2009/833/EC: Commission Decision of 10 November 2009 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August 2008 , 1 September 2008 , 1 October 2008 , 1 November 2008 , 1 December 2008 and 1 January 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2009-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, exchange rate, regulations for civil servants, remuneration of work, servant (EU), third country, wage determination




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13.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 297/14








            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 10 November 2009
         
adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August 2008, 1 September 2008, 1 October 2008, 1 November 2008, 1 December 2008 and 1 January 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries
(2009/833/EC)


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


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)


Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied from 1 July 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 613/2009 (2).












(2)


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 2008, 1 September 2008, 1 October 2008, 1 November 2008, 1 December 2008 and 1 January 2009, 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,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



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 2008, 1 September 2008, 1 October 2008, 1 November 2008, 1 December 2008 and 1 January 2009).
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, 10 November 2009.


For the Commission

Benita FERRERO-WALDNER
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 181, 14.7.2009, p. 1.




ANNEX

AUGUST 2008









Place of employment


Economic parity August 2008


Exchange rate August 2008


Weighting August 2008




Absent


Absent


Absent


Absent








SEPTEMBER 2008









Place of employment


Economic parities September 2008


Exchange rate September 2008 (*1)



Weighting September 2008 (*2)





Nepal (1)



75,02 


103,495 


72,5 








OCTOBER 2008









Place of employment


Economic parities October 2008


Exchange rate October 2008 (*3)



Weighting October 2008 (*4)





Argentina (2)



2,744 


4,549 


60,3 




Botswana (2)



5,003 


10,0251 


49,9 




Ghana (3)



0,9408 


1,6575 


56,8 




Kyrgyzstan (2)



52,86 


52,8043 


100,1 




Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) (2)



1 031 


828,29 


124,5 




Venezuela (2)



2,183 


3,08504 


70,8 








NOVEMBER 2008









Place of employment


Economic parities November 2008


Exchange rate November 2008 (*5)



Weightings November 2008 (*6)





Egypt


2,971 


7,18275 


41,4 




Ethiopia


12,31 


12,3791 


99,4 




Guinea (Conakry)


4 108 


6 121,77 


67,1 




Liberia


80,26 


80,9742 


99,1 




Namibia


7,548 


13,0194 


58,0 




Nepal (4)



80,21 


101,68 


78,9 




Nicaragua


14,96 


25,6812 


58,3 




East Timor


0,9402 


1,3035 


72,1 








DECEMBER 2008









Place of employment


Economic parities December 2008


Exchange rate December 2008 (*7)



Weightings December 2008 (*8)





Saudi Arabia


4,887 


4,7336 


103,2 




Costa Rica


595,5 


716,885 


83,1 




Ghana (5)



0,9912 


1,51325 


65,5 




Guatemala


8,816 


9,96951 


88,4 




Haiti


70,13 


51,8381 


135,3 




Solomon Islands


10,94 


10,1026 


108,3 




Jamaica


99,81 


95,647 


104,4 




Malawi


146,6 


177,074 


82,8 




Uzbekistan


992 


1 748,44 


56,7 




Sudan (Khartoum)


1,698 


2,80875 


60,5 




Southern Sudan (Juba)


2,958 


2,80875 


105,3 




Swaziland


6,188 


12,7107 


48,7 




Ukraine


8,686 


8,04073 


108,0 




Vietnam


11 940 


21 278 


56,1 








JANUARY 2009









Place of employment


Economic parities January 2009


Exchange rate January 2009 (*9)



Weighting January 2009 (*10)





Argentina (6)



2,906 


4,8986 


59,3 




Botswana (6)



5,303 


11,0803 


47,9 




Ecuador


0,9626 


1,4098 


68,3 




Kyrgyzstan (6)



56,5 


55,5673 


101,7 




Madagascar


2 216 


2 429,72 


91,2 




Nepal (7)



85,82 


106,865 


80,3 




Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) (6)



1 092 


894,885 


122,0 




Dominican Republic


31,86 


50,4406 


63,2 




Tanzania


1 188 


1 666,43 


71,3 




Thailand


26,17 


48,998 


53,4 




Venezuela (6)



2,344 


3,03107 


77,3 






(*1)  EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).

(*2)  Brussels = 100 %.

(1)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for September 2008 and November 2008, and then for January 2009.

(*3)  EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).

(*4)  Brussels = 100 %.

(2)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October 2008 and for January 2009.

(3)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October 2008 and December 2008.

(*5)  EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).

(*6)  Brussels = 100 %.

(4)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for September 2008 and November 2008, and then for January 2009.

(*7)  EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).

(*8)  Brussels = 100 %.

(5)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October 2008 and December 2008.

(*9)  EUR 1 = national currency (Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador = USD).

(*10)  Brussels = 100 %.

(6)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October 2008 and for January 2009.

(7)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for September 2008 and November 2008, and then for January 2009.