CELEX: 32008R0624
Language: en
Date: 2008-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC) No 624/2008 of 23 June 2008 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2007 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the two new Member States for a maximum period of 19 months after accession

2.7.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 172/1
            
         
      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 624/2008
   of 23 June 2008
   laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2007 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the two new Member States for a maximum period of 19 months after accession
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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 Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
   Having regard to the Act of Accession of 2005, and in particular Article 27(4) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the Community and to determine accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2007 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff serving in third countries.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 453/2007 (2) may lead to retrospective upward or downward adjustments to remuneration.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Provision should be made for back-payments in the event of increases in remuneration as a result of the new weightings.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of reductions in remuneration as a result of the new weightings for the period between 1 July 2007 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               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 12 months following that date, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the European Community to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   With effect from 1 July 2007, 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 used for the calculation of that remuneration shall be established in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the date indicated in the first subparagraph.
   Article 2
   1.   The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of increases in remuneration as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex.
   2.   The institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of reductions as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 July 2007 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 12 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 Luxembourg, 23 June 2008.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         I. JARC
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 420/2008 (OJ L 127, 15.5.2008, p. 1).
   
      (2)  OJ L 109, 26.4.2007, p. 22.
   
      ANNEX
      
                  Place of employment
               
               
                  Weighting July 2007 (1)
                  
               
            
                  Afghanistan (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Albania
               
               
                  80,2
               
            
                  Algeria
               
               
                  88,7
               
            
                  Angola
               
               
                  130
               
            
                  Argentina
               
               
                  57,1
               
            
                  Armenia
               
               
                  123,5
               
            
                  Australia
               
               
                  112,2
               
            
                  Azerbaijan (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Bangladesh
               
               
                  48,2
               
            
                  Barbados
               
               
                  129,7
               
            
                  Belarus (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Benin
               
               
                  91,9
               
            
                  Bolivia
               
               
                  48
               
            
                  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka)
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
               
               
                  78,7
               
            
                  Botswana
               
               
                  56,4
               
            
                  Brazil
               
               
                  93,2
               
            
                  Bulgaria
               
               
                  81,7
               
            
                  Burkina Faso
               
               
                  90,7
               
            
                  Burundi (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Cambodia
               
               
                  69,8
               
            
                  Cameroon
               
               
                  101,9
               
            
                  Canada
               
               
                  93
               
            
                  Cape Verde
               
               
                  80,9
               
            
                  Central African Republic
               
               
                  119,1
               
            
                  Chad
               
               
                  129,4
               
            
                  Chile
               
               
                  71,5
               
            
                  China
               
               
                  77,4
               
            
                  Colombia
               
               
                  82,1
               
            
                  Congo (Brazzaville)
               
               
                  130,2
               
            
                  Costa Rica
               
               
                  73,7
               
            
                  Côte d’Ivoire
               
               
                  100,2
               
            
                  Croatia
               
               
                  106,8
               
            
                  Cuba
               
               
                  86,1
               
            
                  Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
               
               
                  129,5
               
            
                  Djibouti
               
               
                  94,3
               
            
                  Dominican Republic
               
               
                  69,3
               
            
                  East Timor
               
               
                  66,5
               
            
                  Ecuador
               
               
                  64,8
               
            
                  Egypt
               
               
                  49,6
               
            
                  El Salvador
               
               
                  76,1
               
            
                  Eritrea
               
               
                  51,3
               
            
                  Ethiopia
               
               
                  88,3
               
            
                  Fiji
               
               
                  73,5
               
            
                  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
               
               
                  71,7
               
            
                  Gabon
               
               
                  123
               
            
                  Gambia
               
               
                  60,5
               
            
                  Georgia
               
               
                  96,6
               
            
                  Ghana
               
               
                  69,7
               
            
                  Guatemala
               
               
                  78,6
               
            
                  Guinea
               
               
                  73,3
               
            
                  Guinea-Bissau
               
               
                  100,7
               
            
                  Guyana
               
               
                  62,1
               
            
                  Haiti
               
               
                  118,8
               
            
                  Honduras
               
               
                  69,7
               
            
                  Hong Kong
               
               
                  94,8
               
            
                  India
               
               
                  52,9
               
            
                  Indonesia (Banda Aceh)
               
               
                  53,9
               
            
                  Indonesia (Jakarta)
               
               
                  81,1
               
            
                  Iraq
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Israel
               
               
                  109,5
               
            
                  Jamaica
               
               
                  90,5
               
            
                  Japan (Naka)
               
               
                  101
               
            
                  Japan (Tokyo)
               
               
                  106,5
               
            
                  Jordan
               
               
                  77,7
               
            
                  Kazakhstan (Almaty)
               
               
                  125,4
               
            
                  Kazakhstan (Astana)
               
               
                  71,6
               
            
                  Kenya
               
               
                  81,9
               
            
                  Kosovo
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Kyrgyzstan
               
               
                  88,3
               
            
                  Laos
               
               
                  74,2
               
            
                  Lebanon
               
               
                  86
               
            
                  Lesotho
               
               
                  62
               
            
                  Liberia (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Madagascar
               
               
                  86,6
               
            
                  Malawi
               
               
                  71,8
               
            
                  Malaysia
               
               
                  74,4
               
            
                  Mali
               
               
                  85
               
            
                  Mauritania
               
               
                  65,3
               
            
                  Mauritius
               
               
                  69,5
               
            
                  Mexico
               
               
                  74,4
               
            
                  Micronesia (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Montenegro
               
               
                  69,7
               
            
                  Morocco
               
               
                  89,5
               
            
                  Mozambique
               
               
                  77,7
               
            
                  Namibia
               
               
                  72,5
               
            
                  Nepal
               
               
                  82,5
               
            
                  New Caledonia
               
               
                  135,3
               
            
                  New Zealand
               
               
                  109,6
               
            
                  Nicaragua
               
               
                  57
               
            
                  Niger
               
               
                  85
               
            
                  Nigeria
               
               
                  86,1
               
            
                  Norway
               
               
                  132
               
            
                  Pakistan
               
               
                  50,7
               
            
                  Panama
               
               
                  61
               
            
                  Papua New Guinea
               
               
                  74,3
               
            
                  Paraguay
               
               
                  82,2
               
            
                  Peru
               
               
                  77,5
               
            
                  Philippines
               
               
                  64,4
               
            
                  Republic of Moldova
               
               
                  59,6
               
            
                  Romania
               
               
                  73,9
               
            
                  Russia
               
               
                  122,6
               
            
                  Rwanda
               
               
                  91,7
               
            
                  Samoa (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Saudi Arabia
               
               
                  84,6
               
            
                  Senegal
               
               
                  87,7
               
            
                  Serbia
               
               
                  66,1
               
            
                  Sierra Leone
               
               
                  75,4
               
            
                  Singapore
               
               
                  102,5
               
            
                  Solomon Islands
               
               
                  94,8
               
            
                  Somalia (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  South Africa
               
               
                  60,2
               
            
                  South Korea
               
               
                  113,9
               
            
                  Southern Sudan
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Sri Lanka
               
               
                  53,2
               
            
                  Sudan
               
               
                  56,2
               
            
                  Suriname
               
               
                  49,4
               
            
                  Swaziland
               
               
                  57
               
            
                  Switzerland (Berne)
               
               
                  109,7
               
            
                  Switzerland (Geneva)
               
               
                  109,8
               
            
                  Syria
               
               
                  69,4
               
            
                  Taiwan
               
               
                  83,7
               
            
                  Tajikistan
               
               
                  66,9
               
            
                  Tanzania
               
               
                  61,9
               
            
                  Thailand
               
               
                  67,7
               
            
                  Togo
               
               
                  89,4
               
            
                  Tonga (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Trinidad and Tobago
               
               
                  68,3
               
            
                  Tunisia
               
               
                  71,5
               
            
                  Turkey
               
               
                  83,8
               
            
                  Uganda
               
               
                  77,1
               
            
                  Ukraine
               
               
                  108,2
               
            
                  United States (New York)
               
               
                  102,8
               
            
                  United States (Washington)
               
               
                  97,8
               
            
                  Uruguay
               
               
                  69,8
               
            
                  Uzbekistan (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Vanuatu
               
               
                  122,6
               
            
                  Venezuela
               
               
                  65,2
               
            
                  Vietnam
               
               
                  51,5
               
            
                  West Bank – Gaza Strip
               
               
                  92,1
               
            
                  Yemen
               
               
                  77,3
               
            
                  Zambia
               
               
                  64,8
               
            
                  Zimbabwe (2)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
         (1)  Brussels = 100 %
      
         (2)  Not available