Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1945/98 of 8 September 1998 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
15. 9. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 253/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) No 1945/98 of 8 September 1998 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1998 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 employ- ment 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, 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 weight- ings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment to officials serving in third countries from 1 should be determined with effect January 1998; Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remunera- tions as a result of these weightings for the period between 1 January 1998 and the date of the Council Decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 1998; Whereas, however, in order to mirror the weightings applicable within the European Community to remunera- tions 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 six 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 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; With effect from 1 January 1998, the weightings applic- able to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in the Annex. Whereas the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 1998 in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of a previous regulation could lead to retro- spective adjustments to remuneration (positive or nega- tive); Whereas provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in remunerations as a result of these weightings; (1) OJ L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 781/81 (OJ L 113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 4). The exchange rates for the calculation of such remu- neration 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 para- graph. Article 2 In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council shall set weightings every six months. It shall accordingly set new weightings with effect from 1 July 1998. L 253/2 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 9. 98 The institutions shall make back payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as these weightings. result of a For the period between 1 January 1998 and the date of the Council Decision setting the weightings applicable with effect from 1 January 1998, the institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remu- neration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings. Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall, however, concern only a period of no more than six 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 that of 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, 8 September 1998. For the Council The President W. SCHÜSSEL 15. 9. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 253/3 Place of employment Weightings January 1998 Place of employment Weightings January 1998 ANNEX Albania Algeria (*) Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin Bolivia (*) Bosnia-Herzegovina (*) Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi (*) Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (*) Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo (*) Djibouti Dominican Republic Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia (*) Ethiopia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan (Naka) Japan (Tokyo) Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Latvia (*) Lebanon Left Bank – Gaza Strip (*) (*) Not available. 95,45 0,00 101,22 111,37 109,52 80,96 67,99 117,97 84,01 77,00 0,00 0,00 64,81 99,81 92,89 76,97 0,00 94,20 76,50 116,07 88,99 102,07 95,56 76,10 107,24 0,00 85,18 0,00 90,19 69,97 0,00 120,16 74,96 71,13 93,39 67,29 0,00 43,85 73,15 73,84 126,57 95,03 92,73 37,73 69,92 110,63 81,97 73,66 83,34 105,18 61,74 45,48 63,82 107,68 99,81 104,79 125,54 152,80 76,49 94,90 78,30 0,00 109,57 0,00 Lesotho Liberia (*) Lithuania (*) Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Morocco Mozambique Namibia Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia Nicaragua (*) Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Republic of Cape Verde Romania Russia Rwanda (*) Samoa SÑo Tomé and Príncipe (*) Senegal Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia (*) South Africa (Pretoria) South Africa (The Cape) South Korea Sri Lanka (*) Sudan Suriname Swaziland Switzerland Syria Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United States of America (New York) United States of America (San Diego) United States of America (Washington) Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe 59,35 0,00 0,00 52,31 42,45 89,23 82,22 79,57 75,88 63,31 74,26 65,41 67,27 95,03 118,01 0,00 78,03 92,33 131,70 62,88 87,80 92,27 56,99 64,69 85,89 63,98 134,60 0,00 80,83 0,00 82,68 102,59 65,08 90,78 105,47 0,00 69,82 73,59 98,62 0,00 38,32 70,42 52,93 123,87 79,91 85,24 53,44 85,62 85,96 63,46 66,99 76,99 71,50 150,97 102,16 89,11 91,94 99,83 109,30 83,22 67,74 75,41 45,03