2010/790/EU: Commission Decision of 15 December 2010 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August 2009 , 1 September 2009 , 1 October 2009 , 1 November 2009 , 1 December 2009 and 1 January 2010 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, exchange rate, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU), third country, wage determination




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21.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 336/50








            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 15 December 2010
         
adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August 2009, 1 September 2009, 1 October 2009, 1 November 2009, 1 December 2009 and 1 January 2010 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries
(2010/790/EU)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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 259/68 (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were laid down by Council Regulation (EU) No 768/2010 (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 2009, 1 September 2009, 1 October 2009, 1 November 2009, 1 December 2009 and 1 January 2010, 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 ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union 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 2009, 1 September 2009, 1 October 2009, 1 November 2009, 1 December 2009 and 1 January 2010).
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.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the month following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 15 December 2010.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Catherine ASHTON
            

Vice-President






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

(2)  
            OJ L 228, 31.8.2010, p. 1.




ANNEX

AUGUST 2009









Place of employment


Economic parities
August 2009


Exchange rate
August 2009 (*1)



Weightings
August 2009 (*2)





Eritrea (1)



11,28 


21,6903 


52,0 




Georgia


1,919 


2,3805 


80,6 




Ghana (2)



1,009 


2,0935 


48,2 




Indonesia (Jakarta) (3)



10 091 


13 989,6 


72,1 




Indonesia (Banda Aceh) (4)



7 989 


13 989,6 


57,1 




Liberia (2)



USD 1,265 


USD 1,4053 


90,0 




Moldova


9,558 


15,9211 


60,0 




Montenegro


0,6456 


1 


64,6 




Serbia (Belgrade) (2)



65,28 


93,045 


70,2 




Sudan (Khartoum) (5)



1,93 


3,55881 


54,2 








SEPTEMBER 2009









Place of employment


Economic parities
September 2009


Exchange rate
September 2009 (*3)



Weightings
September 2009 (*4)





Egypt (7)



3,272 


7,9632 


41,1 




Gambia (8)



24,07 


38,05 


63,3 




Guinea (Conakry)


4 456 


6 793,48 


65,6 




Kazakhstan (Astana) (7)



154,2 


215,54 


71,5 




Sierra Leone


3 745 


5 088,7 


73,6 




Sudan (Khartoum) (6)



2,035 


3,63297 


56,0 




Timor-Leste (9)



USD 1,008 


USD 1,4364 


70,2 




Venezuela (10)



2,94 


3,08826 


95,2 








OCTOBER 2009









Place of employment


Economic parities
October 2009


Exchange rate
October 2009 (*5)



Weightings
October 2009 (*6)





Albania


89,99 


134,994 


66,7 




Australia (12)



1,693 


1,669 


101,4 




Cambodia


4 435 


6 186,5 


71,7 




Croatia


6,345 


7,2708 


87,3 




Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) (13)



USD 1,663 


USD 1,45490 


114,3 




Eritrea (11)



12,34 


22,4703 


54,9 




Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (12)



39,56 


61,4321 


64,4 




Guinea-Bissau


644,7 


655,957 


98,3 




Mali


593,6 


655,957 


90,5 




New Caledonia


141,4 


119,332 


118,5 




Sri Lanka (12)



107,3 


169,169 


63,4 




Tajikistan


3,715 


6,3745 


58,3 




Tanzania


1 287 


1 894,85 


67,9 




Thailand


28,36 


48,906 


58,0 




Turkey (13)



1,742 


2,168 


80,4 




Uganda


1 965 


2 839,77 


69,2 




Ukraine


7,579 


11,746 


64,5 




Zambia (13)



3 830 


6 820,88 


56,2 








NOVEMBER 2009









Place of employment


Economic parities
November 2009


Exchange rate
November 2009 (*7)



Weightings
November 2009 (*8)





Algeria


74,7 


107,642 


69,4 




Chad


751,4 


655,957 


114,6 




Egypt (15)



3,544 


8,26565 


42,9 




Indonesia (Banda Aceh) (14)



8 536 


14 188,1 


60,2 




Israel


5,351 


5,5483 


96,4 




Kazakhstan (Almaty)


172 


226,55 


75,9 




Kazakhstan (Astana) (15)



162,9 


226,55 


71,9 




Kyrgyzstan


48,82 


64,4757 


75,7 




Laos (17)



9 584 


12 734 


75,3 




Lebanon


1 638 


2 229,29 


73,5 




Nepal (17)



79,66 


111,64 


71,4 




Russia


40,41 


43,1957 


93,6 




Venezuela (16)



3,172 


3,17543 


99,9 








DECEMBER 2009









Place of employment


Economic parities
December 2009


Exchange rate
December 2009 (*9)



Weightings
December 2009 (*10)





Congo (Brazzaville)


725 


655,957 


110,5 




Cuba


USD 1,105 


USD 1,4918 


74,1 




Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) (22)



USD 1,772 


USD 1,4918 


118,8 




Eritrea (18)



13,43 


22,8273 


58,8 




Gambia (21)



25,54 


40,1 


63,7 




Ghana (19)



1,069 


2,155 


49,6 




Guatemala


8,18 


12,3745 


66,1 




Haiti


60,46 


64,591 


93,6 




India


38,84 


69,5925 


55,8 




Liberia (19)



USD 1,38 


USD 1,4918 


92,5 




Madagascar


2 140 


2 907,57 


73,6 




Malawi


158,9 


213,936 


74,3 




Malaysia


3,289 


5,0587 


65,0 




Paraguay


4 341 


7 186,56 


60,4 




Saudi Arabia


4,174 


5,5885 


74,7 




Serbia (Belgrade) (19)



69,83 


94,412 


74,0 




Solomon Islands


10,68 


11,7695 


90,7 




Sudan (Khartoum) (20)



2,19 


3,52542 


62,1 




Suriname


1,92 


4,18 


45,9 




Turkey (22)



1,831 


2,283 


80,2 




Vietnam


12 873 


29 495,2 


43,6 




Zambia (22)



4 038 


6 974,14 


57,9 








JANUARY 2010









Place of employment


Economic parities
January 2010


Exchange rate
January 2010 (*11)



Weightings
January 2010 (*12)





Argentina


3,219 


5,4559 


59,0 




Australia (26)



1,596 


1,6036 


99,5 




Ethiopia


14,33 


18,2782 


78,4 




Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (26)



37,26 


61,447 


60,6 




Iceland


144,5 


180,96 


79,9 




Indonesia (Jakarta) (23)



9 550 


13 511,5 


70,7 




Kosovo (Pristina)


0,5854 


1 


58,5 




Laos (27)



8 875 


12 174 


72,9 




Libya


1,018 


1,7683 


57,6 




Nepal (27)



74 


107,83 


68,6 




Niger


593,3 


655,957 


90,4 




Samoa


2,891 


3,61939 


79,9 




Sri Lanka (26)



114,1 


163,139 


69,9 




Timor-Leste (24)



USD 1,083 


USD 1,4338 


75,5 




Venezuela (25)



3,357 


3,0788 


109,0 






(*1)  EUR 1 = 
x
 units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste).

(*2)  Brussels = 100.

(1)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, October and December.

(2)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August and December.

(3)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August 2009 and January 2010.

(4)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August and November.

(5)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, September and December.

(*3)  EUR 1 = 
x
 units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste).

(*4)  Brussels = 100.

(6)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, September and December.

(7)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September and November.

(8)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September and December.

(9)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September 2009 and January 2010.

(10)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for September and November 2009 and January 2010.

(*5)  EUR 1 = 
x
 units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste).

(*6)  Brussels = 100.

(11)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, October and December.

(12)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October 2009 and January 2010.

(13)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October and December 2009.

(*7)  EUR 1 = 
x
 units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste).

(*8)  Brussels = 100.

(14)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August and November.

(15)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September and November.

(16)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for September and November 2009 and January 2010.

(17)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for November 2009 and January 2010.

(*9)  EUR 1 = 
x
 units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste).

(*10)  Brussels = 100.

(18)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, October and December.

(19)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August and December.

(20)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, September and December.

(21)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September and December.

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

(*11)  EUR 1 = 
x
 units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste).

(*12)  Brussels = 100.

(23)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August 2009 and January 2010.

(24)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September 2009 and January 2010.

(25)  The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for September and November 2009 and January 2010.

(26)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October 2009 and January 2010.

(27)  The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for November 2009 and January 2010.