PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSC) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 Jannuary 1996 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 21. 06. 1996 COM(96)291 final PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSQ No. J,. laying down the weightings applicable from 1 Januaiy 1996 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries (presented by the Commission) 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 January 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 579/96 of 25 March 1996 which took effect on 1 July 1995. 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 December 1995. Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC) for January 1996, the exchange rate selected and the resulting weighting, applicable from 1 January 1996. The SOEC has calculated the economic parities for each country shown in Table B. The parities used apply from 1 January 1996. I COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELIZE BENIN BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COMOROS CONGO COSTA RICA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DJIBOUTI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA «ERITREA ETHIOPIA * EX-YUGOSLAVIA FIJI GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GHANA GRENADA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA HAITI HONG KONG HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA ISRAEL IVORY COAST JAMAICA JAPAN (TOKYO) JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA LEBANON LEFT BANK - GAZA STRIP LESOTHO LIBERIA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALI MALTA * Not. Available. TABLE A Local currency equivalent BFR 1 Economic parities for January 96 2. 0. 314311. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 11. 0. 0. 0. 1. 12. 7. 15. 0. 18. 12. 10. 0. 20. 10. 15. 3. 0. 0. 6. 0. 0. 12. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 17. 0. 30. 423. 2. 0. 0. 3. 0. 58. 0. 14. 0. 5. 0. 0. 1. 14. 0. 0. 0. 65. 0. 13. 0. 1903673 0000000 3777222 0818084 0303723 0336363 7655115 0542266 0442119 0015854 0000000 0615265 0235615 0093960 8795765 3613583 2964991 0296385 4438123 9709347 3075303 2040793 5261468 7909771 7860173 9080027 0123582 5344534 6744924 3064184 0626497 5969367 0000000 0723778 0000000 0316580 2738560 2466327 0238421 0622787 0802535 4047707 8739671 5688870 0000000 2417259 3661882 4427156 6549661 1012395 9792769 5592908 3872991 0140387 0341787 1517938 3701764 0000000 0694067. 0000000 ,1404963. 1804042. 2986821. 0088942 Exchange rates for Weightings for January 96 December 95 Brussels = 100 3. 1. 222717. 0. 0 0 1. 0, 0. 16, 0, 0, 0, 2, 16, 9, 16. 0, 16, 16. 13. 0. 32, 12, 16. 6. 0. 0. 6. 0, 0. 16. 0, 0. 0. 0. 16, 0. 0. 47. 0. 33. 685. 4. 0, 0, 4. 1, 79, 0, 16, 1 3 0 0 1 54 0 0 0 139 0 16 0 1012560 7128860 1492200 0914160 0338581 0451325 3610998 0677140 0677140 6666667 0000000 0968148 0324781 3515579 6666667 2515496 6666667 0459791 6666667 6666667 9037582 2814523 8428797 5000000 6666667 5189048 0153844 9002521 0172092 4389623 1145738 6666667 0OO0OOO 2133060 0000000 0496179 6666667 3323805 0338581 0145745 0914160 7700932 3070175 7065468 6160291 2640961 6448976 2034853 5165394 1042492 6666667 3482904 4366623 0244828 0338581. 9124847 ,9510935. 0000000. 1239803. 0338581. 7038279. 5265375. 6666667. 0119513 70. 63 0. 00 141. 13 89. 49 89. 70 74. 53 56. 24 80. 08 65. 29 66. 01 0. 00 63. 55 72. 55 42. 92 77. 28 79. 57 91. 78 64. 46 110. 66 77. 83 74. 13 72. 51 62. 50 86. 33 94. 72 59. 95 80. 33 59. 37 110. 92 69. 81 54. 68 75. 58 0. 00 33. 93 0. 00 63. 80 121. 64 74. 20 70. 42 36. 29 87. 79 90. 03 61. 85 54. 58 0. 00 91. 53 72. 47 36. 79 73. 76 97. 11 89. 88 41. 48 156. 76 57. 34 100. 95 60. 22 26. 15 0. 00 55. 98 0. 00 46. 63 34. 26 79. 79 74. 42 COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE ROMANIA RUSSIA * RWANDA * SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS * SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA (LE CAP) SOUTH AFRICA (PRETORIA) SOUTH KOREA SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAM SWAZILAND SWITZERLAND SYRIA TANZANIA THAILAND TOGO TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON) URUGUAY VANUATU VENEZUELA VIET NAM WESTERN SAMOA * ZAIRE ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE * Not available. TABLE A Local currency equivalent BFR 1 Economic parities for January 96 Exchange rates for Weightings for January 96 December 95 Brussels = 100 * 3. 1862674 0. 4170911 0. 1088641 0. 1913329 172. 3523951 0. 0829878 0. 0451143 3. 7289771 12. 9645148 0. 9639221 0. 2609347 0. 6237122 0. 0371799 0. 0604353 0. 4866718 673. 8407103 2. 0722557 30. 9244495 0. 0392958 0. 0000000 0. 0000000 12. 2659947 20. 6999249 0. 5820311 3. 3956947 0. 0949800 0. 0000000 0. 0872878 0. 0825164 23. 0305179 0. 0000000. 8058846. 0865458. 0595003. 0474496. 8897015. 8406226. 5902233 12. 9561294 0. 0336350 0. 1001847 0. 0191206 1134. 8042519 20. 6423765 0. 0310945 0. 0297076 0. 0254642 0. 1992887 3. 3807727 3. 7417611 126. 7742486 0. 0558539 0. 0000000 20. 8535320 0. 1386476 4. 0, 0, 0, 342, 0, 0, 3 16, 3 0 1, 0, 0, 0 832, 2, 86, 0, 10, 0, 16, 31, 0. 4, 0, 88, 0. 0. 25. 0. 2. 13. 0. 0. 0. 19. 0. 16. 0. 0. 0, 1840, 35. 0. 0. 0. 0 3 5 372 0 538 32 0. 6617873. 6184292 ,2583379. 2827175. 5830764. 1239803. 0602664. 0303030. 6666667. 0066146. 2143715. 1774957. 0520508. 0784006. 8840170. 9168749 ,6329647. 2366333 ,0338581. 6465660. 0000000. 6666667. 4732635 ,9891197 ,1972718 ,1200336. 7075313 ,1239803 ,1239803 ,9006967. 0000000 ,7425061 ,9157540. 1239803 ,0393592. 9006575. 5748346. 8443806. 6666667 ,0467968 ,2007871 ,0317017. 1295451. 2187082. 0338581 ,0338581. 0338581. 2354825. 8633905. 7557269. 8143757. 0871612. 2131324. 5446676. 3173092 usi * BFR 1 68. 35 67. 44 42. 14 67. 68 50. 31 66. 94 74. 86 123. 06 77. 79 32. 06 121. 72 52. 97 71. 43 77. 09 55. 05 80. 90 78. 70 35. 86 116. 06 0. 00 0. 00 73. 60 65. 77 58. 84 80. 90 79. 13 0. 00 70. 40 66. 56 88. 92 0. 00 29. 38 50. 92 47. 99 120. 56 98. 78 40. 05 69. 90 77. 74 71. 87 49. 90 60. 31 61. 67 58. 61 91. 84 87. 74 75. 21 84. 63 87. 51 65. 01 34. 00 64. 08 0. 00 64. 08 43. 69 COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT Economic parities for January 96 TABLE B 2 0 314311. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 11. 0. 0. 0. 1. 12. 7. 15. 0. 18 12. 10 0 20 10 15 3 0 0 6 0. 0. 12. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0, 0, 17, 0, 1903673 0000000 3777222 0818084 0303723 0336363 7655115 0542266 0442119 0015854 0000000 0615265 0235615 0093960 8795765 3613583 2964991 0296385 4438123 9709347 3075303 2040793 5261468 7909771 7860173 9080027 0123582 5344534 6744924 3064184 0626497 5969367 0000000 0723778 0000000 0316580 2738560. 2466327. 0238421. 0622787. 0802535. 4047707. 8739671. 5688870. 0000000. 2417259. 3661882. 4427156. 6549661. 1012395. 9792769. 5592908. 3872991. 0140387. 0341787. 1517938. 3701764. 0000000. 0694067. 0000000. 1404963. 1804042. 2986821. 0088942. 1862674. 4170911. 1088641. 1913329. 3523951. 0829878 30 423 2 0 0 3 0 58 0 14 0 5 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 65 0 13 0 3 0 0 0 172 0 ALBANIA «ALGERIA ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELIZE BENIN «BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COMOROS CONGO COSTA RICA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DJIBOUTI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA * EX-YUGOSLAVIA FIJI GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GHANA GRENADA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA * HAITI HONG KONG HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA ISRAEL IVORY COAST JAMAICA JAPAN (TOKYO) JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA LEBANON LEFT BANK LESOTHO LIBERIA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALI MALTA MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA GAZA STRIP * Not available. C COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT Economic parities for January 96 TABLE B NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE ROMANIA RUSSIA * RWANDA * SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS * SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA (LE CAP) SOUTH AFRICA (PRETORIA) SOUTH KOREA SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAM SWAZILAND SWITZERLAND SYRIA TANZANIA THAILAND TOGO TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON) URUGUAY VANUATU VENEZUELA VIET NAM WESTERN SAMOA « ZAIRE ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE * Not available. __ 0. 0451143 3. 7289771 12. 9645148 0. 9639221 0. 2609347 0. 6237122 0. 0371799 0. 0604353 0. 4866718 673. 8407103 2. 0722557 30. 9244495 0. 0392958 0. 0000000 0. 0000000 12. 2659947 20. 6999249 0. 5820311 3. 3956947 0. 0949800 0. 0000000 0. 0872878 0. 0825164 23. 0305179 0. 0000000. 8058846. 0865458. 0595003. 0474496. 8897015 7. 8406226 0. 5902233 12. 9561294 0. 0336350 0. 1001847 0. 0191206 1134. 8042519 20. 6423765 0. 0310945 0. 0297076 0. 0254642 0. 1992887 3. 3807727 3. 7417611 126. 7742486 0. 0558539 0. 0000000 20. 8535320 0. 1386476 c Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM, ECSQ No. /. of. laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 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 259/681, as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2963/952 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 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 1 January 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 January 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. 2O J N oL 310, 22. 12. 1995, p. 1. - 2 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 January 1996 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 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 January 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 July 1996. 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 January 1996 and the date of the Council decision setting the institutions shall make weightings applicable with effect retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings. from 1 January 1996, the - 3 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 ? COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT Weightings applicable with effect from the 1st January 1996 ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELIZE BENIN BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COMOROS CONGO COSTA RICA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DJIBOUTI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA EX-YUGOSLAVIA FIJI GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GHANA GRENADA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA HAITI HONG KONG HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA ISRAEL IVORY COAST JAMAICA JAPAN (TOKYO) JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA LEBANON LEFT BANK - GAZA STRIP LESOTHO LIBERIA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALI MALTA MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA Not available. 70. 6300000 0. 0000000 141. 1300000 89. 4900000 89. 7000000 74. 5300000 56. 2400000 80. 0800000 65. 2900000 66. 0100000 0. 0000000 63. 5500000 72. 5500000 42. 9200000 77. 2800000 79. 5700000 91. 7800000 64. 4600000 110. 6600000 77. 8300000 74. 1300000 72. 5100000 62. 5000000 86. 3300000 94. 7200000 59. 9500000 80. 3300000 59. 3700000 110. 9200000 69. 8100000 54. 6800000 75. 5800000 0. 0000000 33. 9300000 0. 0000000 63. 8000000 121. 6400000 74. 2000000 70. 4200000 36. 2900000 87. 7900000 90. 0300000 61. 8500000 54. 5800000 0. 0000000 91. 5300000 72. 4700000 36. 7900000 73. 7600000 97. 1100000 89. 8800000 41. 4800000 156. 7600000 57. 3400000 100. 9500000 60. 2200000 26. 1500000 0. 0000000 55. 9800000 0. 0000000 46. 6300000 34. 2600000 79. 7900000 74. 4200000 68. 3500000 67. 4400000 42. 1400000 67. 6800000 50. 3100000 66. 9400000 U COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT Weightings applicable with effect from the 1st January 1996 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE ROMANIA RUSSIA * RWANDA * SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS * SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA (LE CAP) SOUTH AFRICA (PRETORIA) SOUTH KOREA SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAM SWAZILAND SWITZERLAND SYRIA TANZANIA THAILAND TOGO TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON) URUGUAY VANUATU VENEZUELA VIET NAM WESTERN SAMOA ZAIRE ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE Not available. 74. 8600000 123. 0600000 77. 7900000 32. 0600000 121. 7200000 52. 9700000 71. 4300000 77. 0900000 55. 0500000 80. 9000000 78. 7000000 35. 8600000 116. 0600000 0. 0000000 0. 0000000 73. 6000000 65. 7700000 58. 8400000 80. 9000000 79. 1300000 0. 0000000 70. 4000000 66. 5600000 88. 9200000 0. 0000000 29. 3800000 50. 9200000 47. 9900000 120. 5600000 98. 7800000 40. 0500000 69. 9000000 77. 7400000 71. 8700000 49. 9000000 60. 3100000 61. 6700000 58. 6100000 91. 8400000 87. 7400000 75. 2100000 84. 6300000 87. 5100000 65. 0100000 34. 0000000 64. 0800000 0. 0000000 64. 0800000 43. 6900000 (f FINANCIAL STATEMENT Proposal for a Council of the European Union Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1996 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries L. Budget item A 6000 Legal basis Budgetary impact: Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations provisional real expenditure for 1996 ECU 72 247 000 (i. e. ECU 6 020,583 per month) (1) estimate of effect of January 1996 weightings estimated expenditure for six months {(2) x (6)} - ECU 49 652 (2) ECU 297 912 effect in relation to provisional real expenditure {(2) : (1)} 0. 82% This budigetary impact does not take account of the adjustment of the weightings laid down each month by the European Commission. (1 ISSN 0254-1475 COM(96) 291 final DOCUMENTS EN _. oi Catalogue number : CB-CO-96-300-EN-C ISBN 92-78-05677-4 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg u