Council Regulation (EC, EURATOM) No 1785/2004 of 5 October 2004 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2004 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2004-10-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, regulations for civil servants, third country, wage determination

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 1785/2004

of 5 October 2004

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

(4)

(5)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy 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), and in particular the
first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Provision should be made for the recovery of sums
overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration
as a result of
the period
the new weightings
between 1 January 2004 and the date of entry into
force of this Regulation.

for

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,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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
should be determined
serving
accordingly.

in third

countries

The weightings, in respect of which payment has been
made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
64/2004 laying down the weightings applicable from 1
July 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.

Article 1

With effect from 1 January 2004, the weightings applicable to
the European Communities
the remuneration of officials of
the
serving in third countries payable in the currency of
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.

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004 (OJ 124, 27.4.2004,
p. 1).

(2) OJ L 10, 16.1.2004, p. 1.

1.
The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of
an increase in remuneration as a result of the weightings shown
in the Annex.

Article 2

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The

institutions

shall make

retrospective downward
2.
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.

months preceding the date of entry into force of this Regu-
lation. Recovery shall be spread over no more than 12
months from that date.

Article 3

Retrospective adjustments
sums
overpaid shall be restricted to a period of no more than six

involving the recovery of

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

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

Done at Brussels, 5 October 2004.

For the Council
The President

B. R. BOT

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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

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

Eritrea

Estonia

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

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

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Place of employment

Weightings
January 2004

Ethiopia

Fiji

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia (*)

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

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

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

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Place of employment

Weightings
January 2004

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

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

The Gambia

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

120,9

67,4

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

56,8

87,0

60,0

60,7

35,5

97,5

69,7

75,8

80,7

66,9

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Place of employment

Weightings
January 2004

Ukraine

United States (New York)

United States (Washington DC)

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

West Bank and Gaza Strip

Yemen (*)

Zambia

Zimbabwe

(*) Not available.

91,4

103,6

100,1

58,5

118,9

76,4

51,0

87,8

0

47,6

128,1