Council Regulation (EC) No 624/2008 of 23 June 2008 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2007 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: 2008-06-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, European official, Romania, pay, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU), third country, wage determination

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 624/2008

of 23 June 2008

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2007 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,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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,

(2)

(3)

(4)

The weightings in respect of which payment has been
made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom)
No 453/2007 (2) may lead to retrospective upward or
downward adjustments to remuneration.

Provision should be made for back-payments in the event
of
the new
weightings.

increases in remuneration as a result of

Provision should be made for the recovery of sums
overpaid in the event of reductions in remuneration as
a result of the new weightings for the period between
1 July 2007 and the date of entry into force of this
Regulation.

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

(5)

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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 the
remuneration and pensions of
officials and other servants of the European Commu-
nities,

the

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

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 2007 to remuneration paid in the currency of
the country of employment to officials, temporary staff
and contract staff serving in third countries.

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2007, 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.

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

(EC, Euratom) No 420/2008 (OJ L 127, 15.5.2008, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 109, 26.4.2007, p. 22.

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re-
the calculation of
The exchange rates used for
muneration shall be
established in accordance with the
detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation
and correspond to the date indicated in the first subparagraph.

that

Article 2

1.
The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of
increases in remuneration as a result of the weightings shown in
the Annex.

between 1 July 2007 and the date of entry into force of this
Regulation.

involving the recovery of

sums
Retrospective adjustments
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.

The

institutions

2.
retrospective downward
adjustments to remuneration in the event of reductions as a
result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period

shall make

Article 3

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 Luxembourg, 23 June 2008.

For the Council
The President

I. JARC

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ANNEX

Place of employment

Weighting July 2007 (*)

Afghanistan (**)

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Azerbaijan (**)

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus (**)

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi (**)

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo (Brazzaville)

Costa Rica

Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)

0

80,2

88,7

130

57,1

123,5

112,2

0

48,2

129,7

0

91,9

48

0

78,7

56,4

93,2

81,7

90,7

0

69,8

101,9

93

80,9

119,1

129,4

71,5

77,4

82,1

130,2

73,7

100,2

106,8

86,1

129,5

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Place of employment

Weighting July 2007 (*)

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

East Timor

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

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

94,3

69,3

66,5

64,8

49,6

76,1

51,3

88,3

73,5

71,7

123

60,5

96,6

69,7

78,6

73,3

100,7

62,1

118,8

69,7

94,8

52,9

53,9

81,1

0

109,5

90,5

101

106,5

77,7

125,4

71,6

81,9

88,3

74,2

86

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Place of employment

Weighting July 2007 (*)

Lesotho

Liberia (**)

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia (**)

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Republic of Moldova

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Samoa (**)

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

62

0

86,6

71,8

74,4

85

65,3

69,5

74,4

0

69,7

89,5

77,7

72,5

82,5

135,3

109,6

57

85

86,1

132

50,7

61

74,3

82,2

77,5

64,4

59,6

73,9

122,6

91,7

0

84,6

87,7

66,1

75,4

102,5

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Place of employment

Weighting July 2007 (*)

Solomon Islands

Somalia (**)

South Africa

South Korea

Southern Sudan

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Switzerland (Berne)

Switzerland (Geneva)

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

Tonga (**)

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States (New York)

United States (Washington)

Uruguay

Uzbekistan (**)

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

West Bank – Gaza Strip

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe (**)

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

94,8

0

60,2

113,9

0

53,2

56,2

49,4

57

109,7

109,8

69,4

83,7

66,9

61,9

67,7

89,4

0

68,3

71,5

83,8

77,1

108,2

102,8

97,8

69,8

0

122,6

65,2

51,5

92,1

77,3

64,8

0