Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2002 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2002-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, pay rise, third country, wage determination

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Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2002 to
the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries

(2002/C 227 E/25)

COM(2002) 298 final

(Submitted by the Commission on 13 June 2002)

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 Regu-
lation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2581/2001 (2), and in particular
the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) 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
serving in third
countries should be determined accordingly with effect
from 1 January 2002.

to officials

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

(3) The weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 2002,
in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of
a previous Regulation,
to retrospective
adjustments to remuneration (upwards or downwards).

could lead

(4) Provision should be made for back-payments in the event
these

of an increase in remuneration as a result of
weightings.

(5) Provision should be made for

the recovery of

sums
overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration as
a result of
the period between
for
1 January 2002 and the date of
the Council decision
setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January
2002.

these weightings

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 2002, 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 July 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 January 2002 and the date of the
Council decision setting the weightings applicable with effect
from 1 January 2002, 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.

Article 3

(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, such recovery should be restricted to a

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Place of employment

Weightings
January 2002

Albania

(***)

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

(***)

(***)

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Egypt

97,3

0,0

115,9

129,4

93,9

77,9

142,5

103,2

88,4

74,3

87,5

55,4

82,4

72,1

78,5

0,0

0,0

96,1

84,5

75,6

109,8

112,5

86,2

107,3

82,9

103,7

104,7

106,1

97,3

95,1

92,0

144,9

141,8

92,4

73,4

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Place of employment

Weightings
January 2002

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)

Japan (Tokyo)

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

(***)

Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

95,8

46,3

74,3

80,2

71,1

77,5

116,1

111,2

89,5

93,8

87,1

132,2

70,7

98,4

121,9

69,0

61,2

88,5

121,6

126,4

152,5

161,3

99,2

117,9

98,5

80,7

110,9

44,1

0,0

76,6

96,1

105,0

86,6

103,0

72,8

84,5

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Place of employment

Weightings
January 2002

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

(***)

Paraguay

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

102,4

89,6

81,7

48,4

121,0

122,2

99,4

87,7

102,7

134,2

59,3

68,3

0,0

112,4

68,7

88,7

55,1

133,6

0,0

74,4

81,5

0,0

68,8

76,4

97,2

0,0

41,9

108,3

77,8

48,0

81,5

42,3

124,8

108,4

80,9

70,9

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Place of employment

Weightings
January 2002

103,3

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.

60,5

96,3

72,7

90,7

83,6

81,3

99,2

123,9

136,7

132,5

109,3

121,9

115,6

68,9

112,9

63,6

66,0

88,5