Proposal for a Council Regulation (EU) No …/…. laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries
Date: 2010-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European civil service, European official, exchange rate, regulations for civil servants, remuneration of work, servant (EU), third country, wage determination

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 29.6.2010 
COM(2010)342 final 

2010/0189 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No …/…. 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, 
temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third 
countries 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Regulation  (Euratom,  ECSC,  EEC)  No 3019/87  of  5 October 1987  amended  the  Staff 
Regulations  of  officials  of  the  European  Communities  by  adding  an  Annex  X  laying  down 
special and exceptional provisions applicable to officials serving in third countries. 

Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Annex X deal with the remuneration of officials posted in countries 
outside  the  European  Union.  Remuneration  is  payable  in  euros  in  Belgium  but  there  is  also 
provision for all or part of an official's remuneration to be paid in the currency of the country 
of employment. In that event, the portion paid in local currency is subject to a weighting. 

The  first  paragraph  of  Article  13  of  Annex  X  required  the  Council  to  determine  the 
weightings for third countries every six months. 

Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2175/88 of 18 July 1988 laid down the initial 
weightings applicable from 10 October 1987. 

This system of remuneration has also applied to contract staff since the new Staff Regulations 
entered 
(EC,  Euratom)  No 723/2004  of 
22 March 2004). 

force  on  1 May  2004 

(Regulation 

into 

The  first  paragraph  of  Article  13  of  Annex  X  to  the  new  Staff  Regulations  requires  the 
Council to set the weightings applicable in third countries annually. 

The most recent weightings, which took effect on 1 July 2008, were laid down by the Council 
in Regulation (EC) No 613/2009 of 6 July 2009. 

The attached proposal sets the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of 
officials,  temporary  staff  and  contract  staff  of  the  European  Communities  serving  in  third 
countries. 

The  budgetary  impact  is  minimal:  an  increase  of  €85 283.51,  which  makes  a  difference  of 
only +0.0483% compared with the previous situation. See the Financial Statement provided. 

Under  Article 64  of  the  Staff  Regulations,  the  remuneration  system  for  staff  serving  in 
countries outside the Union is based on purchasing power parity of remuneration paid in local 
currency compared to that paid in Brussels. 

To apply this principle Eurostat calculates the economic parities. The weighting is the factor 
obtained  by  dividing  the  economic  parity  by  the  exchange  rate.  This  means  that 
implementation of the weighting system primarily involves calculating economic parities by 
comparing Brussels and the other places of employment. 

The exchange rates used are established in accordance with the rules for the implementation 
of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the date of application of the weightings. 

The  table  in  the  Annex  sets  out  the  weightings  derived  from  the  parities  communicated  by 
Eurostat for July 2009 for all places of employment. 

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2010/0189 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No …/…. 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, 
temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third 
countries 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Article 336 thereof, 

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  Council 
Regulation  (EEC,  Euratom,  ECSC)  No 259/681,  and  in  particular  the  first  paragraph  of 
Article 13 of Annex X thereto, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

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It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the 
Union  and  to  determine  accordingly  the  weightings  applicable  from  1  July  2009  to 
remuneration  paid  in  the  currency  of  the  country  of  employment  to  officials, 
temporary staff and contract staff serving in third countries. 

The  weightings  in  respect  of  which  payment  has  been  made  on  the  basis  of  Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No 613/20092  may  lead  to  retrospective  upward  or  downward 
adjustments to remuneration. 

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  new  weightings  for  the  period  between 
1 July 2009 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 

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 twelve months following that date, 

OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 160/2009 (OJ L 55, 27.2.2009, 
p. 1). 
OJ L 181, 14.7.2009, p. 1. 

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as  is  the  case  with  the  weightings  applicable  within  the  European  Union  to 
remuneration  and  pensions  of  officials  and  other  servants  of  the  European 
Communities, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

With  effect  from  1  July  2009,  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. 

The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be established in accordance 
with the rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and shall correspond to the 
date referred to in the first paragraph. 

Article 2 

1. 

2. 

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

The  institutions  shall  make  retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in 
the  event  of  a  reduction  as  a  result  of  the  weightings  shown  in  the  Annex  for  the 
period between 1 July 2009 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 

Retrospective  adjustments  involving  the  recovery  of  sums  overpaid  shall  be 
restricted  to  a  period  of  no  more  than  six  months  preceding  the  date  of  entry  into 
force of this Regulation. Recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve months 
from that date. 

Article 3 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication 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 Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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Annex 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Weighting 
July 2009 

Afghanistan (***) 
South Africa 
Albania 
Algeria 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
Angola 
Saudi Arabia 
Argentina 
Armenia 
Australia 
Azerbaijan 
Bangladesh 
Barbados 
Belarus 
Belize 
Benin 
Bolivia 
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) 
Botswana 
Brazil 
Burkina Faso 
Burundi (***) 
Cambodia 
Cameroon 
Canada 
Cape Verde 
Chile 
China 
West Bank - Gaza Strip 
Colombia 
Congo (Brazzaville) 
South Korea 
Costa Rica 
Côte d'Ivoire 
Croatia 
Cuba 
Djibouti 
Egypt 
El Salvador 
Ecuador 
Eritrea 
United States (New York) 
United States (Washington) 
Ethiopia 
Gabon 
Gambia 

0 
57.5 
73.9 
76.5 
68.1 
115.8 
85.2 
57.1 
68.7 
102.3 
93.7 
50.8 
111 
61.5 
65.9 
93.1 
58.4 
62.5 
73.2 
53.2 
87.4 
95.8 
0 
71.5 
95.6 
74.6 
73.1 
61.9 
85.6 
100.7 
76 
118.2 
82.8 
75.1 
99.5 
92.3 
83.2 
97.1 
39.2 
70.2 
70.3 
50.1 
92 
87.4 
83.8 
104.4 
60.7 

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Georgia 
Ghana 
Guatemala 
Guinea (Conakry) 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Honduras 
Hong Kong 
Fiji 
Solomon Islands 
India 
Indonesia (Jakarta) 
Indonesia (Banda Aceh) 
Iraq (***) 
Israel (Tel Aviv) 
Jamaica 
Japan (Tokyo) 
Jordan 
Kazakhstan (Almaty) 
Kazakhstan (Astana) 
Kenya 
Kyrgyzstan 
Kosovo (Pristina) 
Laos 
Lesotho 
Lebanon 
Liberia 
Madagascar 
Malaysia 
Malawi 
Mali 
Morocco 
Mauritius 
Mauritania 
Mexico 
Moldova 
Montenegro 
Mozambique 
Namibia 
Nepal 
Nicaragua 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Norway 
New Caledonia 
New Zealand 
Uganda 
Uzbekistan 
Pakistan 
Panama 
Papua New Guinea 

86.5 
53.1 
75.5 
63.5 
107.7 
59.3 
107.4 
70.2 
95 
61.9 
90.3 
54.5 
74.3 
51.2 
0 
102.5 
84.8 
126.3 
81.5 
76.3 
68.1 
75.1 
85.9 
54.6 
85.7 
57.3 
81.9 
90.8 
83.9 
70.1 
76 
84.9 
76.1 
69.7 
61.1 
65.1 
64.3 
68.1 
73.4 
71.2 
77.7 
55.5 
85.9 
87.5 
125.2 
125.9 
86.4 
63.4 
50.9 
43.9 
57.6 
94.2 

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Paraguay 
Peru 
Philippines 
Central African Republic 
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) 
Dominican Republic 
Russia 
Rwanda 
Samoa 
Senegal 
Serbia (Belgrade) 
Sierra Leone 
Singapore 
Sudan (Khartoum) 
Southern Sudan (Juba) 
Sri Lanka 
Switzerland (Geneva) 
Switzerland (Berne) 
Suriname 
Swaziland 
Syria 
Tajikistan 
Taiwan 
Tanzania 
Chad 
Thailand 
Timor Leste 
Togo 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Ukraine 
Uruguay 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Vietnam 
Yemen 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe (***) 

(***) Not available. 

66.5 
75.1 
62.7 
106.7 
125.3 
64.4 
97.1 
84.6 
70.5 
90.3 
66.5 
75.1 
97.3 
52.5 
91.6 
62.9 
109.5 
109 
45.9 
58.2 
77.1 
56.9 
76.6 
67.6 
122.8 
55.6 
67.8 
87.9 
74.6 
68.7 
76.6 
75.1 
71.3 
102.2 
92.4 
47.4 
66.6 
49.2 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

TITLE OF THE PROPOSAL: 

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  laying  down  the  weightings  applicable  from 
1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the 
European Communities serving in third countries. 

2. 

BUDGET LINES: 

XX-01.01.02-01 and XX-01.02.02-01 

3. 

LEGAL BASIS 

Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations. 

4. 

4.1 

4.2 

4.3 

FINANCIAL IMPACT  

Estimated actual expenditure 
for 2010 (1) 

Estimated impact of weightings 
from July 2009 to June 2010 (inclusive): 

Impact in terms of estimated 
actual expenditure [(2) : (1)] 

€176 567 000 (1) 

+ €85 283.51 (2) 

+ 0.048300623% 

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