1999/185/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Commission Decision of 5 February 1999 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries (notified under document number C(1999) 458)
9. 3. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 60/83 COMMISSION DECISION of 5 February 1999 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries (notified under document number C(1999) 458) (1999/185/EC, ECSC, Euratom) the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted, DECIDES: Sole Article With effect from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 1998 the weightings applicable to the serving in third countries remuneration of officials payable in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex. for the calculation of The exchange rates such re- muneration 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. Done at Brussels, 5 February 1999. For the Commission Hans VAN DEN BROEK Member of the Commission THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2762/ 98 (2) and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X, Whereas, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1945/98 (3) laid down the weightings to be applied from 1 January 1998 to the serving in third countries, remuneration of officials payable in the currency of their country of employment; Whereas the Commission has made a number of adjust- ments to these weightings (4) in recent months, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations; Whereas some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 1998 given that the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of (1) OJ L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1. (2) OJ L 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 1. (3) OJ L 253, 15. 9. 1998, p. 1. (4) OJ L 194, 10. 7. 1998, p. 47. L 60/84 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 3. 1999 ANNEX Place of employment Place of employment Place of employment Place of employment Indonesia Kazakhstan Romania Turkey Zimbabwe Albania Colombia Ghana Indonesia Venezuela Indonesia Malawi Romania Suriname Turkey Zambia Zimbabwe Angola Benin Chad Fiji Guinea-Bissau India Indonesia Papua New Guinea Turkey Venezuela Weightings March 1998 18,67 102,79 66,19 78,26 35,69 Weightings April 1998 96,54 79,55 40,71 34,93 87,59 Weightings May 1998 42,46 33,53 69,40 76,97 77,47 68,24 46,65 Weightings June 1998 110,43 81,94 94,01 62,59 87,70 47,99 52,37 78,43 77,59 89,28