Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 22. 06. 1998 COM(1998) 384 final Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, Euratom) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1998 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 1998. 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 501/98 of 20 February 1998 which took effect on 1 July 1997. 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 that implementation of a weightings system primarily involves calculating economic parities between Brussels and the various places of employment. The accounting exchange rates used are those for December 1997. Table A shows for each place of employment the economic parity calculated by the SOEC for January 1998, the exchange rate used and the resulting weighting, applicable from 1 January 1998. 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. t TABLE A PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Economic parities January 1998 Exchange rates December 1997 n Weightings January 1998 n ( -) Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia-Herzogovina (•*•) r#) Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso /••*\ Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros IT) Congo Costa Rica r*) Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic (*") Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Dominican Republic Egypt Equatorial Guinea r-) Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 3,8179884 0 4 0 7420,961827 7331,378299 0,0826407 0,0300918 0,0327381 0,8495276 0,0648419 0,0461762 0,0742005 0,0274763 0,0404384 1,2494065 0,0549632 0,0549632 12,4938939 16,2263906 0 0 0,0680071 0,0309949 45,1289628 12,4901474 0 15,2850759 0,0299515 18,8339438 14,43932 11,9988664 0,2174644 27,1510097 13,0505792 0 0 0 0,1049274 0,031053 48,5837827 16,2263906 0 16,2263906 0,0391512 16,2263906 16,2263906 11,7559926 0,2275572 35,6773342 12,1698917 0 5,6679142 6,6542454 0 0,0128357 0,6608494 0 5,8686958 0,2888051 0,0676817 15,1544973 0,1259207 0 0,0820486 0,1170383 0 0,014232 0,9444654 0 4,8842434 0,3852971 0,0951475 16,2263906 0,1871257 0 0,1871257 0,1599872 3 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Economic parities January 1998 Exchange rates December 1997 H Weightings January 1938 n 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 Lesotho Liberia Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Morocco Mozambique Namibia r*) r*> r*> (•*•) Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia (***) Nicaragua 0,0306946 20,538262 0,2589709 0,0254857 23,3834476 0,1193305 34,6890444 0,0415697 16,2263906 0,2725018 0,0274823 61,9732276 0,170663 31,3568091 864,6296662 1054,852321 2,8951956 0,3966324 0,2254612 3,3897555 0,4810191 63,3385162 0,1041682 16,1934714 1,0404833 4,3796261 5,3306216 0,0150771 0,026081 1,3835809 0 3,9303541 0,4759412 0,2143577 5,4899808 1,0576862 99,2457324 0,0967399 16,2263906 0,9929501 3,4885749 3,4885749 0,0197106 0,0274823 1,7669718 0 46,5150435 42,4538315 0 0 0,0791567 0,1333707 0 0 76,2273355 0,2119946 14,4794367 0,0087681 3,693276 0,4610547 0,1444022 0,1968452 0 0 145,7301078 0,4993758 16,2263906 0,0106644 4,6414481 0,60760721 0,2281022J 0. 2650622J 210,8020474 322,2687722| 0,0897197 0,0464853 3,4815584J of 0,1333707 0,0489189) 2,9502877| o j I 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 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 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Economic parities January 1998 Exchange rates December 1997 n Weightings January 1998 n Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Republic of Cape Verde Romania Russia Rwanda Samba SSo Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia /•**\ /***\ Solomon Islands C") 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) | 12,6617788 16,2263906 1,991841 0,2604206 0,7774193 0,0401623 0,0688249 0,5596984 0,0627008 2,2384226 2,1573577 0,197734 1,2363079 0,0457415 0,0745879 0,9821253 0,0969274 2,6062028 138. 0293418 215,7497303 0,0369919 0,0274823 0 0,05989 0 13,4167835 23,4739657 0,6116447 4,1410227 0,1083925 0 0,0931155 0,0981532 0 0,07409 0 16,2263906 22,8817244 0,9398496 4,5614195 0,1027718 0 0,1333707 0,1333707 30,2226424 30,6466442 0 17,482928 7,7603313 0,0705929 0,0485109 0,9881784 14,4017 0,5949458 13,8927273 0,0340628 0,1095637 0,0209104 0 45,620438 11,0202552 0,1333707 0,0391619 1,2366901 16,8956 1,1132386 16,2263906 0,0396275 0,172649 0,031212 4104,882493 5331,627213 22,7772076 31,8552497 0,0414899 0,028076 0,0244897 0,0252665 0,0274823 0,0274823 0,0274823 0,0274823 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 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe Economic parities January 1998 Exchange rates December 1997 n Weightings January 1998 n 0,2729791 3,6516345 11,4357335 227,93263 28,7370918 0,1682978 0,2734482 3,3410177 13,7409825 336,48508 38,1053995 0,373706 99,83 109,30 83,22 67,74 75,41 45,03 (*) BEF 1 = local currency Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD (**) Brussels = 100% (***) Not available C TABLE B PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT VARIATION (%) for January 1998 compared with July 1997 Economic parities Exchange rate Weightings Albania <T) Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina /***\ r*> Botswana Brazil Bulgarie Burkina Faso r") Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros r*) Congo Costa Rica r*) Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic r*> Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Dominican Republic Egypt Equatorial Guinea /***\ r*) Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | *• -1,53 - 57,48 -1,35 -0. 13 -0. 93 1. 29 -0,28 1,02 1,33 - - 1,53 9,87 7,81 -4,00 - -1,31 -0,60 0,83 9,39 1,24 0,25 2,98 2,78 - 1,46 - 1,81 8,05 - -5,90 -0,84 1,51 0,72 - - 12,69 0,13| 14,54 - -26,09 3,44 3,44 -8,37 -0. 55 3,44 3,44 0,86 - - -4,56 -1. 68 -8. 58 0,86 - 0,86 0,16 0,86 0,86 1,54 3,57 -16,43 0,86 - -1,48 - 1,73 -1,51 - 3,43 3,44 2,31 0,86 - - -1,62 -0,09 15,22 - 24,90 2,16 3,42 -8,58 0,74 3,27 4,62 2,21 - - -2,90 8,06 -0,71 -3. 17 - -0. 45 -0,44 1,70 10,34 2,82 3,97 -11,56 3. 68 - -0. 02 - 3. 61 6. 44 - -2,55 2,69 3,91 1,60 - - 10,89 0,05 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT VARIATION (%) for January 1998 compared with July 1997 Economic parities Exchange rate Weightings 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 r*) z***\ Lesotho Liberia Lithuania ("*) ri Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Morocco Mozambique Namibia Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia r-) Nicaragua -3,74 0,86 1,65 3,44 -9,00 -0,11 -1,73 0. 85 3,27 0,90 3,44 -5,67 -3,55 -41,91 -0,02 0,86 0,98 -5,50 -5,50 2,15 3,44 -15,59 - 2,64 - -4,86 - - -2,08 -15,59 0,86 2,09 -10,58 -5,41 -1,71 1,47 1,68 -4,86 3,43 0,86 - -3,16 1,83 1,96 4,72 3,87 4,20 -0,66 20,52 7,17 0,83 4,02 •4,65 -0,63 -20,75 0,46 3,40 -0,03 -6,44 -6,43 4,78 -20,37 -4,14 - 1,03 - -1. 19 - - 1,12 -9. 48 2,75 2,16 -8,09 -4,62 2,88 2,06 2,16 -0,33 3,04 -5. 60 - 0,46 0,95 0,28 1,13 13,22 4,32 1,06 19,50 3,67 -0,07 0,45 0,76 2,90 12,47 0,48 2,51 -1,01 -1,29 -1,29 2,53 -23,11 10,81 - -1,64 - 3,62 - - 3,22 4,63 1,86 0,02 1,63 0,54 4,64 0,56 0. 45 4,52 -0,50 -6,41 - V7 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT VARIATION (%) for January 1998 compared with July 1997 Economic parities Exchange rate Weightings Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Republic of Cape Verde Romania Russia Rwanda S3o Tome and Principe Salomon Island n r-) Samoa Senegal Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia ("*) Somalia South Africa (Cape Town) South Africa (Pretoria) South Korea D 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) -0. 64 2. 36 -0,35 4. 82 6,28 0. 98 7,85 3,51 1,21 11,96 1. 24 - - 2,95 -0,60 0. 62 -1. 40 1. 12 1,23 - 1,06 0,96 10,48 - 17,10 7,75 5,80 0,07 1. 37 5,63 3,38 3,26 0,34 3,76 -0,49 42,13 0,23 3,03 0,47 -0,11 -1,51 0,86 10. 29 1,96 -6,96 -15. 27 1,42 -29. 07 -6. 73 0. 19 -6. 56 3,44 - - 1,08 -6,02 0,86 -2,39 0,86 -3. 42 - -4,86 -4,86 -20,86 - -2,89 3,44 -4,86 2,75 0,11 3,20 -51,71 0,86 -13,75 3,21 -1,16 -33,90 -4,75 3,44 3. 44 3-44l 3. 44J 0. 22 14,10 1,64 -2,00 -7,80 2,43 -16. 44 -3,01 1. 40 5,07 4,85 - - 4,08 -6,24 1,50 -3,71 2,00 -2,12 - -3,63 -3,72 -8,58 - 13,81 11,59 0,89 2,90 1,48 9,13 -31,86 4,15 -11,79 7,21 -1,63 6,14 -4,31 6,69 4,04 3,45 2,00 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe VARIATION (%) for January 1998 compared with July 1997 Economic parities Exchange rate Weightings 5,24 -7,26 21,31 77,25 6. 73 2. 07 -3. 15 -3,88 0,35 -1,44 -2,84 -17,96 2,02 -10,72 21,73 74,74 3,79 -13,47 (••*) Not available Ao Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, Euratom) 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 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 2591/972, 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 1998; 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 1998 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; 1 OJ No L 56, 04. 03. 1968, p. 1. 2 OJ No L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 1. AA 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 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 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 1998, 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 1998. 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 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 remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings. At 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 Ah ANNEX PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT ,W e i 9 h t l?Soo January 1998 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 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 "_ M 95,45 0,00 101,22 111,37 109,52 80,96 67,99 117,97 84,01 77,00 0j00 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 O. ooj 43,85| 73,15§ PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT J ^ ' l WB 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 Lesotho (***) Liberia (***) Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Morocco Mozambique Namibia Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia (***) Nicaragua A5 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 78,3p| O. Ooj 109,57| 0,00 59,35 O00 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 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. W e l f l h t ,?So0 January 1998 Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Republic of Cape Verde Romania Russia (***) Rwanda Samoa (***) Sao Tome and Principe 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) Aé 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 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT ^ ^L January 1998 Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe 99,83 109,30 83,22 67,74 75,41 45,03 ("*) Not available /If FINANCIAL STATEMENT Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, Euratom) laying down the weightings applicable from 1 January 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries 1. Budget item A 6000 Legal basis Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations Budgetary impact: - provisional real expenditure ECU 74 950 000 for 1998 - estimate of effect of January 1998 weightings - estimated expenditure for six months {(2) x (6)} - impact in relation to provisional real expenditure {(2) : (1)} (i. e. ECU 6 245 833 per month) (1) + ECU 2 719 (2) + ECU 16 314 This budgetary impact does not take account of the adjustment of the weightings laid down each month by the European Commission. + 0. 0435% A% ISSN 0254-1475 COM(98) 384 final DOCUMENTS EN 01 09 Catalogue number : CB-CO-98-401-EN-C ISBN 92-78-37338-9 Office for Official Publications ol the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg ,<H