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Date: 1988-09-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) laying down the weightings applicable in third countries (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(88 ) 468 final
                                             Brussels , 13 September 1988
                          Proposai for a
             COUNCIL REGULATION ( ECSC , EEC , Euratom )
    laying down the weightings applicable in third countries
                  (presented byby the
                  (presented      the Commissions^.
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                          EXPLANAIQFY MEMORANDUM
On 5 October 1987 the Staff Regulations were amended by the
addition of an Annex X laying down special and exceptional
provisions ,     including special arrangements for emoluments ,
applicable to officials of the European Communities serving in a
third country .      Articles 11 , 12 and 13 of Annex X deal with the
remuneration      of    officials    posted    to  third   countries .
Remuneration is payable in Belgian francs in Belgium but there is
also provision for all or part of an official 's remuneration
being 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 .
2.  New weiwhtings
Article 13 of Annex X requires the Council to determine the
weightings for non-member countries every six months .       This was
last done by Regulation No             /    of      which took effect
on 1 January 1988
 ---pagebreak---                                  PROPOSAL FOR A
           COUNCIL REGULATION ( ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) No          /
                                  of
       laying down the weightings applicable in third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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 and the
conditions of employment of other servants of the European
Communities laid down by Regulation ( EEC ,             Euratom , ECSC ) No
259 / 68 ,         last amended by Regulation ( Euratom ,        ECSC , EEC )
No      S'-v/'i ; and in particular Article 13 of Annex X thereto ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , to take account of changes in the cost of living in
third countries ,          weightings applicable to the portion of
remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment
must be determined with effect from 1 July 1988,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                    Article 1
With        effect     from 1 July 1988 the   weightings    applicable    to
remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment
are adjusted as shown in the annex .
The exchange rates for the payment of such remuneration shall be
those used for implementation of the budget of the European
Communities during the month preceding the date on which this
Regulation takes effect .
^OJ  L 56 , 4.3.1968 , p.1 .
Z0J L 356 , 18 . 12.1987 , p.1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                 2
                            Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Coomunities .
It shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                    For the Council
                                    The President
                                                                  y
 ---pagebreak---                                                         ANNEX
                  Weightings applicable with effect from 1 July 1988
l Country of
l emplovment                              Weighting
I         ALGERIA                           107 . 00
I         ANGOLA                             93.17
I         ANTIGUA                            86.21
I         AUSTRALIA                          96.96
 I        AUSTRIA                           112.98
 I        BAHAMAS                             97.28
 I BANGLADESH                                 47.28
 I BARBADOS                                   86.41
  I       BELIZE                              79.66
 I        BENIN                               94.55
  I       BOTSWANA                            51.22
 I        BRAZIL                              53.85
  I       BURKINA FASO                        89.40
  I       BURUNDI                             81.33
  I       CAMEROON                           107.37
  I       CANADA                              82.19
   I      CAPE VERDE                           88.69
   I CENTRAL AFRICAN R.                      144.52
   I      CHAD                               145.61
   I      CHILI                                45.35
    I     CHINA                                56.78
    I     COMOROS                            130.30
    I      CONGO                             124.72
    I COSTA RICA                               58.28
    I COTE D’IVOIRE                          127 . 65
    I DJIBOUTI                                146.35
     I EGYPT                                   47.21
     I EOUATORIAL GUINEA                      116.61
     I     ETHIOPIA                             72.93
     I     FIJI                                 56.51
      I    GABON                              143.64
      I    6AMBIA                               79.65
      I    GHANA                                57.15
      I    GRENADA                              82.10
      I    GUINEA                               46.24
      I GUINEA BISSAU                           64.05
       I   GUYANA                               18.99
      I    HAITI                                77.49
       I   INDIA                                37.34
       I   INDONESIA                            62.89
       I   ISRAEL                               82.09
       I   JAMAICA                               65.56
       l   JAPAN                               172.94
       I   JORDAN                                79.36
        I  KENYA                                 57.75
 ---pagebreak---                                               ANNEX ( continuée!)
            Weightings applicable with effect from 1 July 1988
1   Country of              1                                     1
!   emDlovment              1       Ueiehtine                     1
1  LEBANON                  1          59.57                      1
1  LESOTHO                  t          53.43                      1
1  LIBERIA                  •          80.87                      1
1  MADAGASCAR               1          50.61                      1
1  MALAWI                   1          56.71                      1
1  MALI                     «         102.02                      1
1  MAURITANIA               1         115.95                       1
1  MAURITIUS                1          53.39                      1
1  MEXICO                   1          58.97                      1
1  MOROCCO                  1          67.90                      1
1  MOZAMBIQUE               «          25.68                      J
1  ΝΕΤΗ . ANTILLES          1         101.56                      1
1  NIGER                    1         105.25                       1
I  NIGERIA                  1          82.19                      1
1  NORWAY                   1         144.47                       1
1  PAKISTAN                 1          42.20                      1
1  PAPUA                    1          90.65                       1
1  RUANDA                   1         111.55                      1
1  SAMOA                    1          67.73                       1
1  BAO TOME                 1           -                         1
!  SENEGAL                   1        115.17                       1
1  SEYCHELLES               1         167.08                       1
1  SIERRA LEONE              1        123.52
1 SOLOMON ISLANDS           1          71.43                       1
1  SOMALIA                   1         60.37                       1
1  SUDAN                    1          75.25                       1
1  SURINAME                  1        167.63                       1
1  SWAZILAND                1          44.17                       1
1  SWITZERLAND               1        141.07                        1
1  SYRIA                     1        123.18                       1
1  TANZANIA                  1         41.69                        1
1  THAILAND                  1         53.15                       1
1  TOGO                      1        106.62                        1
1  TONGA                     1         98.41                        1
1 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO        1         79.92                        1
1 TUNISIA                    1         53.08                       1
1 TURKEY                      1        50.50                        1
1 UGANDA                     1        190.01                       1
1  UNITED 8TATES              1        85.37                        1
1  VANUATU                   1         95.55                       1
1  VENEZUELA                  1        28.43                        1
1  YUGOSLAVIA                1         46.15                       1
1  ZAIRE                      1        83.58                        1
1  ZAMBIA                    1         54.62                       1
 1 ZIMBABWE                   1        54.91                        1
                                                                      6
 ---pagebreak---                   Memorandum from the Commission
             concerning the adjustment of weightings
                    applicable from 1 July 1988
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities
                  serving in non-member countries
1.  Council Régulation ( Euratom , ECSC , EEC ) No         / of
                 laid down the initial weightings applicable
    from 10 October 1987 .
2.  Since then these weightings have been adjusted by the
    Council every six months , most recently by Regulation No
             /     of        which took effect on 1 January 1988 .
3.  The Statistical Office ( SOEC ) has prepared a paper on
    adjustment of         the weightings applicable to the
    remuneration       of    Community   officials   serving   in
    non-member countries explaining how the economic
    parities for the various places of employment are
    determined and compared with Brussels .          The parities
    used apply from 1 July 1988 .
A.  The exchange rates selected for accounting purposes are
    those for June 1988.
5.  Table A shows for each place of employment the economic
    parity calculated by the SOEC for July 1988 , the exchange
    rate selected and the resulting weighting , applicable
    from 1 July 1988 .
6.  The budgetary impact of the adjustments to weightings
    for July S8is negligible compared with the total operating
    cost 5 of the delegations .
 ---pagebreak---                                    TABLE A
1 Country of         1 Local currency equivalent           1 Weightings
1 empi oyaient       1         of BFR 1                    1   for
1                    1 Economic           1 Exchange       1 July 1988
1                    ( parities for       ( rate for       I ( Brussels *
1                    1 July 1988          | June 1983      |       100 )
1 ALGERIA            I      0.1674981     1    0.1565435   1     107.00
1 ANGOLA             1      0.7661780     1    0.8223008   1      93.17
1 ANTIGUA            •      0.0643378     1    0.0746269    1     86.21
1 AUSTRALIA          «      0.0334482     1    0.0344982   ·      96.96
1 AUBTRIA             1     0.3809270     1    0.3371772    ·    112.98
1 BAHAMAS            1      0.0270061     1    0.0277600   1      97.28
1 BANGLADESH          1     0.4173834     1    0.8828463    1      47.28
1 BARBADOS           •      0.0479772     1    0.0555216   1       86.41
1 BELIZE              >     0.0442288     1 0.0555216       1      79.66
1 BENIN               1     7.6192407     1 8.0586671       «      94.55
 1 BOTSUANA           1     0.0257965      1   0.0503651 1         51.22
 1 BRAZIL             1     2.4020154      1   4.4605023 <         53.85
 1 BURKINA FASO       1     7.2044347      •   8.0586671 ·         89.40
 1 BURUNDI            1     3.0903872      1   3.7999696 1         81.33
 1 CAMEROON           1     8.6524277      1   8.0586671 1       107 . 37
 1 CANADA             1     0.0282509      1   0.0343725 <         82.19
 ICAPE VERDE          1     1.7239101      1    1.9436724 ·        88.69
 1 CENT . AFRICAN R.  1    11.6466725      1    8.0586671 1       144.52
 ICHAD                 1   11.7342256      1    8.0586671 1       145.61
 1 CHILI              1     3.1186520      1    6.8766332 1        45.35
 ( CHINA               1    0.0594664      »    0.1047263 1         56.78
 1 COMOROS             1   10.5000859      1    8.0586671 1       130.30
  1 CONGO              1   10.0509699       1   8.0586671    1    124.72
  1 COSTA RICA         1     1.2254824     1 2.1028283       1      58.28
  ICOTE D' IVOIRE      1   10.2869991       • 8.0586671      1    127.65
  1 DJIBOUTI           1    7.1844174       1   4.9091802    1    146.35
  1 EGYPT               1   0.0302655       1   0.0641067    1      47.21
  1 EQUITORIAL         1    9.3968712       1   8.0586671    1    116.61
  1      GUINEA         1                   1                1
  1 ETHIOPIA           1     0.0419101      1    0.0574647   1      72.93
  ( FIJI                1    0.0221301      1    0.0391619   1      56.51
  1 GABON               1   11.5757894      1    8.0586671   1     143.64
  1 GAMBIA              1    0.1419039       1 0.1781547 1          79.65
  1 GHANA               1     2.9507038     1    5.1634223 1        57.15
  1 GRENADA             1    0.0612705       1 0.0746269 1          82.10
  1 GUINEA              1     5.6483731     1 12.2144864 1          46.24
   1 GUINEA BISSAU       1  17.5490125       1 27.4002630 1          64.05
  1 GUYANA              1    0.1054121      1 0.5552163 1            18.99
   IHAITI               1    0.1075536       1 0.1388021 1           77.49
  1 INDIA               1    0.1392194      1    0.3728422 1         37.34
  I INDONESIA           1   29.5166038       1 46.9351356 1          62.89
   1 ISRAEL             1     0.0356237      1   0.0433952 1         82.09
   1 JAMAICA             1    0.1002772      1   0.1529613 1         65.56
   1 JAPAN              1     6.0060103     1    3.4728251 1       172.94
   1 JORDAN              1   0.0075610       1   0.0095274 1         79.36
   1 KENYA              1     0.2786772      1   0.4825789 1         57.75
                                                                           o
 ---pagebreak---                         TABLE A ( continued )
 1 Country of      1 Local currency equival en c     1 Weightings !
 1 employment      1        of BFS 1                 1 for          1
 1                 ( Economic         1 Exchange     1 July 1988 I
 1                 1 parities for     Irate for      I ( Brussels =l
 (                 1 July 1 988       1 June 1988    |       100 ?  I
 1 LEBANON         1     6.1604342       10.3413636  1      59.57   1
 1 LESOTHO         1     0.0331934         0.0621272 1      53.43   1
 1 LIBERIA         1     0.0224495    1    0.0277600 1      80.87   1
 1 MADAGASCAR      1   18.7884708     1  37.1236589  1       50.61   1
 ( MALAWI          1     0.0399785    1    0.0704920 1       56.71  1
 1 MALI            1     8.2213909    1    8.0586671 1     102.02   1
 ( MAURITANIA      1     2.3879953    1    2.0594353 1     115.95   1
 ( MAURITIUS       1     0.1943491    1    0.3639937 1       53.39  1
 1 MEXICO          1   37.6547700     1  63.8488060  1       58.97  1
 1 MOROCCO         1     0.1526944    1    0.2248909 1       67.90   1
 ( MOZAMBIQUE      1     3.2086027    1   12.4921924 1       25.68  1
 1 ΝΕΤΗ . ANTILLES 1     0.0504656    1    0,0496919 1     101.56    1
1 NIGER            1     8.4814711    1    8.0586671 1     105.25   1
 ! NIGERIA         1     0.0930015    1    0.1131478 1       82.19  1
 1 NORWAY          1     0.2505357    1    0.1734184 1     144.47   1
 1 PAKISTAN        1     0.2076213     1   0.4920049  1      42.20   1
 1 PAPUA           1     0.0217251    1    0.0239647 ·       90.65  1
 1 RWANDA          1      2.3491170    1   2.1058395  1    111.55    1
 1 SAMOA           1      0.0376974   1    0.0556576 1       67.73  1
 ISAO TOME          1        -         1     -        1        –     1
 ISENEGAL          1      9.2812968   1    8.0586671 1     115.17   1
 1 SEYCHELLES       1     0.2461759    1   0.1473405  1    167.08    1
 1 SIERRA LEONE    1      1.0267538   1    0.8312552 1     123.52   1
 ( SOLOMON ISLANDS 1      0.0409249    1   0.0572935 1       71.43   1
 1 SOMALIA         1      1.6759865    1   2.7760042 1       60.37   1
 1 SUDAN            1     0.0940052    1   0.1249219  1      75.25   1
 1 SURINAME        1      0.0823660    1   0.0491352 1     167 . 63  1
 ( SWAZILAND        1     0.0275279    1   0.0623169  1      44.17   1
 ( SWITZERLAND     1      0.0564489    (   0.0400160  1    141.07    1
 1 SYRIA            1     0.3829709    1   0.3108969  1     123.18   1
 1 TANZANIA        1      1.1307648    1   2.7124529  1      41.69   1
 1 THAILAND         1     0.3710843    1
                                           0.6981778  1       53.15   1
 ITOGO             1      8.5920535    1   8.0586671  '     106.62   1
 1 TONGA            1     0.0348853    1   0.0354497  1      98.41   1
1 TRINIDAD AND     1      0.0798712    1   0.0999400 1       79.92   1
 1      TOBAGO      1                  1              1               1
 1 TUNISIA         1       0.0123298   1   0.0232293  1       53.08  1
 1 TURKEY           1    18.4942063    1  36.6206467  1       50.50  1
1 UGANDA           1       3.1648424  1    1.6656118 1      190.01   1
1 UNITED STATES     1     0.0236989    1   0.0277600  1      85.37   1
1 VANUATU          1      2.7305231   (    2.8577144 1        95.55  1
 1 VENEZUELA        1     0.2580823    1   0.9077705  1       28.43  1
( YUGOSLAVIA       1     19.7990410   1 42.9018834   1        46.15  1
1 ZAIRE            1      3.9981271    1   4.7837734  1       83.58  1
1 ZAMBIA           1      0.1231069   1    0.2253724 1        54.62 1
1 ZIMBABWE         1      0.0271076    1   0.0493681 1        54.91 1
 ---pagebreak---       Statistical Office note on the weightings applicable
      from 1.7.88 to the remuneration of Cor^iunity officials
                  serving in non-member countries
I.    PR£ AMBLE
1.    Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations requires
      the Council to lay down the weightings referred to in
      Article 12 of that Annex every six months .         This note
      relates to the fixing of weightings applicable
     from July 1988 and is to be read in conjunction with the
      proposal for a Regulation adjusting the weightings for
      non-member countries .
II . MANAGEMENT OF WEIGHTINGS AND CORRESPONDING EXCHANGE
      RATES
2.    The remuneration system for staff serving 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 ) for
      local currencies in relating to the Belgian franc .       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 .
3.    The methodology and the statistical sources used by the
      SOEC   were   described   in   connection   with   the  first
      determination of weightings , for October 1987 .         They
      have not changed in the interval .
III . ECONOMIC PARITIES
4.    The   Statistical   Office   has  calculated   the   economic
      parities for each country shown in Table A.
 ---pagebreak---                                TABLE A
   i Country of employment  1 Economic parities for July 19£8        1
  1                         I ( local currency equivalent of BFR1 )  1
   1 ALGERIA                1              0.1674981                 1
  1 ANGOLA                  1              0.7661780                1
  1 ANTIGUA                 1              0.0643378                 1
  1 AUSTRALIA               1              0.0334482                1
  1 AUSTRIA                 1              0.3809270                 1
  1 BAHAMAS                 1              0.0270061                1
  1 BANGLADESH              1              0.4173834                 1
  1 BARBADOS                1              0.0479772                1
  1 BELIZE                  1              0.0442288                 1
  IBENIM                   1               7.6192407                1
  1 BOTSWANA                1              0.0257965                 1
 1 BRAZIL                  1               2.4020154                1
 1 BURKINA FASO             1              7.2044347                 1
 1 BURUNDI                 1               3.0903872                1
 ! CAMEROON                 1              8.6524277                 1
 1 CANADA                  1               0.0282509                1
 ICAPE VERDE               1               1.7239101                 1
 1 CENTRAL AFRICAN R.      1             11.6466725                 1
 ICHAD                     1             11.7342256                 1
 1 CHILE                   1               3.1186520                1
 1 CHINA                   1               0.0594664                 1
1 COMOROS                  1             10.5000859                 1
1 CONGO                    1             10.0509699                  1
1 COSTA RICA               1               1.2254824                1
 ICOTE D' IVOIRE            1            10.2869991                  1
1 DJIBOUTI                 1               7.1844174                1
 1 EGYPT                   1               0.0302655                 1
1 EQUATORIAL GUINEA        1               9.3968712                1
1 ETHIOPIA                 1               0.0419101                 1
1 FIJI                     1               0.0221301                1
1 GABON                    1             11.5757894                  1
1 GAMBIA                   1               0.1419039                1
1 GHANA                    1               2.9507038                 1
1 GRENADA                  1               0.0612705                1
1 GUINEA                   1               5.6483731                 1
1 GUINEA BISSAU            1             17.5490125                 1
1 GUYANA                   1               0.1054121                 1
1 HAITI                    1              0.1075536                 1
1 INDIA                    1              0.1392194                  1
1 INDONESIA                1             29.5166038                 1
1 ISRAEL                   1              0.0356237                 1
1 JAMAICA                  1              0.1002772                 1
1 JAPAN                    1              6.0060103                 1
1 JORDAN                   1              0.0075610                 1
1 KENYA                    1              fl . 57Rfi775             1
 ---pagebreak---                            TABLE A ( continued )
l Country o f employment     l Economie pari Lies for Juiy 198&
J_K local currencv équivalent of BFR1 ?
 1 LEBANON                                  6.1604342
 1 LESOTHO                                  0.0331934
 ILIBERIA                                   0.0224495
 1 MADAGASCAR                              18.7884708
 1 MALAWI                                   0.0399785
 1 MALI                                     8.2213909
 1 MAURITANIA                               2.3879953
 1 MAURITIUS                                0.1943491
 1 MEXICO                                  37.6547700
  1 MOROCCO                                 0.1526944
 ( MOZAMBIQUE                               3.2086027
 INE TH . ANTILLES                          0.0504656
 INIGER                                     8.4814711
  1 NIGERIA                                  0.0930015
  1 NORWAY                                   0.2505357
  1 PAKISTAN                                 0.2076213
  1 PAPUA                                    0.0217251
  1 RWANDA                                   2.3491170
  1 SAMOA                                    0.0376974
   1 SAO TOME                                  –
   1 SENEGAL                                 9.2812968
   1 SEYCHELLES                              0.2461759
   ( SIERRA LEONE                            1.0267538
   1 SOLOMON ISLANDS                         0.0409249
   1 SOMALIA                                 1.6759865
   1 SUDAN                                   0.0940052
   1 SURINAME                                0.0823660
    ( SWAZILAND                              0.0275279
    ( SWITZERLAND                            0.0564489
    1 SYRIA                                  0.3829709
    ITANZANIA                                1.1307648
    1 THAILAND                               0.3710843
    ITOGO                                    8.5920535
     ( TONGA                                  0.0348853
     1 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                    0.0798712
     1 TUNISIA                                0.0123298
     1 TURKEY                               18.4942063
     1 UGANDA                                 3.1648424
     1 UNITED STATES                          0.0236989
      1 VANUATU                               2.7305231
     ( VENEZUELA                              0.2580823
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