Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1522/2002 of 24 July 2002 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2002 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2002-07-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, pay, pay rise, third country, wage determination

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 1522/2002

of 24 July 2002

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2002 to the remuneration of officials of the
European Communities serving in third countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(6)

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 490/2002 (2), and in particular
the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

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
period of no more than six months preceding the deci-
sion, and for its effects to be spread over a period of no
more than 12 months following the date of that deci-
sion,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

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 coun-
tries should be determined accordingly with effect from
1 January 2002.

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.

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 the coming half-year.

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.

from 1 January
The weightings to apply with effect
2002, in respect of which payment has been made on
the basis of a previous regulation, could lead to retro-
spective adjustments to remuneration (upwards or down-
wards).

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

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 77, 20.3.2002, p. 1.

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 accordingly shall 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.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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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 12
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, 24 July 2002.

For the Council

The President

P. S. MØLLER

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ANNEX

Place of employment

Weightings
January 2002

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

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

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)

Japan (Tokyo)

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Latvia

Lebanon

144,9

141,8

92,4

73,4

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

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Place of employment

Weightings
January 2002

Place of employment

Weightings
January 2002

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

Paraguay (*)

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

Rwanda (*)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Sierra Leone (*)

Slovakia

(*) Not available.

44,1

0,0

76,6

96,1

105,0

86,6

103,0

72,8

84,5

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

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

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States (New York)

United States (Washington DC)

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

West Bank and Gaza Strip

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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

103,3

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