CELEX: 32008D0942
Language: en
Date: 2008-12-09 00:00:00
Title: 2008/942/EC: Commission Decision of 9 December 2008 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August , 1 September , 1 October , 1 November and 1 December 2007 , and from 1 January 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries

13.12.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 335/94
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 9 December 2008
   adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 2007, and from 1 January 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries
   (2008/942/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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 (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied from 1 July 2007 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 624/2008 (2).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Some of these weightings need to be adjusted in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, with effect from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 2007, and from 1 January 2008, since the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Sole Article
   The weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be adjusted for certain countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains six monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable dates for each one (1 August 2007, 1 September 2007, 1 October 2007, 1 November 2007, 1 December 2007 and 1 January 2008).
   The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the dates of application of the weightings.
   
      Done at Brussels, 9 December 2008.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Benita FERRERO-WALDNER
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 172, 2.7.2008, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      AUGUST 2007
      
                  Place of employment
               
               
                  Exchange rate
                  August 2007 (1)
                  
               
               
                  Weighting
                  August 2007 (2)
                  
               
               
                  Economic parity
                  August 2007
               
            
                  Bangladesh
               
               
                  94,2022
               
               
                  49,9
               
               
                  47,03
               
            
                  Ghana
               
               
                  1,279
               
               
                  67,5
               
               
                  0,863
               
            
                  Sudan
               
               
                  2,77849
               
               
                  53,6
               
               
                  1,489
               
            
         
      SEPTEMBER 2007
      
                  Place of employment
               
               
                  Exchange rate
                  September 2007 (1)
                  
               
               
                  Weighting
                  September 2007 (2)
                  
               
               
                  Economic parity
                  September 2007
               
            
                  Kazakhstan (Astana) (3)
                  
               
               
                  170,67
               
               
                  71,8
               
               
                  122,6
               
            
                  Paraguay
               
               
                  6 968
               
               
                  76,0
               
               
                  5 298
               
            
                  Yemen (4)
                  
               
               
                  271,551
               
               
                  72,1
               
               
                  195,7
               
            
         
      OCTOBER 2007
      
                  Place of employment
               
               
                  Exchange rate
                  October 2007 (1)
                  
               
               
                  Weighting
                  October 2007 (2)
                  
               
               
                  Economic parity
                  October 2007
               
            
                  Eritrea
               
               
                  21,4263
               
               
                  45,5
               
               
                  9,744
               
            
                  Guinea (Conakry) (5)
                  
               
               
                  5 398,58
               
               
                  63,8
               
               
                  3 445
               
            
                  India
               
               
                  56,215
               
               
                  54,3
               
               
                  30,52
               
            
         
      NOVEMBER 2007
      
                  Place of employment
               
               
                  Exchange rate
                  November 2007 (1)
                  
               
               
                  Weighting
                  November 2007 (2)
                  
               
               
                  Economic parity
                  November 2007
               
            
                  Armenia
               
               
                  465,26
               
               
                  116,1
               
               
                  540,1
               
            
                  Cambodia
               
               
                  5 832
               
               
                  69,1
               
               
                  4 029
               
            
                  Gabon
               
               
                  655,957
               
               
                  116,6
               
               
                  765
               
            
                  Lesotho
               
               
                  9,4923
               
               
                  59,1
               
               
                  5,612
               
            
                  Madagascar
               
               
                  2 586,65
               
               
                  77,6
               
               
                  2 008
               
            
                  Venezuela (6)
                  
               
               
                  3 097,51
               
               
                  64,1
               
               
                  1 987
               
            
                  Yemen (4)
                  
               
               
                  286,558
               
               
                  64,5
               
               
                  184,7
               
            
         
      DECEMBER 2007
      
                  Place of employment
               
               
                  Exchange rate
                  December 2007 (1)
                  
               
               
                  Weighting
                  December 2007 (2)
                  
               
               
                  Economic parity
                  December 2007
               
            
                  Djibouti
               
               
                  261,925
               
               
                  90,9
               
               
                  238
               
            
                  Jamaica
               
               
                  104,777
               
               
                  83,6
               
               
                  87,59
               
            
                  Tonga
               
               
                  2,8039
               
               
                  87,0
               
               
                  2,438
               
            
                  Trinidad and Tobago
               
               
                  9,2323
               
               
                  67,0
               
               
                  6,19
               
            
         
      JANUARY 2008
      
                  Place of employment
               
               
                  Exchange rate
                  January 2008 (1)
                  
               
               
                  Weighting
                  January 2008 (2)
                  
               
               
                  Economic parity
                  January 2008
               
            
                  Algeria
               
               
                  97,9677
               
               
                  90,0
               
               
                  88,13
               
            
                  Chile
               
               
                  718,74
               
               
                  66,2
               
               
                  476
               
            
                  Gambia
               
               
                  32,75
               
               
                  69,7
               
               
                  22,82
               
            
                  Ghana
               
               
                  1,3895
               
               
                  65,3
               
               
                  0,907
               
            
                  Guinea (Conakry) (5)
                  
               
               
                  6 072,9
               
               
                  59,6
               
               
                  3 618
               
            
                  Kazakhstan (Astana) (3)
                  
               
               
                  173,75
               
               
                  75,3
               
               
                  130,9
               
            
                  Swaziland
               
               
                  10,0012
               
               
                  58,0
               
               
                  5,805
               
            
                  Tajikistan
               
               
                  5,08916
               
               
                  65,2
               
               
                  3,319
               
            
                  Venezuela (6)
                  
               
               
                  3 158,78
               
               
                  67,4
               
               
                  2 130
               
            
                  Yemen (4)
                  
               
               
                  289,84
               
               
                  59,9
               
               
                  173,6
               
            
         (1)  EUR 1 = national currency.
      
         (2)  Brussels = 100 %.
      
         (3)  The Astana coefficient is adjusted twice within the period covered by this decision: in September 2007 and January 2008.
      
         (4)  The Yemen coefficient is adjusted three times within the period covered by this decision: in September 2007, November 2007 and January 2008.
      
         (5)  The Conakry coefficient is adjusted twice within the period covered by this decision: in October 2007 and January 2008.
      
         (6)  The Venezuela coefficient is adjusted twice within the period covered by this decision: in November 2007 and January 2008.