Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 101/2003 of 15 January 2003 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2002 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2003-01-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, ratio, remuneration of work, third country, wage determination, workplace

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 101/2003

of 15 January 2003

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 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 European Communities laid down by
Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as
last
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2265/2002 (2), and
in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X
thereto,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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 2002.

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 the coming half year.

The weightings to apply with effect from 1 July 2002, in
respect of which payment has been made on the basis of
a previous regulation, could lead to retrospective adjust-
ments 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.

Provision should be made for the recovery of sums over-
paid 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.

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 347, 20.12.2002, p. 1.

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,

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.

For the period between 1 July 2002 and the date of the 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 over-
paid 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.

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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, 15 January 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. PAPANDREOU

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Place of employment

Weightings July 2002

Place of employment

Weightings July 2002

ANNEX

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

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

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Place of employment

Weightings July 2002

Place of employment

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 (*)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia (*)

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Singapore (*)

Slovakia

Slovenia

(*) Not available.

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

Solomon Islands

Somalia (*)

South Africa

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan (*)

Tanzania

Thailand

The Comoros

Gambia

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States of America (New York)

United States of America (Washington DC)

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

80,3

0,0

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