Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1338/2003 of 23 July 2003 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2003 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2003-07-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, cost of living, pay, third country

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 1338/2003

of 23 July 2003

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), 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 accord-
ingly.

The weightings, in respect of which payment has been
made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 101/
2003 (2), 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 over-
paid 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
12 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,

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

The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of
the weightings

1.
an increase in remuneration as a result of
shown in the Annex.

The

institutions

2.
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 over-
paid 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 12 months from
that date.

Article 3

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC, Euratom) No 2265/2002 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2002, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 16, 22.1.2003, p. 1.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2003.

For the Council

The President

F. FRATTINI

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Place of employment

Weightings January 2003

Place of employment

Weightings January 2003

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

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba (*)

Cyprus

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

109,4

91,0

104,0

95,7

0,0

100,3

Czech Republic

Republic

of

the

Democratic
Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Ecuador (*)

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Former Yugoslav Republic
Macedonia

of

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

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

55,1

93,3

104,1

110,2

141,1

150,6

89,3

105,4

87,7

0,0

76,2

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Place of employment

Weightings January 2003

Place of employment

Weightings January 2003

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia (*)

Lithuania

Madagascar

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 (*)

(*) Not available.

110,9

Senegal

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

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

Serbia and Montenegro

Sierra Leone

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)

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

West Bank and Gaza Strip

Zambia

Zimbabwe

82,4

64,6

85,5

0,0

79,7

86,3

80,3

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

51,0

187,0