CELEX: 51996PC0291
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-21
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSC) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 Jannuary 1996 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                        Brussels, 21.06.1996
                                        COM(96)291 final
                     PROPOSAL FOR A
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSQ No ...J,.
                 laying down the weightings
              applicable from 1 Januaiy 1996
to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities
                   serving in third countries
              (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY NOTE
    On 5 October 1987, by Regulation No 3019/87, the Staff Regulations were amended by
    the addition of an Annex X laying down special and exceptional provisions, including
    special arrangements for emoluments, applicable to officials of the European Communi-
    ties serving in third countries. Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Annex X deal with the
    remuneration of officials posted in countries outside the European Union. Remuneration
    is payable in Belgian francs in Belgium but there is also provision for all or part of an
    official's remuneration to be paid in the currency of the country of employment.
    In that event, the portion of remuneration paid in local currency is subject to a
    weighting. Article 13 of Annex X requires the Council of the European Union to
    determine the weightings for third countries every six months.
    This proposal relates to the adjustment of weightings applicable in third countries with
    effect from 1 January 1996. 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 579/96 of 25 March 1996 which took
    effect on 1 July 1995.
    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) for local currencies in relation 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.
    The exchange rates selected for accounting purposes are those for December 1995.
    Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the
     Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC) for January 1996, the exchange
     rate selected and the resulting weighting, applicable from 1 January 1996.
    The SOEC has calculated the economic parities for each country shown in Table B. The
    parities used apply from 1 January 1996.
                                          I
 ---pagebreak---                                                 TABLE A
                           Local currency equivalent BFR 1
                                                                 Weightings
             COUNTRY OF      Economic          Exchange             for
             EMPLOYMENT      parities            rates          January 96
                               for                 for
                           January 96        December 95       Brussels = 100
  ALBANIA                        2. 1903673        3. 1012560         70.63
  ALGERIA                        0.0000000         1. 7128860           0.00
  ANGOLA                   314311.3777222    222717. 1492200         141.13
  ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA            0.0818084         0. 0914160         89.49
  ARGENTINA                      0.0303723         0 0338581          89.70
  AUSTRALIA                      0.0336363         0 0451325          74.53
  BANGLADESH                     0.7655115         1. 3610998         56.24
  BARBADOS                       0.0542266         0, 0677140         80.08
  BELIZE                         0.0442119         0. 0677140         65.29
  BENIN                        11.0015854        16, 6666667          66.01
  BOLIVIA                        0.0000000         0, 0000000           0.00
  BOTSWANA                       0.0615265         0, 0968148         63.55
  BRAZIL                         0.0235615         0, 0324781         72.55
  BULGARIA                       1.0093960         2, 3515579         42.92
  BURKINA FASO                 12.8795765        16, 6666667          77.28
  BURUNDI                        7.3613583         9, 2515496         79.57
  CAMEROON                     15.2964991        16. 6666667          91.78
  CANADA                         0.0296385         0, 0459791         64.46
  CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC     18.4438123        16, 6666667         110.66
  CHAD                         12.9709347        16. 6666667          77.83
  CHILE                        10.3075303        13. 9037582          74.13
  CHINA                          0.2040793         0. 2814523         72.51
  COLOMBIA                     20. 5261468       32, 8428797          62.50
  COMOROS                      10. 7909771       12, 5000000          86.33
  CONGO                        15.7860173        16. 6666667          94.72
  COSTA RICA                     3.9080027         6. 5189048         59.95
  CYPRUS                         0.0123582         0. 0153844         80.33
  CZECH REPUBLIC                 0.5344534         0. 9002521         59.37
  DJIBOUTI                       6. 6744924        6. 0172092        110.92
  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC             0.3064184         0, 4389623         69.81
  EGYPT                          0.0626497         0. 1145738         54.68
  EQUATORIAL GUINEA            12.5969367        16. 6666667          75.58
«ERITREA                         0.0000000         0, 0OO0OOO          0.00
  ETHIOPIA                       0.0723778         0. 2133060         33.93
* EX-YUGOSLAVIA                  0.0000000         0. 0000000          0.00
  FIJI                           0.0316580         0. 0496179         63.80
  GABON                        20. 2738560       16, 6666667         121.64
  GAMBIA                         0.2466327         0. 3323805         74.20
  GEORGIA                        0.0238421         0. 0338581         70.42
  GHANA                        17.0622787        47. 0145745          36.29
  GRENADA                        0.0802535         0. 0914160         87.79
  GUINEA                       30.4047707        33. 7700932          90.03
  GUINEA-BISSAU               423.8739671       685. 3070175          61.85
  GUYANA                         2. 5688870        4. 7065468         54.58
  HAITI                          0.0000000         0, 6160291           0.00
  HONG KONG                      0.2417259         0, 2640961         91.53
  HUNGARY                        3.3661882         4. 6448976         72.47
  INDIA                          0.4427156         1, 2034853         36.79
  INDONESIA                    58. 6549661       79, 5165394          73.76
  ISRAEL                         0. 1012395        0, 1042492         97.11
  IVORY COAST                  14.9792769        16, 6666667          89.88
  JAMAICA                        0.5592908         1 3482904          41.48
  JAPAN (TOKYO)                  5.3872991         3 4366623         156.76
  JORDAN                         0.0140387         0 0244828          57.34
  KAZAKHSTAN                     0.0341787         0 0338581         100.95
  KENYA                          1. 1517938        1 .9124847         60.22
  LEBANON                      14.3701764        54 ,9510935          26.15
  LEFT BANK - GAZA STRIP         0.0000000         0 .0000000           0.00
  LESOTHO                        0.0694067         0 .1239803         55.98
  LIBERIA                        0..0000000        0 .0338581           0.00
  MADAGASCAR                   65.,1404963      139 .7038279          46.63
  MALAWI                         0..1804042        0 .5265375         34.26
  MALI                          13..2986821       16 .6666667         79.79
  MALTA                           0..0088942        0 .0119513        74.42
* Not .Available.
 ---pagebreak---                                                              TABLE A
                                        Local currency equivalent BFR 1
                                                                            Weightings
             COUNTRY OF                   Economic          Exchange           for
             EMPLOYMENT                   parities            rates        January 96
                                            for                for
                                        January 96        December 95     Brussels = 100
  MAURITANIA                                 3.1862674         4..6617873        68.35
  MAURITIUS                                  0.4170911         0,.6184292        67.44
  MEXICO                                     0.1088641         0,,2583379        42.14
  MOROCCO                                    0.1913329         0,.2827175        67.68
  MOZAMBIQUE                               172.3523951       342,.5830764        50.31
  NAMIBIA                                    0.0829878         0,.1239803        66.94
  NETHERLANDS ANTILLES                       0.0451143         0,.0602664        74.86
  NEW CALEDONIA                              3.7289771         3 .0303030       123.06
  NIGER                                     12.9645148        16,.6666667        77.79
  NIGERIA                                    0.9639221         3 .0066146        32.06
  NORWAY                                     0.2609347         0 .2143715       121.72
  PAKISTAN                                   0.6237122         1,.1774957        52.97
  PAPUA NEW GUINEA                           0.0371799         0,.0520508        71.43
  PERU                                       0.0604353         0,.0784006        77.09
  PHILIPPINES                                0.4866718         0 .8840170        55.05
  POLAND                                   673.8407103       832,.9168749        80.90
  REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE                     2.0722557         2,,6329647        78.70
  ROMANIA                                   30.9244495        86,.2366333        35.86
  RUSSIA                                     0.0392958  *      0,,0338581       116.06
* RWANDA                                     0.0000000        10,.6465660          0.00
* SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE                      0.0000000         0,.0000000          0.00
  SENEGAL                                   12.2659947        16,.6666667        73.60
  SIERRA LEONE                              20.6999249        31,.4732635        65.77
  SLOVAKIA                                   0.5820311         0.,9891197        58.84
  SLOVENIA                                   3.3956947         4,,1972718        80.90
  SOLOMON ISLANDS                            0.0949800         0,,1200336        79.13
* SOMALIA                                    0.0000000        88,.7075313          0.00
  SOUTH AFRICA (LE CAP)                      0.0872878         0.,1239803        70.40
  SOUTH AFRICA (PRETORIA)                    0.0825164         0.,1239803        66.56
  SOUTH KOREA                               23.0305179        25.,9006967        88.92
  SRI LANKA                                  0.0000000         0..0000000          0.00
  SUDAN                                       .8058846         2.,7425061        29.38
  SURINAM                                     .0865458        13.,9157540        50.92
  SWAZILAND                                   .0595003         0..1239803        47.99
  SWITZERLAND                                 .0474496         0.,0393592       120.56
  SYRIA                                       .8897015         0..9006575        98.78
  TANZANIA                                    .8406226        19..5748346        40.05
  THAILAND                                    .5902233         0..8443806        69.90
  TOGO                                      12.9561294        16..6666667        77.74
  TONGA                                      0.0336350         0.,0467968        71.87
  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                        0.1001847         0.,2007871        49.90
  TUNISIA                                    0.0191206         0,,0317017        60.31
  TURKEY                                  1134.8042519      1840,.1295451        61.67
  UGANDA                                    20.6423765        35..2187082        58.61
  UKRAINE                                    0.0310945         0..0338581        91.84
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK)        0.0297076         0.,0338581        87.74
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON)      0.0254642         0..0338581        75.21
  URUGUAY                                    0.1992887         0 .2354825        84.63
  VANUATU                                    3.3807727         3 .8633905        87.51
  VENEZUELA                                  3.7417611         5 .7557269        65.01
  VIET NAM                                 126.7742486       372 .8143757        34.00
  WESTERN SAMOA                              0.0558539         0 .0871612        64.08
* ZAIRE                                      0.0000000       538 .2131324          0.00
  ZAMBIA                                    20.8535320        32 .5446676        64.08
  ZIMBABWE                                   0.1386476         0 .3173092        43.69
* Not available.                                        * BFR 1     usi
 ---pagebreak---                                                          TABLE B
         COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT Economic parities for January 96
  ALBANIA                                       2 1903673
«ALGERIA                                        0 0000000
  ANGOLA                                  314311.3777222
  ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA                           0.0818084
  ARGENTINA                                     0.0303723
  AUSTRALIA                                     0.0336363
  BANGLADESH                                    0.7655115
  BARBADOS                                      0.0542266
  BELIZE                                        0.0442119
  BENIN                                       11.0015854
«BOLIVIA                                        0.0000000
  BOTSWANA                                      0.0615265
  BRAZIL                                        0.0235615
  BULGARIA                                      1.0093960
  BURKINA FASO                                12.8795765
  BURUNDI                                       7.3613583
  CAMEROON                                    15.2964991
  CANADA                                        0.0296385
  CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC                    18 4438123
  CHAD                                        12.9709347
  CHILE                                       10 3075303
  CHINA                                         0 2040793
  COLOMBIA                                    20 5261468
  COMOROS                                     10 7909771
  CONGO                                       15 7860173
  COSTA RICA                                    3 9080027
  CYPRUS                                        0 0123582
  CZECH REPUBLIC                                0 5344534
  DJIBOUTI                                      6 6744924
  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                            0.3064184
  EGYPT                                         0.0626497
  EQUATORIAL GUINEA                           12.5969367
  ERITREA                                       0.0000000
  ETHIOPIA                                      0.0723778
* EX-YUGOSLAVIA                                 0.0000000
  FIJI                                          0.0316580
  GABON                                       20.2738560
  GAMBIA                                        0,.2466327
  GEORGIA                                       0,.0238421
  GHANA                                       17,.0622787
  GRENADA                                       0,.0802535
  GUINEA                                      30 .4047707
  GUINEA-BISSAU                              423 .8739671
  GUYANA                                        2 .5688870
* HAITI                                         0 .0000000
  HONG KONG                                     0 .2417259
  HUNGARY                                       3 .3661882
   INDIA                                        0 .4427156
   INDONESIA                                  58 .6549661
   ISRAEL                                       0 .1012395
   IVORY COAST                                 14 .9792769
  JAMAICA                                       0 .5592908
  JAPAN (TOKYO)                                 5 .3872991
  JORDAN                                        0 .0140387
  KAZAKHSTAN                                    0 .0341787
  KENYA                                         1 .1517938
   LEBANON                                     14 .3701764
   LEFT BANK    GAZA STRIP                      0 .0000000
   LESOTHO                                      0 .0694067
   LIBERIA                                      0 .0000000
   MADAGASCAR                                  65 .1404963
   MALAWI                                        0 .1804042
   MALI                                        13 .2986821
   MALTA                                         0 .0088942
   MAURITANIA                                    3 .1862674
   MAURITIUS                                     0 .4170911
   MEXICO                                        0 .1088641
   MOROCCO                                       0 .1913329
   MOZAMBIQUE                                 172 .3523951
   NAMIBIA                                       0 .0829878
 * Not available.
                                  C
 ---pagebreak---                                                                TABLE B
         COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT          Economic parities for January 96
  NETHERLANDS ANTILLES                                  0.0451143
  NEW CALEDONIA                                         3.7289771
  NIGER                                                12.9645148
  NIGERIA                                               0.9639221
  NORWAY                                                0.2609347
  PAKISTAN                                              0.6237122
  PAPUA NEW GUINEA                                      0.0371799
  PERU                                                  0.0604353
  PHILIPPINES                                           0.4866718
  POLAND                                              673.8407103
  REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE                                2.0722557
  ROMANIA                                              30.9244495
  RUSSIA                                                0.0392958
* RWANDA                                                0.0000000
* SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE                                 0.0000000
  SENEGAL                                              12.2659947
  SIERRA LEONE                                         20.6999249
  SLOVAKIA                                              0.5820311
  SLOVENIA                                              3.3956947
  SOLOMON ISLANDS                                       0.0949800
* SOMALIA                                               0.0000000
  SOUTH AFRICA (LE CAP)                                 0.0872878
  SOUTH AFRICA (PRETORIA)                               0.0825164
  SOUTH KOREA                                          23.0305179
  SRI LANKA                                             0.0000000
  SUDAN                                                  .8058846
  SURINAM                                                .0865458
  SWAZILAND                                              .0595003
  SWITZERLAND                                            .0474496
  SYRIA                                                  .8897015
  TANZANIA                                              7.8406226
  THAILAND                                              0.5902233
  TOGO                                                 12.9561294
  TONGA                                                 0.0336350
  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                                   0.1001847
  TUNISIA                                               0.0191206
  TURKEY                                             1134.8042519
  UGANDA                                               20.6423765
  UKRAINE                                               0.0310945
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK)                   0.0297076
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON)                 0.0254642
  URUGUAY                                               0.1992887
  VANUATU                                               3.3807727
  VENEZUELA                                             3.7417611
  VIET NAM                                            126.7742486
  WESTERN SAMOA                                         0.0558539
« ZAIRE                                                 0.0000000
  ZAMBIA                                               20.8535320
  ZIMBABWE                                              0.1386476
* Not available.                    __
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 ---pagebreak---                                           Proposal for a
                COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSQ No ..../..
                                              of.....
                                  laying down the weightings
                               applicable from 1 January 1996
                 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 2963/952 and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas account should be taken of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the
Community and weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency of the country
of employment to officials serving in third countries should be determined with effect from
 1 January 1996;
Whereas, under Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council sets the weightings every six
months; whereas it will accordingly have to set new weightings for the coming half-years;
Whereas the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 1996 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;
     'OJ No L 56, 04.03.1968, p. 1.
     2
       O J N o L 310, 22.12.1995, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak---                                               - 2
Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a
reduction in remunerations as a result of these weightings for the period between 1 January
1996 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1
January 1996;
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 6 months preceding the decision and for its effects to be spread over a period
of no more than 12 months following the date of that decision;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                             Article 1
With effect from 1 January 1996, the weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the
currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be those used for
implementation of the general budget of the European Communities for the month preceding
the date referred to in the first paragraph.
                                             Article 2
In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the
Council shall set weightings every six months. It shall accordingly set new weightings with
effect from 1 July 1996.
The institutions shall make back payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a
result of these weightings.
For the period between 1 January 1996 and the date of the Council decision setting the
weightings applicable with effect from 1 January 1996, the institutions shall make
retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of
these weightings.
 ---pagebreak---                                              - 3
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
                                           ?
 ---pagebreak---        COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT  Weightings applicable with effect
                                 from the 1st January 1996
ALBANIA                                     70.6300000
ALGERIA                                       0.0000000
ANGOLA                                     141.1300000
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA                         89.4900000
ARGENTINA                                   89.7000000
AUSTRALIA                                   74.5300000
BANGLADESH                                  56.2400000
BARBADOS                                    80.0800000
BELIZE                                      65.2900000
BENIN                                       66.0100000
BOLIVIA                                       0.0000000
BOTSWANA                                    63.5500000
BRAZIL                                      72.5500000
BULGARIA                                    42.9200000
BURKINA FASO                                77.2800000
BURUNDI                                     79.5700000
CAMEROON                                    91.7800000
CANADA                                      64.4600000
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC                   110.6600000
CHAD                                        77.8300000
CHILE                                       74.1300000
CHINA                                       72.5100000
COLOMBIA                                    62.5000000
COMOROS                                     86.3300000
CONGO                                       94.7200000
COSTA RICA                                  59.9500000
CYPRUS                                      80.3300000
CZECH REPUBLIC                              59.3700000
DJIBOUTI                                   110.9200000
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                          69.8100000
EGYPT                                       54.6800000
EQUATORIAL GUINEA                           75.5800000
ERITREA                                       0.0000000
ETHIOPIA                                    33.9300000
EX-YUGOSLAVIA                                 0.0000000
FIJI                                        63.8000000
GABON                                      121.6400000
GAMBIA                                      74.2000000
GEORGIA                                     70.4200000
GHANA                                       36.2900000
GRENADA                                     87.7900000
GUINEA                                      90.0300000
GUINEA-BISSAU                               61.8500000
GUYANA                                      54.5800000
HAITI                                         0.0000000
HONG KONG                                   91.5300000
HUNGARY                                     72.4700000
INDIA                                       36.7900000
INDONESIA                                   73.7600000
ISRAEL                                      97.1100000
IVORY COAST                                 89.8800000
JAMAICA                                     41.4800000
JAPAN (TOKYO)                              156.7600000
JORDAN                                      57.3400000
KAZAKHSTAN                                 100.9500000
KENYA                                       60.2200000
LEBANON                                     26.1500000
LEFT BANK - GAZA STRIP                        0.0000000
LESOTHO                                     55.9800000
LIBERIA                                       0.0000000
MADAGASCAR                                  46.6300000
MALAWI                                      34.2600000
MALI                                        79.7900000
MALTA                                       74.4200000
MAURITANIA                                  68.3500000
MAURITIUS                                   67.4400000
MEXICO                                      42.1400000
MOROCCO                                      67.6800000
MOZAMBIQUE                                   50.3100000
 NAMIBIA                                     66.9400000
 Not available.
                             U
 ---pagebreak---          COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT             Weightings applicable with effect
                                              from the 1st January 1996
  NETHERLANDS ANTILLES                                    74.8600000
  NEW CALEDONIA                                         123.0600000
  NIGER                                                   77.7900000
  NIGERIA                                                 32.0600000
  NORWAY                                                121.7200000
  PAKISTAN                                                52.9700000
  PAPUA NEW GUINEA                                        71.4300000
  PERU                                                    77.0900000
  PHILIPPINES                                             55.0500000
  POLAND                                                  80.9000000
  REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE                                  78.7000000
  ROMANIA                                                 35.8600000
  RUSSIA                                                116.0600000
* RWANDA                                                    0.0000000
* SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE                                     0.0000000
  SENEGAL                                                 73.6000000
  SIERRA LEONE                                            65.7700000
  SLOVAKIA                                                58.8400000
  SLOVENIA                                                80.9000000
  SOLOMON ISLANDS                                         79.1300000
* SOMALIA                                                   0.0000000
  SOUTH AFRICA (LE CAP)                                   70.4000000
  SOUTH AFRICA (PRETORIA)                                 66.5600000
  SOUTH KOREA                                             88.9200000
  SRI LANKA                                                 0.0000000
  SUDAN                                                   29.3800000
  SURINAM                                                 50.9200000
  SWAZILAND                                               47.9900000
  SWITZERLAND                                            120.5600000
  SYRIA                                                   98.7800000
  TANZANIA                                                40.0500000
  THAILAND                                                69.9000000
   TOGO                                                   77.7400000
  TONGA                                                   71.8700000
  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                                     49.9000000
  TUNISIA                                                 60.3100000
  TURKEY                                                  61.6700000
  UGANDA                                                  58.6100000
  UKRAINE                                                 91.8400000
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK)                     87.7400000
   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON)                   75.2100000
  URUGUAY                                                  84.6300000
   VANUATU                                                 87.5100000
   VENEZUELA                                               65.0100000
   VIET NAM                                                34.0000000
   WESTERN SAMOA                                           64.0800000
   ZAIRE                                                    0.0000000
   ZAMBIA                                                  64.0800000
   ZIMBABWE                                                43.6900000
    Not available.
                                         (f
 ---pagebreak---                                FINANCIAL STATEMENT
                                       Proposal for a
                       Council of the European Union Regulation
                               laying down the weightings
                             applicable from 1 January 1996
             to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities
                                 serving in third countries
L. Budget item                                      A 6000
   Legal basis                                      Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the
                                                    Staff Regulations
   Budgetary impact:
     provisional real expenditure                   ECU 72 247 000
     for 1996                                       (i.e. ECU 6 020,583 per month) (1)
     estimate of effect of
     January 1996 weightings                        - ECU 49 652 (2)
     estimated expenditure for six
       months {(2) x (6)}                              ECU 297 912
      effect in relation to provisional
      real expenditure {(2) : (1)}                     0.82%
   This budigetary impact does not take account of the adjustment of the weightings laid
   down each month by the European Commission.
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