Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2004 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2004-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, cost of living, euro, exchange rate, national currency, pay, third country

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 11.6.2004 
COM(2004) 424 final 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2004 
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities  
serving in third countries 

(presented by the Commission) 

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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 2004. 

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 64/2004 of 9 January 2004, which took effect on 1 July 2003. 

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 2003. 

Table  A  sets  out  the  new  economic  parities,  the  corresponding  exchange  rates  and 
the resulting weightings as at 1 January 2004 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. 

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ANNEX 

TABLE A 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic 
parities 
January 2004 

Exchange rates 
December 2003 
(*) 

Weightings 
January 2004 
(**) 

(***) 

Afghanistan 

Albania 

Algeria 

Angola 

Argentina 

Australia 

Bangladesh 

Barbados 

Benin 

Bolivia 

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Botswana 

Brazil 

Bulgaria 

Burkina Faso 

(***) 

Burundi 

Cambodia 

Cameroon 

Canada 

Cape Verde 

Central African Republic 

Chad 

Chile 

China 

Colombia 

0 

109,7 

73,54 

1,401 

2,1 

1,649 

39,37 

2,481 

575,4 

4,618 

1,458 

3,917 

2,045 

1,426 

541,9 

0 

3073 

650,1 

1,237 

82,8 

738 

751,5 

550,1 

7,484 

1882 

0 

136,036 

84,8545 

1,1902 

3,442 

1,6477 

69,3887 

2,3685 

655,957 

9,25976 

1,95583 

5,23512 

3,49308 

1,95583 

655,957 

0 

4778 

655,957 

1,5567 

110,265 

655,957 

655,957 

749,38 

9,863 

3375,94 

0,0 

80,6 

86,7 

117,7 

61,0 

100,1 

56,7 

104,7 

87,7 

49,9 

74,5 

74,8 

58,5 

72,9 

82,6 

0,0 

64,3 

99,1 

79,5 

75,1 

112,5 

114,6 

73,4 

75,9 

55,7 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic 
parities 
January 2004 

Exchange rates 
December 2003 
(*) 

Weightings 
January 2004 
(**) 

851,3 

356 

701,9 

7,193 

1,089 

655,957 

493,469 

655,957 

7,65809 

1,1902 

0,5793 

0,58408 

Congo 

Costa Rica 

Côte d'Ivoire 

Croatia 

Cuba 

Cyprus 

Czech Republic 

Democratic Republic of the Congo 

Djibouti 

Dominican Republic 

Ecuador 

Egypt 

Eritrea 

Estonia 

Ethiopia 

Fiji 

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 

Gabon 

Georgia 

Ghana 

Guatemala 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Guyana 

Haiti 

Hong Kong 

Hungary 

India 

25,65 

1,677 

204,3 

20,04 

0,8279 

3,339 

6,749 

11,6 

7,096 

1,533 

45,86 

746 

0,9724 

7186 

6,877 

1804 

923,6 

138,2 

43,37 

8,008 

183,6 

26,4 

129,8 

72,1 

107,0 

93,9 

91,5 

99,2 

80,1 

140,9 

96,6 

42,7 

69,6 

45,4 

42,6 

74,1 

69,6 

72,9 

74,8 

32,03 

1,1902 

211,524 

46,9177 

1,1902 

7,3518 

15,8513 

15,6466 

10,1883 

2,10327 

61,2797 

655,957 

113,7 

1,1902 

10200 

9,59099 

2393,59 

81,7 

70,5 

71,7 

75,4 

655,957 

140,8 

234,161 

50,5835 

9,2421 

264,29 

54,45 

59,0 

85,7 

86,6 

69,5 

48,5 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic 
parities 
January 2004 

Exchange rates 
December 2003 
(*) 

Weightings 
January 2004 
(**) 

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 

New Caledonia 

Nicaragua 

EN 

8545 

4,84 

59,3 

167,3 

178,5 

0,633 

1,094 

69,61 

8641 

10117,5 

5,29758 

71,8628 

129,99 

129,99 

0,843852 

1,1902 

90,7771 

12133,5 

0,4593 

0,6529 

1794,68 

7,6396 

0 

3,4528 

7357 

126,639 

4,5378 

655,957 

0,4284 

300,85 

33,088 

13,5095 

10,9095 

27998,7 

7,6396 

88,045 

119,332 

18,4421 

1638 

5,421 

0 

2,526 

6577 

88,03 

3,299 

592,9 

0,4127 

189,4 

24,4 

9,868 

9,175 

20640 

6,235 

59,29 

144,3 

12,43 

5 

84,5 

91,4 

82,5 

128,7 

137,3 

75,0 

91,9 

76,7 

71,2 

70,3 

91,3 

71,0 

0,0 

73,2 

89,4 

69,5 

72,7 

90,4 

96,3 

63,0 

73,7 

73,0 

84,1 

73,7 

81,6 

67,3 

120,9 

67,4 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic 
parities 
January 2004 

Exchange rates 
December 2003 
(*) 

Weightings 
January 2004 
(**) 

Niger 

Nigeria 

Norway 

Pakistan 

Papua New Guinea 

Paraguay 

Peru 

Philippines 

Poland 

Romania 

Russia 

Rwanda 

(***) 

Saudi Arabia 

Senegal 

Serbia and Montenegro 

Sierra Leone 

Singapore 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Solomon Islands 

(***) 

Somalia 

South Africa 

South Korea 

Sri Lanka 

Sudan 

Suriname 

Swaziland 

Switzerland 

565,7 

115,7 

10,49 

33,47 

2,976 

4469 

3,305 

32,07 

3,087 

19960 

35,63 

519,3 

0 

519,1 

42,27 

2023 

1,945 

32,89 

197,2 

7,227 

0 

5,268 

1262 

66,75 

117,4 

1721 

5,248 

1,799 

655,957 

163,45 

8,1645 

66,327 

4,02091 

7260,81 

4,14011 

65,8044 

4,6611 

40322 

86,2 

70,8 

128,5 

50,5 

74,0 

61,5 

79,8 

48,7 

66,2 

49,5 

35,1836 

101,3 

673,392 

0 

655,957 

67,1893 

2941,84 

2,0528 

40,95 

236,45 

8,88363 

0 

7,6396 

1431,87 

113,028 

310,107 

3260 

7,6396 

1,5489 

77,1 

0,0 

79,1 

62,9 

68,8 

94,7 

80,3 

83,4 

81,4 

0,0 

69,0 

88,1 

59,1 

37,9 

52,8 

68,7 

116,1 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic 
parities 
January 2004 

Exchange rates 
December 2003 
(*) 

Weightings 
January 2004 
(**) 

Syria 

Taiwan 

Tanzania 

Thailand 

The Gambia 

Togo 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Tunisia 

Turkey 

Uganda 

Ukraine 

United States (New York) 

United States (Washington DC) 

Uruguay 

Vanuatu 

Venezuela 

Vietnam 

West Bank and Gaza Strip 

(***) 

Yemen 

Zambia 

Zimbabwe 

34,45 

35,41 

747,3 

28,81 

12,66 

639,3 

5,084 

1,128 

60,7 

40,72 

1245,31 

47,4763 

35,7 

655,957 

7,29135 

1,4882 

1405000 

1741410 

1577 

1,088 

1,233 

1,191 

20,28 

162,6 

1397 

9480 

4,65 

0 

2684 

1223 

2356,47 

1,1902 

1,1902 

1,1902 

34,6943 

136,753 

1828,57 

18598 

5,29758 

0 

5643,97 

56,8 

87,0 

60,0 

60,7 

35,5 

97,5 

69,7 

75,8 

80,7 

66,9 

91,4 

103,6 

100,1 

58,5 

118,9 

76,4 

51,0 

87,8 

0 

47,6 

954,48 

128,1 

(*) € 1 = local currency (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine = USD) 
(**) Brussels = 100% 
(***) Not available 

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ANNEX 

TABLE B 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

VARIATION (%) 
January 2004 compared with July 2003 

Economic 
parities 

Exchange rates 

Weightings 

(***) 

Afghanistan 

Albania 

Algeria 

Angola 

Argentina 

Australia 

Bangladesh 

Barbados 

(***) 

Benin 

Bolivia 

(***) 

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Botswana 

Brazil 

Bulgaria 

Burkina Faso 

(***) 

Burundi 

Cambodia 

Cameroon 

Canada 

Cape Verde 

Central African Republic 

Chad 

Chile 

China 

0 

-1,7 

2,78 

8,77 

0,24 

0,67 

1,36 

0,24 

0 

0,74 

0 

1,63 

0,89 

2,15 

0,22 

0 

0,2 

0,12 

0,16 

-1,05 

1,03 

0,03 

0,9 

-0,4 

0 

3,08 

8,51 

-1,24 

-0,35 

9,74 

-1,3 

-1,24 

0 

-3,37 

0 

6,68 

0,03 

0 

0 

0 

-1,59 

0 

4,46 

0 

0 

0 

10,35 

-0,83 

0,0 

1,4 

12,3 

7,4 

-0,1 

11,5 

0,1 

-1,0 

0,0 

-2,5 

0,0 

8,9 

0,9 

2,2 

0,2 

0,0 

-1,4 

0,1 

4,8 

-1,1 

1,0 

0,0 

12,5 

-1,2 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

VARIATION (%) 
January 2004 compared with July 2003 

Economic 
parities 

Exchange rates 

Weightings 

Colombia 

Congo 

Costa Rica 

Côte d'Ivoire 

Croatia 

(***) 

Cuba 

Cyprus 

Czech Republic 

Democratic Republic of the Congo 

Djibouti 

Dominican Republic 

(***) 

Ecuador 

Egypt 

Eritrea 

Estonia 

Ethiopia 

Fiji 

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 

Gabon 

Georgia 

Ghana 

Guatemala 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Guyana 

Haiti 

Hong Kong 

2,67 

-0,32 

2,09 

0,63 

0,06 

0 

-1,43 

-1,19 

2,82 

0,2 

24,39 

0 

5 

11,08 

-1,78 

0,61 

-0,33 

-1,31 

0,34 

0,85 

4,8 

1,15 

7,7 

3,06 

1,69 

5,78 

-0,16 

1,18 

0 

-6,48 

0 

-1,75 

0 

0,47 

-2,08 

-1,24 

-1,24 

3,9 

-0,3 

-4,1 

0,6 

-1,7 

0,0 

-1,0 

-3,2 

1,6 

-1,0 

-50,66 

-17,4 

0 

-5,61 

-1,3 

0 

-1,05 

3,62 

0,12 

0 

-1,24 

-4,08 

-3,34 

-1,82 

0 

-2,55 

-2,07 

-0,8 

0,0 

-0,6 

9,7 

-1,8 

-0,4 

3,4 

-1,2 

0,3 

-0,4 

0,7 

-2,1 

5,8 

3,1 

-0,8 

3,6 

-1,0 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

VARIATION (%) 
January 2004 compared with July 2003 

Economic 
parities 

Exchange rates 

Weightings 

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 

Mozambique 

Namibia 

0,27 

0,04 

1,82 

-1,51 

6,85 

-1,18 

-1 

0,64 

2,53 

0,16 

0,14 

-0,13 

0,18 

2,52 

0 

-3,07 

18,38 

3,53 

-1,02 

-0,03 

1 

1,12 

0,78 

0,55 

0,15 

7,5 

0,89 

-5,75 

0,57 

-4,37 

-1,08 

-0,16 

6,84 

6,84 

-1,24 

-1,24 

-8,43 

1,41 

0,81 

-1,66 

20,59 

0 

0 

-4,06 

-17,21 

-1,9 

0 

0,46 

-4,98 

-4,36 

-10,7 

-0,02 

-1,49 

-5,2 

0,6 

-2,4 

-2,6 

6,7 

6,1 

6,3 

-0,6 

1,3 

-7,6 

1,6 

0,7 

-1,5 

29,1 

0,0 

-3,1 

13,8 

-11,7 

-2,9 

0,0 

1,5 

-3,7 

-3,4 

-9,2 

0,1 

5,9 

20,59 

27,1 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

VARIATION (%) 
January 2004 compared with July 2003 

Economic 
parities 

Exchange rates 

Weightings 

Nepal 

New Caledonia 

Nicaragua 

Niger 

Nigeria 

Norway 

Pakistan 

Papua New Guinea 

Paraguay 

Peru 

Philippines 

Poland 

Romania 

Russia 

Rwanda 

(***) 

Saudi Arabia 

Senegal 

Serbia and Montenegro 

Sierra Leone 

(***) 

Singapore 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Solomon Islands 

(***) 

Somalia 

South Africa 

South Korea 

Sri Lanka 

EN 

4,72 

0,84 

2,05 

-1,45 

3,12 

-1,04 

-1,27 

2,55 

-1,89 

-0,33 

1,71 

-1,03 

6,51 

1,21 

0 

-4,58 

0 

-9,69 

-3,62 

-2,96 

5,27 

3,08 

-0,91 

-7,46 

-5,86 

-6,6 

2813,33 

-2892,82 

-9,01 

0 

0 

-2,12 

-9,77 

0 

0,87 

-1,85 

-1,15 

0 

20,59 

-0,91 

2,25 

4,05 

0 

-0,15 

5,91 

3,48 

0 

0,8 

-0,45 

1,63 

0 

0,78 

0 

0,85 

11 

6,0 

0,8 

-2,4 

-1,5 

-6,0 

-4,5 

-4,1 

8,3 

1,2 

-1,2 

-5,4 

-6,5 

-0,1 

-2,7 

-4,6 

0,0 

-0,2 

3,6 

-5,7 

0,0 

1,7 

-2,3 

0,5 

0,0 

26,9 

-0,9 

3,2 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

VARIATION (%) 
January 2004 compared with July 2003 

Economic 
parities 

Exchange rates 

Weightings 

Sudan 

Suriname 

Swaziland 

Switzerland 

Syria 

(***) 

Taiwan 

Tanzania 

Thailand 

The Gambia 

Togo 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Tunisia 

Turkey 

Uganda 

Ukraine 

United States (New York) 

United States (Washington DC) 

Uruguay 

Vanuatu 

Venezuela 

Vietnam 

West Bank and Gaza Strip 

(***) 

Yemen 

Zambia 

(***) 

Zimbabwe 

(***) Not available 

4,08 

5,71 

-0,79 

-1,26 

1,26 

0 

3,56 

0 

11,94 

0,25 

0,26 

2,17 

2,93 

2,8 

0,46 

0,16 

0 

3,21 

0,43 

10,43 

-0,57 

1,13 

0 

4,35 

0 

-0,97 

-0,62 

20,59 

-1,31 

-1 

0 

-1,15 

3,24 

-20 

0 

0,14 

-0,79 

-1,66 

-1,68 

-1,24 

-1,24 

-1,24 

-0,73 

2,67 

2,39 

-3,21 

-1,08 

0 

0,05 

0 

3,1 

5,1 

24,9 

-2,5 

0,3 

0,0 

2,4 

3,4 

-6,7 

0,3 

0,4 

1,4 

1,3 

1,1 

-0,8 

-1,1 

-1,2 

2,5 

3,2 

13,1 

-3,7 

0,1 

0,0 

4,4 

0,0 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2004 
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 2182/20032 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 2004 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  64/20043,  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 2004 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 
2 
3 

OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. 
OJ L 327, 16.12.2003, p. 3. 
OJ L 10, 16.1.2004, p. 1. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

With effect from 1 January 2004, 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 2004 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 2004 

(***)  Afghanistan 

Albania 

Algeria 

Angola 

Argentina 

Australia 

Bangladesh 

Barbados 

Benin 

Bolivia 

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Botswana 

Brazil 

Bulgaria 

Burkina Faso 

(***)  Burundi 

Cambodia 

Cameroon 

Canada 

Cape Verde 

Central African Republic 

Chad 

Chile 

China 

Colombia 

0,0 

80,6 

86,7 

117,7 

61,0 

100,1 

56,7 

104,7 

87,7 

49,9 

74,5 

74,8 

58,5 

72,9 

82,6 

0,0 

64,3 

99,1 

79,5 

75,1 

112,5 

114,6 

73,4 

75,9 

55,7 

EN 

15 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weightings 
January 2004 

Congo 

Costa Rica 

Côte d'Ivoire 

Croatia 

Cuba 

Cyprus 

Czech Republic 

Democratic Republic of the Congo 

Djibouti 

Dominican Republic 

Ecuador 

Egypt 

Eritrea 

Estonia 

Ethiopia 

Fiji 

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 

Gabon 

Georgia 

Ghana 

Guatemala 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Guyana 

Haiti 

Hong Kong 

Hungary 

India 

129,8 

72,1 

107,0 

93,9 

91,5 

99,2 

80,1 

140,9 

96,6 

42,7 

69,6 

45,4 

42,6 

74,1 

69,6 

72,9 

74,8 

113,7 

81,7 

70,5 

71,7 

75,4 

140,8 

59,0 

85,7 

86,6 

69,5 

48,5 

EN 

16 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weightings 
January 2004 

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 

New Caledonia 

Nicaragua 

84,5 

91,4 

82,5 

128,7 

137,3 

75,0 

91,9 

76,7 

71,2 

70,3 

91,3 

71,0 

0,0 

73,2 

89,4 

69,5 

72,7 

90,4 

96,3 

63,0 

73,7 

73,0 

84,1 

73,7 

81,6 

67,3 

120,9 

67,4 

EN 

17 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weightings 
January 2004 

Niger 

Nigeria 

Norway 

Pakistan 

Papua New Guinea 

Paraguay 

Peru 

Philippines 

Poland 

Romania 

Russia 

Rwanda 

(***)  Saudi Arabia 

Senegal 

Serbia and Montenegro 

Sierra Leone 

Singapore 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Solomon Islands 

(***)  Somalia 

South Africa 

South Korea 

Sri Lanka 

Sudan 

Suriname 

Swaziland 

Switzerland 

86,2 

70,8 

128,5 

50,5 

74,0 

61,5 

79,8 

48,7 

66,2 

49,5 

101,3 

77,1 

0,0 

79,1 

62,9 

68,8 

94,7 

80,3 

83,4 

81,4 

0,0 

69,0 

88,1 

59,1 

37,9 

52,8 

68,7 

116,1 

EN 

18 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weightings 
January 2004 

Syria 

Taiwan 

Tanzania 

Thailand 

The Gambia 

Togo 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Tunisia 

Turkey 

Uganda 

Ukraine 

United States (New York) 

United States (Washington DC) 

Uruguay 

Vanuatu 

Venezuela 

Vietnam 

West Bank and Gaza Strip 

(***)  Yemen 

Zambia 

Zimbabwe 

(***) Not available 

56,8 

87,0 

60,0 

60,7 

35,5 

97,5 

69,7 

75,8 

80,7 

66,9 

91,4 

103,6 

100,1 

58,5 

118,9 

76,4 

51,0 

87,8 

0 

47,6 

128,1 

EN 

19 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

TITLE OF OPERATION 

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  laying  down  the  weightings  applicable  from  1 
January 2004 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving 
in third countries 

2. 

BUDGET HEADING INVOLVED 

XX-010102-01 

3. 

LEGAL BASIS 

4. 

4.1 

4.2 

4.3 

4.4 

Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations 

FINANCIAL IMPACT 

Provisional real expenditure 
for 2004 

€ 
(€ 10 428 298,25 per month) 

125 139 579 

(1) 

Estimate of effect of 
January 2004 weightings 

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

+ € 

+ € 

10 729,56 

(2) 

64 377,36 

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

+ 0,102888886% 

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

EN 

20 

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