9,7

13,0

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

Thailand

The Gambia

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States (New York)

United States (Washington DC)

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

(***) West Bank - Gaza Strip

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

(***) Not available

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

laying down the weightings
applicable from 1 January 2001
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 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 2804/20002, 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)

(6)

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 2001;

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 2001 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 a result of these weightings for the period between
1 January 2001 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply
with effect from 1 January 2001;

in order

However,
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

to mirror

1 OJ L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1.
2 OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 3.

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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 2001, 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 2001.

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 2001 and the date of the Council decision setting the
the institutions shall make
weightings applicable with effect
retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of
these weightings.

from 1 January 2001,

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

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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

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

January 2001

Albania

(***) Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

(***) Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

(***) Congo

Costa Rica

110,3

0,0

102,8

129,8

98,6

80,5

141,8

101,1

83,0

82,4

86,6

68,5

96,3

71,4

75,8

0,0

91,9

90,4

80,1

106,5

105,0

99,1

114,8

84,2

102,6

0,0

104,4

16

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

January 2001

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

(***) Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

17

102,5

91,7

95,6

84,0

0,0

146,4

90,6

89,4

84,2

63,3

76,9

78,3

71,4

76,9

114,3

113,4

32,7

89,1

89,2

124,0

73,8

96,0

129,3

60,9

62,6

64,3

129,4

129,2

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

January 2001

Japan (Naka)

Japan (Tokyo)

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

(***) Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

(***) Nigeria (Abuja)

Nigeria (Lagos)

Norway

Pakistan

189,5

205,3

105,6

116,8

105,1

87,5

114,7

56,1

0,0

82,8

77,7

28,9

83,8

96,4

70,9

82,9

98,8

96,2

101,0

68,5

118,1

120,4

105,6

82,1

0,0

88,2

138,4

64,9

18

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

January 2001

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

(***) Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

(***) Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***) Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

Thailand

The Gambia

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

82,7

111,0

65,7

75,2

52,1

144,3

0,0

76,7

78,4

0,0

65,9

74,2

104,4

0,0

63,3

126,5

82,4

47,9

77,8

46,1

124,0

117,4

86,8

71,6

70,3

92,1

76,0

85,8

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Weightings

January 2001

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States (New York)

United States (Washington DC)

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

West Bank - Gaza Strip

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

(***) Not available

85,2

89,9

96,3

128,6

140,8

132,5

110,4

122,1

129,5

74,2

118,8

44,4

64,2

60,4

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.

TITLE OF OPERATION

Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from
1 January 2001 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities
serving in third countries

2.

BUDGET HEADING INVOLVED

A 6000

3.

LEGAL BASIS

4.

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations

FINANCIAL IMPACT

Provisional real expenditure
for 2001

Estimate of effect of
January 2001 weightings

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

€
88 531 000
€
7 377 583 per month) (1)

(

€

€

+

+

96 657 (2)

579 940

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

+ 1,310%

This budgetary impact does not take account of the adjustment of the weightings laid
down each month by the European Commission.

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