2008/942/EC: Commission Decision of 9 December 2008 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August , 1 September , 1 October , 1 November and 1 December 2007 , and from 1 January 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2008-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU), third country, wage determination

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 December 2008

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and
1 December 2007, and from 1 January 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff
and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries

(2008/942/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since
weightings were last laid down or adjusted,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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
second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X
to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied
from 1 July 2007 to the remuneration of officials,
temporary staff and contract
the European
Communities serving in third countries payable in the
currency of
their country of employment were laid
down by Council Regulation (EC) No 624/2008 (2).

staff of

Some of
these weightings need to be adjusted in
accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of
Annex X to the Staff Regulations, with effect
from
1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and
1 December 2007, and from 1 January 2008, since the
statistics available to the Commission show that
in
certain third countries
the variation in the cost of
living measured on the basis of the weighting and the

Sole Article

The weightings applied 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 adjusted for certain countries
as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains six monthly tables
showing which countries are affected and the applicable dates
for each one (1 August 2007, 1 September 2007, 1 October
2007, 1 November 2007, 1 December 2007 and 1 January
2008).

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 dates of application of the weightings.

Done at Brussels, 9 December 2008.

For the Commission

Benita FERRERO-WALDNER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 172, 2.7.2008, p. 1.

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ANNEX

AUGUST 2007

Place of employment

Exchange rate
August 2007 (*)

Weighting
August 2007 (**)

Economic parity
August 2007

Bangladesh

Ghana

Sudan

94,2022

1,279

2,77849

49,9

67,5

53,6

47,03

0,863

1,489

SEPTEMBER 2007

Place of employment

Exchange rate
September 2007 (*)

Weighting
September 2007 (**)

Economic parity
September 2007

Kazakhstan (Astana) (1)

Paraguay

Yemen (2)

170,67

6 968

271,551

71,8

76,0

72,1

122,6

5 298

195,7

OCTOBER 2007

Place of employment

Exchange rate
October 2007 (*)

Weighting
October 2007 (**)

Economic parity
October 2007

Eritrea

Guinea (Conakry) (3)

India

21,4263

5 398,58

56,215

45,5

63,8

54,3

9,744

3 445

30,52

NOVEMBER 2007

Place of employment

Exchange rate
November 2007 (*)

Weighting
November 2007 (**)

Economic parity
November 2007

Armenia

Cambodia

Gabon

Lesotho

Madagascar

Venezuela (4)

Yemen (2)

465,26

5 832

655,957

9,4923

2 586,65

3 097,51

286,558

116,1

69,1

116,6

59,1

77,6

64,1

64,5

540,1

4 029

765

5,612

2 008

1 987

184,7

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DECEMBER 2007

Place of employment

Exchange rate
December 2007 (*)

Weighting
December 2007 (**)

Economic parity
December 2007

Djibouti

Jamaica

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

261,925

104,777

2,8039

9,2323

90,9

83,6

87,0

67,0

JANUARY 2008

238

87,59

2,438

6,19

Place of employment

Exchange rate
January 2008 (*)

Weighting
January 2008 (**)

Economic parity
January 2008

Algeria

Chile

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea (Conakry) (3)

Kazakhstan (Astana) (1)

Swaziland

Tajikistan

Venezuela (4)

Yemen (2)

97,9677

718,74

32,75

1,3895

6 072,9

173,75

10,0012

5,08916

3 158,78

289,84

90,0

66,2

69,7

65,3

59,6

75,3

58,0

65,2

67,4

59,9

88,13

476

22,82

0,907

3 618

130,9

5,805

3,319

2 130

173,6

(*) EUR 1 = national currency.
(**) Brussels = 100 %.
(1) The Astana coefficient is adjusted twice within the period covered by this decision: in September 2007 and January 2008.
(2) The Yemen coefficient is adjusted three times within the period covered by this decision: in September 2007, November 2007 and

January 2008.

(3) The Conakry coefficient is adjusted twice within the period covered by this decision: in October 2007 and January 2008.
(4) The Venezuela coefficient is adjusted twice within the period covered by this decision:

in November 2007 and January 2008.