2009/295/EC: Commission Decision of 18 March 2009 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February , 1 March , 1 April , 1 May and 1 June 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2009-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU), third country, wage determination

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 March 2009

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2008 to
the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities
serving in third countries

(2009/295/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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
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

these weightings need to be adjusted in
Some of
accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of
Annex X to the Staff Regulations, with effect
from
1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 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
corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since
weightings were last laid down or adjusted,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The weightings applied to the remuneration of officials,
temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities
the
serving in third countries, payable in the currency of
country of employment, shall be adjusted for certain countries
as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains five monthly tables
showing which countries are affected and the dates of appli­
cation for each one (1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and
1 June 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, 18 March 2009.

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

FEBRUARY 2008

Place of employment

Economic parity
February 2008

Exchange rate
February 2008 (*)

Weighting
February 2008 (**)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1)

Saudi Arabia

Argentina

Costa Rica

India

Lebanon

Nigeria

Serbia (Belgrade) (1)

Sierra Leone

Sri Lanka (2)

Syria (1)

Tanzania (3)

Ukraine

Venezuela (1)

41,78

4,505

2,504

542,1

32,24

1 835

162,7

56,74

3 222

87,73

44,27

1 109

7,794

2,186

61,451

5,5288

4,6491

736,035

58,1618

2 232,61

171,243

81,476

4 380,09

159,65

70,5

1 664,73

7,45128

3,18415

68,0

81,5

53,9

73,7

55,4

82,2

95,0

69,6

73,6

55,0

62,8

66,6

104,6

68,7

(*) EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).
(**) Brussels = 100 %.
(1) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for February and June.
(2) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for February and March.
(3) The weighting for this place is adapted three times: for February, March and June.

MARCH 2008

Place of employment

Economic parity
March 2008

Exchange rate
March 2008 (*)

Weighting
March 2008 (**)

Belarus

Bolivia

Bulgaria

Solomon Islands (1)

Kyrgyzstan (1)

Laos

Sri Lanka (2)

Tanzania (3)

1 945

5,432

1,688

9,905

48

10 277

92,37

1 046

3 181,1

11,4012

1,9558

11,4748

55,0253

13 450

160,023

1 693,89

61,1

47,6

86,3

86,3

87,2

76,4

57,7

61,8

(*) EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).
(**) Brussels = 100 %.
(1) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for March and June.
(2) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for February and March.
(3) The weighting for this place is adapted three times: for February, March and June.

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APRIL 2008

Place of employment

Economic parity
April 2008

Exchange rate
April 2008 (*)

Weighting
April 2008 (**)

Cameroon

Canada

Gambia (1)

Guinea (Conakry)

Guinea-Bissau

Indonesia (Banda Aceh)

Central African Republic

Vanuatu

713,8

1,234

21,26

3 799

760,7

6 925

728,4

155,8

655,957

1,608

30,75

6 851,17

655,957

14 540,2

655,957

148,98

108,8

76,7

69,1

55,5

116,0

47,6

111,0

104,6

(*) EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).
(**) Brussels = 100 %.
(1) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for April and June.

MAY 2008

Place of employment

Economic parity
May 2008

Exchange rate
May 2008 (*)

Weighting
May 2008 (**)

Armenia

Egypt (1)

Haiti (1)

Lesotho

Madagascar

Peru

Philippines

Suriname

331,6

2,708

63,31

6,059

2 125

3,132

42,21

1,743

482,2

8,60965

61,9632

11,8167

2 621,33

4,34275

65,686

4,2939

68,8

31,5

102,2

51,3

81,1

72,1

64,3

40,6

(*) EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).
(**) Brussels = 100 %.
(1) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for May and June.

JUNE 2008

Place of employment

Economic parity
June 2008

Exchange rate
June 2008 (*)

Weighting
June 2008 (**)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1)

Egypt (2)

Ethiopia

Gambia (3)

Haiti (2)

Fiji

Solomon Islands (4)

45,35

2,913

12,12

22,41

66,63

1,695

10,81

61,3871

8,44855

15,2245

32,7

62,9246

2,33508

12,0152

73,9

34,5

79,6

68,5

105,9

72,6

90,0

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Place of employment

Economic parity
June 2008

Exchange rate
June 2008 (*)

Weighting
June 2008 (**)

Jamaica

Kyrgyzstan (4)

New Caledonia

Uganda

Pakistan

Samoa

Serbia (Belgrade) (1)

Sudan (Khartoum)

Syria (1)

Tanzania (5)

Turkey

Venezuela (1)

Yemen

93,22

50,99

172,6

1 835

44,72

2,642

61,51

1,685

46,93

1 165

1,567

2,075

182,6

110,025

56,6834

119,332

2 563,8

107,615

3,89332

80,7545

3,1984

72,09

1 873,39

1,9039

3,34347

310,909

84,7

90,0

144,6

71,6

41,6

67,9

76,2

52,7

65,1

62,2

82,3

62,1

58,7

(*) EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).
(**) Brussels = 100 %.
(1) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for February and June.
(2) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for May and June.
(3) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for April and June.
(4) The weighting for this place is adapted twice: for March and June.
(5) The weighting for this place is adapted three times: for February, March and June.