Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 257/2005 of 4 February 2005 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 10 new Member States for a maximum period of 15 months after accession
Date: 2005-02-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU), third country, wage determination

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 257/2005

of 4 February 2005

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 10 new Member States for a maximum period of 15 months after
accession

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,

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), and in particular the
first subparagraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Having regard to the 2003 Act of Accession, and in particular
Article 33(4) thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

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 period
the new weightings
between 1 July 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 date of entry into force of this Regulation
and for its effects to be spread over a period of no more
than 12 months as from that date, as is the case with the
weightings applicable within the Community to remu-
neration and pensions of officials and other servants of
the European Communities,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of
living in third countries 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
the
European Communities serving in third countries and
of certain officials remaining in post
in the 10 new
Member States for a maximum period of 15 months
after 1 May 2004.

staff and temporary staff of

(2)

The weightings
in respect of which payment has
been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom)
No 1785/2004 (2) may lead to retrospective upward or
downward adjustments to remuneration.

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2004, the weightings applicable 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 10 new Member
States for a maximum period of 15 months after accession,
payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall
be as shown in the Annex hereto.

The exchange rates used to calculate this remuneration shall be
established in accordance with the rules for the implementation
of the Financial Regulation and shall correspond to the date
referred to in the preceding subparagraph.

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Staff Regulations and conditions
of employment as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom)
No 857/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 317, 16.10.2004, 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 July 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, 4 February 2005.

For the Council
The President

J. ASSELBORN

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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

Costa Rica

Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador (*)

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

68,7

108,1

99,0

88,5

100,1

80,9

137,5

94,5

48,5

68,1

45,6

0,0

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Place of employment

Weightings July 2004

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

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

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

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

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Place of employment

Weightings July 2004

Morocco

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

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan (*)

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

82,7

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

90,2

53,6

38,6

53,1

70,0

117,3

64,3

86,1

0,0

57,9

57,9

96,9

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Place of employment

Weightings July 2004

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.

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