CELEX: 32007R0453
Language: en
Date: 2007-04-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC) No 453/2007 of 25 April 2007 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2006 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

26.4.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 109/22
            
         
      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 453/2007
   of 25 April 2007
   laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2006 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 of the Council (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
   Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession, 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 2006 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials serving in third countries.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 351/2006 (2) may lead to retrospective upward or downward adjustments to remuneration.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the new weightings.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration as a result of the new weightings for the period between 1 July 2006 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 remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   With effect from 1 July 2006, 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 this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the date of application of the weightings.
   Article 2
   1.   The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of an increase 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 a reduction of remuneration as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 July 2006 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, 25 April 2007.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         F.-W. STEINMEIER
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1895/2006 (OJ L 397, 30.12.2006, p. 6).
   
      (2)  OJ L 59, 1.3.2006, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      
                   
               
               
                  Place of Employment
               
               
                  Weighting
                  July 2006 (1)
                  
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Afghanistan
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Albania
               
               
                  82,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Algeria
               
               
                  84,5
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Angola
               
               
                  113,5
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Argentina
               
               
                  56,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Armenia
               
               
                  105,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Australia
               
               
                  99,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bangladesh
               
               
                  43,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Barbados
               
               
                  125,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Benin
               
               
                  92,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bolivia
               
               
                  48,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bosnia and Herzegovina
               
               
                  77,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Botswana
               
               
                  62,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Brazil
               
               
                  76,2
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Bulgaria
               
               
                  76,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Burkina Faso
               
               
                  89,7
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Burundi
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Cambodia
               
               
                  70,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Cameroon
               
               
                  110,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Canada
               
               
                  90,6
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Cape Verde
               
               
                  77,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Central African Republic
               
               
                  120,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Chad
               
               
                  131,2
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Chile
               
               
                  76,6
               
            
                   
               
               
                  China
               
               
                  76,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Colombia
               
               
                  63,2
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Congo
               
               
                  130,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Costa Rica
               
               
                  69,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Côte d’Ivoire
               
               
                  109,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Croatia
               
               
                  105,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Cuba
               
               
                  97,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Democratic Republic of Congo
               
               
                  132,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Djibouti
               
               
                  96,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Dominican Republic
               
               
                  71,9
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Ecuador
               
               
                  70,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Egypt
               
               
                  51,0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  El Salvador
               
               
                  86,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Eritrea
               
               
                  49,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Ethiopia
               
               
                  85,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Fiji
               
               
                  71,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
               
               
                  69,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Gabon
               
               
                  116,6
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Gambia
               
               
                  55,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Georgia
               
               
                  95,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Ghana
               
               
                  79,9
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Guatemala
               
               
                  80,6
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Guinea
               
               
                  56,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Guinea-Bissau
               
               
                  100,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Guyana
               
               
                  60,6
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Haiti
               
               
                  109,5
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Honduras
               
               
                  74,9
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Hong Kong
               
               
                  101,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  India
               
               
                  45,3
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Indonesia (Banda Aceh)
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Indonesia (Jakarta)
               
               
                  83,9
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Iraq
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Israel
               
               
                  109,6
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Jamaica
               
               
                  91,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Japan (Naka)
               
               
                  113,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Japan (Tokyo)
               
               
                  119,9
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Jordan
               
               
                  72,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kazakhstan (Almaty)
               
               
                  125,2
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Kazakhstan (Astana)
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kenya
               
               
                  77,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Kyrgyzstan
               
               
                  80,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Laos
               
               
                  71,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Lebanon
               
               
                  90,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Lesotho
               
               
                  61,8
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Liberia
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Madagascar
               
               
                  72,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Malawi
               
               
                  70,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Malaysia
               
               
                  74,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Mali
               
               
                  91,2
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Mauritania
               
               
                  67,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Mauritius
               
               
                  70,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Mexico
               
               
                  70,2
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Moldova
               
               
                  52,6
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Montenegro
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Morocco
               
               
                  86,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Mozambique
               
               
                  69,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Namibia
               
               
                  72,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Nepal
               
               
                  68,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  New Caledonia
               
               
                  134,5
               
            
                   
               
               
                  New Zealand
               
               
                  89,0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Nicaragua
               
               
                  60,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Niger
               
               
                  89,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Nigeria
               
               
                  94,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Norway
               
               
                  131,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Pakistan
               
               
                  52,2
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Panama
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Papua New Guinea
               
               
                  75,6
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Paraguay
               
               
                  70,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Peru
               
               
                  78,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Philippines
               
               
                  60,2
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Romania
               
               
                  62,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Russia
               
               
                  120,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Rwanda
               
               
                  87,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Saudi Arabia
               
               
                  88,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Senegal
               
               
                  80,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Serbia
               
               
                  61,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Sierra Leone
               
               
                  75,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Singapore
               
               
                  103,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Solomon Islands
               
               
                  88,7
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Somalia
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  South Africa
               
               
                  59,9
               
            
                   
               
               
                  South Korea
               
               
                  112,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Sri Lanka
               
               
                  55,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Sudan
               
               
                  52,1
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Suriname
               
               
                  51,9
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Swaziland
               
               
                  62,6
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Switzerland
               
               
                  116,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Syria
               
               
                  65,5
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Taiwan
               
               
                  89,9
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Tajikistan
               
               
                  70,2
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Tanzania
               
               
                  58,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Thailand
               
               
                  60,3
               
            
                  
                      (2)
                  
               
               
                  Timor Leste
               
               
                  0
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Togo
               
               
                  92,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Trinidad and Tobago
               
               
                  70,4
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Tunisia
               
               
                  71,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Turkey
               
               
                  83,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Uganda
               
               
                  55,5
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Ukraine
               
               
                  104,6
               
            
                   
               
               
                  United States (New York)
               
               
                  104,8
               
            
                   
               
               
                  United States (Washington)
               
               
                  100,5
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Uruguay
               
               
                  72,9
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Vanuatu
               
               
                  114,5
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Venezuela
               
               
                  60,9
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Vietnam
               
               
                  54,2
               
            
                   
               
               
                  West Bank — Gaza Strip
               
               
                  92,7
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Yemen
               
               
                  68,2
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Zambia
               
               
                  69,3
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Zimbabwe
               
               
                  47,2
               
            
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