CELEX: 51983PC0443
Language: en
Date: 1983-07-08
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) adjusting the weightings applied in Italy to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            C0MC83) 443 final
                                            Brussels, 8 July 1983
                            Proposal for a
               ÇQyNÇIL.BEGULATION.CEEÇ^.EyRATOM^.EÇSÇ)
    adjusting the weightings applied in Italy to the remuneration
         and pensions of officials and other servants of the
                         European Communities
             (presented by the Commission to the Council)
  COM(83) 443 final
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Following high inflation in Italy in 1976, staff at Ispra asked
that the weighting be adjusted, claiming that it was not high enough
and that it did not take account of living conditions in Ispra.
Weightings have been fixed for national capitals since 1978.
As a result, the weighting for Italy was increased by 6.4% by
Council Regulations No 3084/78 of 21.12.1978^ and No 3087/78 of
21.12.1978^ and backdated to 1 January 1978.
A group of staff working in Ispra appealed, under the conditions laid
down by Articles 90 and 91 of the Staff Regulations, against their
salary statements for January 1979 which were calculated on the basis
of the above regulations. They argued that the new weighting applicable
 from 1 January 1978 should have been backdated to 1 January 1976 since
 it was based on a statistical survey conducted at the end of 1975.
 They further argued that a statistical weighting should have been fixed
 for staff in Varese to take account of living conditions in the area.
 On the backdating issue, the Court found as follows:
 "The Statistical Office's reports dated 17 and 29 June 1976 and its
 memorandum dated 17 August 1976 show that the cost of living in Rome and,
 to a greater extent in Varese, increased by some 2% more than in Brussels
  in 1976."
   0J No L 369, 29.12.1978, p. 1.
   0J No L 369, 29.12.1978, p. 10.
 ---pagebreak---                                  - 2 -
The Court referred to its judgment of 6 October 1982 (Case 59/81 -
Commission v Council) in which it declared that the Council's role in
adjusting the weightings was to determine whether there had been a
considerable increase or not and, if so, to act accordingly.
On the second point, i.e. the fixing of a separate weighting for Ispra,
the Court found in favour of the applicants:
"39. Under those conditions, in order that the rule contained in
Article 64 of the Staff Regulations to the effect that account must
be taken of living conditions in the various "places of employment"
may be observed, that expression must be understood as meaning not only
the capitals of the Member States but the exact places where the duties
of a sufficiently large number of officials and other employees of the
Communities are performed.
40. Therefore it is for the Community institutions, in cases in which
the cost of living in such a place of employment undergoes fluctuations
greater than those occurring in the capital of the State in question,
to determine separate weightings. Hence the applicant's submission
relating to the calculation of the weighting affecting his salary on
the basis of the cost of living in the province of Varese must be
considered well founded."
The Commission is of the opinion that the weightings that the judgments
referred to hold to be incorrectly established be repealed.
As to the backdating issue, the Commission considers that the 6.4%
increase in the weighting applicable to the salaries and pensions of
officials and other servants in Italy, set out in Regulations Nos 3084/78
and 3087/78, should be backdated to 1 January 1976.
As to the establishment of a separate weighting for Varese, the
Commission has adopted the statistical method recommended by the
Statistical Office of the European Communities and explained in the
attached technical report. An ad hoc survey of living conditions in
Varese and Rome would not give satisfactory results for previous years.
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 3 -
However, the Commission plans to undertake such a survey in future.
It is proposed that separate weightings be fixed for Varese from
1 January 1976 onwards, since the weightings fixed prior to that date
have not been disputed.
The attached proposal for a Regulation complies with the Court's
judgments as far as regulations laying down weightings from
1 January 1976 to 1 July 1982 are concerned. The amendments to be
made to the proposal for a regulation submitted under Article 65(2)
on . . . . . . . will mean consequential adjustments to this proposal as
soon as the Statistical Office of the European Communities is in a
position to produce a time index for Varese.
 ---pagebreak---  STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE
 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                         DOÇ^NoJjQH/SS
 Demographic and social statistics
        Memorandum on the Court's Judgment of 15 December 1982
- Action to be taken following the Court's Judgment of
   15 December 1982 on the weighting applicable to the remuneration
  of staff serving in Italy.
- Statistical aspects of the problem.
 ---pagebreak---                                  - 2 -
1. Following the Court's Judgment, the 6.4% increase in the weighting
for Italy (Rome and Varese) approved by the Council with effect from
1 January 1978 must be backdated to 1 January 1976.
This means that the weighting in force on 1 January 1976 must be
multiplied by a factor of 106.4. After that date and up to 1 July 1977,
the weightings must be multiplied by the same factor. For Rome,
therefore, the weighting applicable on 1 January 1978 and subsequent
weightings are correct.
                                Table 1
  Regulation      Entry into force      Old weighting       Correction
                                                            to be made
   1592/76             1.1.76                176,6               106,4
   3177/76             1.7.76                189,3               106,4
   3177/76             1.1.77                120                 106,4
   1409/77             1.1.77                132,1               106,4
   2859/77             1.7.77                130,2               106,4
    1461/78            1.1. '78              137,6                106,4
    3087/78             1.1.78               146,4        weighting:
                                                          correct
 2. For Varese there are two problems:
 The first is to establish the difference in price levels between Rome
 and Varese on 1 January 1976; the second is to build an index for
 the Ispra area.
 Annex I describes the procedure used to establish the difference
 in price levels.
 Annex II describes the method used by the Office to calculate a
 specific index for Ispra (Annex II and Table 2).
 Finally, Table 3 shows the corrections to be made for Varese from
 1 January 1976 to 1 July 1982 to take account of the Court's
 deci sion.
 ---pagebreak---   Procedure used to establish the difference in price Levels between
  Ispra and Rome on 1 January 1976
 I . Basis
 Price survey conducted in April 1967 in Brussels, Rome and Ispra
  (see Doc. No 106/68 attached).
 Results of survey
 Brussels       = 100
 Ispra          =    99.44
 Rome           = 101.27
 or             =
 Rome           = 100
 Ispra          =   98.2
 II. Price increases in Rome and Varese between 1 April 1967 and
 1 January 1976 (Consumer price indices for white and blue collar
 workers and their dependents - regional indices).
 April 1967 - December 1975                  Rome           Varese
                                            193.4            201.9
or Rome = 100          Varese = 104.4
Calculation
April 1967                                   Rome           Varese
 (1966 = 100)                               101.4            101.3
December 1975
(1970 = 100)                                177.9            181.0
Basic linking scale                       1.1024           1.1301
177.9                                 181.0
          x 1.1024 = 193.4                       x 1.1301 = 201.9
101.4                                 101.3
III. The difference in price levels between Rome and Varese on
1 January 1976 can therefore be estimated at 4.4% - 1.8% = 2.6%.
 ---pagebreak---                                                        ANNEX II
            Building of a specific cost of living index
                         for the Ispra area
In accordance with a Council Decision of 1968 the weightings
applicable in the different countries are those of the capitals.  The
Court Judgment in Case 543/79 of 15 December 1982 states:
"39. Under those conditions, in order that the rule contained in Article
64 of the Staff Regulations to the effect that account must be taken of living
conditions in the various "places of employment" may be observed, that
expression must be understood as meaning not only the capitals of the
Member States but the exact places where the duties of a sufficiently
large number of officials and other employees of the Communities are
performed.
40. Therefore it is for the Community institutions, in cases in which
the cost of living in such a place of employment undergoes fluctuations
greater than those occurring in the capital of the State in question,
to determine separate weightings." (. . . )
(Sections 39 and 40, page 76 of the Court's Judgment).
The Office has thus attempted to calculate a specific index for
Varese. For technical reasons it has not been possible to calculate
a genuine "joint index", i.e. an index calculated on the basis of a
weighting specific to Community officials^, for the period from
1 January 1976 to 1 July 1982.
To offset this drawback the Office has based its calculations on
increases in ISTAT regional indexes for Rome and Varese and the
increase in the joint index for Rome. The latter "internationalizes"
the Varese regional index by indirect application of an "international
officials" weighting.
The results of employing this method are shown in Table 2.
 An index of this kind will be calculated from 1 July 1982 in
 collaboration with ISTAT.
 ---pagebreak---                                             TABLE 2
                          Cost of Living index for Rome and Varese
                              from 1 January 1976 to 1 July 1982.
                                 Regional index                      Correction for Varese
                                                                     to take account of the
  Dates^      Joint index
                                   Rome   Varese     Corrected index different patterns of
                   Rome                               for Varese^    cost-of-living
                                                                     increases in the two
                                                                     cities^
1 . V.76         100,0
1 . 1.76         106,0              -        -              -                       -
1 . 7.76         111,6           109,7     110,2          112,1                  100,4
1 . 1.77         110,1           109,1     110,7          111,7                  101,5
1 . 7.77         106,9           107,9     110,4          109,4                  102,3
1 . 1.78         105,7           104,3     104,3          105,7                  100,0
1 .7.78          104,/,          105,5     106,2          105,1                  100,7
1 . 1.79         107,1           106,1     106,1          107,1                  100,0
1 . 7.79          105,6          107,6      108,0         105,9                  100,4
1.1.80            109,3          109,6      108,3         108,0                    98,8
 1 .4.80          106,3          106,6      103,9         102,G                    97,4
1 . 7.80          106,2          103,5       104,7         106,4                  101,1
 1 .1 .81         110,5           112,2      110,5         108,8                   98,5
 1.7.81           109,9           108,5      109,2         110,6                  100,6
 1 . 1.82         108,0           108,6      106,3         105,7                    97,9
 1 . 7 . 8?        106,3          105,9       106,4^       106,8                  100,5
       1
         Base 100 = previous date
       2..
        -Varese
          ----    = J.joint
                        . . .index
                               .
         Rome
      • Corrected joint index for Varese
              Joint index for Rome
 ---pagebreak---                                             TABLE 3
             Corrections to be applied for Varese to Italian weightings between
                1 January 1976 and 1 July 1982 following the Court's Judgment              -··
                                      of 15 December 1982^
                                                                  •-r'
                 Date of                         Correction to be applied
Regulations                     Old                                                     New
                entry into Weighting
                    force                                                     Total   Weighting
                                                                          corrections
       1 '            2           3        4             5           6          7            8
  1592/76          1.1.76      176,6      106,4       102,6          —      109,2        1 9 2 ,8
  3177/76          1.7.76      189,3      106,4       102,6     100,4       109,6        2 0 7 ,5
  3177/76          1.1.77      120,0      106,4       102,6     1 0 1 ,5    111,2        1 3 3 ,4
  ]409/77          1.1.77      132,1      106,4       102,6     101,5       111,2        146,9
  2859/77          1.7.77      130,2      106,4       102,6     102,3       113,8        148,2
  1461/78          1.1.78      137,6      .106,4      102,6     100,0       113,8        156,6
  3087/78          1.1.78      146,4         -        102,6     1 0 0 ,0    107,0        156,6
  3004/78          1.7.78      146,8         -        102,6      100,7      107,7         158,1
    161/80         1.1.79      157,2         -        102,6      100,0      107,7         169,3
    161/80         1.4.79       75,3         -         102,6    1 0 0 ,4    108,1           81,4
    161/80         1.7.79       70,5         -         102,6     100,4       108,1          76,2
  1525/80          1.1.80       77,1         -         102,6       98,8      106,8          82,3
  3139/82          1.4.80       81,2          -        102,6        97,4     104,0          84,4
    397/81          1.7.80       75,3         -        102,6'    10] ,1      105,1          79,1
  3017/02         16.11.80       82,4         -        102,6        98,5     103,5          85,3
   1974/81          1.1.81       82,4         -        102,6        98,5     103,5           85,3
    372/82.       16.5.81        91,5         -        102,6     100,6       104,1           95,3
    372/82          1.7.81       83,6          -       102,6      100,6      104,1           87,0
   1625/08        16.11.81       89,0          -       102,6         97,9    101,9           90,7
   1625/82          1.1.02       89,0          -       102,6         97,9     101,9          90,7
      -             1.7.82       09,7          -        102,6     100,5       102,4          91,9
             New weighting = old weighing (column 3) multiplied by the correction shown
             in column 7.
            Column 4: correction to allow for backdating to 1 January 1976.
            Column 5: correction to take account of the difference in price levels
                         between Rome and Varese on 1 January 1976.
            Column 6 : correction to take account of the different patterns of cost-of-living
                         increases in Rome and Varese from 1 January 1976.
 ---pagebreak---  STATISTICAL OFFICE                                    Doc. No 106/68
         OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Social Statistics
                                     Report
             by the Statistical Office of the European Communities
             on the establishment of purchasing power parities for
                            European civil servants
                             (geographical indexes)
 1.    In 1966, the Statistical Office of the European Communities was
       asked by the ECSC High Authority, the EEC Commission and the
       EAEC Commission to compare price levels in the different places
       of employment of European civil servants with a view to
       establishing the geographical inde;.?s provided for by Article 64
                                 1
       of the Staff Regulations .
       This report:                  ,
       - gives a brief outline of the technicalities of the survey;
        - describes the conduct of the survey, which was run by the
           Statistical Office over the period March/May 1967 in
           conjunction with representatives of the national statistical
           services of the Member States and the OECD interorganization
           section for the study of salaries and prices;
        - presents the findings of the survey.
         The methodology and the technicalities of the survey were
         finalized at a meeting of the ad hoc Working Party on the 1967
         price survey - European civil servants held in Brussels on
         19 and 20 September 1966 under the chairmanship of the SOEC.
         The Working Party comprised expert statisticians from the
         national statistic services of the Member States, representatives
    The first survey of this kind was carried out by the SOEC in
    collaboration with the national statistics institutes in 1963.
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 2 -
      of the administrations of the three European executives, and
      representatives of the OECD interorganization for the study of
                                     A
      section salaries and prices.
I.    Organization and conduct of the survey
2.      Definition of places of employment
       Although, in theory, a geographical index should have been
       established for each place of employment this proved impossible
       in practice because these places of employment are so widely
       di spersed.
       It was therefore decided to limit the survey to the capitals of
       the Six and places of employment with a large number of officials,
       vi z :
        Federal Republic of Germany: Bonn and Karlsruhe
        France: Paris, Paris region and Cadarache region
        Italy: Rome and Ispra region
        Netherlands: The Hague and Petten region
        Belgium: Brussels
        Luxembourg: Luxembourg.
 3.    List of items and services
        A list of 243 products and services was priced, breaking down
        as follows:
         Food:                                      64 items
         Accommodation:                             63 items
         Clothing:                                  24 items
         Medical services and health care:          18 items
         Transport:                                 19 items
         Cultural activities:                       42 items
         Miscellaneous:                             13 items.
    See Document No 5459/66 - record of the meeting of the ad hoc
    Working Party on the 1967 price survey - European civil servants.
 ---pagebreak--- For practical purposes three Lists of items were established:
- List I, containing 34 items priced directly in local shops
  by SOEC staff in conjunction with national experts.
- List II, containing 48 items priced directly by the national
  statistical institutes.
- List III, containing 161 items priced from the retail price
  survey undertaken by the SOEC in April and October each year,
  in conjunction with the national statistical institutes, in
  a number of major cities in each country.
The choice of articles and services and their description were
based on previous work by the SOEC in this area:
(a) for the selection of products and services, the list used
     was that already employed in 1963 for the household
     budgets survey carried out by the Office in 1965/66 among
     European civil servants employed in Brussels, Luxembourg
     and Ispra;
(b) for the descriptions, the definitions and standards used
     were those adopted by statisticians for the retail price
     survey.
Choice of shops
Practical organization of the survey and the choice of shops were
left to the national statistical institutes.    To ensure
comparability from one country to another the shops were chosen
jointly in Brussels and Luxembourg by experts from the six
countries.    Department stores, supermarkets and specialist
retail outlets were chosen; discount stores, luxury goods shops
and markets were systematically left out.
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 4 -
5. Number of prices recorded per item
   For items on Lists I and II five prices were recorded, unless
   of course there was a single national price.      For the Ispra
   region and for food items only, the number of prices was
   increased to seven.     For items on List III all prices recorded
   during the survey were taken into account.
6. Timing of the survey
   For items on Lists II and III the prices for all places of
   employment relate to April 1967.
   Items on List I had to be priced between March and May 1967.
   Since these items are not subject to seasonal variations this
   slight, inevitable time lag had no influence on the findings.
7. Calculation method
    Price ratios between the different places of employment and
    the provisional headquarters were calculated by using the
    Irving-Fisher formula.     This formula is also used by the
    OECD and the United Nations.
    Calculations for Brussels, Luxembourg and Ispra were based on
    the weightings determined by the household budgets survey
    (European civil servants) conducted by the Office in 1965/66.
    The latest OECD weightings were used for the other places of
    employment.
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 5 -
8.   Rent
     Given its importance in the household budget, it was decided
     to include rent in the calculation of geographical indexes.
     The findings of the annual survey conducted by the SOEC among
     European civil servants were used for all places of employment
     except Rome, Paris, the Paris region and The Hague.
     For Rome, Paris, the Paris region and The Hague, where very
     few European civil servants are employed, similar surveys
     conducted by the OECD were used.
II. Control and presentation of findings
9.   To allow statisticians to determine the geographical indexes
     for their own countries, the experts from the six countries
     participated directly in the survey at headquarters (choice
     of shops, pricing).    In addition, an official from the
     Belgian Ministry of Economic Affcirs and Energy and an
     official from STATEC (Luxembourg Latistical Service) helped
     with the survey at all places of employment side by side with
     SOEC and OECD experts.    At the end of the field survey in
     each country, the prices recorded were critically examined.
     The prices finally used were approved by statisticians from
     the countries in question.     Furthermore, all the prices
     were submitted for approval to the ad hoc Working Party at
     meetings held in Brussels on 10, 11 and 12 July 1967 and in
                                             1
     Luxembourg on 11 and 12 September 1967 .
     It goes without saying that only prices approved by the entire
     ad hoc Working Party were used for the final calculations.
 Record A/DISTR. meeting 69/313/ST/67 and Recorded Doc. No 4811/67,
 E/P.F. 12.
 ---pagebreak---                                                  - 6  -
10.   The final calculations and              the resultant geographical indexes
      were examined and approved              by the ad hoc Working Party at a
      meeting held in Luxembourg              on 1 December 1967.    The results
      shown below and the record              of the meeting is attached.
                   1967 price survey - European civil servants
                               Purchasing power parities of
                                   European civil servants
                                Fisher geographical indexes
                  Base: Brussels and Brussels/Luxembourg = 100
                                                                       April 1967
       Places of employment                          Brussels =  100    Brussels/
                                                                     Luxembourg = 100
    The Hague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             89, 58           92 .13
    Petten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            91 06            93 .68
    Bonn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         101 49          104 .57
    Karlsruhe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             95- 02           97 .90
    Cadarache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            109. 40          112 .35
    Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          118 77           122 .06
    Luxembourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              94. 12
    Ispra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           99. 44          102 -10
    Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         101 27           104 .33
 ---pagebreak---      STATISTICAL OFFICE                                       Doc. No 5510/67
                                                               & -a « w
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      Luxembourg, 1 December 1967
    Social Statistics
                       Summary  record of the meeting of the
                           ad  hoc Working Party on the
                  1967 price   survey - European civil servants
                      held in  Luxembourg on 1 December 1967
1. The meeting was chaired by Mr Gavanier, Director for Social Statistics
at the Statistical Office of the European Communities. The attendance
 list is shown in Annex II.
2. The Working Party examined the final results of the survey carried
out by the SOEC in April 1967 at the request of the administrations of
the institutions to serve as a basis for fixing the weightings provided
for in Article 64 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European
Communities.
3. The technicalities of the survey had been jointly approved by the
statisticians of the six member countries of the Community at a meeting
held in Brussels on 19 and 20 September 1966, in the presence of representatives
of the OECD interorganization section for the study of salaries and prices
on behalf of the coordinated organizations.
4. The survey was carried out by SOEC staff with the direct participation
of representatives of national statistical institutes of the six Community
countries and representatives of the OECD interorganization section.
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 2 -
5. The data collected were submitted to expert statisticians from
the six Community countries and approved by them.
6.  The geographical indexes shown in Annex I, which include rent, were
calculated by the Fisher method, which is also used by the United Nations
and the coordinated organizations.
7. Statisticians from the six Community countries approved the price
ratios between their countries and Brussels and between their countries
and the Brussels/Luxembourg average.
8.  This record was adopted at the meeting.
 ---pagebreak---                                                          Annex I
                1967 price survey - European civil servants
                        Purchasing power parities of
                           European civil servants
                         Fisher geographical indexes
               Base: Brussels and Brussels/Luxembourg = 100
                                                          April 1967
     Places of employment        Brussels = 100         Brussels/
                                                     Luxembourg = 100
The Hague                              89.58                 92.13
Petten                                 91.06                 93.68
Bonn                                  101.49                104.57
Karlsruhe                              95.02                 97.90
Cadarache                             109.40                112.35
Paris                                 118.^7                122.06
Luxembourg                             94.1 ’
Ispra                                  99.44                102.10
Rome                                  101.27                104.33
 ---pagebreak---                                                              Annex II
                                 Atendance List
Chairman : Mr Gavanier
Secretary: Mr van der Weerden
Government representatives:
Germany           :      Mr Rasch
                        Statistiches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden
France            :      Mr Lecolle
                        Institut national de la statistique et des étude
                        économiques, Paris
Italy             :      Mr Felici
                        Istituto Centrale di Statistica, Roma
Netherlands       :      Mr Pathuis
                        Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Den Haag
Belgium           :      Mr Broechoven
                        Ministère des Affaires économiques, Bruxelles
Luxembourg        :      Mr Huberty
                         Service central de la statistique et des études
                        économiques, Luxembourg.
OECD: Mr Jama and Mr Bourgeois
Council of the European Communities: Mr Uebel
Economic and Social Committee : Miss Herkendell
Commission of the European Communities: Mr Jaurant-Singer
                                          Mrs Zimmermann
                                          Mr Peeters
Statistical Office of the European Communities: Mrs Kleine
                                                  Mr Bertaud
                                   '              Mr Vock
 ---pagebreak---                       Proposal for a
         CQUNCIL_REGyLATION_(EEC^_EyRATOM„_FCSC)
              adjusting the weightings applied in Italy
              to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other
              servants of the European Communities
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 Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of
the European Communities, and in particular Article 13 thereof.
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the
Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities
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laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 ,
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as last amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 440/83 ,
and in particular Articles 63, 64 and 82 of the Staff Regulations
and the first paragraph of Article 20 and Article 64 of the
Conditions of Employment,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas a large number of officials and other servants employed at
 the Joint Research Centre in Ispra instituted proceedings to
 secure replacement of their salary statements for January 1979;
Whereas, by judgment dated 15 December 1982, the Court     ruled
 as follows:
  The applicant's salary statement for January 1979 is annulled, in as far
 as it is restricted to giving effect to Council Regulation No 3087/78,
 both as to the amount of the adjustment of the weighting and as to the
 retroactive effect of that adjustment, together with the decisions
 rejecting the applicant's complaints; Regulation No 3087/78
 is declared not applicable to the applicant in so far as it takes
 no account of the cost of living in Varese and limits the retroactive
 effect of the adjustment of the weighting to 1 January 1978.
 ->0J L 56, 4 March 1968, p. 1.
  0J L 53, 26 February 1983, p.1.
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Whereas, to give effect to this judgment, the regulations
fixing weightings for Italy from 1 January 1976 should be
adjusted and a specific weighting fixed for Varese from the
same date;
Whereas, to this end, the method devised by the Statistical
Office of the European Communities should be applied,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                     Article 1
1. With effect from 1 January 1976, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)           187.9
Varese                          192.8
2. With effect from 1 July 1976, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
 in Italy shall be as follows:
 Italy (except Varese)         201.4
Varese                         207.5
 3. With effect from 1 January 1977, the weightings applicable
 to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
 in Italy shall be as follows:
 Italy (except Varese)          140.6
 Varese                         146.9
 4. With effect from 1 July 1977, the weightings applicable
 to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
 in Italy shall be as follows:
 Italy (except Varese)          138.5
 Varese                         148.2
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                  Article 2
1. With effect from 1 January 1976, the weighting applicable
to pensions pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 82(1)
of the Staff Regulations shall be as shown below for persons
entitled to pensions declaring their homes to be in Italy:
Italy                 187.9
2. With effect from 1 July 1976, the weighting applicable
to pensions pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 82(1)
of the Staff Regulations shall be as shown below for persons
entitled to pensions declaring their homes to be in Italy:
Italy           201.4
3. With effect from 1 January 1977, the weighting applicable
to pensions pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 82(1)
of the Staff Regulations shall be as shown below for persons
entitled to pensions declaring their homes to be in Italy:
Italy         140.6
4. With effect from 1 July 1977^the weighting applicable to
pensions pursuant to the second subpai graph of Article 82(1)
of the Staff Regulations shall be as shown below for persons
entitled to pensions declaring their homes to be in Italy:
 Italy     138.5
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                Article 3
1. With effect from 1 January 1978, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)           146.4
Varese                          156.6
2. With effect from 1 July 1978, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)           146.8
Varese                          158.1
3. With effect from 1 January 1979, the weightings applicable
 to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
 in Italy shall be as follows:
 Italy (except Varese)           157.2
 Varese                          169.3
 4. With effect from 1 April 1979, the weightings applicable
 to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
 in Italy shall be as follows:
 Italy (except Varese)           75.3
 Varese                          81.4
 5. With effect from 1 July 1979, the weightings applicable
 to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
  in Italy shall be as follows:
  Italy (except Varese)          70.5
  Varese                         76.2
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6.  With effect from 1 January 1980, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)              77.1
Varese                             82.3
7. With effect from 1 April 1980, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)             81.2
Varese                            84.4
8.  With effect from 1 July 1980, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)            75.3
Varese                           79,1
9. With effect from 16 November 1910, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and ■~>ther servants employed in
Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)           82.4
Varese                          85.3
10. With effect from 16 May 1981, the weightings applicable to
the remuneration of officials and other servants employed in
Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)           91.5
Varese                          95.3
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11. With effect from 1 July 1981, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)          83.6
Varese                         87.0
12. With effect from 16 November 1981, the weightings applicable
to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed
in Italy shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)         89.0
Varese                        90.7
13. With effect from 1 July 1982, the weightings applicable to the
remuneration of officials and other servants employed in Italy
shall be as follows:
Italy (except Varese)         89.7
Varese                        91.9
                     Article 4
1. The weightings applicable to the remunerations and pensions
of officials and other servants of the European Communities
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employed in Italy, as set out in Regulations No 1592/76 ,
No 3177/76^, No 1409/77^ and No 2859/77^, are hereby repealed.
'0J  L 177, 2.7.1976, p. 1 .
^0J  L 359, 30.12.1976, p. 1.
4 OJ L 160, 30.6.1977, p. 1.
  0J L 330, 23.12.1977, p. 1.
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   2. The weightings applicable to the remunerations of officials
   and other servants of the European Communities employed in
   Italy, as set out in Regulations No 1461/78 1 , No 3087/78 ? ,
  No 3084/783, No 161/304, No 1525/805, No 3139/826, No 397/817,
  No 3017/818, No 372/829 and No 1625/8210, are hereby repealed.
                       Article 5
  This Regulation shall enter into force the day after its
  publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
  It shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
  in all Member States.
 Done    at  Brussels,                        For the Council
                                              The President
 2 0J L 176, 30.6.1978, p. 1.
3 0J  L 369, 29.12.1978, p. 10.
4 0J  L 369, 29.12.1978, p. 1.
5 0J  L 161/80, 26.1.1980, p. 5.
6 0J  L 15 2 20.6.1980, p. 3.
  OJ L 331, 26.11.1982, p. 1.
?0J L 46, 19.2.1981, p. 1.
80J L 302, 23.10.1981, p. 1.
?0J L 47, 19.2.1982, p. 13.
,0 0J L 181, 25.6.1982, p. 1.