2004/509/EC:Commission Decision of 4 June 2004 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 2003 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2004-06-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, cost of living, euro, exchange rate, international currency, pay, third country

10.6.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 207/13

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 June 2004

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and
1 December 2003 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third
countries

(2004/509/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 2182/2003 (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 64/2004 (3) laid down the weightings to be
applied from 1 July 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 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November

and 1 December 2003 given that the statistics available
to the Commission 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 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1
November and 1 December 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, 4 June 2004.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 327, 16.12.2003, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 10, 16.1.2004, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 308, 25.11.2003, p. 25.

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ANNEX

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Weightings
August 2003

Nil

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Dominican Republic

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

The Gambia

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Dominican Republic

Eritrea

Venezuela

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Angola

Jamaica

Mozambique

Rumania

Weightings
September 2003

43,5

Weightings
October 2003

35,0

Weightings
November 2003

51,0

43,4

73,8

Weightings
December 2003

116,6

83,0

73,5

50,0