Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1999 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 08. 07. 1999 COM(1999)343 final Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1999 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM I. 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 Communities 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 1999. The budgetary impact is negligible compared with the total operating costs of the delegations. II. Council 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 every six months, most recently by Regulation No 342/99 of 15 February 1999 which took effect on 1 July 1998. 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 economic parities by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC). The weighting is the factor obtained by dividing the economic parity by the exchange rate. This means system primarily involves calculating economic parities between Brussels and the various places of employment. implementation of a weightings that The accounting exchange rates used are those for January 1999. 2 Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the SOEC for January 1999, the exchange rate used and the resulting weighting, applicable from 1 January 1999. Table B shows for each place of employment variations in percentage terms between the figures in Table A and those for the previous half-year. 3 ANNEX TABLE A PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities January 1999 January 1999 January 1999 (*) (**) 168,1 163,345 102,9 Albania (***) Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin (***) Bolivia Bosnia-Herzogovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria 2,32183 110,3 0 0 435266 725719 3,49 1,186 1,307 35,48 2,56 1,83 3,15023 1,16663 1,89932 56,599 2,3335 501,6 655,957 0 1,682 2,865 1,31 1810 0 1,95583 5,33627 1,42236 1955,83 0,0 60,0 110,8 101,6 68,8 62,7 78,4 76,5 0,0 86,0 53,7 92,1 92,5 78,4 0,0 92,9 66,9 Burkina Faso 514,4 655,957 (***) Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China 0 609,2 1,209 777,5 618,8 505,7 8,72 4 0 655,957 1,80613 655,957 118,5 655,957 549,697 9,65812 94,3 92,0 90,3 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities January 1999 January 1999 January 1999 (*) (**) Colombia Comoros (***) Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus 1163 522,4 0 241,9 6,321 1768,77 491,968 0 315,968 7,25042 0,5175 0,581776 Czech Republic 27,95 35,1939 (***) Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Dominican Republic Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Fiji (***) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti 0 235,7 12,2 2,915 602,8 5,154 11,06 5,497 5,247 1,4 0 779,3 10,59 0,984 1132 4,919 1482 640,8 122,5 15,89 5 65,8 106,2 0,0 76,6 87,2 88,9 79,4 0,0 0 207,356 113,7 18,0613 4,01325 655,957 8,59836 15,5631 8,79379 11,735 2,32977 0 67,5 72,6 91,9 59,9 71,1 62,5 44,7 60,1 0,0 655,957 118,8 11,9575 1,16675 2734,86 7,77721 88,5 84,3 41,4 63,3 1478,86 100,2 655,957 190,829 19,2514 97,7 64,2 82,5 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities January 1999 January 1999 January 1999 (*) (**) Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan (Naka) Japan (Tokyo) Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Latvia Lebanon (***) Left Bank - Gaza Strip Lesotho (***) Liberia Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Morocco 9,015 146,2 24,08 4966 4,423 662,7 48,21 201,9 211,1 9,10065 252,392 50,2848 8895,96 4,86074 655,957 43,368 132,8 132,8 0,6134 0,842878 1,267 57,63 0,452 1869 0 1,16675 72,9967 0,661547 0 3,289 6,84883 0 2,828 3256 10,27 600,5 0 4,667 6432,82 52,6696 655,957 0,3621 0,4416 146,3 19,03 6,539 8,022 240,775 29,0118 11,5508 10,8672 99,1 57,9 47,9 55,8 91,0 101,0 111,2 152,1 159,0 72,8 108,6 78,9 68,3 0,0 48,0 0,0 60,6 50,6 19,5 91,5 82,0 60,8 65,6 56,6 73,8 83,5 1788,99 104,5 Mozambique 11748 14076,2 6 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities January 1999 January 1999 January 1999 (*) (**) Namibia Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Republic of Cape Verde Romania Russia (***) Rwanda Samoa São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands (***) Somalia South Africa (Pretoria) South Africa (The Cape) South Korea 6,84883 2,07682 58,3 88,7 119,265 115,3 12,9752 655,957 99,7571 77,6 78,2 79,3 8,8714 119,8 54,6606 2,51731 3,64843 46,1598 4,08947 110,402 12813,9 60,3 70,5 81,3 54,7 65,9 82,0 56,3 1,16675 112,8 0 3,5638 8076,37 655,957 1846,19 43,2089 188,81 5,74943 0 6,84883 6,84883 1403,02 0,0 67,4 91,5 81,7 97,6 57,6 90,2 82,0 0,0 57,2 60,9 91,2 3,994 1,843 137,5 10,07 512,6 79,13 10,63 32,94 1,776 2,967 25,26 2,696 90,53 7217 1,316 0 2,401 7392 536,1 1801 24,87 170,3 4,712 0 3,92 4,169 1280 7 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities January 1999 January 1999 January 1999 (*) (**) (***) 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 (Washington) Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe 0 2737,2 740,886 6,84883 0,0 29,8 48,4 47,2 1,60778 118,3 0 816,6 358,5 3,232 1,902 41,29 629,9 25,7 582,2 1,377 4,478 1351 1,596 1,114 1,008 11,79 154,5 611,2 9576 1357 53,6705 792,223 43,1726 655,957 1,90098 7,30321 1620,78 1,16675 1,16675 12,5951 655,947 16208,5 2640,17 76,9 79,5 59,5 88,8 72,4 61,3 72,4 76,9 83,3 95,5 83,4 86,4 93,6 93,2 59,1 51,4 20,7 0,9231 1,2746 281123 365748 1,16675 136,8 153,166 100,9 9,099 43,8519 8 United States of America (San Diego) 0,9726 1,16675 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities January 1999 January 1999 January 1999 (*) (**) € (*) = local currency Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD (**) Brussels = 100% (***) Not available 9 ANNEX TABLE B PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT VARIATION (%) January 1999 compared with July 1998 Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities Albania (***) Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin (***) Bolivia (***) Bosnia-Herzogovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso (***) Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile 3. 07 - 31. 39 2. 05 0. 81 0. 21 2. 43 -0. 09 -0. 09 -4. 25 - - 2. 59 2. 96 -0. 22 2. 53 - 0. 34 0. 58 2. 25 2. 31 2. 58 0. 00 3. 07 - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 31. 39 2. 05 0. 81 0. 21 2. 43 -0. 09 -0. 09 -4. 25 - - 2. 59 2. 96 -0. 22 2. 53 - 0. 34 0. 58 2. 25 2. 31 2. 58 10 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT VARIATION (%) January 1999 compared with July 1998 Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities 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 (***) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau 11 0. 73 5. 13 -0. 66 - 3. 71 - 1. 51 3. 40 - 0. 68 3. 60 3. 51 -1. 02 1. 77 5. 90 72. 31 12. 13 4. 69 - 1. 10 1. 33 -1. 34 9. 88 3. 93 4. 86 10. 13 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 0. 73 5. 13 -0. 66 - 0. 00 3. 71 - 0. 00 0. 00 - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 1. 51 3. 40 - 0. 68 3. 60 3. 51 -1. 02 1. 77 5. 90 72. 31 12. 13 4. 69 - 1. 10 1. 33 -1. 34 9. 88 3. 93 4. 86 10. 13 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT VARIATION (%) January 1999 compared with July 1998 Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities Guyana Haiti Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan (Naka) Japan (Tokyo) Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Latvia Lebanon (***) Left Bank - Gaza Strip Lesotho (***) Liberia Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius 1. 57 -0. 78 -0. 79 2. 91 16. 32 6. 24 5. 92 2. 42 12. 77 -0. 12 -0. 14 1. 99 3. 20 4. 64 1. 40 0. 83 - 2. 04 - 1. 05 3. 85 12. 96 3. 75 3. 15 0. 24 1. 85 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 1. 57 -0. 78 -0. 79 2. 91 16. 32 6. 24 5. 92 2. 42 12. 77 -0. 12 -0. 14 1. 99 3. 20 4. 64 1. 40 0. 83 - 0. 00 2. 04 - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 1. 05 3. 85 12. 96 3. 75 3. 15 0. 24 1. 85 12 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT VARIATION (%) January 1999 compared with July 1998 Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities 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 (***) São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands 7. 24 1. 05 34. 75 7. 52 -0. 14 -1. 42 - 0. 52 0. 08 0. 74 6. 20 1. 43 3. 48 5. 62 2. 82 1. 13 12. 91 -10. 06 - -1. 99 - 0. 30 9. 74 0. 61 2. 12 5. 92 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 7. 24 1. 05 34. 75 7. 52 -0. 14 -1. 42 - 0. 52 0. 08 0. 74 6. 20 1. 43 3. 48 5. 62 2. 82 1. 13 12. 91 -10. 06 - 0. 00 -1. 99 - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 0. 30 9. 74 0. 61 2. 12 5. 92 13 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT VARIATION (%) January 1999 compared with July 1998 Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities (***) 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 Viet Nam 14 - 2. 02 3. 60 3. 52 - 9. 57 10. 05 11. 25 -0. 31 1. 59 4. 23 1. 60 1. 09 1. 09 -1. 96 6. 11 30. 75 45. 89 -4. 93 0. 66 0. 16 0. 21 5. 23 4. 74 15. 69 2. 91 - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 - 2. 02 3. 60 3. 52 - 9. 57 10. 05 11. 25 -0. 31 1. 59 4. 23 1. 60 1. 09 1. 09 -1. 96 6. 11 30. 75 45. 89 -4. 93 0. 66 0. 16 0. 21 5. 23 4. 74 15. 69 2. 91 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT VARIATION (%) January 1999 compared with July 1998 Economic Exchange rates Weightings parities 8. 82 9. 98 0. 00 0. 00 8. 82 9. 98 Zambia Zimbabwe (***) Not available 15 Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1999 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 2762/982, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, (1) 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 1999; (2) 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; (3) Whereas the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 1999 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); (4) Whereas provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of these weightings; 1 OJ L 56, 04. 03. 1968, p. 1. 2 OJ L 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 1. 16 (5) Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration as a result of these weightings for the period between 1 January 1999 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 January 1999; (6) 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 six months preceding the decision and for its effects to be spread over a period of no more than twelve months following the date of that decision, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 With effect from 1 January 1999, 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 1999. 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 1999 and the date of the Council decision setting the weightings applicable with effect from 1 January 1999, the institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings. 17 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 twelve 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 18 ANNEX ANNEX PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Weightings January 1999 Albania (***) Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin (***) Bolivia Bosnia-Herzogovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso (***) Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia 19 102,9 0,0 60,0 110,8 101,6 68,8 62,7 110,3 78,4 76,5 0,0 86,0 53,7 92,1 92,5 78,4 0,0 92,9 66,9 118,5 94,3 92,0 90,3 65,8 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Weightings January 1999 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 (***) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Hong Kong 20 106,2 0,0 76,6 87,2 88,9 79,4 0,0 113,7 67,5 72,6 91,9 59,9 71,1 62,5 44,7 60,1 0,0 118,8 88,5 84,3 41,4 63,3 100,2 97,7 64,2 82,5 99,1 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Weightings January 1999 Hungary India Indonesia Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan (Naka) Japan (Tokyo) Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Latvia Lebanon (***) Left Bank - Gaza Strip Lesotho (***) Liberia Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Morocco Mozambique Namibia 57,9 47,9 55,8 91,0 101,0 111,2 152,1 159,0 72,8 108,6 78,9 68,3 104,5 0,0 48,0 0,0 60,6 50,6 19,5 91,5 82,0 60,8 65,6 56,6 73,8 83,5 58,3 21 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Weightings January 1999 Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Republic of Cape Verde Romania Russia (***) Rwanda Samoa São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands (***) Somalia South Africa (Pretoria) South Africa (The Cape) South Korea (***) Sri Lanka 22 88,7 115,3 77,6 78,2 79,3 119,8 60,3 70,5 81,3 54,7 65,9 82,0 56,3 112,8 0,0 67,4 91,5 81,7 97,6 57,6 90,2 82,0 0,0 57,2 60,9 91,2 0,0 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Weightings January 1999 29,8 48,4 47,2 118,3 76,9 79,5 59,5 88,8 72,4 61,3 72,4 76,9 83,3 136,8 95,5 83,4 86,4 93,6 100,9 93,2 59,1 51,4 20,7 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 Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe (***) Not available 23 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1. TITLE OF OPERATION Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1999 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries 2. BUDGET HEADING(S) INVOLVED A 6000 3. LEGAL BASIS Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations 4. 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 FINANCIAL IMPACT Provisional real expenditure for 1999 Estimate of effect of January 1999 weightings Estimated expenditure for six months [(2) x 6] Impact in relation to provisional real expenditure [(2) : (1)] € € ( 78 027 000 6 502 250 per month) (1) € € - - 9 886 (2) 59 316 - 0,15203% This budgetary impact does not weightings laid down each month by the European Commission. take account of the adjustment of the 24