Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 351/2006 of  27 February 2006  laying down the weightings applicable from  1 July 2005  to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract 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: 2006-02-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU), third country, wage determination

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 351/2006

of 27 February 2006

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2005 to the remuneration of officials, temporary
staff and contract 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
Community,

establishing the European

(5)

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,

between 1 July 2005 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 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 Community to
remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants
of the European Communities,

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 1

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 2005 to remuneration payable in the currency of the
country of employment to officials, temporary staff and
contract staff of the European Communities serving in
third countries and to certain officials remaining in post
in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of
fifteen months starting on 1 May 2004.

The weightings in respect of which payment has been
made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
257/2005 (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.

Provision should be made for the recovery of sums
overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration
the period
the new weightings
as a result of

for

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC, Euratom) No 31/2005 (OJ L 8, 12.1.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 46, 17.2.2005, p. 1.

With effect from 1 July 2005, the weightings applied to the
remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of
the European Communities serving in third countries and to
in the ten new Member
certain officials remaining in post
States for a maximum period of fifteen months starting on 1
May 2004, payable
country of
employment, shall be as shown in the Annex.

currency of

in the

the

The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration
shall be established in accordance with the rules for the imple-
mentation of the Financial Regulation and shall correspond to
the date referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Article 2

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.

The

institutions

shall make

2.
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 2005 and the date of entry into force of this
Regulation.

involving the recovery of

Retrospective adjustments
sums
overpaid shall be restricted to a period of no more than six
months preceding the date of entry into force of this Regu-
lation. Recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve
months from that date.

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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, 27 February 2006.

For the Council
The President

U. PLASSNIK

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ANNEX

Place of Employment

Weightings July 2005

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

Eritrea

0

86,2

89,3

126,5

63,3

104,9

105,3

53,3

127,4

92,8

52,2

73,4

62,8

76,8

73,9

87,7

0

67,6

101,3

84,6

74,2

117,6

130,6

79,4

78,5

71,3

129,8

72,4

111,2

101,8

93

101,3

82,1

138,6

101,1

84,8

70,5

56,9

81,7

51

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Place of Employment

Weightings July 2005

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

Moldavia (*)

77,7

81,1

78,4

69,9

116,1

51,1

96,1

79,4

84,9

59,8

139,2

60,6

100,8

75,9

87,6

78,1

51,6

78,7

91,5

91,5

125,6

132,9

76

112,8

88,2

84,6

74,7

71,2

105,7

74,3

0

73,8

71,9

76,4

73,9

98,8

97,9

71,7

75

77,9

0

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Place of Employment

Weightings July 2005

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

86,1

72,7

79,5

72,7

120,4

106,7

67,5

91,8

86,1

132,5

52,9

77,3

66

86,5

51,4

78

56,4

110

87,7

86,4

78,2

61,7

72

97,6

87,4

76,4

85,4

0

66,6

108,2

60,8

43,4

54,7

69,7

118,7

67,5

96,2

73

61,7

61,8

95

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Place of Employment

Weightings July 2005

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.

73,8

72,6

93,2

75,6

101,1

106,8

103,7

74,8

124,1

59,9

52,7

91,3

75,8

55,9

62,7