CELEX: 51996PC0678
Language: en
Date: 1996-12-18
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSC) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 1996 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                      Brussels, 18.12.1996
                                      COM(96)678 final
                       Proposal for a
     COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSQ
               laying down the weightings
               applicable from 1 July 1996
to theremunerationof 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 July 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 1783/96 of 11 September 1996 which
    took effect on 1 January 1996.
    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 June 1996.
    Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the
    Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC) for July 1996, the exchange rate
    selected and the resulting weighting, applicable from 1 July 1996.
    The SOEC has calculated the economic parities for each country shown in Table B. The
    parities used apply from 1 July 1996.
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 ---pagebreak---                                          Proposal for a
               COUNCIL REGULATION (EC. EURATOM, ECSQ No ..../..
                                             of..».
                                 laying down the weightings
                                 applicable from 1 July 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 259/68', as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC)
No 2963/95* and jn 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
I July 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 July 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,
     *OJ No L 310, 22.12.1995, p. 1.
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 ---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 1996
and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 July
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 July 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 January 1997.
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 1996 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings
applicable with effect from 1 July 1996, the institutions shall make retrospective downward
adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings.
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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---                                                                                         TABLE A
                                                 Economic       Exchange rates     Weightings
            PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT                   parities        June 1996        July 1996
                                                 July 1996            D
 Albania                                              2,2556249       3,6664956             61,52
 Algeria                                                      0       1,7800246              0,00
 Angola                                           2468615,215      1011910,183            243,96
 Antigua and Barbuda                                   0,081068       0,0859623             94,31
 Argentina                                         • 0,0299492        0,0318279             94,10
 Australia                                            0,0333145       0,0399664             83,36
 Bangladesh                                           0,7777071        1,329363             58,50
 Barbados                                             0,0544729        0,063674             85,55
 Belize                                               0,0456028        0,063674             71,62
 Benin                                              11,1971251       16,4725649             67,97
 Bolivia                                                      0                0             0,00
 Bosnia-Herzogovina                                           0                0             0,00
 Botswana                                             0,0647352           0,1056            61,30
 Brazil                                               0,0244446       0,0309521             78,98
 Bulgaria                                             1,5568537       4,0390985             38,54
 Burkina Faso                                       13,0420989       16,4725649             79,17
 Burundi                                              7,4564554       8,9198109             83,59
 Cameroon                                           15,1617187       16,4725649             92,04
 Canada                                               0,0296948       0,0437082             67,94
 Central African Republic                           18,3698684       16,4725649           111,52
 Chad                                               12,9296478       16,4725649             78,49
 Chile                                              11,0214007       13,0191381             84,66
 China                                                0,2073044       0,2651535             78,18
 Colombia                                           23,1500329       34,0309682             68,03
 Comoros                                            11,0233646       12,3543728             89,23
 Congo                                              15,8847088       16,4725649             96,43
 Costa Rica                                           4,2914188       6,5397947             65,62
 Cyprus                                             ' 0,0123438       0,0150657             81,93
 Czech Republic                                       0,5561112       0,8873902             62,67
 Djibouti                                             6,6312349       5,6580287           117,20
 Dominican Republic                                   0,3064145       0,4097521             74,78
 Egypt                                                0,0632051       0,1058896             59,69
 Equatorial Guinea                                   13,2482031      16,4725649             80,43
 Eritrea                                                      0                0             0,00
 Estonia                                                      0                0             0,00
 Ethiopia                                             0,0725413       0,2012113             36,05
 Ex-Yugoslavia                                                0       0,1605575              .0,00
 Fiji                                                 0,0316962       0,0436567             72,60
 Gabon                                               20,1557622      16,4725649            122,36
 Gambia                                               0,2471755       0,3068708             80,55
 Georgia                                              0,0261629         0,031837            82,18
 Ghana                                               18,8697439      51,4588586             36,67
 Grenada                                              0,0793511       0,0859623             92,31
 Guinea                                              32,1593765      31,8684471            100,91
  Guinea-Bissau                                   457,1247205       736,1059993             62,10
  Guyana                                              2,6616635       4,4734723!            59,50
                                                                        !        1              :  •
(*) Not available.
(**) BEF 1 = local currency
      Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD
(***) Brussels =100
                                                                                                     G
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                          TABLE A
                                                     Economic      Exchange rates   Weightings
                PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT                   parities       June 1996      July 1996
                                                     July 1996
                                                                         n
(*)   Haiti                                                      0       0,5093984            0,00
      Hong Kong                                         0,2497118           0,24833        100,56
      Hungary                                           3,5476908        4,8503662           73,14
      India                                             04445627         1,0951103           40,60
      Indonesia                                        59,0410903        73,713696           80,10
      Israel                                            0,1092398         0,103598         105,45
     Ivory Coast                                        15,259141      16,4725649            92,63
     Jamaica                                            0,6155779        1,2351779           49,84
     Japan                                              5,3131863        3,3998572         156,28
     Jordan                                             0,0141788        0,0222084           63,84
     Kazakhstan                                         0,0342607         0,031837         107,61
     Kenya                                               1,1767997       1,8240187           64,52
     Latvia                                                      0                0           0,00
     Lebanon                                           47,0506759      49,3193924            95,40
     Left Bank - Gaza Strip                                      0                0           0,00
n    Lesotho                                            0,0703153        0,1392874           50,48
n    Liberia                                                     0        0,031837            0,00
n    Lithuania                                                   0                0           0,00
     Madagascar                                        68,2662146     125,2348153            54,51
     Malawi                                             0,1880859        0,4882336           38,52
     Mali                                              13,9842377      16,4725649            84,89
     Malta                                                0,009066       0,0116159           78,05
     Mauritania                                         3,3068724        4,3023706           76,86
     Mauritius                                          0,4316361        0,6136099           70,34
     Mexico                                             0,1181044        0,2363899           49,96
     Morocco                                            0,1961727        0,2803241           69,98
     Mozambique                                       194,4173606     351,4938489            55,31
     Namibia                                            0,0874029        0,1392874           62,75
     Netherlands Antilles                               0,0450799        0,0566701           79,55
     New Caledonia                                      3,6821563        2,9949984         122,94
     Niger                                             13,0819304      16,4725649            79,42
     Nigeria                                            1,0355024        2,6266022           39,42
     Norway                                             0,2576376        0,2080862         123,81
     Pakistan                                           0,6604226        1,1056954           59,73
     Papua New Guinea                                   0,0380214        0,0406058           93,64
     Peru                                               0,0627747        0,0767578           81,78
     Philippines                                        0,4918452         0,817929           60,13
     Poland                                           716,1510829     849,5454932            84,30
     Republic of Cape Verde                              1,9902843       2,6755137           74,39
     Romania                                           39,1804024        93,949643           41,70
     Russia                                             0,0386537          0,031837         121,41
     Rwanda                                                      0       9,6237128            0,00
n     Senegal                                          12,2688129       16,4725649           74,48
      Sierra Leone                                     22,4305825      27,2643001            82,27
      Slovakia                                           0,5873548         0,986096          59,56
      Slovenia                                           3,6983593       4,4347865           83,39
    (*) Not available.
    (**) BEF 1 = local currency
          Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD
    (***) Brussels = 100
                                                                                                   ?
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                       TABLE A
                                                   Economic      Exchange rates  Weightings
              PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT                   parities       June 1996     July 1996
                                                   July 1996
                                                                      n
    Solomon Islands                                    0,0986771      0,1049043          94,06
H   Somalia                                                    0     83,4097923           0,00
    South Africa (Pretoria)                            0,0848823      0,1392874          60,94
    South Africa (The Cape)                           0,0892687       0,1392874          64,09
    South Korea                                      23,5938015      24,7917493          95,17
    Sri Lanka                                                  0               0          0,00
n   Sudan                                              1,0457249      3,7854412          27,62
    Suriname                                           7,0786481     12,7985256          55,31
    Swaziland                                         0,0610639       0,1392874          43,84
    Switzerland                                       0,0489475       0,0399074         122,65
    Syria                                             0,9122293       1,3371487          68,22
    Sâo Tome and Principe                                      0               0          0,00
n  Tanzania                                           8,3323384      18,5154326          45,00
   Thailand                                           0,5818168       0,7861635          74,01
   Togo                                              13,1436828      16,4725649          79,79
   Tonga                                              0,0335283       0,0395695          84,73
   Trinidad and Tobago                                0,1006786       0,1885547          53,39
   Tunisia                                            0,0191265       0,0305614          62,58
   Turkey                                           1600,309282     2492,273951          64,21
    Uganda                                           21,0489094      31,7803343          66,23
    Ukraine                                           0,0343746        0,031837         107,97
   United States of America (New York)                0,0297365        0,031837          93,40
   United States of America (Washington)              0,0259319        0,031837          81,45
   Uruguay                                            0,2185239       0,2476903          88,22
   Vanuatu                                            3,4230266       3,5308241          96,95
   Venezuela                                            6,573016     14,9195834          44,06
   Viet Nam                                         125,6336345     348,9305279          36,01
   Western Samoa                                      0,0582731       0,0764584          76,22
   Zaire                                                       0    1089,324619           0,00
   Zambia                                             22,644138      39,1711387          57,81
   Zimbabwe                                           0,1460063       0,3101833          47,07
  (*) Not available.
  (**) BEF 1 = local currency
        Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD
  (***) Brussels = 100
                                                                                               ^
 ---pagebreak---                                                          TABLE B
                                                   Economie
                             PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT    parities
                                                   July 1996
                   Albania                             2,2556249
                   Algeria                                      0
                n  Angola                           2468615,215
                   Antigua and Barbuda                   0,081068
                   Argentina                           0,0299492
                   Australia                           0,0333145
                   Bangladesh                          0,7777071
                   Barbados                            0,0544729
                   Belize                              0,0456028
                   Benin                             11,1971251
                n  Bolivia                                      0
                n  Bosnia-Herzogovina                           Ô
                   Botswana                            0,0647352
                   Brazil                              0,0244446
                   Bulgaria                            1,5568537
                   Burkina Faso                      13,0420989
                   Burundi                             7,4564554
                   Cameroon                          15,1617187
                   Canada                              0,0296948
                   Central African Republic          18,3698684
                   Chad                              12,9296478
                   Chile                             11,0214007
                   China                               0,2073044
                   Colombia                          23,1500329
                   Comoros                           11,0233646
                   Congo                             15,8847088
                   Costa Rica                          4,2914188
                   Cyprus                              0,0123438
                   Czech Republic                      0,5561112
                   Djibouti                            6,6312349
                   Dominican Republic                  0,3064145
                   Egypt                               0,0632051
                   Equatorial Guinea                 13,2482031
                n  Eritrea                  .                   0
                n  Estonia                                      0
                   Ethiopia                            0,0725413
                n  Ex-Yugoslavia                                0
                   Fiji                                0,0316962
                   Gabon                              20,1557622
                   Gambia                              0,2471755
                   Georgia                             0,0261629
                   Ghana                              18,8697439
                   Grenada                              0,0793511
                   Guinea                             32,1593765
                   Guinea-Bissau                    457,1247205
                   Guyana                        I      2,6616635
(*) Not available.
                                                                  °>
 ---pagebreak---                                                               TABLE B
                                                        Economie
                             PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT         parities
                                                        July 1996
                   Haiti                          .""                o
                n  Hong Kong                                0,2497ÎT8
                   Hungary                                  3,5476908
                   India                                    0,4445627
                   Indonesia                              59,0410903
                   Israel                                   0,1092398
                   Ivory Coast                              15,259141
                   Jamaica                                  0,6155779
                   Japan                                    5,3131863
                   Jordan                                   0,0141788
                   Kazakhstan                               0,0342607
                   Kenya                                    1,1767997
                O  Latvia                                            0
                   Lebanon                                47,0506759
                o  Left Bank - Gaza Strip                            0
                   Lesotho                    |             0,0703153
                n  Liberia                                           0
                n  Lithuania                                         0
                   Madagascar                             68,2662146
                   Malawi                                   0,1880859
                   Mali                                   13,9842377
                   Malta                                      0,009066
                   Mauritania                               3,3068724
                   Mauritius                                0,4316361
                   Mexico                                   0,1181044
                   Morocco                                  0,1961727
                   Mozambique                            194,4173606
                   Namibia                      ;           0,0874029
                   Netherlands Antilles                     0,0450799
                   New Caledonia                            3,6821563
                   Niger                                  13,0819304
                   Nigeria                                  1,0355024
                   Norway                                   0,2576376
                   Pakistan                 -               0,6604226
                   Papua New Guinea                         0,0380214
                   Peru                                     0,0627747
                   Philippines                              0,4918452
                   Poland                                716,1510829
                   Republic of Cape Verde                   1,9902843
                   Romania                                39,1804024
                   Russia                                   0,0386537
                   Rwanda                 .                          0
                n  Senegal                                 12,2688129
                   Sierra Leone                           22,4305825
                   Slovakia                                 0,5873548
                   Slovenia                           I      3,6983593
(*) Not available.
                                                                       (O
 ---pagebreak---                                                                 TABLE B
                                                           Economie
                             PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT            parities
                                                           July 1996
                   Solomon Islands                             0,0986771
                   Somalia                                             Ô
                 n South Africa (Pretoria)                     0,0848823
                   South Africa (The Cape)                     0,0892687
                   South Korea                               23,5938015
                   Sri Lanka                                           0
                 n Sudan                                       1,0457249
                   Suriname                                    7,0786481
                   Swaziland                                   0,0610639
                   Switzerland                                 0,0489475
                   Syria                                       0,9122293
                   Sâo Tome and Principe                               0
                n  Tanzania                                    8,3323384
                   Thailand                                    0,5818168
                   Togo                                      13,1436828
                   Tonga                           -           0,0335283
                   Trinidad and Tobago                         0,1006786
                   Tunisia                                     0,0191265
                   Turkey                                   1600,309282
                   Uganda                                    21,0489094
                   Ukraine                                     0,0343746
                   United States of America (New York)         0,0297365
                   United States of America (Washington)       0,0259319
                   Uruguay                                     0,2185239
                   Vanuatu                                     3,4230266
                   Venezuela                                    6,573016
                   Viet Nam                              .  125,6336345
                   Western Samoa                     "         0,0582731
                   Zaire                                               0
                n  Zambia                                      22,644138
                   Zimbabwe                                    0,1460063
(*) Not available.
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 ---pagebreak---                               FINANCIAL STATEMENT
                                      Proposal for a
                      Council of the European Union Regulation
                              laying down the weightings
                              applicable from 1 July 1996
             to theremunerationof officials of the European Communities
                                serving in third countries
1. Budget item                                     A 6000
2. 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
     July 1996 weightings                          + ECU 4 895 (2)
   - estimated expenditure for six
       months {(2) x (6)}                          + ECU 29 370
   - effect in relation to provisional
      real expenditure {(2) : (1)}                 + 0.081%
   This budgetary impact does not take account of the adjustment of the weightings laid
   down each month by the European Commission.
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