Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2004 to the remuneration of officials, contract staff and temporary staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months after accession
Date: 2004-12-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, accession to the European Union, pay, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU), third country

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 03.12.2004 
COM(2004)771 final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2004 
to the remuneration of officials, contract staff and temporary staff of the European 
Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the 
ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months after accession 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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 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. 

Since the new Staff Regulations entered into force on 1 May 2004 (Regulation (EC, Euratom) 
No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004), this system of remuneration also applies to contract agents. 

Article  13  of  Annex  X  required  the  Council  to  determine  the  weightings  for  third  countries 
every six months. 

Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2175/88 of 18 July 1988 laid down the initial 
weightings applicable from 10 October 1987. 

The most recent weightings were set by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1785/2004 of 
5 October 2004 and came into effect on 1 January 2004. 

Article  33(4)  of  the  Treaty  on  the  accession  of  the  ten  new  Member  States  created  a  legal 
basis authorising the extension of the application of Annex X of the Staff Regulations (rules 
applicable to staff working outside the Community) to officials remaining in post in the new 
Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months after accession. Therefore weightings 
should be set for these new Member States not only in accordance with Annex XI, but also in 
accordance with Annex X of the Staff Regulations. 

Article  13  of  Annex  X  to  the  new  Staff  Regulations  now  requires  the  Council  to  set  the 
weightings applicable in third countries annually. 

This  proposal  concerns  the  adjustment  of  weightings  applicable  from  1  July  2004  to  the 
remuneration  of  officials,  contract  staff  and  staff  of  the  European  Communities  serving  in 
third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a 
maximum period of fifteen months after accession. 

These weightings are thus the first to be set on an annual basis. 

The budgetary impact is negligible compared with the total operating costs of the delegations. 

The  remuneration  system  for  staff  serving  in  countries  outside  the  Community  is  based  on 
purchasing  power  parity  of  remuneration  paid  in  local  currency  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. 

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The exchange rates used are established in accordance with the rules for the implementation 
of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the date of application of the weightings. 

Table  A  sets  out  the  new  economic  parities,  the  corresponding  exchange  rates  and  the 
resulting weightings as at 1 July 2004 for all places of employment. 

Table B shows the variation in percentage terms between the figures in Table A and those set 
in the most recent Regulation in force. 

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ANNEX 

TABLE A 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic parities
July 2004 

Exchange rate 
July 2004 
(*) 

Weightings 
July 2004 
(**) 

(***)  Afghanistan 

Albania 

Algeria 

Angola 

Argentina 

(***)  Armenia 

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 

108.3 

72.64 

1.356 

2.096 

0 

1.639 

39.21 

2.709 

571 

4.659 

1.412 

3.898 

2.082 

1.448 

537.7 

0 

3136 

642.5 

1.242 

81.62 

717 

749.2 

540.9 

7.46 

0 

123.429 

87.0602 

1.2169 

3.6123 

0 

1.7497 

73.9462 

2.42163 

655.957 

9.66219 

1.95583 

5.67215 

3.77861 

1.95583 

655.957 

0 

4876 

655.957 

1.6358 

110.265 

655.957 

655.957 

778.49 

10.0134 

0.0 

87.7 

83.4 

111.4 

58.0 

0.0 

93.7 

53.0 

111.9 

87.0 

48.2 

72.2 

68.7 

55.1 

74.0 

82.0 

0.0 

64.3 

97.9 

75.9 

74.0 

109.3 

114.2 

69.5 

74.5 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic parities
July 2004 

Exchange rate 
July 2004 
(*) 

Weightings 
July 2004 
(**) 

Colombia 

Congo 

Costa Rica 

Côte d'Ivoire 

Croatia 

Cuba 

Cyprus 

Czech Republic 

Democratic Republic of Congo 

Djibouti 

Dominican Republic 

Ecuador 

Egypt 

(***)  El Salvador 

Eritrea 

Estonia 

Ethiopia 

Fiji 

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 

Gabon 

Gambia 

Georgia 

Ghana 

Guatemala 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Guyana 

Haiti 

1901 

843 

364.9 

708.9 

7.295 

1.077 

0.5822 

25.86 

1.673 

204.4 

28.16 

0.8284 

3.42 

0 

6.761 

11.76 

7.163 

1.538 

45.29 

739.9 

13.35 

1.073 

7314 

6.896 

1873 

898.8 

138.7 

45.57 

3304.53 

655.957 

531.286 

655.957 

7.36585 

1.2169 

0.5815 

31.96 

1.2169 

216.269 

58.0948 

1.2169 

7.4994 

0 

17.3538 

15.6466 

10.5189 

2.18771 

61.6099 

655.957 

36.2668 

1.2169 

10880 

9.62763 

2446.21 

655.957 

241.929 

44.9607 

57.5 

128.5 

68.7 

108.1 

99.0 

88.5 

100.1 

80.9 

137.5 

94.5 

48.5 

68.1 

45.6 

0.0 

39.0 

75.2 

68.1 

70.3 

73.5 

112.8 

36.8 

88.2 

67.2 

71.6 

76.6 

137.0 

57.3 

101.4 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic parities
July 2004 

Exchange rate 
July 2004 
(*) 

Weightings 
July 2004 
(**) 

(***)  Honduras 

Hong Kong 

Hungary 

India 

Indonesia 

Israel 

Jamaica 

Japan (Naka) 

Japan (Tokyo) 

Jordan 

Kazakhstan 

Kenya 

(***)  Kyrgyzstan 

Laos 

Latvia 

Lebanon 

Lesotho 

(***)  Liberia 

Lithuania 

Madagascar 

Malawi 

Malaysia 

Mali 

Malta 

Mauritania 

Mauritius 

Mexico 

Morocco 

0 

7.996 

188.1 

26.3 

8539 

4.846 

60.56 

165.6 

176.5 

0 

9.492 

252.85 

55.23 

11427.6 

5.47727 

73.2124 

131.83 

131.83 

0.6317 

0.862782 

1.169 

69.41 

0 

8698 

0.475 

1630 

5.504 

0 

2.546 

7152 

95.39 

3.28 

583.9 

0.4155 

188 

24.47 

9.927 

9.08 

1.2169 

95.6998 

0 

12907 

0.6564 

1834.48 

7.581 

0 

3.4527 

12586 

131.746 

4.596 

655.957 

0.426 

323.16 

33.4495 

13.9547 

10.977 

0.0 

84.2 

74.4 

47.6 

74.7 

88.5 

82.7 

125.6 

133.9 

73.2 

96.1 

72.5 

0.0 

67.4 

72.4 

88.9 

72.6 

0.0 

73.7 

56.8 

72.4 

71.4 

89.0 

97.5 

58.2 

73.2 

71.1 

82.7 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic parities
July 2004 

Exchange rate 
July 2004 
(*) 

Weightings 
July 2004 
(**) 

Mozambique 

Namibia 

Nepal 

New Caledonia 

(***)  New Zealand 

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 

21400 

6.325 

59.34 

143 

0 

12.58 

574.7 

116.1 

10.42 

34.26 

2.997 

4492 

3.327 

32.19 

3.143 

20290 

36.26 

544.4 

3.831 

516.5 

44.42 

2285 

1.95 

33.94 

197.3 

7.362 

0 

5.246 

28327.7 

7.581 

90.905 

119.332 

0 

19.444 

655.957 

168.354 

8.3285 

68.4 

3.91696 

7155 

4.22203 

68.1324 

4.5426 

40725 

35.3719 

701.924 

4.4561 

655.957 

71.8947 

3246.42 

2.0839 

39.965 

239.85 

9.11596 

0 

7.581 

75.5 

83.4 

65.3 

119.8 

0.0 

64.7 

87.6 

69.0 

125.1 

50.1 

76.5 

62.8 

78.8 

47.2 

69.2 

49.8 

102.5 

77.6 

86.0 

78.7 

61.8 

70.4 

93.6 

84.9 

82.3 

80.8 

0.0 

69.2 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic parities
July 2004 

Exchange rate 
July 2004 
(*) 

Weightings 
July 2004 
(**) 

South Korea 

Sri Lanka 

Sudan 

Suriname 

Swaziland 

Switzerland 

Syria 

Taiwan 

(***)  Tajikistan 

Tanzania 

Thailand 

Togo 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Tunisia 

Turkey 

Uganda 

Ukraine 

United States (New York) 

United States (Washington) 

Uruguay 

Vanuatu 

Venezuela 

Vietnam 

West Bank / Gaza Strip 

(***)  Yemen 

Zambia 

Zimbabwe 

1265 

66.45 

121.6 

1.749 

5.303 

1.792 

39.88 

35.37 

0 

780.8 

28.67 

635.3 

5.224 

1.131 

1401.69 

124.081 

315.165 

3.295 

7.581 

1.528 

62.05 

41.092 

0 

1348.2 

49.5279 

655.957 

7.5344 

1.5322 

1426000 

1816800 

1568 

1.12 

1.26 

1.211 

21.08 

161.5 

1470 

9713 

4.709 

0 

2758 

3367 

2180.84 

1.2169 

1.2169 

1.2169 

36.0507 

140.745 

2331 

19048.3 

5.47727 

0 

5859.61 

6482.28 

90.2 

53.6 

38.6 

53.1 

70.0 

117.3 

64.3 

86.1 

0.0 

57.9 

57.9 

96.9 

69.3 

73.8 

78.5 

71.9 

92.0 

103.5 

99.5 

58.5 

114.7 

63.1 

51.0 

86.0 

0.0 

47.1 

51.9 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic parities
July 2004 

Exchange rate 
July 2004 
(*) 

Weightings 
July 2004 
(**) 

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

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ANNEX 

TABLE B 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

% CHANGE  
July 2004 against January 2004 

Economic parities 

Exchange rate 

Weightings 

(***) 

Afghanistan 

Albania 

Algeria 

Angola 

Argentina 

(***) 

Armenia 

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 

-1.28 

-1.22 

-3.21 

-0.19 

0 

-0.61 

-0.41 

9.19 

-0.76 

0.89 

-3.16 

-0.49 

1.81 

1.54 

-0.78 

0 

2.05 

-1.17 

0.4 

-1.43 

-2.85 

-0.31 

-1.67 

-0.32 

0 

9.27 

-2.6 

-2.24 

-4.95 

0 

-6.19 

-6.57 

-2.24 

0 

-4.35 

0 

-8.35 

-8.17 

0 

0 

0 

-2.05 

0 

-5.08 

0 

0 

0 

-3.88 

-1.52 

0.0 

8.8 

-3.7 

-5.3 

-4.9 

0.0 

-6.4 

-6.5 

6.8 

-0.8 

-3.3 

-3.2 

-8.2 

-5.9 

1.5 

-0.8 

0.0 

0.0 

-1.2 

-4.5 

-1.4 

-2.9 

-0.3 

-5.4 

-1.8 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

% CHANGE  
July 2004 against January 2004 

Economic parities 

Exchange rate 

Weightings 

Colombia 

Congo 

Costa Rica 

Côte d'Ivoire 

Croatia 

Cuba 

Cyprus 

Czech Republic 

Democratic Republic of Congo 

Djibouti 

Dominican Republic 

Ecuador 

Egypt 

(***) 

El Salvador 

Eritrea 

Estonia 

Ethiopia 

Fiji 

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 

Gabon 

Gambia 

Georgia 

Ghana 

Guatemala 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Guyana 

Haiti 

1.01 

-0.97 

2.5 

1 

1.42 

-1.1 

0.5 

0.82 

-0.24 

0.05 

40.52 

0.06 

2.43 

0 

0.18 

1.38 

0.94 

0.33 

-1.24 

-0.82 

5.45 

10.35 

1.78 

0.28 

3.82 

-2.69 

0.36 

5.07 

2.12 

0 

-7.66 

0 

3.82 

-2.24 

0.44 

0.22 

-2.24 

-2.24 

-23.82 

-2.24 

-2.01 

0 

-9.48 

0 

-3.24 

-4.01 

-0.54 

0 

-1.59 

-2.24 

-6.67 

-0.38 

-2.2 

0 

-3.32 

11.12 

3.2 

-1.0 

-4.8 

1.0 

5.4 

-3.3 

1.0 

1.0 

-2.4 

-2.2 

13.5 

-2.1 

0.4 

0.0 

-8.5 

1.4 

-2.2 

-3.6 

-1.8 

-0.8 

3.8 

7.9 

-4.6 

-0.1 

1.6 

-2.7 

-2.9 

18.2 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

% CHANGE  
July 2004 against January 2004 

Economic parities 

Exchange rate 

Weightings 

(***) 

Honduras 

Hong Kong 

Hungary 

India 

Indonesia 

Israel 

Jamaica 

Japan (Naka) 

Japan (Tokyo) 

Jordan 

Kazakhstan 

Kenya 

(***) 

Kyrgyzstan 

Laos 

Latvia 

Lebanon 

Lesotho 

(***) 

Liberia 

Lithuania 

Madagascar 

Malawi 

Malaysia 

Mali 

Malta 

Mauritania 

Mauritius 

Mexico 

Morocco 

0 

-0.15 

2.45 

-0.38 

-0.07 

0.12 

2.12 

-1.02 

-1.12 

-0.21 

6.86 

-0.29 

0 

0.66 

3.42 

-0.49 

1.53 

0 

0.79 

8.74 

8.36 

-0.58 

-1.52 

0.68 

-0.74 

0.29 

0.6 

-1.04 

0 

-2.7 

4.33 

-1.43 

-12.95 

-3.39 

-1.88 

-1.42 

-1.42 

-2.24 

-2.24 

-5.42 

0 

-6.37 

-0.54 

-2.22 

0.77 

0 

0 

0.0 

-2.8 

7.1 

-1.8 

-11.5 

-3.2 

0.2 

-2.4 

-2.5 

-2.4 

4.5 

-5.4 

0.0 

-5.4 

2.9 

-2.7 

2.3 

0.0 

0.8 

-71.08 

-36.4 

-4.03 

-1.28 

0 

0.56 

-7.42 

-1.09 

-3.3 

-0.62 

4.2 

-1.8 

-1.5 

1.3 

-7.6 

-0.8 

-2.6 

-1.6 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

% CHANGE  
July 2004 against January 2004 

Economic parities 

Exchange rate 

Weightings 

Mozambique 

Namibia 

Nepal 

New Caledonia 

(***) 

New Zealand 

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 

3.68 

1.44 

0.08 

-0.9 

0 

1.21 

1.59 

0.35 

-0.67 

2.36 

0.71 

0.51 

0.67 

0.37 

1.81 

1.65 

1.77 

4.83 

0 

-0.5 

5.09 

-1.18 

0.77 

-3.25 

0 

0 

-5.43 

0 

-3 

-2.01 

-3.13 

2.59 

1.46 

-1.98 

-3.54 

2.54 

-1 

-0.54 

-4.24 

0 

0 

-7 

12.95 

-10.35 

0.26 

3.19 

0.05 

1.87 

0 

-0.42 

-1.52 

2.41 

-1.44 

-2.62 

0 

0.77 

2.5 

2.2 

-3.1 

-0.9 

0.0 

-4.0 

1.6 

-2.6 

-2.6 

-0.7 

3.4 

2.0 

-1.3 

-3.1 

4.5 

0.7 

1.2 

0.6 

0.0 

-0.5 

-1.8 

2.4 

-1.2 

5.7 

-1.4 

-0.7 

0.0 

0.4 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

% CHANGE  
July 2004 against January 2004 

Economic parities 

Exchange rate 

Weightings 

South Korea 

Sri Lanka 

Sudan 

Suriname 

Swaziland 

Switzerland 

Syria 

Taiwan 

(***) 

Tajikistan 

Tanzania 

Thailand 

Togo 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Tunisia 

Turkey 

Uganda 

Ukraine 

United States (New York) 

United States (Washington) 

Uruguay 

Vanuatu 

Venezuela 

Vietnam 

West Bank / Gaza Strip 

(***) 

Yemen 

Zambia 

Zimbabwe 

(***) Not available 

0.24 

-0.45 

3.58 

-99.9 

1.05 

-0.39 

15.76 

-0.11 

0 

4.48 

-0.49 

-0.63 

2.75 

0.27 

1.49 

-0.57 

2.94 

2.19 

1.68 

3.94 

-0.68 

5.23 

2.46 

1.27 

0 

2.76 

2.11 

-9.78 

-1.63 

99.9 

0.77 

1.35 

-2.22 

-0.91 

0 

-8.26 

-4.32 

0 

-3.33 

-2.96 

-4.33 

7.45 

-2.24 

-2.24 

-2.24 

-3.91 

-2.92 

2.4 

-9.3 

1.9 

0.6 

1.8 

1.0 

13.2 

-1.0 

0.0 

-3.5 

-4.6 

-0.6 

-0.6 

-2.6 

-2.7 

7.4 

0.7 

-0.1 

-0.6 

0.0 

-3.5 

-27.48 

-17.5 

-2.42 

-3.39 

0 

-3.82 

0.0 

-2.1 

0.0 

-1.0 

175.31 

-579.14 

-59.5 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2004 
to the remuneration of officials, contract staff and temporary staff of the European 
Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the 
ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months after accession 

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,  Euratom) 
No 857/20042 and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  of  Accession  of  the  ten  new  Member  States,  and  in  particular 
Article 33(4) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the 
Community, and to determine accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2004 
to  remuneration  payable  in  the  currency  of  the  country  of  employment  to  officials, 
contract  staff  and  temporary  staff  of  the  European  Communities  serving  in  third 
countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a 
maximum period of fifteen months after accession. 

The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation 
(EC,  Euratom)  No  1785/20043  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 July 2004 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 

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OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. 
OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 11. 
OJ L 317, 16.10.2004, p. 1. 

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(5) 

Provision should be made for any such recovery to be restricted to a period of no more 
than  six  months  preceding  the  date  of  entry  into  force  of  this  Regulation  and  for  its 
effects to be spread over a period of no more than twelve months following that date, 
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 July 2004, the weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, contract 
staff  and  temporary  staff  of  the  European  Communities  serving  in  third  countries  and  of 
certain  officials  remaining  in  post  in  the  ten  new  Member  States  for  a  maximum  period  of 
fifteen months after accession, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be 
as shown in the Annex hereto.  

The  exchange  rates  used  for  the  calculation  of  this  remuneration  shall  be  established  in 
accordance  with  the  rules  for  the  implementation  of  the  Financial  Regulation  and  shall 
correspond to the date of application of the weightings. 

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 July 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, 

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The President 

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ANNEX 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weightings 
July 2004 

(***) 

Afghanistan 

Albania 

Algeria 

Angola 

Argentina 

(***) 

Armenia 

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 

0.0 

87.7 

83.4 

111.4 

58.0 

0.0 

93.7 

53.0 

111.9 

87.0 

48.2 

72.2 

68.7 

55.1 

74.0 

82.0 

0.0 

64.3 

97.9 

75.9 

74.0 

109.3 

114.2 

69.5 

74.5 

57.5 

128.5 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weightings 
July 2004 

Costa Rica 

Côte d'Ivoire 

Croatia 

Cuba 

Cyprus 

Czech Republic 

Democratic Republic of Congo 

Djibouti 

Dominican Republic 

Ecuador 

Egypt 

(***) 

El Salvador 

Eritrea 

Estonia 

Ethiopia 

Fiji 

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 

Gabon 

Gambia 

Georgia 

Ghana 

Guatemala 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Guyana 

Haiti 

(***) 

Honduras 

Hong Kong 

Hungary 

68.7 

108.1 

99.0 

88.5 

100.1 

80.9 

137.5 

94.5 

48.5 

68.1 

45.6 

0.0 

39.0 

75.2 

68.1 

70.3 

73.5 

112.8 

36.8 

88.2 

67.2 

71.6 

76.6 

137.0 

57.3 

101.4 

0.0 

84.2 

74.4 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weightings 
July 2004 

India 

Indonesia 

Israel 

Jamaica 

Japan (Naka) 

Japan (Tokyo) 

Jordan 

Kazakhstan 

Kenya 

(***) 

Kyrgyzstan 

Laos 

Latvia 

Lebanon 

Lesotho 

(***) 

Liberia 

Lithuania 

Madagascar 

Malawi 

Malaysia 

Mali 

Malta 

Mauritania 

Mauritius 

Mexico 

Morocco 

Mozambique 

Namibia 

Nepal 

New Caledonia 

47.6 

74.7 

88.5 

82.7 

125.6 

133.9 

73.2 

96.1 

72.5 

0.0 

67.4 

72.4 

88.9 

72.6 

0.0 

73.7 

56.8 

72.4 

71.4 

89.0 

97.5 

58.2 

73.2 

71.1 

82.7 

75.5 

83.4 

65.3 

119.8 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weightings 
July 2004 

(***) 

New Zealand 

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 

0.0 

64.7 

87.6 

69.0 

125.1 

50.1 

76.5 

62.8 

78.8 

47.2 

69.2 

49.8 

102.5 

77.6 

86.0 

78.7 

61.8 

70.4 

93.6 

84.9 

82.3 

80.8 

0.0 

69.2 

90.2 

53.6 

38.6 

53.1 

70.0 

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PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weightings 
July 2004 

Switzerland 

Syria 

Taiwan 

(***) 

Tajikistan 

Tanzania 

Thailand 

Togo 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Tunisia 

Turkey 

Uganda 

Ukraine 

United States (New York) 

United States (Washington) 

Uruguay 

Vanuatu 

Venezuela 

Vietnam 

West Bank / Gaza Strip 

(***) 

Yemen 

Zambia 

Zimbabwe 

(***) Not available 

117.3 

64.3 

86.1 

0.0 

57.9 

57.9 

96.9 

69.3 

73.8 

78.5 

71.9 

92.0 

103.5 

99.5 

58.5 

114.7 

63.1 

51.0 

86.0 

0.0 

47.1 

51.9 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

TITLE OF OPERATION 

Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 
2004  to  the  remuneration  of  officials,  contract  staff  and  temporary  staff  of  the 
European Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining 
in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months after 
accession 

2. 

2. BUDGET HEADING INVOLVED 

XX-010102-01 

3. 

LEGAL BASIS 

Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations 

4. 

4.1 

4.2 

4.3 

4.4 

4.5 

FINANCIAL IMPACT 

Estimated actual expenditure 
for 2004 

Estimated impact of weightings 
of July 2004 

€125 139 579 
(€10 428 298.25 per month) (1) 

- €11 814.59 (2) 

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

- €70 887.54 

Estimated annual expenditure [(2) x 12] 

- €141 775.08 

Impact in terms of estimated 
actual expenditure [(2) : (1)] 

- 0.11329356% 

This financial impact does not include the impact of the intermediate weightings set 
monthly by the Commission. 

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