2013/655/EU: Commission Decision of 13 November 2013 adjusting monthly from 1 August 2012 to 1 June 2013 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries
Date: 2013-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European official, remuneration of work, servant (EU), third country, wage determination




L_2013303EN.01005201.xml










14.11.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 303/52








            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 13 November 2013
         
adjusting monthly from 1 August 2012 to 1 June 2013 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries
(2013/655/EU)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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

Whereas:







(1)


The statistics available to the Commission show that for 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 applicable to 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 last laid down.












(2)


In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations in such case those weightings need to be adjusted monthly, with effect from 1 August, 1 October, 1 November, 1 December 2012 and 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2013, respectively,





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 countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains 10 monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable effective dates for each one of them.
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 (2) and correspond to the relevant dates referred to in the tables from the Annex hereto.


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




Done at Brussels, 13 November 2013.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





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

(2)  
            OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.




ANNEX

August 2012









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity August 2012


Exchange rate August 2012 (*1)



Weighting August 2012 (*2)





Sudan (Khartoum)


4,584 


6,20915 


73,8 








October 2012









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity October 2012


Exchange rate October 2012 (*3)



Weighting October 2012 (*4)





Nepal


84,89 


110,170 


77,1 








November 2012









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity November 2012


Exchange rate November 2012 (*5)



Weighting November 2012 (*6)





Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)


USD 2,057 


USD 1,29620 


158,7 




Liberia


USD 1,528 


USD 1,29620 


117,9 




Malawi


216,6 


404,926 


53,5 








December 2012









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity December 2012


Exchange rate December 2012 (*7)



Weighting December 2012 (*8)





Venezuela


6,090 


5,58047 


109,1 








January 2013









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity January 2013


Exchange rate January 2013 (*9)



Weighting January 2013 (*10)





Belarus


6 723 


11 320,0 


59,4 




Guinea (Conakry)


6 716 


9 250,40 


72,6 




Sudan (Khartoum)


4,916 


7,56599 


65,0 








February 2013









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity February 2013


Exchange rate February 2013 (*11)



Weighting February 2013 (*12)





Congo (Brazzaville)


792,1 


655,957 


120,8 




Cuba


0,9438 


1,35410 


69,7 




Jordan


0,9175 


0,960057 


95,6 




Serbia (Belgrade)


82,53 


111,934 


73,7 




Timor Leste


1,583 


1,35410 


116,9 




Uzbekistan


1 396 


2 706,60 


51,6 




Venezuela


6,429 


5,81539 


110,6 




Zambia


6,630 


7,18680 


92,3 








March 2013









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity March 2013


Exchange rate March 2013 (*13)



Weighting March 2013 (*14)





Angola


168,2 


126,516 


132,9 




Kosovo (Pristina)


0,7227 


1,00000 


72,3 




Kyrgyzstan


48,69 


62,3897 


78,0 




Malawi


238,5 


479,834 


49,7 




Russia


46,33 


40,0240 


115,8 




Sierra Leone


6 785 


5 663,73 


119,8 




South Africa


6,746 


11,6220 


58,0 




Sudan (Khartoum)


5,331 


7,43654 


71,7 








April 2013









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity April 2013


Exchange rate April 2013 (*15)



Weighting April 2013 (*16)





China


7,903 


7,96000 


99,3 




Djibouti


222,3 


227,572 


97,7 




Ghana


2,025 


2,48950 


81,3 




Japan


149,8 


120,870 


123,9 




South Korea


1 534 


1 425,03 


107,6 




Uzbekistan


1 467 


2 611,71 


56,2 








May 2013









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity May 2013


Exchange rate May 2013 (*17)



Weighting May 2013 (*18)





Belarus


7 086 


11 230,0 


63,1 




Central African Republic


671,7 


655,957 


102,4 




India


49,37 


71,0370 


69,5 




Tunisia


1,381 


2,09250 


66,0 




Venezuela


6,839 


8,25083 


82,9 








June 2013









PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT


Economic parity June 2013


Exchange rate June 2013 (*19)



Weighting June 2013 (*20)





Australia


1,439 


1,34930 


106,6 




Belize


1,859 


2,61469 


71,1 




Gambia


31,18 


47,5800 


65,5 




Nicaragua


18,39 


31,8519 


57,7 




Turkey


2,242 


2,42740 


92,4 




Uzbekistan


1 545 


2 694,41 


57,3 




Vanuatu


145,8 


122,435 


119,1 




Venezuela


7,195 


8,14449 


88,3 






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

(*2)  Brussels = 100.

(*3)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.

(*4)  Brussels = 100.

(*5)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.

(*6)  Brussels = 100.

(*7)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.

(*8)  Brussels = 100.

(*9)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.

(*10)  Brussels = 100.

(*11)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.

(*12)  Brussels = 100.

(*13)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.

(*14)  Brussels = 100.

(*15)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.

(*16)  Brussels = 100.

(*17)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.

(*18)  Brussels = 100.

(*19)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.

(*20)  Brussels = 100.