CELEX: 32004R1785
Language: en
Date: 2004-10-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC, EURATOM) No 1785/2004 of 5 October 2004 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2004 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries

16.10.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 317/1
            
         
      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 1785/2004
   of 5 October 2004
   laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 2004 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 the European Community,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy 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 first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Account should be taken of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the Community and the weightings applicable from 1 January 2004 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials serving in third countries should be determined accordingly.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The weightings, in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 64/2004 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2003 (2), may lead to retrospective upward or downward adjustments to remuneration.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the new weightings.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration as a result of the new weightings for the period between 1 January 2004 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Provision should be made for any such recovery to be restricted to a period of no more than six months preceding the decision laying down the weightings and for its effects to be spread over a period of no more than 12 months following the date of that decision, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the European Community to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   With effect from 1 January 2004, the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries 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 Union for the month preceding the date referred to in the first paragraph.
   Article 2
   1.   The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex.
   2.   The institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 January 2004 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
   Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall be restricted to a period of no more than six months preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Recovery shall be spread over no more than 12 months from that date.
   Article 3
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 5 October 2004.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         B. R. BOT
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004 (OJ 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1).
   
      (2)  OJ L 10, 16.1.2004, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      
                  Place of employment
               
               
                  Weightings January 2004
               
            
                  Afghanistan (1)
                  
               
               
                  0,0
               
            
                  Albania
               
               
                  80,6
               
            
                  Algeria
               
               
                  86,7
               
            
                  Angola
               
               
                  117,7
               
            
                  Argentina
               
               
                  61,0
               
            
                  Australia
               
               
                  100,1
               
            
                  Bangladesh
               
               
                  56,7
               
            
                  Barbados
               
               
                  104,7
               
            
                  Benin
               
               
                  87,7
               
            
                  Bolivia
               
               
                  49,9
               
            
                  Bosnia and Herzegovina
               
               
                  74,5
               
            
                  Botswana
               
               
                  74,8
               
            
                  Brazil
               
               
                  58,5
               
            
                  Bulgaria
               
               
                  72,9
               
            
                  Burkina Faso
               
               
                  82,6
               
            
                  Burundi (1)
                  
               
               
                  0,0
               
            
                  Cambodia
               
               
                  64,3
               
            
                  Cameroon
               
               
                  99,1
               
            
                  Canada
               
               
                  79,5
               
            
                  Cape Verde
               
               
                  75,1
               
            
                  Central African Republic
               
               
                  112,5
               
            
                  Chad
               
               
                  114,6
               
            
                  Chile
               
               
                  73,4
               
            
                  China
               
               
                  75,9
               
            
                  Colombia
               
               
                  55,7
               
            
                  Congo
               
               
                  129,8
               
            
                  Costa Rica
               
               
                  72,1
               
            
                  Côte d'Ivoire
               
               
                  107,0
               
            
                  Croatia
               
               
                  93,9
               
            
                  Cuba
               
               
                  91,5
               
            
                  Cyprus
               
               
                  99,2
               
            
                  Czech Republic
               
               
                  80,1
               
            
                  Democratic Republic of the Congo
               
               
                  140,9
               
            
                  Djibouti
               
               
                  96,6
               
            
                  Dominican Republic
               
               
                  42,7
               
            
                  Ecuador
               
               
                  69,6
               
            
                  Egypt
               
               
                  45,4
               
            
                  Eritrea
               
               
                  42,6
               
            
                  Estonia
               
               
                  74,1
               
            
                  Ethiopia
               
               
                  69,6
               
            
                  Fiji
               
               
                  72,9
               
            
                  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
               
               
                  74,8
               
            
                  Gabon
               
               
                  113,7
               
            
                  Georgia
               
               
                  81,7
               
            
                  Ghana
               
               
                  70,5
               
            
                  Guatemala
               
               
                  71,7
               
            
                  Guinea
               
               
                  75,4
               
            
                  Guinea-Bissau
               
               
                  140,8
               
            
                  Guyana
               
               
                  59,0
               
            
                  Haiti
               
               
                  85,7
               
            
                  Hong Kong
               
               
                  86,6
               
            
                  Hungary
               
               
                  69,5
               
            
                  India
               
               
                  48,5
               
            
                  Indonesia
               
               
                  84,5
               
            
                  Israel
               
               
                  91,4
               
            
                  Jamaica
               
               
                  82,5
               
            
                  Japan (Naka)
               
               
                  128,7
               
            
                  Japan (Tokyo)
               
               
                  137,3
               
            
                  Jordan
               
               
                  75,0
               
            
                  Kazakhstan
               
               
                  91,9
               
            
                  Kenya
               
               
                  76,7
               
            
                  Laos
               
               
                  71,2
               
            
                  Latvia
               
               
                  70,3
               
            
                  Lebanon
               
               
                  91,3
               
            
                  Lesotho
               
               
                  71,0
               
            
                  Liberia (1)
                  
               
               
                  0,0
               
            
                  Lithuania
               
               
                  73,2
               
            
                  Madagascar
               
               
                  89,4
               
            
                  Malawi
               
               
                  69,5
               
            
                  Malaysia
               
               
                  72,7
               
            
                  Mali
               
               
                  90,4
               
            
                  Malta
               
               
                  96,3
               
            
                  Mauritania
               
               
                  63,0
               
            
                  Mauritius
               
               
                  73,7
               
            
                  Mexico
               
               
                  73,0
               
            
                  Morocco
               
               
                  84,1
               
            
                  Mozambique
               
               
                  73,7
               
            
                  Namibia
               
               
                  81,6
               
            
                  Nepal
               
               
                  67,3
               
            
                  New Caledonia
               
               
                  120,9
               
            
                  Nicaragua
               
               
                  67,4
               
            
                  Niger
               
               
                  86,2
               
            
                  Nigeria
               
               
                  70,8
               
            
                  Norway
               
               
                  128,5
               
            
                  Pakistan
               
               
                  50,5
               
            
                  Papua New Guinea
               
               
                  74,0
               
            
                  Paraguay
               
               
                  61,5
               
            
                  Peru
               
               
                  79,8
               
            
                  Philippines
               
               
                  48,7
               
            
                  Poland
               
               
                  66,2
               
            
                  Romania
               
               
                  49,5
               
            
                  Russia
               
               
                  101,3
               
            
                  Rwanda
               
               
                  77,1
               
            
                  Saudi Arabia (1)
                  
               
               
                  0,0
               
            
                  Senegal
               
               
                  79,1
               
            
                  Serbia and Montenegro
               
               
                  62,9
               
            
                  Sierra Leone
               
               
                  68,8
               
            
                  Singapore
               
               
                  94,7
               
            
                  Slovakia
               
               
                  80,3
               
            
                  Slovenia
               
               
                  83,4
               
            
                  Solomon Islands
               
               
                  81,4
               
            
                  Somalia (1)
                  
               
               
                  0,0
               
            
                  South Africa
               
               
                  69,0
               
            
                  South Korea
               
               
                  88,1
               
            
                  Sri Lanka
               
               
                  59,1
               
            
                  Sudan
               
               
                  37,9
               
            
                  Suriname
               
               
                  52,8
               
            
                  Swaziland
               
               
                  68,7
               
            
                  Switzerland
               
               
                  116,1
               
            
                  Syria
               
               
                  56,8
               
            
                  Taiwan
               
               
                  87,0
               
            
                  Tanzania
               
               
                  60,0
               
            
                  Thailand
               
               
                  60,7
               
            
                  The Gambia
               
               
                  35,5
               
            
                  Togo
               
               
                  97,5
               
            
                  Trinidad and Tobago
               
               
                  69,7
               
            
                  Tunisia
               
               
                  75,8
               
            
                  Turkey
               
               
                  80,7
               
            
                  Uganda
               
               
                  66,9
               
            
                  Ukraine
               
               
                  91,4
               
            
                  United States (New York)
               
               
                  103,6
               
            
                  United States (Washington DC)
               
               
                  100,1
               
            
                  Uruguay
               
               
                  58,5
               
            
                  Vanuatu
               
               
                  118,9
               
            
                  Venezuela
               
               
                  76,4
               
            
                  Vietnam
               
               
                  51,0
               
            
                  West Bank and Gaza Strip
               
               
                  87,8
               
            
                  Yemen (1)
                  
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Zambia
               
               
                  47,6
               
            
                  Zimbabwe
               
               
                  128,1
               
            
         (1)  Not available.