Report from the Commission to the Council on the application of Annex X to the Staff Regulations (Council Regulation No 3019/1987 of 5 October 1987) - Year 2004
Date: 2005-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, allowances and expenses, paid leave, regulations for civil servants, remuneration of work, rights of civil servants, servant (EU), third country, working conditions

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 2.8.2005 
COM(2005)358 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL 

on the application of Annex X to the Staff Regulations 
(Council Regulation No 3019/1987 of 5 October 1987) 
Year 2004 

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INTRODUCTION 

In  accordance  with  Article  101a  of  the  Staff  Regulations,  Annex  X  determines,  without 
prejudice  to  the  other  provisions  of  the  Staff  Regulations,  the  special  and  exceptional 
provisions  applicable  to  officials  of  the  European  Communities  serving  in  non-member 
countries. 

Article 14 of Annex X requires the Commission to “submit an annual report to the Council on 
the application of this Annex and in particular on the fixing of the rate of the allowance for 
living conditions as provided for in Article 10”. 

Since  1  January  1988,  the  Commission  has  prepared  fourteen  reports.  They  cover  the 
following periods: October 1987-December 1988, 1989, 1990-1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 
1996, 1997-1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. 

CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS 

ARTICLE 1: RECRUITMENT 

At  31  December  2004,  there  were  1008  officials/temporary  staff  members  in 
delegations1 (951 as of 31 December 2003). 

In 2004, these staffing levels: 

–  were increased by: 

•  117 posts as part of the fourth phase of the devolution exercise. 

•  2 temporary additional A posts (India, Kenya). 

–  and decreased by: 

•  60 posts as part of enlargement. 

•  2 posts under the early retirement scheme. 

At  31  December  2004,  896  of  these  posts  were  occupied  in  delegations.  The  112 
vacant  posts  accounted  for  11.11%  of  posts  against  12.41%  (118  vacant  posts)  in 
2003. 

A large number of external recruitment procedures were completed or set in motion 
in 2004: 33 recruitments of successful competition candidates, one interinstitutional 

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The posts for officials/temporary agents in delegations break down as follows: a) the formal allocation 
of the External Service (982 posts for 2004); b) posts lent for specific, ad hoc programmes (4 posts); 
c) posts made available by Directorates-General outside the RELEX family (22 posts at 31 December 
2004). These posts remain assigned to their parent DG’s establishment plan but are financed wholly or 
in part by the External Service budget. 

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transfer from the European Parliament and five recruitments of temporary staff. Four 
temporary  staff  members  were  in  the  process  of  being  recruited  on  31  December 
2004. 

ARTICLE 2: MOBILITY 

Rotation 

The  rotation  exercise  for  2004  covered  196  officials  on  the  list  (140  in  2003),  of 
whom: 

– 

– 

– 

– 

60 moved between delegations (40 in 2003); 

89 moved from delegations to headquarters (65 in 2003); 

15 terminated their service (7 in 2003); 

32 remained in post (28 in 2003). 

The principle of alternate postings in delegations and at headquarters resulted in: 

– 

– 

89 moves from delegations to headquarters (65 in 2003); 

94 moves from headquarters to the delegations (63 in 2003). 

In all, 258 officials moved under the 2004 rotation exercise (compared with 175 in 
2003). 

Redeployment 

Two posts were redeployed: 

– 

– 

1 A post was redeployed from Côte d’Ivoire to Liberia; 

1  B  “floater”  post  (an  official  based  at  headquarters  who  provides 
emergency  support  to  delegations  in  difficulty)  became  a  head  of 
administration post (Saudi Arabia). 

ARTICLE 3: RETRAINING 

In  2004,  decisions  were  made  to  retrain  57  External  Service  officials  who  were 
reassigned to headquarters in one of the Directorates-General of the Relex family as 
part of the rotation policy. 

CHAPTER 2: OBLIGATIONS 

ARTICLE 4: CARRYING OUT DUTIES AT THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Nothing to report. 

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ARTICLE 5: ACCOMMODATION 

In  late  2004,  the  External  Relations  DG  finalised  its  work  on  housing  standards  in 
third countries. Since then, all delegations (except for Cuba) have had standards for 
rental  accommodation  in  the  host  country.  At  the  same  time,  responsibility  for 
administrative matters was transferred to the delegations. 

CHAPTER 3: WORKING CONDITIONS 

ARTICLES 6, 7 AND 9: ANNUAL LEAVE 

Officials serving abroad have continued to make an effort to use their entitlement and 
reduce  excessive  carryover  of  leave  in  line  with  the  recommendation  from 
headquarters.  Note  that  despite  the  increase  in  staffing  levels,  in  the  short  term  the 
the 
devolution  and  administrative  decentralisation  processes  have 
workload,  which  to  some  extent  has  prevented  officials  from  taking  the  desired 
amount of leave. 

increased 

The  table  below  shows  that  for  the  815  officials  in  delegations  the  percentage  of 
carryovers of more than 14 days increased compared with the previous financial year 
(47.12%  versus  43.56%).  Carryovers  of  36  to  50  days  increased  as  well  (5.89% 
versus 4.95%). Carryovers of 50 to 70 days increased from 1.41% in 2003 to 3.44% 
in 2004. 

Annual leave carryovers 

Number of officials 

Fewer than 14 days 

More than 14 days 

14 to 35 days 

36 to 49 days 

50 to 70 days 

More than 70 days 

Total number of officials 

Carryovers 
2002/2003 
399 
56.44% 
308 
43.56% 
253 
35.79% 
35 
4.95% 
10 
1.41% 
10 
1.41% 
707 

Carryovers 
2003/2004 
431 
52.88% 
384 
47.12% 
298 
36.56% 
48 
5.89% 
28 
3.44% 
10 
1.23% 
815 

ARTICLES 8 AND 9(2): EXCEPTIONAL GRANTING OF REST LEAVE 

As part of its regular annual exercise, the Commission decided on 25 March 2004 to 
exceptionally grant rest leave for the year for those places of employment where (1) 
living conditions were “particularly difficult” according to the parameters used each 
year  to  fix  the  living-conditions  allowance  and  (2)  a  state  of  emergency  had  been 
declared. 

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Strict  application  of  the  conditions  set  out  in  Article  8  of  Annex  X  resulted  in  this 
entitlement  being  accorded  for  30  places  of  employment  in  2004  (see  Annex  I), 
compared with 24 in 2003. For places in a state of emergency, entitlement is granted 
in proportion to the actual duration of the crisis. 

CHAPTER 4: EMOLUMENTS AND SOCIAL SECURITY 
BENEFITS 

SECTION 1: EMOLUMENTS AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES 

ARTICLE 10(1): ALLOWANCE FOR LIVING CONDITIONS 

On  12  February  2004,  the  Commission  fixed  the  living-conditions  allowance  rates 
for 2004 as shown in the table in Annex II. 

–  1 increase (from 10 to 15%): Argentina; 

–  1 increase (from 25 to 35%): Côte d’Ivoire; 

–  7  new  places  of  employment:  Armenia  (35%),  El  Salvador  (25%),  Honduras 
(25%), Kyrgyzstan (35%), New Zealand (10%), Tajikistan (35%), Yemen (35%). 

An amendment to the Staff Regulations took effect on 1 May 2004, fixing the living-
conditions  allowance  rates  at  10%,  15%,  20%,  25%,  30%,  35%  and  40%.  The 
automatic application of the new bands laid down by the amended Article 10 resulted 
in an update of the living-conditions allowance rates for the financial year 2004. The 
new rates took effect on 1 May 2004 and set out in the table in Annex III: 

–  9 increases (from 25% to 30%): Cape Verde, Ethiopia, India, Laos, Mozambique, 

Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia; 

–  9  decreases  (from  35%  to  30%):  Albania,  Burkina  Faso,  Cambodia,  Djibouti, 

Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Mali and Pakistan; 

–  8  increases  (from  35%  to  40%):  Afghanistan,  Bangladesh,  Central  African 

Republic, Liberia, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Chad. 

A  mid-year  exercise  took  effect  on  1  July  2004  (Appointing  Authority  Decision  of 
25 November 2004) for the following places of employment: 

–  1 increase (from 15% to 20%): Malaysia; 

–  2 increases (from 20% to 25%): Saudi Arabia and Bolivia; 

–  1 increase (from 25% to 30%): Nepal; 

–  2 increases (from 30% to 35%): Guyana and Haiti. 

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ARTICLE 10(2): ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE 

Commission and Appointing Authority Decisions allocated additional allowances in 
2004 to officials in the following posts: 

Delegation 

Date of effect 

Allowance 
(%) 

Number 
of officials 
concerned 

Haiti (Port-au-Prince) 

24.02.2004 
25.02.2004 
18.03.2004 to 22.03.2004 

to  17.03.2004

Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) 

from 16.07.2004 

Côte d’Ivoire (Abidjan) 

07.11.2004 
from 08.11.2004 

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10 
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5 
10 

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ARTICLES 11 AND 12: ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF REMUNERATION 

The  currency  in  which  officials’  remuneration  was  paid  in  2004  breaks  down  as 
follows in percentage terms: 

– 

– 

– 

76% opted to have their salaries paid in euro under Article 11 of Annex X to 
the Staff Regulations; 

21% requested payment of part of their salary in local currency. Of these, 32% 
asked for the maximum allowed by the internal directives relating to Article 12 
of  Annex  X  (80%)  and  the  remainder  opted  for  percentages  varying  between 
15% and 64%; 

under the second paragraph of Article 12 of Annex X, 3% requested payment 
of  part  of  their  remuneration  in  a  currency  other  than  that  of  their  place  of 
employment  (Angola,  Georgia,  Kazakhstan,  Democratic  Republic  of  Congo 
and Ukraine), on the basis of the necessary supporting documents. 

ARTICLE 13: WEIGHTINGS 

On 5 October 2004 the Council adopted Regulation No 1785/20042 laying down the 
weightings  applicable  from  1  January  2004  and,  on  4  February  2005,  Regulation 
No 257/20053  laying  down  the  weightings  applicable  from  1  July  2004  to  the 
remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries. 

On  4  June  20044  the  Commission  approved  the  Decision  adjusting  the  weightings 
applicable  from  1  August,  1  September,  1  October,  1  November  and  1  December 
2003 and, on 22 December 20045, the Decision adjusting the weightings applicable 

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OJ L 46, 17.02.2005, p. 1. 
OJ L 207, 10.06.2004, p. 13. 
OJ 396, 31.12.2004, p. 49. 

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from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2004 to the remuneration of 
officials of the European Communities serving in third countries. 

In 2004 DG Relex and Eurostat reached agreement on a procedure for improving the 
monitoring over time of weightings in countries where the cost of living is relatively 
high (which reduces the frequency of more costly geographical comparisons) and for 
using  alternative  reliable  sources,  such  as  the  UN,  for  monitoring  weightings  in 
countries where the cost of living is structurally lower than in Brussels (which allows 
further savings). 

Following  this  agreement,  the  budget  for  2005-2009  was  reduced  to  a  level 
comparable  to  that  of  annual  budgets  from  the  period  when  Annex  X  was  first 
implemented. 

ARTICLE 15: EDUCATION ALLOWANCE 

A  total  of  EUR  2 474 791.35  was  paid  in  education  allowances  in  the  year 
2003/2004.  The  amount  appearing  in  the  2003  report  (EUR  4 371 421.80)  was 
incorrect. It should read EUR 2 558 938.95. 

The  system  of  granting  advances  to  officials  whose  school  fees  were  particularly 
high was maintained. All the advances granted for the 2003/2004 school year were 
settled within the prescribed deadlines. 

Following an overall increase in school expenses for some delegations, particularly 
in  Japan,  Washington  and  New  York,  the  Commission  allowed  fee  ceilings  to  be 
exceeded. 

Such  authorisations  were,  however,  exceptional  and  covered  children  receiving 
instruction at the place of employment in an international school awarding European 
or  international  baccalaureates.  The  aim  was  to  allow  children  to  continue  in  their 
current school. In another case of applying the principle of continuity with regard to 
studies,  six  officials  in  retraining,  covered  by  Annex  X,  also  received  school 
expenses  exceeding  the  ceilings  for  the  2003/2004  school  year.  The  total  amount 
paid  over  and  above  the  maximum  for  the  2003/2004  school  year  came  to 
EUR 271 110.40. 

ARTICLE 16: INSTALLATION AND RESETTLEMENT ALLOWANCES 

In 2004  allowances paid for installation (for officials transferred  from headquarters 
to a delegation or from one delegation to another) and resettlement (for officials in a 
delegation  definitively  ceasing  their  functions)  totalled  EUR 2 440 382.86  (against 
EUR 2 766 468.64 in 2003). 

The amount paid out dropped in 2004 despite an increase in staff movements. One 
reason is that since the reform took effect on 1 May 2004 the unit no longer advances 
installation expenses. 

The amount breaks down as follows: 

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•  Installation allowances 

– 

– 

EUR 1 862 217.30 for payments in Belgium; and 

EUR 165 501.41  for  payments  in  local  currency  in  the  officials’  place  of 
employment,  with  application  of  economic  parity  (weighting  and  associated 
exchange rate). 

•  Resettlement allowances 

– 

– 

EUR 105 536.64 for resettlements in Belgium; and 

EUR 310 127.51  for  payments  in  local  currency  in  the  country  to  which  the 
officials resettled, with application of economic parity. 

SECTION 2: RULES RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF 
EXPENSES 

ARTICLE  17:  REIMBURSEMENT  OF  EXPENSES  INCURRED  IN  RESPECT  OF  REMOVAL  OF 
FURNITURE  AND  ACTUAL  INSTALLATION  ALLOWANCES  FOR  OFFICIALS  NOT  IN 
FURNISHED ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTION 

This article was not applied in 2004. 

ARTICLE 18: TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION 

284 decisions authorising temporary accommodation were taken in 2004 (versus 187 
in 1998, 163 in 1999, 195 in 2000, 184 in 2001, 318 in 2002 and 270 in 2003).6 

ARTICLE 19: SERVICE CARS/MILEAGE ALLOWANCE 

Pending the approval of new standards for the vehicle fleet, the rules for the use of 
vehicles, in force since 1996 and revised in 1998, still apply. 

The  amount  of  the  mileage  allowance  has  not  changed  (EUR 0.26  per  km  and 
EUR 0.36 per km for 4WDs). 

ARTICLE 20: TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR REST LEAVE 

Travel  expenses  for  rest  leave  were  reimbursed  based  on  the  distance  between  the 
place of employment and the place of leave determined by the Commission. Where 
the  place  of  rest  leave  was  disregarded,  reimbursement  could  be  claimed  up  to  the 
same amount. Expenditure in 2004 was EUR 659 644. 

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ARTICLE  21:  REIMBURSEMENT  OF  THE  COST  OF  TRANSPORTING  PERSONAL  EFFECTS, 

REMOVALS AND STORAGE 

There  were  415  removals  in  2004  (266  in  1998,  237  in  1999,  278  in  2000,  324  in 
2001,  358  in  2002  and  331  in  2003)  under  the  rules  for  the  removal  of  personal 
effects, which were updated in 1997 and implemented in 1998. 

ARTICLE  23:  REIMBURSEMENT  OF  RENT  WHERE  THE  OFFICIAL  IS  NOT  PROVIDED  WITH 

ACCOMMODATION BY THE INSTITUTION 

Article 23 was applied in 31 cases, in 2004 (10 in 1999, 8 in 2000, 7 in 2001, 31 in 
2002 and 40 in 2003).7 

SECTION 3: SOCIAL SECURITY 

ARTICLE 24(3): REPATRIATION IN THE EVENT OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR AN EXTREME 

MEDICAL EMERGENCY 

The  Medical Service authorized 44 repatriations  in  2004,  40  of  them  for  a  medical 
emergency  (total  repatriations  of  this  type  numbered  68,  because  some  persons 
requiring individual follow-up were evacuated on multiple occasions) and four for an 
extreme medical emergency. 

The SOS Air Ambulance annual premium cost EUR 15 525 in 2004. 

ARTICLE 25: ACCIDENT COVER FOR DEPENDANTS OF OFFICIALS 

There were five claims in 2004 under the accident cover for officials’ dependants. 

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ANNEX I 

DETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO REST LEAVE 
(Article 8 of Annex X) 
Effective date: 1 January 2004 

LIVING-CONDITIONS ALLOWANCES 

Place of employment 

Place of rest leave 

Number of days 
and instalments 

15 days 
over up to 3 instalments 
(living-conditions  
allowance ≥ 12 points) 

Afghanistan 
Bangladesh 
Liberia 
Papua New Guinea 
Central African Republic 
Sierra Leone 
Sudan 
Chad 

Algeria 
10 days 
over up to 2 instalments  Angola 
(living-conditions  
allowance = 11 points) 

Armenia 
Congo 
Georgia 
Guinea 
Mauritania 
Niger 
Democratic Republic of the Congo 

5 consecutive days 
(living-conditions 
allowance = 10 points) 

Burundi 
Cameroon 
Côte d’Ivoire* 
Guinea-Bissau 
Solomon Islands 
Kazakhstan 
Kyrgyzstan 
Nigeria 
Rwanda 
Tajikistan 
Togo 
Yemen 

Brussels (Belgium) 
Phuket (Thailand) 
Dakar (Senegal) 
Darwin (Australia) 
Libreville (Gabon) 
Dakar (Senegal) 
Mombassa (Kenya) 
Dakar (Senegal) 

Casablanca (Morocco) 
Windhoek (Namibia) 
Vienna (Austria) 
Libreville (Gabon) 
Vienna (Austria) 
Dakar (Senegal) 
Casablanca (Morocco) 
Libreville (Gabon) 
Libreville (Gabon) 

Mombassa (Kenya) 
Libreville (Gabon) 
Dakar (Senegal) 
Dakar (Senegal) 
Brisbane (Australia) 
Frankfurt (Germany) 
Frankfurt (Germany) 
Libreville (Gabon) 
Mombassa (Kenya) 
Frankfurt (Germany) 
Libreville (Gabon) 
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 

* See also below (supplement granted according to the duration of the state of emergency in 2003). 

ALLOWANCES FOR STATES OF EMERGENCY IN 2004 

Number of days 
and instalments 

15 days 
over up to 3 instalments 

10 days 
over up to 2 instalments 

5 consecutive days 

Place of employment 

Place of rest leave 

Colombia 
(living-conditions  allowance  =  6  points; 
emergency = 11 months in 2003) 
Côte d’Ivoire* 
(living-conditions  allowance  =  10  points; 
emergency = 9.5 months in 2003) 
None 

Miami (United States) 

Dakar (Senegal) 

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ANNEX II 

LIST OF PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT 
AND LIVING-CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE RATES 
(Article 10 of Annex X) 
Effective date: 1 January 2004 

35% 

25% 

20% 

15% 

10% 

No allowance 

South Africa 

Australia 

Canada 

Yugoslav 
of 

Former 
Republic 
Macedonia 
Saudi Arabia 
Bolivia 

Argentina 
Botswana 

Bosnia 
Herzegovina 
Bulgaria 
South Korea 
Cuba 
Gabon 
Israel 
Lesotho 
Mexico 
Romania 
Serbia 
Montenegro 
Swaziland 
Syria 
Thailand 
Vanuatu 
Zimbabwe 

and 

Chile 

Costa Rica 
Hong Kong 
Jamaica 
Japan (Tokyo) 
Jordan 
Lebanon 
Malaysia 
New Caledonia 
Paraguay 

and 

Senegal 
Singapore 
Taiwan 
Turkey 

Cyprus 
United  States  (New 
York) 
United 
(Washington) 
Malta 
Norway 
Switzerland 

States 

Barbados 
Brazil 

Croatia 

Estonia 
Hungary 
Latvia 
Lithuania 
Morocco 
Mauritius 
Namibia 
New Zealand 
Poland 

Dominican Republic   
Czech Rep. 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Trinidad and Tobago   
Tunisia 
Uruguay 

Afghanistan 

Benin 

Albania 
Algeria 

Angola 

Armenia 
Bangladesh 
Burkina Faso 
Burundi 
Cambodia 
Cameroon 
Congo 
Côte d’Ivoire 
Djibouti 

Cape Verde 
China 

West  Bank  –  Gaza 
Strip 
Colombia 
Egypt 
El Salvador 
Ecuador 
Eritrea 
Ethiopia 
Gambia 
Ghana 
Guatemala 

Honduras 
Fiji 
India 
Japan (Naka) 
Kenya 
Laos 
Madagascar 
Malawi 
Mozambique 
Nepal 
Nicaragua 
Uganda 
Peru 
Philippines 
Russia 

Georgia 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Solomon Islands 
Indonesia 
Kazakhstan 
Kyrgyzstan 
Liberia 
Mali 
Mauritania 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Pakistan 
Papua New Guinea  Sri Lanka 
Suriname 
Central 
Republic 
Democratic 
Republic 
Congo 
Rwanda 
Sierra Leone 
Sudan 
Tajikistan 
Chad 
Togo 
Yemen 

Ukraine 
Venezuela 
Vietnam 
Zambia 

Tanzania 

African 

the 

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ANNEX III 

LIST OF PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT 
AND LIVING-CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE RATES 
(Article 10 of Annex X) 
Effective date: 1 May 2004 

40% 

35% 

30% 

25% 

20% 

15% 

10% 

No allowance 

Afghanistan 

Algeria 

Albania 

Benin 

Bangladesh 

Angola 

Burkina Faso 

China 

Former 
Yugoslav 
Republic 
Macedonia 
Saudi Arabia 

of 

Argentina 

Barbados 

South Africa  Australia 

Canada 

Liberia 

Armenia 

Cambodia 

Bolivia 

Botswana 

Brazil 

Burundi 

Cape Verde 

and 

Chile 

Croatia 

West  Bank  –
Gaza Strip 
Colombia 

New 

Papua 
Guinea 
Central  African 
Republic 
Sierra Leone 
Sudan 
Chad 

Cameroon 

Djibouti 

Egypt 

Congo 
Ethiopia 
Côte d’Ivoire  Guyana 
Georgia 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 

Haiti 
India 
Indonesia 

El Salvador 
Ecuador 
Eritrea 
Gambia 
Ghana 

States 

States 

United 
(New York) 
United 
(Washington) 
Norway 

Costa Rica 

Jordan 

Switzerland 

Hong Kong  Morocco 
Jamaica 
Mauritius 
Japan (Tokyo)  Namibia 
Lebanon 
Malaysia 

New Zealand 
Dominican 
Republic 
Trinidad 
Tobago 
Tunisia 
Uruguay 

and 

and 

New 
Caledonia 
Paraguay 
Senegal 

Singapore 
Taiwan 
Turkey 

Bosnia 
Herzegovina 
Bulgaria 

South Korea 
Cuba 
Gabon 
Israel 
Lesotho 

Romania 
Serbia 
Montenegro 
Swaziland 
Syria 
Thailand 
Vanuatu 

Zimbabwe 

Laos 

Guatemala 

Mexico 

Solomon 
Islands 
Kazakhstan 
Kyrgyzstan 

Mali 
Mozambique 

Honduras 
Fiji 

Pakistan 
Sri Lanka 
Tanzania 
Vietnam 

Zambia 

Mauritania 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Democratic 
Republic  of  the 
Congo 
Rwanda 
Tajikistan 
Togo 
Yemen 

Japan (Naka) 
Kenya 
Madagascar 
Malawi 

Nepal 
Nicaragua 
Uganda 
Peru 
Philippines 
Russia 
Suriname 
Ukraine 
Venezuela 

*  Some  officials  remaining  in  their  post  in  the  new  Member  States  after  accession  will  receive  the  living-conditions 
allowance applicable prior to accession during a transition period of up to 15 months beginning on 1 May 2004. 

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