Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and the weightings applicable from 1 July 2012 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries
Date: 2013-05-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, remuneration of work, servant (EU), third country, wage determination

EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION 

Brussels, 6.5.2013  
COM(2013) 251 final 

2013/0131 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and the 
weightings applicable from 1 July 2012 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff 
and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1. 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations lay down provisions on payments 
of  remuneration  to  officials  serving  in  a  third  country.  Under  Articles  10  and  118  of  the 
Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, those provisions apply 
by analogy to temporary and contract staff serving in third countries. 

Remuneration is payable in euros in Belgium, however upon request of an official all or part 
of it may be paid in the currency of the country of employment. In that event, it is subject to 
the weighting for the place of employment and is converted on the basis of the corresponding 
exchange rate.  

In order to ensure as far as possible that officials, temporary and contract staff of the Union 
enjoy  equivalent  purchasing  power  irrespective  of  their  place  of  employment,  the  Council 
should adjust the weightings once a year. To establish the purchasing power equivalence of 
the remuneration paid in Brussels, as the reference city, with that paid in the other places of 
employment Eurostat calculates the economic parities. The weighting is the factor obtained by 
dividing the economic parity by the exchange rate. 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  initial  weightings  applicable  from  10  October  1987  were  laid  down  in  the  Council 
Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2175/88 of 18 July 1988. The most recent weightings, 
which  took  effect  on  1  July  2010,  were  laid  down  by  the  Council  in  Regulation  (EU)  No 
964/2011 of 26 September 2011. Considering the time elapsed since the last adjustment it is 
appropriate  to  cover  two  consecutive  annual  adjustments  by  the  attached  proposal.  Hence  it 
lays down the weightings applicable to remuneration from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and 
weightings applicable to remuneration from 1 July 2012. 

2. 

RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND 
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 

The elements of the proposal have been discussed with the staff representatives in accordance 
with the appropriate procedures. 

3. 

LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL 

The  attached  proposal  for  the  Council  Regulation  adjusts  the  weightings  applicable  from  1 
July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and from 1 July 2012 to the remuneration of officials, temporary 
staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in a third country. 

The Council should, by the written procedure within one month, act on a proposal from the 
Commission by the qualified majority provided for in Article 16(4) and (5) of the Treaty on 
European  Union.  Should  a  Member  State  request  formal  examination  of  the  Commission 
proposal, the Council should act within two months. 

The  Annex  to  the  proposed  Council  Regulation  sets  out  the  weightings  derived  from  the 
parities communicated by Eurostat for July 2011 and for July 2012 respectively, for all places 
of employment outside the European Union. 

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4. 

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 

The budgetary impact is small (in percentage terms); see the Financial Statement. 

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2013/0131 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and the 
weightings applicable from 1 July 2012 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  and  the  Conditions  of  Employment  of 
Other Servants of the European Union, as 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 third countries and to 
determine  accordingly  the  weightings  applicable  from  1  July  2011  to  30  June  2012 
and  from  of  1  July  2012  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 964/20112  may  lead  to  retrospective  upward  or  downward 
adjustments to remuneration, 

Provision  should  be  laid  down  for  back-payments  in  the  event  of  an  increase  in 
remuneration as a result of the new weightings, 

Provision  should  be  laid  down  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 2011 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation, 

Provision should be laid down 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, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

With effect from 1 July 2011 to 30 june 2012, 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 Table 1 of the Annex. 

Article 1 

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OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.  
OJ L 253, 29.9.2011, p. 1–7. 

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With  effect  from  1  July  2012,  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 Table 2 of the Annex . 

The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be established in accordance 
with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and 
repealing  Council  Regulation  (EC,  Euratom)  No  1605/20023  and  shall  correspond  to  1  July 
2011 and 1 July 2012 respectively. 

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 Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex. 

The  institutions  shall  make  retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in 
the event of a reduction in renumeration as a result of the weightings shown in the 
Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex for the period between 1 July 2011 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  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 298, 26.10.2012, p.1. 

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ANNEX  

Table 1 - 1 July 2011 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Afghanistan 
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 
Burundi 
Cambodia 
Cameroon 
Canada 
Cape Verde 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
Chile 
China 
Colombia 
Congo (Brazzaville) 
Costa Rica 
Côte d'Ivoire 
Croatia 
Cuba 
Democratic Republic of 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 
Hong Kong 
Iceland 
India 
Indonesia (Banda Aceh) 
Indonesia (Jakarta) 
Iraq 
Israel 
Jamaica 
Japan (Tokyo) 
Jordan 
Kazakhstan (Astana) 
Kenya 

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EN 

Exchange rate 
July 2011 (*) 
0 
141.370 
103.525 
132.885 
5.91281 
533.510 
1.35850 
1.13539 
106.189 
2.89943 
7099.45 
2.86408 
655.957 
9.99653 
1.95583 
1.95583 
9.37207 
2.26870 
655.957 
0 
5852.50 
655.957 
1.40370 
110.265 
655.957 
655.957 
679.490 
9.32350 
2568.34 
655.957 
726.890 
655.957 
7.38330 
USD 1.44250 
USD 1.44250 
256.363 
54.7816 
USD 1.44250 
8.56810 
USD 1.44250 
21.5463 
24.2877 
2.51572 
61.6063 
655.957 
40.6400 
2.34730 
2.15435 
11.2402 
9678.22 
655.957 
291.125 
57.9164 
27.2562 
11.2265 
165.150 
64.7210 
12413.0 
12413.0 
0 
4.94760 
122.758 
116.930 
1.02273 
208.440 
129.536 

Weighting 
 July 2011 (**) 
0.0 
60.7 
69.0 
112.7 
60.0 
76.4 
112.8 
101.6 
49.2 
110.3 
42.6 
61.1 
89.7 
59.8 
64.1 
74.7 
60.7 
112.4 
95.1 
0 
77.2 
93.1 
85.6 
74.7 
102.5 
106.3 
65.8 
90.9 
85.0 
115.0 
83.3 
96.9 
79.0 
66.3 
139.3 
91.9 
59.2 
67.3 
60.5 
69.1 
112.6 
80.2 
64.7 
60.3 
103.9 
72.1 
73.1 
78.1 
70.4 
60.7 
96.7 
61.5 
78.7 
72.2 
93.0 
90.6 
62.7 
70.7 
77.2 
0 
106.1 
94.1 
135.6 
84.0 
87.5 
68.8 

Economic parity 
July 2011 
0 
85.81 
71.42 
149.7 
3.545 
407.4 
1.533 
1.154 
52.20 
3.198 
3025 
1.750 
588.4 
5.973 
1.254 
1.461 
5.693 
2.550 
624.0 
0 
4521 
610.9 
1.202 
82.37 
672.4 
697.5 
447.0 
8.475 
2184 
754.4 
605.6 
635.6 
5.836 
USD 0.956 
USD 2.010 
235.7 
32.43 
USD 0.9702 
5.181 
USD 0.9966 
24.26 
19.48 
1.627 
37.13 
681.7 
29.29 
1.716 
1.682 
7.911 
5871 
634.1 
178.9 
45.56 
19.69 
10.44 
149.7 
40.61 
8778 
9585 
0 
5.251 
115.5 
158.6 
0.8589 
182.4 
89.11 

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(***) 

(***) 

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 
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 

EN 

1.00000 
65.3193 
11438.0 
2174.57 
9.88460 
USD 1.44250 
0 
2770.49 
216.503 
4.37270 
655.957 
387.915 
40.1709 
16.9954 
16.4444 
1.00000 
11.2940 
40.3800 
9.88460 
102.520 
119.332 
1.75590 
32.3385 
655.957 
220.507 
7.80550 
122.565 
USD 1.44250 
3.29924 
5770.00 
3.98058 
62.7700 
40.3780 
855.942 
3.29714 
5.28110 
655.957 
101.040 
6301.53 
1.77990 
10.3926 
9.88460 
1553.32 
0 
154.886 
3.93024 
4.76025 
9.88460 
1.20360 
1.20360 
67.0950 
41.7050 
6.72897 
2194.38 
44.4290 
USD 1.44250 
655.957 
9.10380 
1.96490 
2.36040 
3579.47 
11.3372 
1.44250 
1.44250 
26.2220 
2468.20 
130.330 
6.19503 
29758.8 
4.94760 
308.407 
6906.98 

0.6806 
44.87 
9113 
1647 
6.427 
USD 1.328 
0 
2305 
180.9 
3.179 
636.8 
234.4 
32.88 
12.22 
10.62 
0.6462 
8.437 
32.04 
8.110 
78.49 
134.8 
1.790 
17.76 
555.3 
186.1 
10.78 
60.24 
USD 0.8448 
3.694 
3814 
3.141 
44.94 
43.61 
709.4 
2.923 
3.423 
594.1 
79.49 
5708 
2.076 
11.08 
6.327 
1604 
0 
118.1 
3.382 
2.661 
6.880 
1.532 
1.562 
51.84 
34.73 
4.194 
1358 
34.04 
USD 1.424 
571.5 
7.042 
1.329 
1.963 
2049 
8.217 
1.287 
1.214 
25.17 
1235 
148.3 
5.470 
15446 
5.526 
215.8 
6109 

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68.1 
68.7 
79.7 
75.7 
65.0 
92.1 
0 
83.2 
83.6 
72.7 
97.1 
60.4 
81.9 
71.9 
64.6 
64.6 
74.7 
79.3 
82.0 
76.6 
113.0 
101.9 
54.9 
84.7 
84.4 
138.1 
49.1 
58.6 
112.0 
66.1 
78.9 
71.6 
108.0 
82.9 
88.7 
64.8 
90.6 
78.7 
90.6 
116.6 
106.6 
64.0 
103.3 
0 
76.2 
86.1 
55.9 
69.6 
127.3 
129.8 
77.3 
83.3 
62.3 
61.9 
76.6 
98.7 
87.1 
77.4 
67.6 
83.2 
57.2 
72.5 
89.2 
84.2 
96.0 
50.0 
113.8 
88.3 
51.9 
111.7 
70.0 
88.4 

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(*) 

(**) 

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N.B. 

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

0 

0 

0 

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. 

Table 2 - 1 July 2012 

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 

Afghanistan 
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 
Burundi 
Cambodia 
Cameroon 
Canada 
Cape Verde 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
Chile 
China 
Colombia 
Congo (Brazzaville) 
Costa Rica 
Côte d'Ivoire 
Croatia 
Cuba 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) 
Djibouti 
Dominican Republic 
Ecuador 
Egypt 
El Salvador 
Eritrea 
Ethiopia 
Fiji 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
Gabon 
Gambia 
Georgia 
Ghana 

Exchange rate 
July 2012 (*) 
0 
138.180 
100.187 
119.596 
5.60300 
525.440 
1.23570 
0.975682 
102.802 
2.49691 
10440.0 
2.36066 
655.957 
8.58084 
1.95583 
1.95583 
9.74659 
2.58980 
655.957 
0 
5096.50 
655.957 
1.27640 
110.265 
655.957 
655.957 
625.731 
7.89590 
2219.68 
655.957 
618.385 
655.957 
7.51700 
USD 1.24180 
USD 1.24180 
220.694 
49.0020 
USD 1.24180 
7.61135 
USD 1.24180 
19.3848 
22.4315 
2.28728 
61.6269 
655.957 
41.0300 
2.06140 
2.37345 

Weighting 
 July 2012 (**) 
0 
60.0 
75.7 
133.8 
66.1 
77.6 
123.3 
117.5 
55.7 
129.3 
60.4 
74.6 
101.5 
70.2 
63.7 
75.3 
59.5 
96.5 
95.8 
0 
86.9 
92.7 
94.4 
71.4 
109.2 
111.4 
71.7 
105.8 
96.5 
112.3 
100.1 
95.5 
77.0 
81.1 
174.7 
106.8 
65.3 
79.6 
70.9 
78.1 
124.3 
92.7 
73.7 
58.7 
102.2 
72.2 
76.5 
80.8 

Economic parity 
July 2012 
0 
82.84 
75.86 
160.0 
3.706 
407.5 
1.524 
1.146 
57.29 
3.228 
6304 
1.761 
666.1 
6.022 
1.246 
1.473 
5.800 
2.500 
628.1 
0 
4428 
608.2 
1.205 
78.73 
716.1 
731.0 
448.6 
8.357 
2142 
736.5 
619.0 
626.2 
5.785 
USD 1.007 
USD 2.169 
235.7 
32.01 
USD 0.9882 
5.400 
USD 0.9701 
24.09 
20.80 
1.685 
36.16 
670.2 
29.61 
1.577 
1.917 

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Guatemala 
Guinea (Conakry) 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Honduras 
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 
Switzerland (Berne) 
Switzerland (Geneva) 
Syria 
Taiwan 
Tajikistan 
Tanzania 

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EN 

9.75743 
8684.29 
655.957 
257.135 
52.3771 
24.1879 
9.63490 
157.970 
70.6030 
11762.5 
11762.5 
0 
4.90000 
110.466 
98.6000 
0.880436 
187.240 
105.306 
1.00000 
58.5603 
10027.5 
1872.01 
10.4610 
USD 1.24180 
0 
2760.59 
339.388 
3.96760 
655.957 
371.485 
38.4557 
16.9208 
15.2783 
1.00000 
11.0435 
33.9600 
10.4610 
115.105 
119.332 
1.57280 
29.2136 
655.957 
195.043 
7.54650 
117.995 
USD 1.24180 
2.59471 
5699.86 
3.29263 
52.6300 
41.1430 
766.389 
2.88925 
4.70810 
655.957 
114.007 
5389.51 
1.58840 
8.76972 
10.4610 
1436.46 
0 
166.548 
6.32792 
4.09794 
10.4610 
1.20100 
1.20100 
80.2250 
37.1755 
5.91817 
1975.97 

7.980 
6371 
615.5 
181.6 
47.18 
20.20 
10.43 
154.8 
46.98 
8837 
9639 
0 
5.052 
118.8 
158.7 
0.8632 
188.0 
91.29 
0.6882 
46.34 
8978 
1650 
6.421 
USD 1.449 
0 
2341 
204.2 
3.090 
668.9 
236.2 
31.40 
12.21 
10.36 
0.6372 
7.859 
30.62 
8.432 
80.60 
134.1 
1.771 
17.49 
548.4 
205.1 
10.46 
63.76 
USD 0.8365 
3.774 
3821 
3.115 
44.10 
43.58 
702.6 
3.004 
3.597 
602.6 
78.59 
6407 
2.039 
11.34 
6.387 
1637 
0 
119.5 
4.248 
2.707 
6.916 
1.549 
1.565 
59.26 
34.33 
4.099 
1402 

9 

81.8 
73.4 
93.8 
70.6 
90.1 
83.5 
108.3 
98.0 
66.5 
75.1 
81.9 
0 
103.1 
107.5 
161.0 
98.0 
100.4 
86.7 
68.8 
79.1 
89.5 
88.1 
61.4 
116.7 
0 
84.8 
60.2 
77.9 
102.0 
63.6 
81.7 
72.2 
67.8 
63.7 
71.2 
90.2 
80.6 
70.0 
112.4 
112.6 
59.9 
83.6 
105.2 
138.6 
54.0 
67.4 
145.4 
67.0 
94.6 
83.8 
105.9 
91.7 
104.0 
76.4 
91.9 
68.9 
118.9 
128.4 
129.3 
61.1 
114.0 
0 
71.8 
67.1 
66.1 
66.1 
129.0 
130.3 
73.9 
92.3 
69.3 
71.0 

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

39.5890 
USD 1.24180 
655.957 
7.83830 
2.00650 
2.26910 
3093.73 
10.0218 
1.24180 
1.24180 
26.9856 
2340.48 
117.465 
5.33310 
25966.0 
4.90000 
265.497 
6453.46 
0 

32.81 
USD 1.487 
546.2 
6.886 
1.313 
2.130 
2405 
8.223 
1.253 
1.213 
25.03 
1280 
154.3 
5.734 
14902 
5.301 
237.9 
6486 
0 

82.9 
119.7 
83.3 
87.9 
65.4 
93.9 
77.7 
82.1 
100.9 
97.7 
92.8 
54.7 
131.4 
107.5 
57.4 
108.2 
89.6 
100.5 
0 

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. 

(***) 

(*) 

(**) 

(***) 

N.B. 

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

1.1. 

Title of the proposal/initiative  

The proposal for Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 
July  2011  to  30  June  2012  and  from  1  July  2012  to  the  remuneration  of  officials, 
temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries. 
Policy area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB structure4  

1.2. 

All  areas  and  activities  are  potentially  concerned,  in  particular  the  work  of 
Delegations (external relations, trade, development, enlargement). 

1.3. 

Nature of the proposal/initiative  

(cid:58) The proposal/initiative relates to a new action (periodical, adjusting the regulation in 
force) 

1.4. 

1.4.  Objectives  

1.4.1.  Expected result(s) and impact 

Specify the effects which the proposal/initiative should have on the beneficiaries/groups targeted. 

The  adjustment  of  weightings  applicable  to  the  remuneration  of  officials,  contract 
and  temporary  staff  of  the  European  Union  posted  in  third  countries  will  result  in 
maintaining  the  purchasing  power  equivalence  between  different  duty  stations,  as 
provided in the Staff Regulations.  

1.5. 

Grounds for the proposal/initiative  

1.5.1.  Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term  

To ensure, under Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, that in the 
event of a substantial change in the cost of living and exchange rates, the correction 
coefficients applicable to the remuneration of officials, contract and temporary staff 
of  the  European  Union  serving  in  third  countries  are  adjusted,  and  if  appropriate 
applied retrospectively. 

1.6. 

Duration and financial impact  

(cid:58)  Proposal/initiative  of  unlimited  duration  –  implementation  with  a  start-up 
periods from 1 July 2011 (until 30 June 2012) and 1 July 2012 followed by full scale 
operation. 

1.7.  Management mode(s) envisaged5 

(cid:58) Centralised direct management by the Commission: PMO. 

4 
5 

ABM: Activity-Based Management – ABB: Activity-Based Budgeting. 
Details  of  management  modes  and  references  to  the  Financial  Regulation  may  be  found  on  the 
BudgWeb site: http://intracomm.ec.testa.eu/budg/bud/bud-fr.html??  

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2. 

2.1. 

Heading of 
multiannual 
financial 
framework 

ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE 

Heading(s)  of  the  multiannual  financial  framework  and  expenditure  budget 
line(s) affected  

•  Existing budget lines 

Budget line 

Type of  
expenditure

Contribution  

Number  
[Description………………………...…….] 

Diff./non-
diff 
(6) 

from 
7
EFTA
countries 

from 
candidate 
8
countries

from third 
countries 

within the meaning 
of Article 18(1)(aa) 
of the Financial 
Regulation  

European  Commission:  XX-01.01.02, 
08.01.05.01, 19.01.04.02, 19.01.04.03, 
21.01.04.01, 21.01.04.10.  

European  External  Action  Service: 
1100, 3000, 3001. 

non-diff. 

NO 

NO 

NO 

NO 

6 
7 
8 

Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-Diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations 
EFTA: European Free Trade Association.  
Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidate countries from the Western Balkans. 

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2.2. 

Estimated impact on expenditure 

2.2.1. 

Summary of estimated impact on expenditure  

2.2.1.1.  For all budgets concerned: the European Commission and the EEAS 

Estimated 
actual 
expenditure for the 
period 
August 
2011  to  June  2012 
(inclusive) for staff 
concerned (a) 

Estimated 
of 
weightings 
August  2011 
June 
(inclusive) (b) 

impact 
proposed 
from 
to 
2012 

Percentage change in relation 
to 
actual 
expenditure [(b) : (a)] 

estimated 

Total 

7.183.219 € 

448.738 € 

6,25% 

2.2.1.2.  For the European Commission 

Estimated 
actual 
expenditure for the 
period 
August 
2011  to  June  2012 
(inclusive) for staff 
concerned (a) 

Estimated 
of 
weightings 
August  2011 
June 
(inclusive) (b) 

impact 
proposed 
from 
to 
2012 

Percentage change in relation 
to 
actual 
expenditure [(b) : (a)] 

estimated 

Total 

3.054.123 € 

231.299 € 

7,57% 

2.2.1.3.  For the EEAS 

Estimated 
actual 
expenditure for the 
period 
August 
2011  to  June  2012 
(inclusive) for staff 

Estimated 
of 
weightings 
August  2011 
June 

impact 
proposed 
from 
to 
2012 

Percentage change in relation 
to 
actual 
expenditure [(b) : (a)] 

estimated 

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concerned (a) 

(inclusive) (b) 

Total 

4.129.097 € 

217.439 € 

5,27% 

2.2.2.  Estimated impact on operational appropriations  

(cid:58) 

The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations  

2.2.3.  Estimated impact on appropriations of an administrative nature 

2.2.3.1.  Summary  

(cid:58) The proposal/initiative requires the use of administrative appropriations, as explained below: 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

ANNEX 

Year 
9 
N

0,156 

HEADING 5 
of the multiannual 
financial framework 

BGUEXX.010102 

EEAS -3001 

0,028 

EEAS -3000 

0,189 

Subtotal HEADING 5 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

0,374 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

Enter as many years as necessary to show the 
duration of the impact (see point 1.6) 

TOTAL 

0,156 

0,028 

0,189 

0,374 

9 

Year N is the year in which implementation of the proposal/initiative starts. 

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Outside HEADING 5
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

BGUE- -08.010501 

BGUE- 19.010402 

BGUE- 19.010407 

BGUE- 21.010401 

BGUE- 21.010410 

BGUE- 19.010403 

BGUE- 21.010401 

Subtotal  
outside HEADING 5 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

0,003 

0,000 

0,004 

0,008 

0,052 

0,004 

0,003 

0,075 

TOTAL 

0,449 

0,003 

0,000 

0,004 

0,008 

0,052 

0,004 

0,003 

0,075 

0,449 

The administrative appropriations required will be met by the appropriations of the DG which are already assigned to management of the action and/or which have been redeployed within the DG, 
together if necessary with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints. 

10 

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Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct 
research. 

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2.2.3.2.  Estimated requirements of human resources  

(cid:58) 

The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources  

2.2.4.  Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework 

(cid:58) 

The proposal/initiative is compatible the current multiannual financial framework. 

2.2.5.  Third-party contributions 

(cid:58) 

The proposal/initiative does not provide for co-financing by third parties 

2.3. 

Estimated impact on revenue 

(cid:58) 

Proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue. 

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