Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2003 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2003-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, pay, ratio, third country, wage determination, workplace

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 10.06.2003
COM(2003)337 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

laying down the weightings
applicable from 1 January 2003
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 January
2003.

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 101/2003 of 15 January 2003, which took effect on 1 July 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 December 2002.

Table  A  sets  out  the  new  economic  parities,  the  corresponding  exchange  rates  and
the resulting weightings as at 1 January 2003 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.

2

ANNEX

TABLE A

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2002

January 2003

January 2003

(*)

(**)

(***) 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

0

112,7

0

70,38

2,078

1,659

39,05

2,493

1,858

569,9

4,591

1,452

3,763

1,93

1,49

531,7

0

3093

651

1,229

84,54

727,9

757,5

542,3

7,616

0

137,077

0

53,9181

3,4691

1,7806

57,5924

1,97687

1,9682

655,957

7,3909

1,95583

5,94331

3,15516

1,95583

655,957

0

3801,17

655,957

1,5634

110,265

655,957

655,957

708,961

8,2699

0,0

82,2

0,0

130,5

59,9

93,2

67,8

126,1

94,4

86,9

62,1

74,2

63,3

61,2

76,2

81,1

0,0

81,4

99,2

78,6

76,7

111,0

115,5

76,5

92,1

3

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2002

January 2003

January 2003

(*)

(**)

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

(***) Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

(***) Ecuador

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

4

1794

528,4

717,9

339

682,5

7,12

0

0,5749

28,31

577,1

205,6

14,23

0

3,145

690

6,153

11,92

6,625

1,504

46,93

749

0,9548

6626

6,897

1594

902,9

134,4

2648,81

491,968

655,957

372,684

655,957

7,44313

0

0,57303

30,892

395,948

176,548

20,2455

0

4,5931

655,957

13,925

15,6466

8,5679

2,09798

60,0322

655,957

0,9934

8250

7,55312

1967,1

655,957

177,819

67,7

107,4

109,4

91,0

104,0

95,7

0,0

100,3

91,6

145,8

116,5

70,3

0,0

68,5

105,2

44,2

76,2

77,3

71,7

78,2

114,2

96,1

80,3

91,3

81,0

137,6

75,6

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2002

January 2003

January 2003

(*)

(**)

Haiti

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Japan (Naka)

Japan (Tokyo)

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

(***) Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

(***) Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

(***) Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

25,48

8,223

178,8

26,41

8355

4,836

54,4

171,3

182,8

37,2525

7,7471

237,95

47,9

8954,51

4,64613

49,3637

121,37

121,37

0,6288

0,704321

1,047

69,88

0

0,4561

1656

5,116

0

2,674

5745

80,04

0

604,1

0,4257

181

24,13

9,738

9,248

0,9934

79,6467

0

0,5982

1493,33

9,18

0

3,4528

6638

83,0798

0

655,957

0,4147

268,46

29,718

10,0672

10,5125

68,4

106,1

75,1

55,1

93,3

104,1

110,2

141,1

150,6

89,3

105,4

87,7

0,0

76,2

110,9

55,7

0,0

77,4

86,5

96,3

0,0

92,1

102,7

67,4

81,2

96,7

88,0

5

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2002

January 2003

January 2003

(*)

(**)

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

Serbia and Montenegro

Sierra Leone

(***) Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

18470

6,19

0

1,889

146,1

12

579,8

110,1

10,59

33,58

2,654

4249

3,364

31,18

3,129

18240

1,174

484,5

6050

0

540,3

39,36

1838

0

33,58

198,3

6,087

23868

9,18

0

1,76825

119,332

14,5102

655,957

125,516

7,288

58,2917

4,28633

6758,92

3,5524

53,7476

3,9795

33330

0,9934

497,429

9256,15

0

655,957

60,9572

2150

0

42,139

229,764

7,5805

77,4

67,4

0,0

106,8

122,4

82,7

88,4

87,7

145,3

57,6

61,9

62,9

94,7

58,0

78,6

54,7

118,2

97,4

65,4

0,0

82,4

64,6

85,5

0,0

79,7

86,3

80,3

6

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2002

January 2003

January 2003

(*)

(**)

(***) Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

(***) Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

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

0

5,162

1267

66,06

113,5

1604

5,168

1,832

34,72

0

704,4

29,08

10,58

647,5

1,451

5,094

1,105

1302000

1513

1,079

1,223

1,186

18,37

161,6

1079

9434

4,528

0

9,18

1199,83

95,738

261,542

2520

9,18

1,4746

51,7

0

979,045

43,5844

22,1

655,957

2,25454

6,23453

1,3792

1540000

1821,05

0,9934

0,9934

0,9934

27,1943

135,195

1384,37

15416,4

4,64613

0,0

56,2

105,6

69,0

43,4

63,7

56,3

124,2

67,2

0,0

71,9

66,7

47,9

98,7

64,4

81,7

80,1

84,5

83,1

108,6

123,1

119,4

67,6

119,5

77,9

61,2

97,5

7

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

December 2002

January 2003

January 2003

(*)

(**)

2473

103,6

4844,98

55,4002

51,0

187,0

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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

(**) Brussels = 100%

(***) Not available

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ANNEX

TABLE B

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2003 compared with July 2002

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

(***) 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

0

-1,57

0

58,16

6,56

1,04

-0,48

0,08

0,43

-0,65

2,2

-1,69

7,7

5,99

5,23

0,02

0

0,81

0,84

0

2,03

0,5

1,27

5,28

0

-2,52

0

-40,65

-7,57

-7,27

-5,96

-5,96

-7,56

0

-11,35

0

-3,07

-35,6

0

0

0

-5,73

0

-8,7

0

0

0

0,0

-4,0

0,0

12,5

-0,9

-5,8

-6,1

-5,6

-6,6

-0,7

-8,2

-1,7

4,5

-21,8

5,2

0,0

0,0

-4,6

0,8

-8,0

2,0

0,5

1,3

-17,98

-10,8

9

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2003 compared with July 2002

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

(***) Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

(***) Ecuador

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

10

-1,26

4,91

3,45

6,15

2,63

-3,6

-0,13

0

1,2

-2,58

30,01

-1,58

2,08

0

1,68

5,09

4,24

-1,65

0,29

0,6

-0,34

0,19

-1,28

4,48

1,03

3,44

-8,46

-21,21

0

0

-11,82

0

-1,06

0

0,96

-1,39

-35,09

-5,96

-22,98

0

-7,81

0

-12,46

0

-8,11

-5,17

1,52

0

-5,96

-15,06

-2,11

-9,15

-9,0

-13,4

3,5

6,2

-8,2

-3,6

-1,2

0,0

2,2

-3,9

-3,8

-7,1

-17,0

0,0

-5,7

5,1

-7,3

-1,7

-7,2

-4,4

1,2

0,2

-6,8

-9,2

-1,1

-5,2

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2003 compared with July 2002

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

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

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

2,36

1,2

4,26

-1,85

-0,33

0,49

4,46

1,4

1,82

-1,55

-1,19

-0,13

0,19

0,07

0

-1,23

7,25

4,2

0

-1,87

0,16

22,09

0

5,87

-0,26

3,78

0

0,68

-48,41

-5,95

2,22

-6,44

-6,36

-0,24

-9,35

-4,85

-4,85

-5,96

-5,96

-10,48

0

-2,98

-7,25

-0,84

0

0

-9,49

-19,28

0

0

-1,05

-5,84

2,4

1,9

-29,8

-7,4

1,9

-5,6

-1,8

1,2

-6,9

-6,1

-5,8

-5,8

-5,5

-9,4

0,0

-4,1

0,0

3,3

0,0

-1,9

-8,5

2,4

0,0

5,9

-1,3

-1,9

11

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2003 compared with July 2002

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

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

Serbia and Montenegro

Sierra Leone

2,16

16,99

0,35

4,23

14,44

0

0

0

-3,54

-1,39

6,07

0,19

1,73

9,85

15,46

-0,56

-0,13

-1,01

6,42

-0,68

0

0,33

0

0,09

-0,05

3,2

-7,68

-10,23

-1,79

-9,81

-0,84

0

-5,96

0

-9,23

0

-14,14

1,96

-7,92

-24,47

-45,47

-9,71

-17,37

-5,63

-6,06

-5,96

0

-14,38

0

0

-0,78

-14,62

-5,1

6,1

-1,4

-5,1

13,5

0,0

-5,6

0,0

-11,7

-1,4

-7,1

2,2

-5,7

-11,8

-20,6

-9,4

-14,9

-6,3

0,3

-6,3

0,0

-12,3

0,0

0,1

-0,8

-10,0

12

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2003 compared with July 2002

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

(***) Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***) Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

(***) Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

The Gambia

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States (New York)

United States (Washington DC)

13

0

0,72

9,26

24,91

0

5,5

-0,47

1,52

1,7

4,29

4,72

-1,19

1,82

0

2,21

1,15

10,48

1,25

1,11

0,87

0,55

8,41

0,27

-0,92

0,16

0,59

0

3,55

-1,86

-24,94

0

-0,84

-5,12

-8,07

-6,63

-24,94

-0,84

-0,61

-19,88

0

-7,67

-11,07

-33,33

0

-12,76

-7,57

-3,46

-15,18

-10

-5,96

-5,96

-5,96

0,0

4,4

7,3

0,0

0,0

4,6

-5,3

-6,1

-4,6

-16,5

3,9

-1,8

-15,1

0,0

-5,1

-8,9

-17,1

1,3

-10,3

-6,2

-2,8

-5,9

-8,9

-6,5

-5,5

-5,1

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

VARIATION (%)

January 2003 compared with July 2002

Economic

Exchange rates

Weightings

parities

28,46

1,13

14,46

1,76

1,57

5,32

44,53

-69,88

-7,13

-47,28

-12,3

-0,24

-25,15

-9,43

-24,4

-5,6

-22,3

-9,4

1,3

-15,8

32,1

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

West Bank and Gaza Strip

Zambia

Zimbabwe

(***) Not available

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

laying down the weightings
applicable from 1 January 2003
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 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 from 1 January 2003 to remuneration paid
in  the  currency  of  the  country  of  employment  to  officials  serving  in  third  countries
should be determined accordingly.

The  weightings,  in  respect  of  which  payment  has  been  made  on  the  basis  of
Regulation  (EC,  Euratom)  No  101/20033,  may  lead  to  retrospective  upward  or
downward adjustments to remuneration.

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

Provision  should  be  made  for  the  recovery  of  sums  overpaid  in  the  event  of  a
reduction in remuneration as a result of the new weightings for the period between 1
January 2003 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Provision should be made for any such recovery to be restricted to a period of no more
than six months preceding the decision laying down the weightings and for its effects
to be spread over a period of no more than twelve months following the date of that
decision,  as  is  the  case  with  the  weightings  applicable  within  the  European
Community  to  remuneration  and  pensions  of  officials  and  other  servants  of  the
European Communities,

1 OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
2 OJ L 347, 20.12.2002, p. 1.
3 OJ L 16, 22.01.2003, p. 1.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 January 2003, the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials of
the European Communities serving in third countries 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

1. 

2. 

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

The institutions  shall make retrospective downward adjustments to  remuneration in
the  event  of  a  reduction  as  a  result  of  the  weightings  shown  in  the  annex  for  the
period between 1 January 2003 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Retrospective  adjustments  involving  the  recovery  of  sums  overpaid  shall  be
restricted  to  a  period  of  no  more  than  six  months  preceding  the  date  of  entry  into
force of this Regulation. Recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve months
from that date.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.

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

January 2003

(***) 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

Comoros

0,0

82,2

0,0

130,5

59,9

93,2

67,8

126,1

94,4

86,9

62,1

74,2

63,3

61,2

76,2

81,1

0,0

81,4

99,2

78,6

76,7

111,0

115,5

76,5

92,1

67,7

107,4

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Weightings

January 2003

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

(***) Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

(***) Ecuador

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Hong Kong

Hungary

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109,4

91,0

104,0

95,7

0,0

100,3

91,6

145,8

116,5

70,3

0,0

68,5

105,2

44,2

76,2

77,3

71,7

78,2

114,2

96,1

80,3

91,3

81,0

137,6

75,6

68,4

106,1

75,1

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Weightings

January 2003

India

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Japan (Naka)

Japan (Tokyo)

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

(***) Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

(***) Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

(***) Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

(***) Nepal

Netherlands Antilles

55,1

93,3

104,1

110,2

141,1

150,6

89,3

105,4

87,7

0,0

76,2

110,9

55,7

0,0

77,4

86,5

96,3

0,0

92,1

102,7

67,4

81,2

96,7

88,0

77,4

67,4

0,0

106,8

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Weightings

January 2003

New Caledonia

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

(***) Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia and Montenegro

Sierra Leone

(***) Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

(***) Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

122,4

82,7

88,4

87,7

145,3

57,6

61,9

62,9

94,7

58,0

78,6

54,7

118,2

97,4

65,4

0,0

82,4

64,6

85,5

0,0

79,7

86,3

80,3

0,0

56,2

105,6

69,0

43,4

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Weightings

January 2003

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

(***) Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

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

Zambia

Zimbabwe

(***) Not available

63,7

56,3

124,2

67,2

0,0

71,9

66,7

47,9

98,7

64,4

81,7

80,1

84,5

83,1

108,6

123,1

119,4

67,6

119,5

77,9

61,2

97,5

51,0

187,0

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.

TITLE OF OPERATION

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  laying  down  the  weightings  applicable  from  1
January 2003 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 2003

Estimate of effect of
January 2003 weightings

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

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

125 656 000
(€ 10 471 133 per month)

(1)

- €

- €

52 051,54

(2)

312 309,24

- 0,497086092%

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

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