Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2001 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, exchange rate, pay, third country, wage determination

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 12.12.2001
COM(2001) 752 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

laying down the weightings
applicable from 1 July 2001
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities
serving in third countries

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

I.

Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 3019/87 of 5 October 1987 amended the Staff
Regulations by adding 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 euros 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 paid in local
currency is subject to a weighting.

Article 13 of Annex X requires the Council to determine the weightings for third
countries every six months.

This proposal concerns the adjustment of weightings applicable to the remuneration
of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries from 1 July
2001.

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

II.

Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) 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 1794/2001 of 10 September 2001, which took effect on 1 January 2001.

The remuneration system for staff serving in countries outside the Community is
based on purchasing power parity of remuneration paid in local currency to officials
serving in third countries compared with that paid in Brussels.

To apply this principle Eurostat calculates the economic parities. The weighting is
the factor obtained by dividing the economic parity by the exchange rate. This means
that implementation of the weighting system primarily involves calculating economic
parities between Brussels and other places of employment.

The exchange rates used for accounting purposes are those of June 2001.

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Table A sets out the new economic parities, the corresponding exchange rates and
the resulting weightings as at 1 July 2001 for all places of employment.

Table B shows the variation in percentage terms between the figures in Table A and
those of the previous half-year for all places of employment.

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ANNEX

TABLE A

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

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

(***) Congo

parities

June 2001

July 2001

July 2001

(*)

(**)

118,9

127,663

0

22

1,101

1,613

37,24

2,426

1,728

549,8

4,437

1,689

3,208

1,655

1,393

495,4

0

604,3

1,202

91,12

699,6

703,5

490,5

7,628

1602

0

0

16,7584

0,855287

1,6673

46,2817

1,70304

1,7116

655,957

5,60549

1,95583

4,8405

2,0131

1,95583

655,957

0

655,957

1,3194

110,265

655,957

655,957

518,136

7,08354

2002,55

0

4

93,1

0,0

131,3

128,7

96,7

80,5

142,5

101,0

83,8

79,2

86,4

66,3

82,2

71,2

75,5

0,0

92,1

91,1

82,6

106,7

107,2

94,7

107,7

80,0

0,0

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

June 2001

July 2001

July 2001

(*)

(**)

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

(***) Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

FYROM

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

5

291,5

673,1

6,95

0,538

28,84

0

220,1

12,93

2,88

607,2

5,289

11,96

5,617

1,438

45,98

746,2

0,9885

5407

6,148

1471

852,7

115,1

20,42

8,493

165,2

24,9

5515

279,23

655,957

7,27505

0,5766

34,136

0

152,094

14,2576

3,32495

655,957

8,9219

15,6466

7,26661

1,96155

55,495

655,957

0,8558

6113

6,64957

1754,97

655,957

160,12

19,6834

6,67524

253,65

40,29

9779,23

104,4

102,6

95,5

93,3

84,5

0,0

144,7

90,7

86,6

92,6

59,3

76,4

77,3

73,3

82,9

113,8

115,5

88,5

92,5

83,8

130,0

71,9

103,7

127,2

65,1

61,8

56,4

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

June 2001

July 2001

July 2001

(*)

(**)

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

(***) Nigeria (Abuja)

4,549

50,55

178,8

190,2

0,6043

1,011

67,74

3,54066

39,1033

102,77

102,77

0,62336

0,8558

68,2234

0,4554

0,557191

1470

4,234

0

2,794

5403

56,47

543,9

0,3845

155,6

21,98

7,971

8,984

14840

4,73

1,925

143,1

11,72

542,5

0

1296

6,814

0

3,4232

5938

64,9884

655,957

0,3954

217,98

25,3185

8,14235

10,1485

17839,8

6,814

1,52332

119,332

11,3565

655,957

0

128,5

129,3

174,0

185,1

96,9

118,1

99,3

81,7

113,4

62,1

0,0

81,6

91,0

86,9

82,9

97,2

71,4

86,8

97,9

88,5

83,2

69,4

126,4

119,9

103,2

82,7

0,0

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

June 2001

July 2001

July 2001

(*)

(**)

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

Thailand

94,72

11,03

31,23

2,186

3,391

27,79

2,915

13200

1,249

0

5864

509,1

0

29,09

161,7

4,555

0

4,294

1323

61,59

106,2

1514

4,076

1,864

43,32

630

26,88

96,6198

7,908

53,7362

2,70636

3,07018

44,4195

3,4274

24552

0,8558

0

7872,32

655,957

0

42,881

217,948

4,48882

0

6,814

1103,98

77,9619

220,197

1870,5

6,814

1,5252

39,3668

760,678

39,8144

98,0

139,5

58,1

80,8

110,4

62,6

85,0

53,8

145,9

0,0

74,5

77,6

0,0

67,8

74,2

101,5

0,0

63,0

119,8

79,0

48,2

80,9

59,8

122,2

110,0

82,8

67,5

7

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

June 2001

July 2001

July 2001

(*)

(**)

The Comoros

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

497,3

9,057

607,1

1,357

4,711

1,057

758700

1482

1,114

1,208

1,15

11,99

153

708,5

9019

4,185

34,95

2146

29,91

491,968

13,75

655,957

1,79339

5,33917

1,254

982000

1565,06

0,8558

0,8558

0,8558

11,1853

124,566

612,753

12746

3,54066

59,489

2920,62

47,0855

101,1

65,9

92,6

75,7

88,2

84,3

77,3

94,7

130,2

141,2

134,4

107,2

122,8

115,6

70,8

118,2

58,8

73,5

63,5

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

(*)

(**) Brussels = 100%

(***) Not available

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ANNEX

TABLE B

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

July 2001 compared with January 2001

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

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

-15,19

0

64,18

-1,96

-0,74

-1,06

-0,61

-1,2

1,01

-1,92

-0,3

0,09

5,55

-0,21

-0,34

0

0,22

0,17

3,14

0,13

2,12

-0,45

-7,17

2,63

-0,47

0

-28,6

1,12

-1,12

0,98

1,06

1,06

0

-2,05

0

-3,41

-23,67

0

0

0

0

0,61

0

0

0

-4,22

1,08

-8,07

-15,6

0,0

27,7

-0,9

-1,8

-0,1

0,5

-0,1

1,0

-3,9

-0,3

-3,2

-14,7

-0,2

-0,3

0,0

0,2

0,8

3,1

0,1

2,1

-4,5

-6,2

-5,0

9

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

July 2001 compared with January 2001

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

(***) 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

FYROM

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Hong Kong

Hungary

10

0

2,03

0,13

0,19

-1,72

-0,72

0

-2,18

0

-0,45

9,92

1,28

-0,58

2,88

1,63

-0,22

-0,45

0,75

184,28

3,24

1,31

4,84

-2,04

3,03

-2,66

2,42

0

-2,03

0

3,82

-0,73

1,29

0

1,06

0,1

-2,73

0

-8,08

0

-4,18

1,03

7,44

0

1,06

-5,05

0,55

-7,86

0

-0,55

4,69

1,06

4,27

0,0

0,0

0,1

4,2

-2,4

0,6

0,0

-1,1

0,1

-3,1

9,9

-6,3

-0,6

-1,3

2,7

7,8

-0,5

1,8

170,6

3,8

-6,1

4,8

-2,6

8,1

-1,6

7,0

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

July 2001 compared with January 2001

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

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

New Caledonia

1,34

5,19

-1,34

0,66

-2,24

-2,51

-3,91

0,1

-1,4

-1,79

-1,61

12,67

0

-2,51

26,83

188,11

-1,07

0,42

3,73

12,54

1,85

-0,88

5,4

3,03

5,89

-0,42

-2,68

-19,98

0,65

-0,6

-8,17

-8,17

-4,63

1,06

-4,41

-5,11

0,46

-1,64

0

1,06

-8,34

4,06

0

0,45

-3,01

-7,51

-2,77

-7,73

-27,93

-1,64

1,06

0

-1,3

-12,3

-0,7

0,1

-9,6

-9,9

-8,2

1,2

-5,6

-6,6

-1,2

10,8

0,0

-1,5

17,1

200,3

-1,1

0,9

0,7

4,7

-0,9

-8,0

-17,6

1,4

7,0

-0,4

11

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

July 2001 compared with January 2001

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

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

Swaziland

-0,51

0,72

0

4,09

-0,72

-0,79

3,02

0,09

1,91

-0,14

15,99

0,08

0

0,09

-1,01

0

2,76

2,67

0,46

0

1,23

0,53

10,42

-0,28

5,43

31,99

-1,77

0

0

6,33

1,49

-10,85

-5,52

-0,6

-6,97

11,66

-12,32

1,06

0

-3,08

0

0

0,14

-2,7

-3,33

0

-1,64

-6,14

-15,12

0,88

-1,3

-1,64

-2,2

0,7

0,0

11,1

0,8

-10,5

-2,4

-0,5

-4,7

13,0

3,3

1,2

0,0

-2,9

-1,0

0,0

2,9

0,0

-2,8

0,0

-0,4

-5,3

-4,1

0,6

4,1

29,9

12

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

July 2001 compared with January 2001

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

-0,69

-7,24

4,46

1,66

-1,47

2,47

0,48

6,18

1,03

-0,56

42,96

-1,27

0,18

-0,82

0,35

1,01

0,79

-9,09

-1,58

-1,13

34,17

6,03

4,8

-0,78

1,06

-9,47

-7,76

0

-9,34

0

-6,63

1,72

-0,48

-66,37

-0,38

1,06

1,06

1,06

-3,99

-0,21

-1,8

-3,16

0,65

-1,39

7,32

0,27

-1,5

-6,2

-4,6

-5,7

-1,5

-6,3

0,5

-0,4

2,8

-1,0

-14,1

-1,6

1,3

0,3

1,4

-2,9

0,6

-10,7

-4,6

-0,5

32,3

14,4

5,1

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

Thailand

The Comoros

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 July 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 259/68,1 as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom)
No 1986/2001,2 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)

Account should be taken of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the
Community and the weightings applicable to remuneration paid in the currency of the
country of employment to officials serving in third countries should be determined
accordingly with effect from 1 July 2001.

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

The weightings to apply with effect from 1 July 2001, in respect of which payment has
been made on the basis of a previous Regulation, could lead to retrospective
adjustments to remuneration (upwards or downwards).

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

1 OJ No L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
2 OJ No L 271, 12.10.2001, p. 1.

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(5)

(6)

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 July
2001 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with effect
from 1 July 2001.

in order

to mirror

However,
the weightings applicable within the European
Community to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the
European Communities, such recovery should be restricted 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 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 to the Staff Regulations, the
Council shall set weightings every six months. It shall accordingly set new weightings with
effect from 1 January 2002.

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 July 2001 and the date of the Council decision setting the
weightings applicable with effect from 1 July 2001, the institutions shall make retrospective
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, be
restricted to a period of no more than six months preceding the decision, and recovery shall be
spread over no more than twelve months from the date of that decision.

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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,

For the Council
The President

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ANNEX

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

July 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

(***) Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

93,1

0,0

131,3

128,7

96,7

80,5

142,5

101,0

83,8

79,2

86,4

66,3

82,2

71,2

75,5

0,0

92,1

91,1

82,6

106,7

107,2

94,7

107,7

80,0

0,0

104,4

102,6

17

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

July 2001

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

(***) Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

FYROM

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Japan (Naka)

18

95,5

93,3

84,5

0,0

144,7

90,7

86,6

92,6

59,3

76,4

77,3

73,3

82,9

113,8

115,5

88,5

92,5

83,8

130,0

71,9

103,7

127,2

65,1

61,8

56,4

128,5

129,3

174,0

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

July 2001

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

Papua New Guinea

185,1

96,9

118,1

99,3

81,7

113,4

62,1

0,0

81,6

91,0

86,9

82,9

97,2

71,4

86,8

97,9

88,5

83,2

69,4

126,4

119,9

103,2

82,7

0,0

98,0

139,5

58,1

80,8

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

July 2001

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 Comoros

The Gambia

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

110,4

62,6

85,0

53,8

145,9

0,0

74,5

77,6

0,0

67,8

74,2

101,5

0,0

63,0

119,8

79,0

48,2

80,9

59,8

122,2

110,0

82,8

67,5

101,1

65,9

92,6

75,7

88,2

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings

July 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

84,3

77,3

94,7

130,2

141,2

134,4

107,2

122,8

115,6

70,8

118,2

58,8

73,5

63,5

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.

TITLE OF OPERATION

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

2.

BUDGET HEADING 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 2001

Estimate of effect of
July 2001 weightings

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

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

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

(

€

€

-

-

43 306 (2)

259 836

- 0,586995%

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

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