Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2010 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries
Date: 2011-07-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, remuneration of work, servant (EU), third country, wage determination

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 29.7.2011 
COM(2011) 468 final 

2011/0208 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2010 to the remuneration of officials, 
temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries 

 
 
  
 
 
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  into  force  on  1 May  2004  (Regulation  (EC,  Euratom)  No 723/2004  of  22 March 
2004). 

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 2009, were laid down by the Council 
in Regulation (EU) No 768/2010 of 26 August 2010. 

The attached proposal adjusts the weightings applicable from 1 July 2010 to the remuneration 
of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third 
countries. 

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 (prices at) 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  Annex  to  the  proposed  Regulation  sets  out  the  weightings  derived  from  the  parities 
communicated by Eurostat for July 2010 for all places of employment. A detailed comparison 
with  July  2009  is  set  out  below  (Summary  of  the  Overall  Change  in  the  Parities).  The 
budgetary impact is small (in percentage terms); see the Financial Statement. 

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2011/0208 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2010 to the remuneration of officials, 
temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union 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 European Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

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  2010  to 
remuneration  paid  in  the  currency  of  the  country  of  employment  to  officials, 
temporary staff and contract staff of the Union 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 2010 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 

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OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.  
OJ L 181, 14.7.2009, p. 1. 

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effects to be spread over a period of no more than twelve months following that date, 
as is the case with the weightings applicable within the Union to the remuneration and 
pensions of officials and other servants of the Union, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

With  effect  from  1  July  2010,  the  weightings  applicable  to  the  remuneration  of  officials, 
temporary  staff  and  contract  staff  of  the  Union  serving  in  third  countries  payable  in  the 
currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in the Annex. 

The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be established in accordance 
with  Council  Regulation  (EC,  Euratom)  No  1605/2002  of  25 June  2002  on  the  Financial 
Regulation  applicable  to  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Communities3  and  shall 
correspond to 1 July 2010. 

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 2010 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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OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. 

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JULY 2010 

ANNEX  

(***)  Afghanistan 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Economic parity 
July 2010  

Exchange rate 
July 2010 (*) 

Weighting 
 July 2010 (**) 

(***)  Burundi 

Albania 
Algeria 
Angola 
Argentina 
Armenia 
Australia 
Azerbaijan 
Bangladesh 
Barbados 
Belarus 
Belize 
Benin 
Bolivia 
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) 
Botswana 
Brazil 
Burkina Faso 

Cambodia 
Cameroon 
Canada 
Cape Verde 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
Chile 
China 
Colombia 
Congo (Brazzaville) 
Costa Rica 
Côte d'Ivoire 
Croatia 
Cuba 
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) 
Djibouti 
Dominican Republic 
Ecuador 
Egypt 
El Salvador 
Eritrea 
Ethiopia 
Fiji 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Ghana 
Guatemala 
Guinea (Conakry) 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Honduras 

0 
86,28 

73,2 

137 

3,321 

376,7 
1,542 

1,088 

50,15 

2,979 

2610 

1,81 

610,3 

5,66 

1,253 

1,456 

5,447 

2,459 

634,6 
0 
4448 

612,1 

1,207 

81,84 

664,5 

733,3 

452,4 

8,31 

2185 

765,4 

599,1 

634,7 

5,972 

USD 1,006

USD 1.801

237,9 

31,13 

USD 0.9829

4,159 

USD 0,9752

17,91 

15,26 

1,573 

37,3 

685 

28,07 

1,652 
1,284 

7,756 

4931 

624,3 

173,2 

54,21 

19,13 

0 
136,693 

94,6259 

115,037 

4,8506 

453,4 
1,425 

0,9806 

85,5047 

2,4518 

3722,37 

2,4049 

655,957 

8,563 

1,95583 

1,95583 

8,62069 

2,1946 

655,957 
0 
5201 

655,957 

1,2812 

110,265 

655,957 

655,957 

652,86 

8,2918 

2304,82 

655,957 

641,853 

655,957 

7,1973 

USD 1,2198 
USD 1.2198 
216,784 

44,0387 
USD 1.2198 
6,99795 
USD 1.2198 
18,8103 

16,7933 

2,43635 

61,6021 

655,957 

32,8 

2,2603 
1,75825 

9,7462 

7293,53 

655,957 

250,657 

50,0791 

23,129 

0 
63,1 

77,4 

119,1 

68,5 

83,1 
108,2 

111 

58,7 

121,5 

70,1 

75,3 

93 

66,1 

64,1 

74,4 

63,2 

112 

96,7 
0 
85,5 

93,3 

94,2 

74,2 

101,3 

111,8 

69,3 

100,2 

94,8 

116,7 

93,3 

96,8 

83 

82,5 

147,6 

109,7 

70,7 

80,6 

59,4 

79,9 

95,2 

90,9 

64,6 

60,5 

104,4 

85,6 

73,1 
73 

79,6 

67,6 

95,2 

69,1 

108,2 

82,7 

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(***) 

Hong Kong 
Iceland 
India 
Indonesia (Banda Aceh) 
Indonesia (Jakarta) 
Iraq 
Israel 
Jamaica 
Japan (Tokyo) 
Jordan 
Kazakhstan (Astana) 
Kenya 
Kosovo (Pristina) 
Kyrgyzstan 
Laos 
Lebanon 
Lesotho 
Liberia 
Libya 
Madagascar 
Malawi 
Malaysia 
Mali 
Mauritania 
Mauritius 
Mexico 
Moldova 
Montenegro 
Morocco 
Mozambique 
Namibia 
Nepal 
New Caledonia 
New Zealand 
Nicaragua 
Niger 
Nigeria (Abuja) 
Norway 
Pakistan 
Panama 
Papua New Guinea 
Paraguay 
Peru 
Philippines 
Russia 
Rwanda 
Samoa 
Saudi Arabia 
Senegal 
Serbia (Belgrade) 
Sierra Leone 
Singapore 
Solomon Islands 
South Africa 
South Korea 
(***)  Southern Sudan (Juba) 

Sri Lanka 
Sudan (Khartoum) 
Suriname 
Swaziland 

10,35 
149,4 
39,17 

8672 

9431 
0 
5,229 

112 

162,6 

0,8491 

174 

83,16 

0,6088 

44,4 

8644 

1612 

6,406 

USD 1.321

1,011 

2218 

166 

3,189 

657,2 

233,1 

32,06 

12,22 

10,16 

0,6501 

8,577 

29,96 

8,034 
75,54 

135,5 

1,764 

16,53 

578 

179,9 

11,12 

54,66 

USD 0.8233

3,58 

3881 

3,165 

44,41 

40,98 

702,7 

2,91 

3,619 

592,1 

70,63 

5193 

2,062 

10,8 

6,319 

1577 

0 

114,1 

2,663 

2,179 

6,689 

9,4958 
157,29 
56,702 

11052,7 

11052,7 
0 
4,7628 

104,64 

108,31 

0,86484 

180,65 

99,834 

1 

56,1108 

10164 

1838,85 

9,318 
USD 1.2198 
1,6193 

2720,67 

184,836 

3,9692 

655,957 

346,305 

40,028 

15,6591 

15,7927 

1 

10,997 

42,61 

9,318 
90,77 

119,332 

1,7579 

26,0955 

655,957 

181,748 

7,9085 

104,835 
USD 1.2198 
3,4638 

5830,04 

3,4502 

56,609 

38,13 

721,185 

3,15976 

4,4823 

655,957 

104,089 

4764,26 

1,7075 

9,7236 

9,318 

1484,96 

0 

140,185 

3,01508 

3,46 

9,318 

109 
95 
69,1 

78,5 

85,3 
0 
109,8 

107 

150,1 

98,2 

96,3 

83,3 

60,9 

79,1 

85 

87,7 

68,7 

108,3 

62,4 

81,5 

89,8 

80,3 

100,2 

67,3 

80,1 

78 

64,3 

65 

78 

70,3 

86,2 
83,2 

113,5 

100,3 

63,3 

88,1 

99 

140,6 

52,1 

67,5 

103,4 

66,6 

91,7 

78,5 

107,5 

97,4 

92,1 

80,7 

90,3 

67,9 

109 

120,8 

111,1 

67,8 

106,2 

0 

81,4 

88,3 

63 

71,8 

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Switzerland (Berne) 
Switzerland (Geneva) 
Syria 
Taiwan 
Tajikistan 
Tanzania 
Thailand 
Timor Leste 
Togo 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Uganda 
Ukraine 
United States (New York) 
United States (Washington) 
Uruguay 
Uzbekistan 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela 
Vietnam 
West Bank - Gaza Strip 
Yemen 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe 

1,586 

1,617 

52,11 

35,34 

3,751 

1295 

32,43 

USD 1.212

563,8 

7,192 
1,338 

1,899 

1946 

7,584 

1,286 

1,232 

24,06 

1095 

152,5 

4,246 

13488 

5,512 

202,4 

4985 
0 

1,3258 

1,3258 

57,71 

39,365 

5,34565 

1691,16 

39,564 
USD 1.2198 
655,957 

7,85895 
1,8572 

1,9303 

2768,57 

9,69851 

1,2198 

1,2198 

25,5548 

1942,23 

127,05 

5,23861 

23380,7 

4,7628 

278,652 

6254,26 
0 

119,6 

122 

90,3 

89,8 

70,2 

76,6 

82 

99,4 

86 

91,5 
72 

98,4 

70,3 

78,2 

105,4 

101 

94,2 

56,4 

120 

81,1 

57,7 

115,7 

72,6 

79,7 
0 

1 EURO = x units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste). 

Brussels = 100%. 

Not available because of local instability or unreliable data. 

Economic parity or purchasing power parity (PPP) is:  

Number of monetary units required to buy the same product compared with Brussels (per euro).  

The figure provided in the first column (PPP) is the product of multiplying the exchange rate (TX) by the weighting (CC). 

The mathematical formula used to calculate the CC is therefore: PPP (provided by Eurostat) divided by TX = CC. 

The amounts due to staff are calculated by applying the invariable PPP established by this table - not by multiplying each time the CC by 
the TX of the date of the transaction, since this TX is variable and will produce a different (wrong) PPP. 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

TITLE OF OPERATION 

Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2010 
to  the  remuneration  of  officials,  temporary  staff  and  contract  staff  of  the  European 
Communities serving in third countries. 

2. 

BUDGET LINES CONCERNED 

CE (BGUE-B2011): XX-01.01.02-11.01, 08.01.05.01, 19.01.04.02-02, 

19.01.04.03-02, 21.01.04.01-02, 21.01.04.10.  

SEAE/EEAS (B2011) : 1100, 3000, 3001. 

3. 

LEGAL BASIS 

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

4. 

FINANCIAL IMPACT 

4.1 

For EC + SEAE/EEAS budgets 

Estimated amount for 2010 of the salaries 
of all staff posted outside the Union 

€187 175 000 (1)  

Estimated actual expenditure in local currency   
for 2010, just the staff concerned  €12 884 461 (2)   

Estimated impact of weightings 
July 2010  + €1 305 029 (3)  

Difference 

[(3) : (1) =] + 0,006973  

[(3) : (2) =] + 0,101287 

4.2 

For the EC budget 

Estimated actual expenditure in local currency   
2010 for just the staff concerned  €7 166 250 (1)   

Estimated impact of weightings 
July 2010  + €659 617 (2)  

Difference 

[(2) : (1) =] + 0,092045 

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4.3 

For the SEAE/EEAS budget 

Estimated actual expenditure in local currency   
2010 for just the staff concerned  €5 718 211 (1)  

Estimated impact of weightings 
July 2010  + €645 412 (2)  

Difference 

[(2) : (1) =] + 0,1128694  

N.B.  For  details  see  the  basic  table;  because  of  its  size  it  is  available  only  in  electronic  format 
(Excel). It can be supplied, on request, by Division EEAS/MDR/C3. With the ‘Table coef correct’ 
tab you can  see  the trend  in  weightings over the previous twelve months  and compare them with 
this  proposal  for  July  2010.  The  ‘Calculs’  tab  shows  the  persons  concerned,  their  salary  in  local 
currency and their place of employment. The ‘Synthèse fonct contract’ tab summarises the various 
amounts by population group (officials (FO) and contractual staff (AC)). The ‘Synthèse budget’ tab 
sets out the totals making up the grand total, grouped by budget line (one column per line, where the 
budget codes are associated with different PMO codes). 

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