2003/820/EC: Commission Decision of 20 November 2003 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2003 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2003-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, cost of living, pay, third country

25.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 308/25

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 November 2003

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2003 to
the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries

(2003/820/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

the
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of
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 2265/2002 (2), and in particular
the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X
to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation (EC, ECSC,
Euratom) No 1338/2003 (3) laid down the weightings to
be applied from 1 January 2003 to the remuneration of
officials
serving in third countries, payable in the
currency of their country of employment.

The Commission has made a number of adjustments to
these weightings (4) in recent months, pursuant to the
second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff
Regulations.

Some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect
from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June
2003 given that the statistics available to the Commis-
sion show that in certain third countries the variation in

the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting
and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 %
since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

With effect from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1
June 2003 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of
officials serving in third countries payable in the currency of
their country of employment are adjusted 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 Communities for the month preceding the dates
referred to in the first paragraph.

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2003.

For the Commission

Christopher PATTEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 347, 20.12.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 152, 20.6.2003, p. 84.

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Official Journal of the European Union

25.11.2003

ANNEX

Place of employment

Weightings February
2003

Czech Republic

Haiti

Papua New Guinea

Turkey

80,2

72,0

68,7

83,8

Place of employment

Weightings March 2003

115,7

70,1

Place of employment

Weightings April 2003

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dominican Republic

Place of employment

Weightings May 2003

117,8

74,8

Place of employment

Weightings June 2003

Angola

Haiti

Angola

Haiti

Sierra Leone

Venezuela

Angola

Haiti

Angola

Bulgaria

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ethiopia

Haiti

Malawi

Paraguay

The Gambia

Uruguay

Venezuela

114,1

139,4

57,8

66,8

81,4

67,0

116,4

72,2

143,9

73,7

81,3

85,5

59,7

39,5

61,8

70,3