CELEX: 51997PC0692
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-12
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 1997 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                        Brussels, 12.12.1997
                                        COM(97) 692 final
                        Proposal for a
       COUNCIL REGULATION ŒCSC. EC. Euratom)
                 laying down the weightings
                 applicable from 1 Julyl997
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 Anrltex 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 July 1997. The budgetary impact is negligible compared with the total
    operating costs of the delegations.
II. Council of the European Union 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 of the European Union every
    six months, most recently by Regulation No 1785/97 of 11 September 1997 which took
    effect on 1 January 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 purchasing power parities
    (PPPs) by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC). The weighting is
    the factor obtained by dividing the PPP by the exchange rate. This means that
    implementation of a weightings system primarily involves calculating purchasing power
    parities for Brussels and the various places of employment.
    The exchange rates selected for accounting purposes are those for June 1997.
    Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the
    SOEC for July 1997, the exchange rate selected and the resulting weighting, applicable
    from 1 July 1997.
    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.
                                               <£
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposal for a
               COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) No ..../..
                                                     of
                                         laying down the weightings
                                        applicable from 1 July 1997
               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 2485/962, 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
July 1997;
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 July 1997 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
   O J N o L 56, 0 4 . 0 3 . 1 9 6 8 , p . 1.
2
   OJ No L 3 3 8 , 2 8 . 1 2 . 1 9 9 6 , p . 1 .
                                                    3
 ---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 July 1997
and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 July
 1997;
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 July 1997, 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 January 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 July 1997 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings
applicable with effect from 1 July 1997, the institutions shall make retrospective downward
adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings.
                                               <t
 ---pagebreak--- Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall, however, concern
only a period of no more than 6 months preceding the decision and this recovery shall be
spread over no more than 12 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
                                                 S~
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          ANNEX
                              PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT         T ^ ' l o f
                                                          July 1997
                    Albania                                        82,84
                D   Algeria                                         0,00
                    Angola                                         81,04
                    Antigua and Barbuda                           109,02
                    Argentina                                     105,90
                    Australia                                      88,56
                    Bangladesh                                     67,50
                    Barbados                                      114,24
                    Belize                         ;               80,31
                    Benin                                          75,34
                    Bolivia                                         0,00
                en  Bosnia-Herzogovina                              0,00
                    Botswana                                       66,75
                    Brazil                   .                     92,37
                    Bulgaria                                       93,55
                    Burkina Faso                                   79,49
                D   Burundi                                         0,00
                    Cameroon                                       94,62
                    Canada                                         76,84
                    Central African Republic                      114,12
                    Chad                                           80,65
                    Chile                                          99,27
                    China                             .            91,92
                    Colombia                                       86,05
                    Comoros                                       103,43
                    Costa Rica                                     85,20
                    Croatia                                         0,00
                    Cyprus                                         87,05
                    Czech Republic                                 65,74
                    Democratic Republic of Congo                    0,00
                    Djibouti                                      123,30
                    Dominican Republic                             72,99
                    Egypt                                          68,45
                    Equatorial Guinea                              91,93
                    Eritrea                                         0,00
                    Estonia                                         0,00
                    Ethiopia                                       39,54
                    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia                 73,12
                    Fig                                            76,25
                    Gabon                                         124,30
                    Gambia                                         93,21
                    Georgia                                        88,55
                    Ghana                                          36,33
                    Guatemala                                      67,10
                    Guinea                                        111,36
                    Guinea-Bissau                                  68,01
                    Guyana                                         68,73
                    Haiti                               |          82^65
(***) Not available
                                                    £
 ---pagebreak---                                  PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT          ^ l f l ^ 2 ?
                                                              July 1997
                       Hong Kong                                        101,12
                       Hungary                                           64,75
                       India                                             45,76
                       Indonesia                                         80,53
                       Israel                                           107,18
                       Ivory Coast                                       96,53
                       Jamaica                                          104,82
                       Japan (Naka)                                     134,18
                       Japan (Tokyo)                        __;         163,31
                       Jordan                                            73,00
                       Kazakhstan                                      119,19
                       Kenya                                             81,68
                 /***\ Latvia                                             0,00
                       Lebanon                                         108,45
                 /***\ Left Bank - Gaza Strip                             0,00
                       Lesotho                                           60,06
                 /***\ Liberia                                            0,00
                 /***\ Lithuania                                          0,00
                       Madagascar                                        51,73
                       Malawi                                            46,90
                       Mali                               .              86,85
                       Malta                                             80,48
                       Mauritania                                        86,58
                       Mauritius                                         79,56
                       Mexico                                            61,53
                       Morocco                                           72,76
                       Mozambique                                        64,03
                       Namibia                                           67,49
                       Netherlands Antilles             L                92,22
                       New Caledonia                                   125,01
                /***\  Nicaragua                                          0,00
                       Niger                                             77,86
                       Nigeria                        y                  80,92
                       Norway                                          129,58
                       Pakistan                                          64,17
                       Papua New Guinea                                  95,23
                /***\  People's Republic of Congo                         0,00
                       Peru                                              90,08
                       Philippines                                       68,20
                       Poland                       '                    66,70
                       Republic of Cape Verde                            84,70
                       Romania                                           60,89
                       Russia                                          128,38
                /***\  Rwanda                                             0,00
                       Samoa                                             86,22
                /***\  Sâo Tome and Principe                              0,00
                       Senegal                                           81,47
                       Sierra Leone                     |              106,54
(***) Not available
                                                  7
 ---pagebreak---                               PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT          T ^ o f
                                                          July 1997
                    Slovakia                                      63,80
                    Slovenia                                      92,75
                    Solomon Islands                              101,34
                D   Somalia                                         0,00
                    South Africa (Pretoria)                       72,52
                    South Africa (The Cape)                       76,37
                    South Korea                                  107,88
                    Sri Lanka                                       0,00
                m   Sudan                                         33,67
                    Suriname                                      63,11
                    Swaziland                                     52,46
                    Switzerland                                  120,38
                    Syria                                         78,74
                    Tanzania                                      78,11
                    Thailand                                      78,43
                    Togo                                          82,20
                    Tonga                                         97,44
                    Trinidad and Tobago                           59,20
                    Tunisia                                       68,11
                    Turkey                                        72,53
                    Uganda                                        74,72
                    Ukraine                                      141,50
                    United States of America (New York)           98,19
                    United States of America (San Diego)          86,14
                    United States of America (Washington)         90,14
                    Uruguay                                       97,85
                    Vanuatu                                      122,43
                    Venezuela                                     68,37
                    Viet Nam                                      38,77
                    Zambia                                        72,66
                    Zimbabwe                                      52,05
(***) Not available
                                                   <F
 ---pagebreak---                                FINANCIAL STATEMENT
                                        Proposal for a
            COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) No ....A.
                                            of
                                laying down the weightings
                                applicable from 1 July 1997
            to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities
                                 serving in third countries
   Budget item                                       A 6000
   Legal basis                                       Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the
                                                     Staff Regulations
3. Budgetary impact:
     provisional real expenditure                   ECU 73 150 000
     for 1997                                        (i.e. ECU 6 095 833 per month) (1)
      estimate of effect of
     July 1997 weightings                            + ECU 53 122(2)
      estimated expenditure for six
      months {(2) x (6)}                             + ECU 318 732
      effect in relation to provisional
      real expenditure {(2) : (1)}                   + 0.8714%
   This budgetary impact does not take account of the adjustment of the weightings laid
   down each month by the European Commission.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                          TABLE A
                                                   Economic      Exchange rates    Weightings
              PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT                   parities         June 1997      July 1997
                                                   July 1997
                                                                        n              n
    Albania                                           3,8774463         4,6807714           82,84
    Algeria                                                    0                 0           0,00
    Angola                                          4712,174559       5814,291529           81,04
    Antigua and Barbuda                               0,0837736         0,0768403          109,02
    Argentina                                         0,0301319         0,0284544          105,90
    Australia                                         0,0330457         0,0373148           88,56
    Bangladesh                                        0,8386712         1,2425139           67,50
    Barbados                                          0,0650215         0,0569184          114,24
    Belize                                              0,045709        0,0569184           80,31
    Benin                                            12,3303809        16,3671479           75,34
    Bolivia                                                    0                 0           0,00
    Bosnia-Herzogovina                                         0                 0           0,00
    Botswana                                          0,0669847         0,1003553           66,75
    Brazil                                            0,0282097         0,0305409           92,37
    Bulgaria                                         41,8588422        44,7447313           93,55
    Burkina Faso                                     13,0104561        16,3671479           79,49
    Burundi                                                    0                 0           0,00
    Cameroon                                          15,487315        16,3671479           94,62
    Canada                                            0,0301323         0,0392141           76,84
    Central African Republic                         18,6789479        16,3671479          114,12
   Chad                                               13,200214   ... 16,3671479            80,65
   Chile                                             11,8520655        11,9397283           99,27
   China                                              0,2169159         0,2359938           91,92
   Colombia                                          26,3664615        30,6419488           86,05
   Comoros                                           12,6970132        12,2753609          103,43
   Costa Rica                                         5,5863366         6,5569471           85,20
   Croatia                                                     0                 0           0,00
   Cyprus                                             0,0126071         0,0144825           87,05
   Czech Republic                                     0,6116363         0,9304057           65,74
   Democratic Republic of Congo                                0                 0           0,00
   Djibouti                                           6,2365456         5,0579131          123,30
   Dominican Republic                                 0,2912479         0,3990105           72,99
   Egypt                                              0,0666743         0,0973994           68,45
   Equatorial Guinea                                 15,0459609        16,3671479           91,93
   Eritrea                                                     0                 0           0,00
   Estonia                                                     0                 0           0,00
   Ethiopia                                           0,0728107         0,1841349           39,54
   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia                     0,1168818         0,1598465           73,12
   Fiji                                               0,0305531         0,0400721           76,25
   Gabon                                             20,3441924        16,3671479          124,30
   Gambia                                             0,2582504         0,2770774           93,21
   Georgia                                            0,0252017            0,02846          88,55
   Ghana                                              20,653228        56,8537154           36,33
   Guatemala                                          0,1143889         0,1704739           67,10
   Guinea                                            34,3241102          30,82234          111,36
   Guinea-Bissau                                    723,5460523        1063,86374           68,01
   Guyana                                             2,7927338         4,0630587           68,73
   Haiti                                              0,3969284         0,4802613           82,65
(*)   BEF 1 = local currency
        Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD
(**) Brussels = 100%
(***) Not available
                                                   /o
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                              TABLE A
                                                       Economic       Exchange rates   Weightings
                   PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT                   parities       June 1997       July 1997
                                                        July 1997           <*)            n
        Hong Kong                                           0,2244607       0,2219854          101,12
        Hungary                                             3,3642811       5,1956149           64,75
        India                                                0,467457          1,02144          45,76
        Indonesia                                          56,3160315      69,9349605           80,53
        Israel                                              0,1036672       0,0967212          107,18
        Ivory Coast                                        15,7989404      16,3671479           96,53
        Jamaica                                             1,0511052       1,0027676          104,82
        Japan (Naka)                                        4,4369526        3,306769          134,18
        Japan (Tokyo)                                       5,4002062        3,306769          163,31
        Jordan                                              0,0147057       0,0201438           73,00
        Kazakhstan                                          0,0339207          0,02846         119,19
        Kenya                                               1,2486599        1,528678           81,68
/***\   Latvia                                                      0                0           0,00
        Lebanon                                            47,2883417      43,6033836          108,45
/***\   Left Bank - Gaza Strip                                      0                0           0,00
        Lesotho                                             0,0763916        0,127186           60,06
(***)   Liberia                                                     0                0           0,00
/***\   Lithuania                                                   0                0           0,00
        Madagascar                                          73,846814     142,7551749           51,73
        Malawi                                              0,2026189       0,4320214           46,90
        Mali                                               14,2147294      16,3671479           86,85
        Malta                                                0,008766       0,0108924           80,48
         Mauritania                                         3,6339558       4,1972718           86,58
        Mauritius                                            0,458584       0,5764353           79,56
         Mexico                                             0,1379933       0,2242605           61,53
         Morocco                                            0,1957398       0,2690125           72,76
         Mozambique                                       209,8680546    327,7613897            64,03
         Namibia                                            0,0858424        0,127186           67,49
         Netherlands Antilles                               0,0467187       0,0506586           92,22
         New Caledonia                                      3,7201459       2,9758362          125,01
/***\    Nicaragua                                                  0                0           0,00
         Niger                                             12,7431322      16,3671479           77,86
         Nigeria                                            1,9459398       2,4048289           80,92
         Norway                                             0,2613385        0,201678          129,58
         Pakistan                                           0,7416672       1,1558422           64,17
         Papua New Guinea                                   0,0377897        0,039681           95,23
/***\    People's Republic of Congo                                 0                0           0,00
         Peru                                               0,0681575       0,0756601           90,08
         Philippines                                        0,5189424       0,7609192           68,20
         Poland                                             0,0605728       0,0908183           66,70
         Republic of Cape Verde                             2,2117332       2,6111706           84,70
         Romania                                          123,2881624     202,4701357           60,89
         Russia                                             0,0365371          0,02846         128,38
/***\    Rwanda                                                     0                0            0,00
         Samoa                                              0,0602533       0,0698812           86,22
/***\    Sâo Tome and Principe                                      0                0            0,00
         Senegal                                           13,3335562      16,3671479           81,47
         Sierra Leone                                      23,8074869      22,3468681          106,54
      (*) BEF 1 = local currency
            Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD
      (**) Brussels = 100%
      (***) Not available
                                                       //
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                           TABLE A
                                                      Economic      Exchange rates  Weightings
               ; PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT                    parities      June 1997      July 1997
                                                       July 1997
                                                                         n              D
       Slovakia                                           0,6048652       0,948047           63,80
       Slovenia                                           4,0906244      4,4105324           92,75
       Solomon Islands                                    0,1052835      0,1038961          101,34
/***\ Somalia                                                     0               0           0,00
       South Africa (Pretoria)                            0,0922295       0,127186           72,52
       South Africa (The Cape)                            0,0971274       0,127186           76,37
       South Korea                                        27,354886     25,3575413          107,88
/***\ Sri Lanka                                                   0               0           0,00
       Sudan                                             14,9297056     44,3399991           33,67
       Suriname                                           7,2019144     11,4123984           63,11
       Swaziland                                          0,0667237       0,127186           52,46
       Switzerland                                        0,0484778      0,0402706          120,38
       Syria                                              0,9747777      1,2380068           78,74
       Tanzania                                          13,6337717     17,4544439           78,11
       Thailand                                           0,5754734      0,7337834           78,43
       Togo                                              13,4545464     16,3671479           82,20
       Tonga                                              0,0339457      0,0348371           97,44
       Trinidad and Tobago                                0,1055928      0,1783803           59,20
       Tunisia                                            0,0210136      0,0308547           68,11
       Turkey                                           2888,193149    3981,842797           72,53
       Uganda                                            22,7240514     30,4117754           74,72
       Uk'aine                                            0,0402704         0,02846         141,50
       United States of America (New York)                0,0279454         0,02846          98,19
       United States of America (San Diego)               0,0245155         0,02846          86,14
       United States of America (Washington)              0,0256533         0,02846          90,14
       Uruguay                                            0,2593983      0,2651043           97,85
       Vanuatu                                            3,9374501       3,216158          122,43
       Venezuela                                          9,4270328     13,7887291           68,37
       Viet Nam                                         128,5938089    331,7079643           38,77
       Zamoia                                            26,9240134     37,0535053           72,66
       Zimbabwe                                           0,1648908      0,3168166           52,05
    (*) BEF 1 = local currency
          Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD
    (**) Brussels = 100%
    (***) Not available                              /a
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                     TABLE B
                                                          Variation (%)
                                           for July 1997 compared with January 1997
                 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
                                        Economic           Exchange
                                                                             Weightings
                                         parities             rates
      ALBANIA                                     67,18             -43,77            16,29
(*")  ALGERIA                                           -                  -                -
      ANGOLA                                      10,48                9,55           22,15
      ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA                           0,34             10,12            11,64
      ARGENTINA                                   -1,03              10,12            10,12
      AUSTRALIA                                   -0,61                4,47             4,04
      BANGLADESH                                    6,05               7,57           14,73
      BARBADOS                                      8,91             10,12            21,17
      BELIZE                                      -0,44              10,12            10,77
      BENIN                                         3,74               0,59             4,35
/***\ BOLIVIA                                           -            -                      -
      BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA                                -                  -                -
(***)
      BOTSWANA                                      4,61             11,54            18,26
      BRAZIL                                        7,28               7,33           15,76
      BULGARIA                                  571,68             -292,65            71,06
      BURKINA FASO                                -1,30                0,59            -0,71
      BURUNDI                                           -                  -                -
r*)   CAMEROON                                    -0,08                0,59             0,51
      CANADA                                        0,40               8,23             9,40
      CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC                    -0,23                0,59             0,36
      CHAD                                          0,66               0,59             1,26
      CHILE                                         0,63             10,14             11,99
      CHINA                                         3,72             10,21            15,52
      COLOMBIA                                      9,60               2,77            12,72
      COMOROS                                     18,12                0,59            18,83
      COSTA RICA                                  17,23                4,84           23,19
      COTE D'IVOIRE                                 2,51               0,59             3,12
      CROATIA                                           -                  -                -
      CYPRUS                                        1,48               1,53             3,06
      CZECH REPUBLIC                                5,40             -8,63             -2,98
      DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO                      -                  -                -
      DJIBOUTI                                    -1,35              10,12              9,75
      DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                          -8,27                2,08            -6,32
      EGYPT                                         4,32               9,97            15,86
      EQUITORIAL GUINEA                           14,02                0,59            14,70
      ERITREA                                           -                  -                -
      ESTONIA                                           -                  -                -
      ETHIOPIA                                    -0,49                9,27             9,69
      FIJI                                         -4,39               7,11             2,93
      GABON                                         1,02               0,59             1,63
      GAMBIA                                        2,37               3,35             5,92
      GEORGIA                                      -4,32           . 10,11              6,45
      GHANA                                         3,73              -4,63            -0,87
      GUATEMALA                                         -                  -                -
      GUINEA                                        4,57               4,32             9,30
      GUINEA-BISSAU                               31,25               -2,83            27,64
                                     12
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                     TABLE B
                                                          Variation (%)
                                       for July 1997 compared with January 1997
           PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
                                    Economic               Exchange
                                                                               Weightings
                                     parities                 rates
GUYANA                                           1,47                   9,00             11,51
HAITI                                                -                      -                  -
HONG KONG                                    -11,75                    10,12             -1,82
HUNGARY                                          8,13                  -1,72               6,30
INDIA                                            2,28                   9,65             13,20
INDONESIA                                        2,31                   7,18             10,22
ISRAEL                                         -7,39                    6,07             -1,41
JAMAICA                                        62,51                    9,45             79,47
JAPAN (Naka)                                     1,53                   8,05             10,42
JAPAN (Tokyo)                                    1,58                   8,05             10,48
JORDAN                                           3,06                   9,87             14,34
KAZAKHSTAN                                     -0,56                   10,11             10,63
KENYA                                            6,20                  13,11             22,22
LATVIA                                               -                      -                  -
LEBANON                                        -0,87                   11,65             12,20
LESOTHO                                          3,65                  12,08             17,88
                                                        4
LIBERIA                                              -                                         -
LITHUANIA                                            -                      -                  -
MADAGASCAR                                       3,02                  -5,05             -1,93
MALAWI                                           4,17                  10,96             17,00
MALI                                           -0,00                    0,59               0,59
MALTA                                          -3,63                    4,02               0,40
MAURITANIA                                       6,57                   7,22             14,86
MAURITIUS                                        0,28                  10,17             11,63
MEXICO                                           8,66                  10,01             20,75
MOROCCO                                        -0,17                    1,31               1,16
MOZAMBIQUE                                       3,59                  10,62             15,90
NAMIBIA                                          3,14                  12,08             17,30
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES                             0,78                  10,12             12,12
NEW CALEDONIA                                    1,39                   0,59               2,00
NICARAGUA                                            -                      -                  -
NIGER                                           -3,56                   0,59              -2,99
NIGEF'A                                        81,35                    4,58             90,06
NORWAY                                           1,02                   0,58               1,62
PAKISTAN                                         6,79                  10,60             19,45
PAPUA NEW GUINEA                                 0,13                   8,35               9,25
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CONGO                           -                      -                  -
PERU                                             3,50                   7,10             11,41
PHILIPPINES                                      2,45                   9,91             13,72
POLAND                                        -14,89                   -2,03            -16,59
REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE                           3,59                   2,10               5,81
ROMANIA                                        84,06                , -78,07               3,36
RUSSIA                                          -4,99                  10,11               5,70
RWANDA                                               -                      -                   "
SAMOA                                            2,50                   8,32             11,80|
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE                                 -                      -
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                                                                 Variation (%)
                                                  for July 1997 compared with January 1997
                     PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
                                               Economic           Exchange
                                                                                    Weightings
                                                parities             rates
       SENEGAL                                            8,31                0,59            8,96
       SIERRA LEONE                                       3,67              25,35            38,88
       SLOVAKIA                                           3,03                4,06            7,39
       SLOVENIA                                           4,94               -0,25            4,68
       SOLOMON ISLANDS                                    4,73                9,11           15,22
 (***) SOMALIA                                                -                   -               -
       SOUTH AFRICA (Cape Town)                           3,22              12,08            17,39
       SOUTH AFRICA (Pretoria)                            4,41              12,08            18,75
       SOUTH KOREA                                        6,35                3,92           10,69
(***)  SRI LANKA                                              -                   -               -
       SUDAN                                              9,00                4,08           13,65
       SURINAME                                          -0,22              10,12            11,01
       SWAZILAND                                          4,61              12,08            18,98
       SWITZERLAND                                       -0,89                1,82            0,96
       SYRIA                                              4,40              10,12            16,15
       TANZANIA                                          59,00                8,58           73,92
       THAILAND                                          -0,44              1.0,07           10,71
       TOGO                                               3,47                0,59            4,09
       TONGA                                              1,28                8,35           10,50
       TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                                2,40                8,36           11,75
       TUNISIA                                            4,58                0,08            4.57
       TURKEY                                            37,56             -23,78            11,14
       UGANDA                                             2,93                9,77           14,07
       UKRAINE                                           16,51              10,11            29,62
("*)   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (New York)               -6,61              10,11             3,90
       UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (San Diego)              -2,76              10,11             8,18
(***)  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Washington)             -2,06              10,11             8,96
       URUGUAY                                            7,75                2,30           10,29
       VANUATU                                            0,79              10,17            12,21
       VENEZUELA                                         10,18                7,37           18,94
       VIETNAM                                           -1,90                5,12            3,40
                                                              -                   -               -
r*)    WEST BANK - GAZA STRIP
                                                              -                   -               -
       YUGOSLAVIA
       ZAMBIA                                             5,86                9,92           17,52
       ZIMBABWE                                           5,17                6,7.9          12,83
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