CELEX: 51998PC0384
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-22
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                        Brussels, 22.06.1998
                                        COM(1998) 384 final
                        Proposal for a
       COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, Euratom)
                 laying down the weightings
              applicable from 1 January 1998
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities
                  serving in third countries
              (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.   On 5 October 1987, by Regulation No 3019/87, the Staff Regulations were amended by
     the addition of an Annex X laying down special and exceptional provisions, including
     special arrangements for emoluments, applicable to officials of the European
     Communities 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 Belgian francs 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 of remuneration paid in local currency is subject to a
     weighting. Article 13 of Annex X requires the Council of the European Union to
     determine the weightings for third countries every six months.
    This proposal relates to the adjustment of weightings applicable in third countries with
    effect from 1 January 1998. The budgetary impact is negligible compared with the total
    operating costs of the delegations.
II. Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2175/88 of 18 July 1988 laid down the
    initial weightings applicable from 10 October 1987. Since then these weightings have
    been adjusted by the Council every six months, most recently by Regulation No 501/98
    of 20 February 1998 which took effect on 1 July 1997.
    The remuneration system for staff serving in countries outside the Community is based
    on equivalent purchasing power for Brussels and the various places of employment.
    Application of this principle is based on the calculation of economic parities by the
    Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC). The weighting is the factor
    obtained by dividing the economic parity by the exchange rate. This means that
    implementation of a weightings system primarily involves calculating economic parities
    between Brussels and the various places of employment.
    The accounting exchange rates used are those for December 1997.
    Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the
    SOEC for January 1998, the exchange rate used and the resulting weighting, applicable
    from 1 January 1998.
    Table B shows for each place of employment variations in percentage terms between the
    figures in Table A and those for the previous half-year.
                                             t
 ---pagebreak---                                          TABLE A
                                                Economic         Exchange rates     Weightings
                     PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT         parities        December 1997     January 1998
                                              January 1998
                                                                      n                n
       Albania                                       3,8179884                   4            95,45
(-)    Algeria                                                0                  0             0,00
       Angola                                     7420,961827        7331,378299            101,22
       Antigua and Barbuda                           0,0826407          0,0742005           111,37
       Argentina                                     0,0300918          0,0274763           109,52
       Australia                                     0,0327381          0,0404384             80,96
       Bangladesh                                    0,8495276          1,2494065             67,99
       Barbados                                      0,0648419          0,0549632           117,97
       Belize                                        0,0461762          0,0549632             84,01
       Benin                                       12,4938939         16,2263906              77,00
(•*•) Bolivia                                                  0                 0              0,00
   # Bosnia-Herzogovina
 r)                                                            0                 0              0,00
        Botswana                                     0,0680071          0,1049274             64,81
        Brazil                                       0,0309949            0,031053            99,81
        Bulgaria                                   45,1289628         48,5837827              92,89
        Burkina Faso                                12,4901474         16,2263906             76,97
 /••*\ Burundi                                                 0                 0              0,00
       Cameroon                                     15,2850759        16,2263906              94,20
       Canada                                        0,0299515          0,0391512             76,50
       Central African Republic                    18,8339438         16,2263906            116,07
       Chad                                            14,43932       16,2263906              88,99
       Chile                                       11,9988664         11,7559926            102,07
       China                                         0,2174644          0,2275572            95,56
       Colombia                                    27,1510097         35,6773342             76,10
       Comoros                                     13,0505792         12,1698917            107,24
IT)    Congo                                                  0                  0             0,00
       Costa Rica                                    5,6679142          6,6542454            85,18
r*)    Croatia                                                0                  0             0,00
       Cyprus                                        0,0128357           0,014232            90,19
       Czech Republic                               0,6608494          0,9444654             69,97
(*")   Democratic Republic of Congo                           0                  0             0,00
       Djibouti                                     5,8686958          4,8842434            120,16
       Dominican Republic                           0,2888051          0,3852971             74,96
       Egypt                                        0,0676817          0,0951475             71,13
       Equatorial Guinea                           15,1544973         16,2263906             93,39
       Eritrea                                      0,1259207          0,1871257             67,29
r-)    Estonia                                                0                 0              0,00
       Ethiopia                                     0,0820486          0,1871257             43,85
       Federal Republic of Yugoslavia               0,1170383          0,1599872             73,15
                                            3
 ---pagebreak---                                             Economic        Exchange rates     Weightings
                    PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT      parities       December 1997     January 1938
                                          January 1998            H               n
      Fiji                                       0,0306946         0,0415697            73,84
      Gabon                                      20,538262        16,2263906           126,57
      Gambia                                    0,2589709          0,2725018            95,03
      Georgia                                   0,0254857          0,0274823            92,73
      Ghana                                    23,3834476        61,9732276             37,73
      Guatemala                                 0,1193305            0,170663           69,92
      Guinea                                   34,6890444        31,3568091            110,63
      Guinea-Bissau                           864,6296662       1054,852321             81,97
      Guyana                                    2,8951956          3,9303541            73,66
      Haiti                                     0,3966324          0,4759412            83,34
      Hong Kong                                 0,2254612          0,2143577           105,18
      Hungary                                   3,3897555          5,4899808            61,74
      India                                     0,4810191          1,0576862            45,48
      Indonesia                                63,3385162        99,2457324             63,82
      Israel                                    0,1041682          0,0967399           107,68
      Ivory Coast                              16,1934714        16,2263906             99,81
      Jamaica                                   1,0404833          0,9929501           104,79
      Japan (Naka)                              4,3796261          3,4885749           125,54
      Japan(Tokyo)                              5,3306216          3,4885749           152,80
      Jordan                                    0,0150771         0,0197106             76.49
      Kazakhstan                                  0,026081        0,0274823             94,90
      Kenya                                     1,3835809          1,7669718            78,30
r*)   Latvia                                             0                  0            0,00
      Lebanon                                  46,5150435        42,4538315            109,57
r*>   Left Bank - Gaza Strip                             0                  0            0,00
      Lesotho                                   0,0791567         0,1333707             59,35
r*>   Liberia                                            0                  0            0,00
(•*•) Lithuania                                          0                  0            0,00
      Madagascar                               76,2273355       145,7301078             52,31
      Malawi                                    0,2119946         0,4993758             42,45
      Mali                                     14,4794367        16,2263906             89,23
      Malta                                     0,0087681         0,0106644             82,22
      Mauritania                                  3,693276        4,6414481             79,57
      Mauritius                                 0,4610547         0,60760721            75,88
      Mexico                                    0,1444022         0,2281022J            63,31
      Morocco                                   0,1968452         0.2650622J            74,26
      Mozambique                              210,8020474       322,2687722|            65,41
      Namibia                                   0,0897197         0,1333707             67,27
      Netherlands Antilles                      0,0464853         0,0489189)            95,03
      New Caledonia                     j       3,4815584J        2,9502877|           118,01
(***) Nicaragua                         I                of                 o            0.00
 ---pagebreak---                                                 Economic         Exchange rates     Weightings
                    PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT          parities        December 1997     January 1998
                                              January 1998
                                                                       n               n
      Niger                                          12,6617788        16,2263906            78,03
      Nigeria                                           1,991841        2,1573577            92,33
      Norway                                          0,2604206           0,197734          131,70
      Pakistan                                        0,7774193         1,2363079            62,88
      Papua New Guinea                                0,0401623         0,0457415            87,80
      Peru                                            0,0688249         0,0745879            92,27
      Philippines                                     0,5596984         0,9821253            56,99
      Poland                                          0,0627008         0,0969274            64,69
      Republic of Cape Verde                          2,2384226         2,6062028            85,89
      Romania                                      138.0293418       215,7497303             63,98
      Russia                                          0,0369919         0,0274823           134,60
/•**\ Rwanda                                                   0                 0            0,00
      Samba                                              0,05989           0,07409           80,83
/***\ SSo Tome and Principe                                    0                 0            0.00
      Senegal                                       13,4167835        16,2263906             82,68
      Sierra Leone                                  23,4739657        22,8817244            102,59
      Slovakia                                        0,6116447         0,9398496            65,08
      Slovenia                                        4,1410227         4,5614195            90,78
      Solomon Islands                                 0,1083925         0,1027718           105,47
C") Somalia                                                    0                 0            0,00
      South Africa (Pretoria)                         0,0931155         0,1333707            69,82
      South Africa (The Cape)                         0,0981532         0,1333707            73,59
      South Korea                                   30,2226424        30,6466442             98,62
/***\ Sri Lanka                                                0                 0            0,00
      Sudan                                           17,482928         45,620438            38,32
      Suriname                                        7,7603313       11,0202552             70,42
      Swaziland                                       0,0705929         0,1333707            52,93
      Switzerland                                     0,0485109         0,0391619           123,87
      Syria                                           0,9881784         1,2366901            79,91
      Tanzania                                           14,4017           16,8956           85,24
      Thailand                                        0,5949458         1,1132386            53,44
      Togo                                          13,8927273        16,2263906             85.62
      Tonga                                           0,0340628        0,0396275             85.96
      Trinidad and Tobago                            0,1095637           0,172649            63,46
      Tunisia                                         0,0209104          0,031212            66,99
      Turkey                                      4104,882493        5331,627213             76,99
      Uganda                                        22,7772076        31,8552497             71,50
      Ukraine                                        0,0414899         0,0274823            150,97
      United States of America (New York)              0,028076        0,0274823            102,16
      United States of America (San Diego)           0,0244897         0,0274823             89,11
      United States of America (Washington) |        0,0252665         0,0274823             91,94
 ---pagebreak---                                                    Economic       Exchange rates   Weightings
                     PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT            parities      December 1997   January 1998
                                                 January 1998          n              n
      Uruguay                                          0,2729791        0,2734482           99,83
      Vanuatu                                           3,6516345       3,3410177          109,30
      Venezuela                                       11,4357335       13,7409825           83,22
      Viet Nam                                         227,93263        336,48508           67,74
      Zambia                                          28,7370918       38,1053995           75,41
      Zimbabwe                                         0,1682978         0,373706           45,03
(*)   BEF 1 = local currency
      Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD
(**)  Brussels = 100%
(***) Not available
                                                      C
 ---pagebreak---                                         TABLE B
                                                                    VARIATION (%)
                                 PLACE               for January 1998 compared with July 1997
                          OF EMPLOYMENT        Economic               Exchange
                                                                                        Weightings
                                                parities                rate
        Albania                                            -1,53                14,54             15,22
 <T)    Algeria                                                   -                   -                 -
        Angola                                             57,48              -26,09             24,90
        Antigua and Barbuda                                -1,35                 3,44              2,16
        Argentina                                          -0.13                 3,44              3,42
        Australia                                          -0.93                -8,37             -8,58
        Bangladesh                                           1.29               -0.55              0,74
        Barbados                                           -0,28                 3,44              3,27
        Belize                                               1,02                3,44              4,62
        Benin                                                1,33                0,86              2,21
 /***\  Bolivia                                                   -                   -                 -
 r*>    Bosnia-Herzegovina                                        -                   -                 -
        Botswana                                             1,53               -4,56             -2,90
        Brazil                                              9,87                -1.68              8,06
        Bulgarie                                            7,81                -8.58             -0,71
        Burkina Faso                                       -4,00                 0,86             -3.17
 r")    Burundi                                                   -                   -                 -
        Cameroon                                           -1,31                 0,86             -0.45
        Canada                                             -0,60                 0,16             -0,44
        Central African Republic                            0,83                 0,86              1,70
       Chad                                                 9,39                 0,86            10,34
       Chile                                                1,24                 1,54              2,82
       China                                                0,25                 3,57              3,97
       Colombia                                             2,98             -16,43             -11,56
       Comoros                                              2,78                 0,86              3.68
 r*)   Congo                                                     -                   -                 -
       Costa Rica                                           1,46               -1,48             -0.02
 r*)   Croatia                                                   -                   -                 -
       Cyprus                                               1,81                1,73              3.61
       Czech Republic                                      8,05                -1,51              6.44
r*>    Democratic Republic of Congo                             -                   -                 -
       Djibouti                                           -5,90                 3,43             -2,55
       Dominican Republic                                 -0,84                 3,44              2,69
       Egypt                                               1,51                 2,31              3,91
       Equatorial Guinea                                   0,72                 0,86              1,60
/***\  Eritrea                                                  -                   -                 -
r*)    Estonia                                                  -                   -                 -
       Ethiopia                                           12,69               -1,62             10,89
       Federal Republic of Yugoslavia    |                 0,13|              -0,09               0,05
                                                 * •
 ---pagebreak---                                                          VARIATION (%)
                             PLACE         for January 1998 compared with July 1997
                         OF EMPLOYMENT Economic            Exchange
                                                                             Weightings
                                        parities              rate
      Fiji                                         0,46              -3,74             -3,16
      Gabon                                        0,95               0,86              1,83
      Gambia                                       0,28               1,65              1,96
      Georgia                                      1,13               3,44              4,72
      Ghana                                      13,22               -9,00              3,87
      Guatemala                                    4,32              -0,11              4,20
      Guinea                                       1,06              -1,73             -0,66
      Guinea-Bissau                              19,50                0.85            20,52
      Guyana                                       3,67               3,27              7,17
      Haiti                                       -0,07               0,90              0,83
      Hong Kong                                    0,45               3,44              4,02
      Hungary                                      0,76             -5,67              •4,65
      India                                        2,90             -3,55             -0,63
      Indonesia                                  12,47             -41,91            -20,75
      Israel                                       0,48             -0,02               0,46
      Ivory Coast                                  2,51               0,86              3,40
      Jamaica                                    -1,01                0,98            -0,03
      Japan (Naka)                               -1,29              -5,50             -6,44
      Japan (Tokyo)                              -1,29              -5,50             -6,43
      Jordan                                       2,53               2,15              4,78
      Kazakhstan                                -23,11                3,44           -20,37
      Kenya                                      10,81             -15,59             -4,14
r*)   Latvia                                          -                  -                  -
      Lebanon                                    -1,64                2,64              1,03
z***\ Left Bank - Gaza Strip                          -                  -                  -
      Lesotho                                      3,62             -4,86             -1.19
("*) Liberia                                           -                 -                  -
ri    Lithuania                                        -                 -                  -
      Madagascar                                   3,22             -2,08               1,12
      Malawi                                       4,63            -15,59             -9.48
      Mali                                         1,86               0,86              2,75
      Malta                                        0,02               2,09              2,16
      Mauritania                                   1,63            -10,58             -8,09
      Mauritius                                    0,54              -5,41             -4,62
      Mexico                                       4,64              -1,71              2,88
      Morocco                                      0,56               1,47              2,06
      Mozambique                                   0.45               1,68              2,16
      Namibia                                      4,52              -4,86             -0,33
      Netherlands Antilles                        -0,50               3,43              3,04
      New Caledonia                               -6,41               0,86             -5.60
r-)   Nicaragua                                        -                  -                 -
                                         V7
 ---pagebreak---                                                               VARIATION (%)
                             PLACE             for January 1998 compared with July 1997
                       OF EMPLOYMENT       Economic             Exchange
                                                                                   Weightings
                                            parities               rate
     Niger                                            -0.64                  0,86             0.22
     Nigeria                                           2.36               10.29             14,10
     Norway                                           -0,35                  1,96              1,64
     Pakistan                                          4.82                -6,96             -2,00
     Papua New Guinea                                  6,28              -15.27              -7,80
     Peru                                              0.98                  1,42             2,43
     Philippines                                       7,85              -29.07            -16.44
     Poland                                            3,51                -6.73             -3,01
     Republic of Cape Verde                            1,21                  0.19              1.40
     Romania                                          11,96                -6.56              5,07
     Russia                                            1.24                  3,44             4,85
n    Rwanda                                                -                     -                 -
r-)  S3o Tome and Principe                                 -                     -                 -
     Salomon Island                                    2,95                  1,08             4,08
     Samoa                                            -0,60                -6,02             -6,24
     Senegal                                           0.62                  0,86              1,50
     Sierra Leone                                     -1.40                -2,39             -3,71
     Slovakia                                           1.12                 0,86             2,00
     Slovenia                                           1,23               -3.42             -2,12
("*) Somalia                                                -                    -                 -
     South Africa (Cape Town)                          1,06                -4,86             -3,63
     South Africa (Pretoria)                           0,96                -4,86             -3,72
     South Korea                                      10,48              -20,86              -8,58
D    Sri Lanka                                             -                     -                -
     Sudan                                           17,10                 -2,89            13,81
     Suriname                                          7,75                 3,44            11,59
     Swaziland                                         5,80               -4,86               0,89
     Switzerland                                       0,07                 2,75              2,90
     Syria                                             1.37                 0,11              1,48
     Tanzania                                          5,63                 3,20              9,13
     Thailand                                          3,38             -51,71             -31,86
     Togo                                              3,26                 0,86              4,15
     Tonga                                             0,34             -13,75             -11,79
     Trinidad and Tobago                               3,76                 3,21              7,21
     Tunisia                                         -0,49                -1,16             -1,63
     Turkey                                          42,13              -33,90                6,14
     Uganda                                           0,23                -4,75             -4,31
     Ukraine                                          3,03                  3,44             6,69
     United States of America (New York)              0,47                  3.44             4,04
                                                                            3 44
     United States of America (San Diego)            -0,11                   - l              3,45
     United States of America (Washington)           -1,51                 3.44J             2,00
 ---pagebreak---                                                     VARIATION (%)
                        PLACE          for January 1998 compared with July 1997
                    OF EMPLOYMENT  Economic            Exchange
                                                                         Weightings
                                    parities              rate
      Uruguay                                 5,24              -3.15              2,02
      Vanuatu                                -7,26              -3,88            -10,72
      Venezuela                              21,31               0,35             21,73
      Viet Nam                               77,25              -1,44             74,74
      Zambia                                  6.73              -2,84              3,79
      Zimbabwe                                2.07             -17,96            -13,47
(••*) Not available
                                  Ao
 ---pagebreak---                                             Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, Euratom)
                                     laying down the weightings
                                   applicable from 1 January 1998
               to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities
                                      serving in third countries
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of
  the European Communities,
  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 259/681, as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom,
  ECSC) No 2591/972, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
  Whereas account should be taken of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the
  Community and weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency of the
  country of employment to officials serving in third countries should be determined with
  effect from 1 January 1998;
  Whereas, under Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council sets the weightings every
  six months; whereas it will accordingly have to set new weightings for the coming half-
  years;
  Whereas the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 1998 in respect of which
 payment has been made on the basis of a previous regulation could lead to retrospective
 adjustments to remuneration (positive or negative);
 Whereas provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in
 remunerations as a result of these weightings;
1
     OJ No L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1.
2
    OJ No L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 1.
                                                   AA
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a
 reduction in remunerations as a result of these weightings for the period between 1
 January 1998 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with
 effect from 1 January 1998;
 Whereas, however, in order to mirror the weightings applicable within the European
 Community to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European
 Communities, provision should be made for any such recovery to apply solely to a period
 of no more than six months preceding the decision and for its effects to be spread over a
 period of no more than twelve months following the date of that decision,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                            Article 1
 With effect from 1 January 1998, the weightings applicable to remuneration 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 those used for
implementation of the general budget of the European Communities for the month
preceding the date referred to in the first paragraph.
                                           Article 2
In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X of the Staff Regulations,
the Council shall set weightings every six months. It shall accordingly set new
weightings with effect from 1 July 1998.
The institutions shall make back payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as
a result of these weightings.
For the period between 1 January 1998 and the date of the Council decision setting the
weightings applicable with effect from 1 January 1998, the institutions shall make
retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a
result of these weightings.
                                                At
 ---pagebreak--- Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall, however,
concern only a period of no more than six months preceding the decision and this
recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve months from the date of that decision.
                                        Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
 States.
 Done at Brussels,
                                                      For the Council
                                                      The President
                                            Ah
 ---pagebreak---                                        ANNEX
                      PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT     , W e i 9 h t l ?Soo
                                             January 1998
       Albania                                                    95,45
 (***) Algeria                                                     0,00
       Angola                                                   101,22
       Antigua and Barbuda                                      111,37
       Argentina                                                109,52
       Australia                                                 80,96
       Bangladesh                                                67,99
       Barbados                                                 117,97
       Belize                                                    84,01
       Benin                                                     77,00
 (•**) Bolivia                                                     0j00
 (***) Bosnia-Herzogovina                                          0,00
       Botswana                                                  64,81
       Brazil                          .                         99,81
       Bulgaria                                                  92,89
       Burkina Faso                                              76,97
(**•)  Burundi                                                     0,00
       Cameroon                                                  94,20
       Canada                                                    76,50
       Central African Republic                                116,07
       Chad                                                      88,99
       Chile                                                    102,07
       China                                                     95,56
       Colombia                                                  76,10
       Comoros                                                  107,24
(***)  Congo                                                       0,00
       Costa Rica                                                85,18
(***)  Croatia                                                     0,00
       Cyprus                                                    90,19
       Czech Republic                                            69,97
(***)  Democratic Republic of Congo                                0,00
       Djibouti                                                 120,16
       Dominican Republic                                        74,96
       Egypt                        '_                           71,13
       Equatorial Guinea                                         93,39
       Eritrea                                                   67,29
(***)• Estonia                           "_                        O.ooj
       Ethiopia                                                  43,85|
       Federal Republic of Yugoslavia                            73,15§
                                          M
 ---pagebreak---                      PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT J ^ ' l W B
        Fiji                                        73,84
        Gabon                                     126,57
        Gambia                                      95,03
        Georgia                                     92,73
        Ghana                  •                    37,73
        Guatemala                                   69,92
       Guinea                                     110,63
       Guinea-Bissau                                81,97
       Guyana                                       73,66
       Haiti                                        83,34
       Hong Kong                                  105,18
       Hungary                                      61,74
       India                                        45,48
       Indonesia                                    63,82
       Israel                                     107,68
       Ivory Coast                                  99,81
       Jamaica                                    104,79
       Japan (Naka)                               125,54
       Japan (Tokyo)                              152,80
       Jordan                                      76,49
       Kazakhstan                  *               94,90
       Kenya                                       78,3p|
 (***) Latvia                                        O.Ooj
       Lebanon                                    109,57|
 (***) Left Bank - Gaza Strip                        0,00
       Lesotho                                     59,35
 (***) Liberia                                       O00
 (***) Lithuania                                     0,00
       Madagascar                                  52,31
       Malawi                                      42,45
       Mali                                        89,23
       Malta                                       82,22
       Mauritania                                  79,57
       Mauritius                                   75,88
       Mexico                                      63,31
       Morocco                                     74,26
       Mozambique                                  65,41
       Namibia                                     67,27
       Netherlands Antilles                        95,03
       New Caledonia                             118,01
(***)  Nicaragua                                    0,00
                                  A5
 ---pagebreak---                     PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT      . W e l f l h t , ?So 0
                                            January 1998
      Niger                                                       78,03
      Nigeria                                                     92,33
      Norway                                                     131,70
      Pakistan                                                    62,88
      Papua New Guinea                                            87,80
      Peru                                                        92,27
      Philippines                                                 56,99
      Poland                                                      64,69
      Republic of Cape Verde                                      85,89
      Romania                                                     63,98
      Russia                                                    134,60
(***) Rwanda                                                       0,00
      Samoa                                                       80,83
(***) Sao Tome and Principe                                        0,00
      Senegal                                                     82,68
      Sierra Leone                                              102,59
      Slovakia                                                    65,08
      Slovenia                                                    90,78
      Solomon Islands                                           105,47
(•**) Somalia                                                      0,00
      South Africa (Pretoria)                                     69,82
      South Africa (The Cape)                                     73,59
      South Korea                                                 98,62
(***) Sri Lanka                                                    0,00
      Sudan                                                       38,32
      Suriname                                                    70,42
      Swaziland                                                   52,93
      Switzerland             '                                 123,87
      Syria                                                       79,91
      Tanzania                                                    85,24
      Thailand                                                    53,44
      Togo                                                        85,62
      Tonga                                                       85,96
      Trinidad and Tobago                                         63,46
      Tunisia                                                     66,99
      Turkey                                                      76,99
      Uganda                                                      71,50
      Ukraine                                                   150,97
      United States of America (New York)                       102,16
      United States of America (San Diego)                        89,11
      United States of America (Washington)                       91,94
                                       Aé
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                                       January 1998
     Uruguay                                     99,83
     Vanuatu                                    109,30
     Venezuela                                   83,22
     Viet Nam                                    67,74
     Zambia                                      75,41
     Zimbabwe                                    45,03
("*) Not available
                                /If
 ---pagebreak---                              FINANCIAL STATEMENT
                                     Proposal for a
                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, Euratom)
                              laying down the weightings
                           applicable from 1 January 1998
           to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities
                               serving in third countries
1. Budget item                                    A 6000
   Legal basis                                    Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the
                                                  Staff Regulations
   Budgetary impact:
   - provisional real expenditure                 ECU 74 950 000
     for 1998
   - estimate of effect of                        (i.e. ECU 6 245 833 per month) (1)
     January 1998 weightings
   - estimated expenditure for six                + ECU 2 719 (2)
     months {(2) x (6)}
   - impact in relation to provisional            + ECU 16 314
     real expenditure {(2) : (1)}
   This budgetary impact does not take account +  of0.0435%
                                                      the adjustment of the weightings laid
   down each month by the European Commission.
                                              A%
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