Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2002 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2002-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, pay rise, ratio, regulations for civil servants, remuneration of work, third country, wage determination

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

(2003/C 45 E/35)

COM(2002) 645 final

(Submitted by the Commission on 22 November 2002)

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 2002.

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 1522/2002 of 24 July 2002, which took effect on 1
January 2002.

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 2002.

Table A sets out the new economic parities, the corresponding exchange rates and the resulting
weightings as at 1 July 2002 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 parities
July 2002

Exchange rates
June 2002 (*)

Weightings
July 2002 (**)

(***)

Afghanistan

Albania

(***)

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Bangladesch

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

(***)

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0

0

114,5

133,714

0

0,0

85,6

0,0

0

44,5

1,95

1,642

39,24

2,491

1,85

573,6

4,492

1,477

3,494

1,821

1,416

531,6

0

3 068

645,6

1,229

82,86

724,3

748

515,1

7,713

1 710

676,3

330,3

708

7,129

0

0,5681

29,06

443,9

38,3362

116,1

3,225

1,66

54,3516

1,86563

1,8298

655,957

6,6375

1,95583

5,76646

2,32676

1,95583

655,957

0

3 595,31

655,957

1,4383

110,265

655,957

655,957

600,92

7,62475

2 185,38

655,957

333,3

655,957

7,36502

0

0,5786

30,467

60,5

98,9

72,2

133,5

101,1

87,4

67,7

75,5

60,6

78,3

72,4

81,0

0,0

85,3

98,4

85,4

75,1

110,4

114,0

85,7

101,2

78,2

103,1

99,1

107,9

96,8

0,0

98,2

95,4

293,097

151,5

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Place of employment

Economic parities
July 2002

Exchange rates
June 2002 (*)

Weightings
July 2002 (**)

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

(***)

Ecuador

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

(***)

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

(***)

Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

208,9

13,94

0

3,093

656,6

5,903

12,12

6,606

1,495

47,09

747,6

0,9672

6 342

6,827

1 541

882,1

132,8

24,44

8,378

179,4

26,28

7 998

4,769

53,43

174

185

166,613

16,4625

0

4,26025

655,957

12,3821

15,6466

7,92495

1,99481

60,9567

655,957

0,9375

7 170

7,39688

1 802,19

655,957

179,04

25,1016

7,3123

243,34

45

8418,75

4,635

45,1411

115,76

115,76

0,6296

0,664688

1,045

69,83

0

0,9375

72,0931

0

0,4618

0,5809

125,4

84,7

0,0

72,6

100,1

47,7

77,5

83,4

74,9

77,3

114,0

103,2

88,5

92,3

85,5

134,5

74,2

97,4

114,6

73,7

58,4

95,0

102,9

118,4

150,3

159,8

94,7

111,5

96,9

0,0

79,5

1 544

4,91

0

2,725

5 736

1 392,33

110,9

9,1036

0

3,4528

6 062,8

53,9

0,0

78,9

94,6

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Place of employment

Economic parities
July 2002

Exchange rates
June 2002 (*)

Weightings
July 2002 (**)

Malawi

(***)

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

(***)

Nepal

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

(***)

Rwanda

65,56

69,6495

0

570,6

0,4268

174,4

23,62

8,324

9,216

0

655,957

0,4104

253,65

27,5985

9,1325

10,328

17 720

21 735,3

5,409

9,1036

0

1,889

146,1

12,44

588

103,8

10,57

33,01

2,416

3 680

3,383

31,22

3,161

17 140

1,182

0

0

1,66875

119,332

13,2844

655,957

109,969

7,434

54,015

3,44353

4 646,3

3,23813

45,7922

3,7675

31 426

0,9375

0

São Tomé and Príncipe

6 030

8 092,45

(***)

Saudi-Arabia

Senegal

Sierra Leone

(***)

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***)

Somalia

South Africa

0

539,8

1 781

0

33,34

181,5

4,873

0

0

655,957

1 875,78

0

43,688

225,573

6,06736

0

4,893

9,1036

94,1

0,0

87,0

104,0

68,8

85,6

91,1

89,2

81,5

59,4

0,0

113,2

122,4

93,6

89,6

94,4

142,2

61,1

70,2

79,2

104,5

68,2

83,9

54,5

126,1

0,0

74,5

0,0

82,3

94,9

0,0

76,3

80,5

80,3

0,0

53,7

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Place of employment

Economic parities
July 2002

Exchange rates
June 2002 (*)

Weightings
July 2002 (**)

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

(***)

Taiwan

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

1 273

65,07

111,6

1 538

4,935

1,854

34,1

0

689,2

28,75

510,8

9,576

639,5

1,435

5,05

1,099

1 141,41

88,5871

245,278

2 017

9,1036

1,4657

43,125

0

909,291

39,2407

491,968

16,575

655,957

1,99937

5,79605

1,3331

1 201 000

1 337 000

1 509

1,089

1,221

1,179

14,3

159,8

942,7

9 271

4,458

39,38

2 348

71,68

1 655,47

0,9375

0,9375

0,9375

16,0078

126,195

939,961

13 728

4,635

60,485

3 871,32

50,6275

111,5

73,5

45,5

76,3

54,2

126,5

79,1

0,0

75,8

73,3

103,8

57,8

97,5

71,8

87,1

82,4

89,8

91,2

116,2

130,2

125,8

89,3

126,6

100,3

67,5

96,2

65,1

60,7

141,6

(*) EUR 1 = local currency (Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD).
(**) Brussels = 100 %.
(***) Not available.

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TABLE B

Place of employment

Variation (%) July 2002 compared with January 2002

Economic parities

Exchange rates

Weightings

(***)

Afghanistan

Albania

(***)

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Bangladesch

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Bolivia

0

– 3,21

0

41,23

70,75

0,55

0,03

– 0,44

– 0,8

– 1,09

0,54

Bosnia and Herzegowina

– 13,68

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

(***)

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2,52

4,3

0,35

3,22

0

0

2,43

2,85

– 0,54

0,56

1,4

1,24

– 1,59

1,3

– 0,62

4,79

1,72

– 0,78

0

3,82

– 1,76

10,45

0

– 10

0

– 40,98

– 265,52

4,51

– 7,93

– 6,26

– 1,26

0

– 10,31

0

6,26

– 9,87

0

0

0

0

0

– 1,76

0

0

0

– 1,78

– 4,41

– 7,37

0

– 10,74

0

0,3

0

– 0,57

5,29

– 5,65

0

– 12,0

0,0

0,2

– 53,3

5,3

– 7,3

– 6,3

– 2,0

– 1,1

– 8,9

– 13,7

9,4

– 5,1

0,4

3,2

0,0

0,0

2,4

1,1

– 0,5

0,6

1,4

– 0,5

– 5,8

– 5,7

– 0,6

– 5,4

1,7

– 0,5

0

3,2

3,7

4,5

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Place of employment

Variation (%) July 2002 compared with January 2002

Economic parities

Exchange rates

Weightings

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

(***)

Ecuador

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

(***)

Laos

Latvia

(***)

Lebanon

Lesotho

(***)

Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

– 6,07

0,8

0

1,81

4,5

4,35

4,3

6,34

2,12

– 0,38

– 1,81

– 1,44

8,47

4,26

1,31

1,75

12,16

7,76

– 0,11

5,72

– 0,23

0,62

3,18

1,35

– 1,58

– 1,07

– 0,22

0,48

0,14

0

2,74

2,46

5,14

0

0,74

2,48

– 6,26

– 9,95

0

– 3

0

– 1,41

0

– 2,28

3,18

0

0

– 6,26

– 9,8

– 5,99

– 3,2

0

– 6,88

– 8,9

– 6,29

0,99

– 4,55

6,29

– 21,93

– 8,19

0,12

0,12

– 4,46

– 6,26

– 1,84

0

– 4,33

– 2,45

14,02

0

2,16

– 4,12

– 11,6

– 8,3

0

– 1,2

4,5

2,9

4,3

4,0

5,5

– 0,4

– 1,8

– 7,2

– 1,2

– 1,6

– 1,8

1,8

4,9

– 1,1

– 6,0

6,8

– 4,6

7,4

– 15,4

– 6,3

– 1,5

– 1,0

– 4,5

– 5,4

– 1,7

0

– 1,5

0,0

22,3

0,0

3,0

– 1,6

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Place of employment

Variation (%) July 2002 compared with January 2002

Economic parities

Exchange rates

Weightings

– 17,2

– 10,3

Malawi

(***)

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Marocco

Mozambique

Namibia

(***)

Nepal

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

(***)

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

(***)

Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

(***)

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

(***)

Sierra Leone

(***)

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***)

Somalia

South Africa

– 0,63

– 6,26

5,1

0

0,4

3,72

0,63

2,43

0,77

0,16

5,23

5,6

0

0,21

3,07

2,21

1,76

– 1,03

1,66

2,11

0

– 0,73

0,06

1,28

12,32

0,25

0

0,94

0

1,03

0

0

13,09

8,55

2,18

0

10,38

0

0

– 2,7

– 6,48

– 1,16

– 13,22

– 0,55

– 5,5

14,02

0

0

– 9,42

0

– 10,69

6,62

1,41

0,62

0

– 6,83

– 0,84

– 7,03

– 13,4

– 6,26

0

– 0,85

0

0

0

0

– 1,94

– 3,09

0

0,4

1,0

– 5,5

1,3

– 11,0

– 0,4

– 0,3

22,8

0

– 6,5

0,2

– 5,8

2,2

– 8,1

6,0

3,1

2,8

0,0

– 7,1

– 0,8

– 5,4

– 1,0

– 5,7

0,0

0,1

0

1,0

0,0

0

10,9

5,3

– 23,64

– 17,4

0

14,02

0,0

28,4

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Place of employment

Variation (%) July 2002 compared with January 2002

Economic parities

Exchange rates

Weightings

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

(***)

Taiwan

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.

0,55

1,4

1,18

– 3,94

10,08

0,11

-22,48

0

5,37

2,64

0,53

1,85

1,25

1,2

1,12

1,01

16,38

– 0,72

– 0,37

1,24

0,86

6,32

1,08

22,84

0,34

3,84

3,2

3,35

63,24

2,36

– 7,34

– 6,64

– 2,67

14,02

1,2

-6,26

0

– 12,44

0,73

0

– 6,57

0

– 2,55

– 5,3

– 2,48

– 5,28

– 8

– 6,26

– 6,26

– 6,26

– 30,06

2,68

– 41,62

– 2,39

– 21,93

– 0,75

– 12,38

– 2,02

3,0

– 5,5

– 5,1

– 6,4

28,0

1,3

-27,1

0

– 6,3

3,4

0,5

– 4,4

1,3

– 1,3

– 4,0

– 1,4

10,5

– 8,1

– 6,2

– 4,7

– 5,1

– 18,3

3,9

– 13,3

– 2,0

– 14,8

2,4

– 8,0

60,0

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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 490/2002 (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 July 2002.

to officials

(2) 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.

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

Regulation,

lead

to

(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

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

the recovery of

no more than twelve months following the date of that
decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 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 January 2003.

The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of an
increase in remuneration as a result of these weightings.

the
For the period between 1 July 2002 and the date of
Council decision setting the weightings applicable with effect
from 1 July 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.

(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
period of no more than six months preceding the
decision, and for its effects to be spread over a period of

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.

Article 3

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

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Place of employment

Weightings
July 2002

Place of employment

Weightings
July 2002

(***)

Afghanistan

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

(***)

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

0,0

85,6

0,0

116,1

60,5

98,9

72,2

133,5

101,1

87,4

67,7

75,5

60,6

78,3

72,4

81,0

0,0

85,3

98,4

85,4

75,1

110,4

114,0

85,7

101,2

78,2

103,1

99,1

107,9

96,8

0,0

98,2

95,4

151,5

125,4

84,7

(***)

Ecuador

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

(***)

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

(***)

Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

(***)

Malaysia

0,0

72,6

100,1

47,7

77,5

83,4

74,9

77,3

114,0

103,2

88,5

92,3

85,5

134,5

74,2

97,4

114,6

73,7

58,4

95,0

102,9

118,4

150,3

159,8

94,7

111,5

96,9

0,0

79,5

110,9

53,9

0,0

78,9

94,6

94,1

0,0

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Place of employment

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

(***)

Nepal

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

(***)

Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

(***)

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Sierra Leone

(***)

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***)

Somalia

Weightings
July 2002

87,0

104,0

68,8

85,6

91,1

89,2

81,5

59,4

0,0

113,2

122,4

93,6

89,6

94,4

142,2

61,1

70,2

79,2

104,5

68,2

83,9

54,5

126,1

0,0

74,5

0,0

82,3

94,9

0,0

76,3

80,5

80,3

0,0

Place of employment

Weightings
July 2002

South Africa

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

(***)

Taiwan

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.

53,7

111,5

73,5

45,5

76,3

54,2

126,5

79,1

0,0

75,8

73,3

103,8

57,8

97,5

71,8

87,1

82,4

89,8

91,2

116,2

130,2

125,8

89,3

126,6

100,3

67,5

96,2

65,1

60,7

141,6