Council Regulation (EC) No 453/2007 of 25 April 2007 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2006 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 two new Member States for a maximum period of 19 months after accession
Date: 2007-04-25
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) No 453/2007

of 25 April 2007

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2006 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 two new Member States for a maximum period of 19 months
after accession

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 following that date, as is the case with
European
applicable within
the weightings
Community to remuneration and pensions of officials
and other servants of the European Communities,

the

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 of
(EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in
the Council
particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession, and in particular
Article 27(4) thereof,

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

With effect from 1 July 2006, the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of
the European Communities serving in third countries payable in
the currency of the country of employment shall be as shown
in the Annex hereto.

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 2006 to remuneration paid in the currency of the
country of employment
to officials serving in third
countries.

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

The weightings in respect of which payment has been
made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
351/2006 (2) may lead to retrospective upward or
downward adjustments to remuneration.

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

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 2006 and the date of entry into force
of this Regulation.

for

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

(EC, Euratom) No 1895/2006 (OJ L 397, 30.12.2006, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 59, 1.3.2006, p. 1.

The

institutions

shall make

2.
retrospective downward
adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction of
remuneration as a result of
the weightings shown in the
Annex for the period between 1 July 2006 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 12
months from that date.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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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 Luxembourg, 25 April 2007.

For the Council
The President

F.-W. STEINMEIER

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ANNEX

Place of Employment

Weighting
July 2006 (*)

(**)

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

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

0

82,7

84,5

113,5

56,4

105,7

99,1

43,7

125,7

92,3

48,4

77,7

62,1

76,2

76,4

89,7

0

70,4

110,1

90,6

77,4

120,1

131,2

76,6

76,7

63,2

130,4

69,1

109,4

105,8

97,1

132,4

96,8

71,9

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Place of Employment

Weighting
July 2006 (*)

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

India

(**)

Indonesia (Banda Aceh)

Indonesia (Jakarta)

(**)

Iraq

Israel

Jamaica

Japan (Naka)

Japan (Tokyo)

Jordan

Kazakhstan (Almaty)

(**)

Kazakhstan (Astana)

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Lesotho

(**)

Liberia

Madagascar

70,8

51,0

86,4

49,4

85,7

71,3

69,7

116,6

55,8

95,1

79,9

80,6

56,4

100,7

60,6

109,5

74,9

101,3

45,3

0

83,9

0

109,6

91,3

113,7

119,9

72,3

125,2

0

77,8

80,3

71,3

90,8

61,8

0

72,3

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Place of Employment

Weighting
July 2006 (*)

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

(**)

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

(**)

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Solomon Islands

(**)

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

70,4

74,8

91,2

67,7

70,7

70,2

52,6

0

86,8

69,3

72,8

68,8

134,5

89,0

60,7

89,3

94,7

131,7

52,2

0

75,6

70,8

78,4

60,2

62,7

120,7

87,1

88,8

80,7

61,1

75,1

103,4

88,7

0

59,9

112,4

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Place of Employment

Weighting
July 2006 (*)

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

(**)

Timor Leste

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

(*) Brussels = 100 %
(**) Not available.

55,4

52,1

51,9

62,6

116,3

65,5

89,9

70,2

58,8

60,3

0

92,4

70,4

71,8

83,7

55,5

104,6

104,8

100,5

72,9

114,5

60,9

54,2

92,7

68,2

69,3

47,2