CELEX: 32006R0351
Language: en
Date: 2006-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 351/2006 of  27 February 2006  laying down the weightings applicable from  1 July 2005  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 ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months after accession

1.3.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 59/1
            
         
      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 351/2006
   of 27 February 2006
   laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2005 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 ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen 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 2003 Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 33(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 2005 to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and to certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months starting on 1 May 2004.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 257/2005 (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 2005 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 twelve months following that date, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the 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 2005, the weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and to certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months starting on 1 May 2004, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be as shown in the Annex.
   The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and shall correspond to the date referred to in the preceding paragraph.
   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 as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 July 2005 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 twelve months from that date.
   Article 3
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 27 February 2006.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         U. PLASSNIK
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 31/2005 (OJ L 8, 12.1.2005, p. 1).
   
      (2)  OJ L 46, 17.2.2005, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      
                  Place of Employment
               
               
                  Weightings July 2005
               
            
                  Afghanistan (1)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Albania
               
               
                  86,2
               
            
                  Algeria
               
               
                  89,3
               
            
                  Angola
               
               
                  126,5
               
            
                  Argentina
               
               
                  63,3
               
            
                  Armenia
               
               
                  104,9
               
            
                  Australia
               
               
                  105,3
               
            
                  Bangladesh
               
               
                  53,3
               
            
                  Barbados
               
               
                  127,4
               
            
                  Benin
               
               
                  92,8
               
            
                  Bolivia
               
               
                  52,2
               
            
                  Bosnia and Herzegovina
               
               
                  73,4
               
            
                  Botswana
               
               
                  62,8
               
            
                  Brazil
               
               
                  76,8
               
            
                  Bulgaria
               
               
                  73,9
               
            
                  Burkina Faso
               
               
                  87,7
               
            
                  Burundi (1)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Cambodia
               
               
                  67,6
               
            
                  Cameroon
               
               
                  101,3
               
            
                  Canada
               
               
                  84,6
               
            
                  Cape Verde
               
               
                  74,2
               
            
                  Central African Republic
               
               
                  117,6
               
            
                  Chad
               
               
                  130,6
               
            
                  Chile
               
               
                  79,4
               
            
                  China
               
               
                  78,5
               
            
                  Colombia
               
               
                  71,3
               
            
                  Congo
               
               
                  129,8
               
            
                  Costa Rica
               
               
                  72,4
               
            
                  Côte d’Ivoire
               
               
                  111,2
               
            
                  Croatia
               
               
                  101,8
               
            
                  Cuba
               
               
                  93
               
            
                  Cyprus
               
               
                  101,3
               
            
                  Czech Republic
               
               
                  82,1
               
            
                  Democratic Republic of Congo
               
               
                  138,6
               
            
                  Djibouti
               
               
                  101,1
               
            
                  Dominican Republic
               
               
                  84,8
               
            
                  Ecuador
               
               
                  70,5
               
            
                  Egypt
               
               
                  56,9
               
            
                  El Salvador
               
               
                  81,7
               
            
                  Eritrea
               
               
                  51
               
            
                  Estonia
               
               
                  77,7
               
            
                  Ethiopia
               
               
                  81,1
               
            
                  Fiji
               
               
                  78,4
               
            
                  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
               
               
                  69,9
               
            
                  Gabon
               
               
                  116,1
               
            
                  Gambia
               
               
                  51,1
               
            
                  Georgia
               
               
                  96,1
               
            
                  Ghana
               
               
                  79,4
               
            
                  Guatemala
               
               
                  84,9
               
            
                  Guinea
               
               
                  59,8
               
            
                  Guinea-Bissau
               
               
                  139,2
               
            
                  Guyana
               
               
                  60,6
               
            
                  Haiti
               
               
                  100,8
               
            
                  Honduras
               
               
                  75,9
               
            
                  Hong Kong
               
               
                  87,6
               
            
                  Hungary
               
               
                  78,1
               
            
                  India
               
               
                  51,6
               
            
                  Indonesia
               
               
                  78,7
               
            
                  Israel
               
               
                  91,5
               
            
                  Jamaica
               
               
                  91,5
               
            
                  Japan (Naka)
               
               
                  125,6
               
            
                  Japan (Tokyo)
               
               
                  132,9
               
            
                  Jordan
               
               
                  76
               
            
                  Kazakhstan
               
               
                  112,8
               
            
                  Kenya
               
               
                  88,2
               
            
                  Kyrgyzstan
               
               
                  84,6
               
            
                  Laos
               
               
                  74,7
               
            
                  Latvia
               
               
                  71,2
               
            
                  Lebanon
               
               
                  105,7
               
            
                  Lesotho
               
               
                  74,3
               
            
                  Liberia (1)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Lithuania
               
               
                  73,8
               
            
                  Madagascar
               
               
                  71,9
               
            
                  Malawi
               
               
                  76,4
               
            
                  Malaysia
               
               
                  73,9
               
            
                  Mali
               
               
                  98,8
               
            
                  Malta
               
               
                  97,9
               
            
                  Mauritania
               
               
                  71,7
               
            
                  Mauritius
               
               
                  75
               
            
                  Mexico
               
               
                  77,9
               
            
                  Moldavia (1)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Morocco
               
               
                  86,1
               
            
                  Mozambique
               
               
                  72,7
               
            
                  Namibia
               
               
                  79,5
               
            
                  Nepal
               
               
                  72,7
               
            
                  New Caledonia
               
               
                  120,4
               
            
                  New Zealand
               
               
                  106,7
               
            
                  Nicaragua
               
               
                  67,5
               
            
                  Niger
               
               
                  91,8
               
            
                  Nigeria
               
               
                  86,1
               
            
                  Norway
               
               
                  132,5
               
            
                  Pakistan
               
               
                  52,9
               
            
                  Papua New Guinea
               
               
                  77,3
               
            
                  Paraguay
               
               
                  66
               
            
                  Peru
               
               
                  86,5
               
            
                  Philippines
               
               
                  51,4
               
            
                  Poland
               
               
                  78
               
            
                  Romania
               
               
                  56,4
               
            
                  Russia
               
               
                  110
               
            
                  Rwanda
               
               
                  87,7
               
            
                  Saudi Arabia
               
               
                  86,4
               
            
                  Senegal
               
               
                  78,2
               
            
                  Serbia and Montenegro
               
               
                  61,7
               
            
                  Sierra Leone
               
               
                  72
               
            
                  Singapore
               
               
                  97,6
               
            
                  Slovakia
               
               
                  87,4
               
            
                  Slovenia
               
               
                  76,4
               
            
                  Solomon Islands
               
               
                  85,4
               
            
                  Somalia (1)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  South Africa
               
               
                  66,6
               
            
                  South Korea
               
               
                  108,2
               
            
                  Sri Lanka
               
               
                  60,8
               
            
                  Sudan
               
               
                  43,4
               
            
                  Suriname
               
               
                  54,7
               
            
                  Swaziland
               
               
                  69,7
               
            
                  Switzerland
               
               
                  118,7
               
            
                  Syria
               
               
                  67,5
               
            
                  Taiwan
               
               
                  96,2
               
            
                  Tajikistan
               
               
                  73
               
            
                  Tanzania
               
               
                  61,7
               
            
                  Thailand
               
               
                  61,8
               
            
                  Togo
               
               
                  95
               
            
                  Trinidad and Tobago
               
               
                  73,8
               
            
                  Tunisia
               
               
                  72,6
               
            
                  Turkey
               
               
                  93,2
               
            
                  Uganda
               
               
                  75,6
               
            
                  Ukraine
               
               
                  101,1
               
            
                  United States (New York)
               
               
                  106,8
               
            
                  United States (Washington)
               
               
                  103,7
               
            
                  Uruguay
               
               
                  74,8
               
            
                  Vanuatu
               
               
                  124,1
               
            
                  Venezuela
               
               
                  59,9
               
            
                  Vietnam
               
               
                  52,7
               
            
                  West Bank — Gaza Strip
               
               
                  91,3
               
            
                  Yemen
               
               
                  75,8
               
            
                  Zambia
               
               
                  55,9
               
            
                  Zimbabwe
               
               
                  62,7
               
            
         (1)  Not available.