EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.           CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations lay down provisions on payments of remuneration to officials serving in a third country. Under Articles 10 and 118 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, those provisions apply by analogy to temporary and contract staff serving in third countries.

Remuneration is payable in euros in Belgium, however upon request of an official all or part of it may be paid in the currency of the country of employment. In that event, it is subject to the weighting for the place of employment and is converted on the basis of the corresponding exchange rate.

In order to ensure as far as possible that officials, temporary and contract staff of the Union enjoy equivalent purchasing power irrespective of their place of employment, the Council should adjust the weightings once a year. To establish the purchasing power equivalence of the remuneration paid in Brussels, as the reference city, with that paid in the other places of employment Eurostat calculates the economic parities. The weighting is the factor obtained by dividing the economic parity by the exchange rate. The exchange rates used are established in accordance with the rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the date of application of the weightings.

The initial weightings applicable from 10 October 1987 were laid down in the Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2175/88 of 18 July 1988. The most recent weightings, which took effect on 1 July 2010, were laid down by the Council in Regulation (EU) No 964/2011 of 26 September 2011. Considering the time elapsed since the last adjustment it is appropriate to cover two consecutive annual adjustments by the attached proposal. Hence it lays down the weightings applicable to remuneration from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and weightings applicable to remuneration from 1 July 2012.

2.           RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

The elements of the proposal have been discussed with the staff representatives in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

3.           LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL

The attached proposal for the Council Regulation adjusts the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and from 1 July 2012 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in a third country.

The Council should, by the written procedure within one month, act on a proposal from the Commission by the qualified majority provided for in Article 16(4) and (5) of the Treaty on European Union. Should a Member State request formal examination of the Commission proposal, the Council should act within two months.

The Annex to the proposed Council Regulation sets out the weightings derived from the parities communicated by Eurostat for July 2011 and for July 2012 respectively, for all places of employment outside the European Union.

4.           BUDGETARY IMPLICATION

The budgetary impact is small (in percentage terms); see the Financial Statement.

2013/0131 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and the weightings applicable from 1 July 2012 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 336 thereof,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68[1], and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)       It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in third countries and to determine accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and from of 1 July 2012 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the Union serving in third countries,

(2)       The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 964/2011[2] may lead to retrospective upward or downward adjustments to remuneration,

(3)       Provision should be laid down for back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the new weightings,

(4)       Provision should be laid down for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration as a result of the new weightings for the period between 1 July 2011 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation,

(5)       Provision should be laid down for any such recovery to be restricted to a period of no more than six months preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2011 to 30 june 2012, the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the Union serving in third countries payable in the currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in Table 1 of the Annex.

With effect from 1 July 2012, the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the Union serving in third countries payable in the currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in Table 2 of the Annex .

The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be established in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002[3] and shall correspond to 1 July 2011 and 1 July 2012 respectively.

Article 2

1.           The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the weightings shown in the Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex.

2.           The institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction in renumeration as a result of the weightings shown in the Tables 1 and 2 of the Annex for the period between 1 July 2011 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall be restricted to a period of six months preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve months from that date.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels,

                                                                       For the Council

                                                                       The President

ANNEX

Table 1 - 1 July 2011

|| PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT || Economic parity July 2011 || Exchange rate July 2011 (*) || Weighting  July 2011 (**) ||

(***) || Afghanistan || 0 || 0 || 0.0 ||

|| Albania || 85.81 || 141.370 || 60.7 ||

|| Algeria || 71.42 || 103.525 || 69.0 ||

|| Angola || 149.7 || 132.885 || 112.7 ||

|| Argentina || 3.545 || 5.91281 || 60.0 ||

|| Armenia || 407.4 || 533.510 || 76.4 ||

|| Australia || 1.533 || 1.35850 || 112.8 ||

|| Azerbaijan || 1.154 || 1.13539 || 101.6 ||

|| Bangladesh || 52.20 || 106.189 || 49.2 ||

|| Barbados || 3.198 || 2.89943 || 110.3 ||

|| Belarus || 3025 || 7099.45 || 42.6 ||

|| Belize || 1.750 || 2.86408 || 61.1 ||

|| Benin || 588.4 || 655.957 || 89.7 ||

|| Bolivia || 5.973 || 9.99653 || 59.8 ||

|| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka) || 1.254 || 1.95583 || 64.1 ||

|| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) || 1.461 || 1.95583 || 74.7 ||

|| Botswana || 5.693 || 9.37207 || 60.7 ||

|| Brazil || 2.550 || 2.26870 || 112.4 ||

|| Burkina Faso || 624.0 || 655.957 || 95.1 ||

(***) || Burundi || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

|| Cambodia || 4521 || 5852.50 || 77.2 ||

|| Cameroon || 610.9 || 655.957 || 93.1 ||

|| Canada || 1.202 || 1.40370 || 85.6 ||

|| Cape Verde || 82.37 || 110.265 || 74.7 ||

|| Central African Republic || 672.4 || 655.957 || 102.5 ||

|| Chad || 697.5 || 655.957 || 106.3 ||

|| Chile || 447.0 || 679.490 || 65.8 ||

|| China || 8.475 || 9.32350 || 90.9 ||

|| Colombia || 2184 || 2568.34 || 85.0 ||

|| Congo (Brazzaville) || 754.4 || 655.957 || 115.0 ||

|| Costa Rica || 605.6 || 726.890 || 83.3 ||

|| Côte d'Ivoire || 635.6 || 655.957 || 96.9 ||

|| Croatia || 5.836 || 7.38330 || 79.0 ||

|| Cuba || USD 0.956 || USD 1.44250 || 66.3 ||

|| Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) || USD 2.010 || USD 1.44250 || 139.3 ||

|| Djibouti || 235.7 || 256.363 || 91.9 ||

|| Dominican Republic || 32.43 || 54.7816 || 59.2 ||

|| Ecuador || USD 0.9702 || USD 1.44250 || 67.3 ||

|| Egypt || 5.181 || 8.56810 || 60.5 ||

|| El Salvador || USD 0.9966 || USD 1.44250 || 69.1 ||

|| Eritrea || 24.26 || 21.5463 || 112.6 ||

|| Ethiopia || 19.48 || 24.2877 || 80.2 ||

|| Fiji || 1.627 || 2.51572 || 64.7 ||

|| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia || 37.13 || 61.6063 || 60.3 ||

|| Gabon || 681.7 || 655.957 || 103.9 ||

|| Gambia || 29.29 || 40.6400 || 72.1 ||

|| Georgia || 1.716 || 2.34730 || 73.1 ||

|| Ghana || 1.682 || 2.15435 || 78.1 ||

|| Guatemala || 7.911 || 11.2402 || 70.4 ||

|| Guinea (Conakry) || 5871 || 9678.22 || 60.7 ||

|| Guinea-Bissau || 634.1 || 655.957 || 96.7 ||

|| Guyana || 178.9 || 291.125 || 61.5 ||

|| Haiti || 45.56 || 57.9164 || 78.7 ||

|| Honduras || 19.69 || 27.2562 || 72.2 ||

|| Hong Kong || 10.44 || 11.2265 || 93.0 ||

|| Iceland || 149.7 || 165.150 || 90.6 ||

|| India || 40.61 || 64.7210 || 62.7 ||

|| Indonesia (Banda Aceh) || 8778 || 12413.0 || 70.7 ||

|| Indonesia (Jakarta) || 9585 || 12413.0 || 77.2 ||

(***) || Iraq || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

|| Israel || 5.251 || 4.94760 || 106.1 ||

|| Jamaica || 115.5 || 122.758 || 94.1 ||

|| Japan (Tokyo) || 158.6 || 116.930 || 135.6 ||

|| Jordan || 0.8589 || 1.02273 || 84.0 ||

|| Kazakhstan (Astana) || 182.4 || 208.440 || 87.5 ||

|| Kenya || 89.11 || 129.536 || 68.8 ||

|| Kosovo (Pristina) || 0.6806 || 1.00000 || 68.1 ||

|| Kyrgyzstan || 44.87 || 65.3193 || 68.7 ||

|| Laos || 9113 || 11438.0 || 79.7 ||

|| Lebanon || 1647 || 2174.57 || 75.7 ||

|| Lesotho || 6.427 || 9.88460 || 65.0 ||

|| Liberia || USD 1.328 || USD 1.44250 || 92.1 ||

(***) || Libya || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

|| Madagascar || 2305 || 2770.49 || 83.2 ||

|| Malawi || 180.9 || 216.503 || 83.6 ||

|| Malaysia || 3.179 || 4.37270 || 72.7 ||

|| Mali || 636.8 || 655.957 || 97.1 ||

|| Mauritania || 234.4 || 387.915 || 60.4 ||

|| Mauritius || 32.88 || 40.1709 || 81.9 ||

|| Mexico || 12.22 || 16.9954 || 71.9 ||

|| Moldova || 10.62 || 16.4444 || 64.6 ||

|| Montenegro || 0.6462 || 1.00000 || 64.6 ||

|| Morocco || 8.437 || 11.2940 || 74.7 ||

|| Mozambique || 32.04 || 40.3800 || 79.3 ||

|| Namibia || 8.110 || 9.88460 || 82.0 ||

|| Nepal || 78.49 || 102.520 || 76.6 ||

|| New Caledonia || 134.8 || 119.332 || 113.0 ||

|| New Zealand || 1.790 || 1.75590 || 101.9 ||

|| Nicaragua || 17.76 || 32.3385 || 54.9 ||

|| Niger || 555.3 || 655.957 || 84.7 ||

|| Nigeria (Abuja) || 186.1 || 220.507 || 84.4 ||

|| Norway || 10.78 || 7.80550 || 138.1 ||

|| Pakistan || 60.24 || 122.565 || 49.1 ||

|| Panama || USD 0.8448 || USD 1.44250 || 58.6 ||

|| Papua New Guinea || 3.694 || 3.29924 || 112.0 ||

|| Paraguay || 3814 || 5770.00 || 66.1 ||

|| Peru || 3.141 || 3.98058 || 78.9 ||

|| Philippines || 44.94 || 62.7700 || 71.6 ||

|| Russia || 43.61 || 40.3780 || 108.0 ||

|| Rwanda || 709.4 || 855.942 || 82.9 ||

|| Samoa || 2.923 || 3.29714 || 88.7 ||

|| Saudi Arabia || 3.423 || 5.28110 || 64.8 ||

|| Senegal || 594.1 || 655.957 || 90.6 ||

|| Serbia (Belgrade) || 79.49 || 101.040 || 78.7 ||

|| Sierra Leone || 5708 || 6301.53 || 90.6 ||

|| Singapore || 2.076 || 1.77990 || 116.6 ||

|| Solomon Islands || 11.08 || 10.3926 || 106.6 ||

|| South Africa || 6.327 || 9.88460 || 64.0 ||

|| South Korea || 1604 || 1553.32 || 103.3 ||

(***) || Southern Sudan (Juba) || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

|| Sri Lanka || 118.1 || 154.886 || 76.2 ||

|| Sudan (Khartoum) || 3.382 || 3.93024 || 86.1 ||

|| Suriname || 2.661 || 4.76025 || 55.9 ||

|| Swaziland || 6.880 || 9.88460 || 69.6 ||

|| Switzerland (Berne) || 1.532 || 1.20360 || 127.3 ||

|| Switzerland (Geneva) || 1.562 || 1.20360 || 129.8 ||

|| Syria || 51.84 || 67.0950 || 77.3 ||

|| Taiwan || 34.73 || 41.7050 || 83.3 ||

|| Tajikistan || 4.194 || 6.72897 || 62.3 ||

|| Tanzania || 1358 || 2194.38 || 61.9 ||

|| Thailand || 34.04 || 44.4290 || 76.6 ||

|| Timor Leste || USD 1.424 || USD 1.44250 || 98.7 ||

|| Togo || 571.5 || 655.957 || 87.1 ||

|| Trinidad and Tobago || 7.042 || 9.10380 || 77.4 ||

|| Tunisia || 1.329 || 1.96490 || 67.6 ||

|| Turkey || 1.963 || 2.36040 || 83.2 ||

|| Uganda || 2049 || 3579.47 || 57.2 ||

|| Ukraine || 8.217 || 11.3372 || 72.5 ||

|| United States (New York) || 1.287 || 1.44250 || 89.2 ||

|| United States (Washington) || 1.214 || 1.44250 || 84.2 ||

|| Uruguay || 25.17 || 26.2220 || 96.0 ||

|| Uzbekistan || 1235 || 2468.20 || 50.0 ||

|| Vanuatu || 148.3 || 130.330 || 113.8 ||

|| Venezuela || 5.470 || 6.19503 || 88.3 ||

|| Vietnam || 15446 || 29758.8 || 51.9 ||

|| West Bank - Gaza Strip || 5.526 || 4.94760 || 111.7 ||

|| Yemen || 215.8 || 308.407 || 70.0 ||

|| Zambia || 6109 || 6906.98 || 88.4 ||

(***) || Zimbabwe || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

(*) || 1 EURO = x units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste).

(**) || Brussels = 100%.

(***)       Not available because of local instability or unreliable data.

N.B. || Economic parity or purchasing power parity (PPP) is:

|| Number of monetary units required to buy the same product compared with Brussels (per euro).

|| The figure provided in the first column (PPP) is the product of multiplying the exchange rate (TX) by the weighting (CC).

|| The mathematical formula used to calculate the CC is therefore: PPP (provided by Eurostat) divided by TX = CC.

|| The amounts due to staff are calculated by applying the invariable PPP established by this table - not by multiplying each time the CC by the TX of the date of the transaction, since this TX is variable and will produce a different (wrong) PPP.

Table 2 - 1 July 2012

|| PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT || Economic parity July 2012 || Exchange rate July 2012 (*) || Weighting  July 2012 (**) ||

(***) || Afghanistan || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

|| Albania || 82.84 || 138.180 || 60.0 ||

|| Algeria || 75.86 || 100.187 || 75.7 ||

|| Angola || 160.0 || 119.596 || 133.8 ||

|| Argentina || 3.706 || 5.60300 || 66.1 ||

|| Armenia || 407.5 || 525.440 || 77.6 ||

|| Australia || 1.524 || 1.23570 || 123.3 ||

|| Azerbaijan || 1.146 || 0.975682 || 117.5 ||

|| Bangladesh || 57.29 || 102.802 || 55.7 ||

|| Barbados || 3.228 || 2.49691 || 129.3 ||

|| Belarus || 6304 || 10440.0 || 60.4 ||

|| Belize || 1.761 || 2.36066 || 74.6 ||

|| Benin || 666.1 || 655.957 || 101.5 ||

|| Bolivia || 6.022 || 8.58084 || 70.2 ||

|| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka) || 1.246 || 1.95583 || 63.7 ||

|| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) || 1.473 || 1.95583 || 75.3 ||

|| Botswana || 5.800 || 9.74659 || 59.5 ||

|| Brazil || 2.500 || 2.58980 || 96.5 ||

|| Burkina Faso || 628.1 || 655.957 || 95.8 ||

(***) || Burundi || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

|| Cambodia || 4428 || 5096.50 || 86.9 ||

|| Cameroon || 608.2 || 655.957 || 92.7 ||

|| Canada || 1.205 || 1.27640 || 94.4 ||

|| Cape Verde || 78.73 || 110.265 || 71.4 ||

|| Central African Republic || 716.1 || 655.957 || 109.2 ||

|| Chad || 731.0 || 655.957 || 111.4 ||

|| Chile || 448.6 || 625.731 || 71.7 ||

|| China || 8.357 || 7.89590 || 105.8 ||

|| Colombia || 2142 || 2219.68 || 96.5 ||

|| Congo (Brazzaville) || 736.5 || 655.957 || 112.3 ||

|| Costa Rica || 619.0 || 618.385 || 100.1 ||

|| Côte d'Ivoire || 626.2 || 655.957 || 95.5 ||

|| Croatia || 5.785 || 7.51700 || 77.0 ||

|| Cuba || USD 1.007 || USD 1.24180 || 81.1 ||

|| Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) || USD 2.169 || USD 1.24180 || 174.7 ||

|| Djibouti || 235.7 || 220.694 || 106.8 ||

|| Dominican Republic || 32.01 || 49.0020 || 65.3 ||

|| Ecuador || USD 0.9882 || USD 1.24180 || 79.6 ||

|| Egypt || 5.400 || 7.61135 || 70.9 ||

|| El Salvador || USD 0.9701 || USD 1.24180 || 78.1 ||

|| Eritrea || 24.09 || 19.3848 || 124.3 ||

|| Ethiopia || 20.80 || 22.4315 || 92.7 ||

|| Fiji || 1.685 || 2.28728 || 73.7 ||

|| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia || 36.16 || 61.6269 || 58.7 ||

|| Gabon || 670.2 || 655.957 || 102.2 ||

|| Gambia || 29.61 || 41.0300 || 72.2 ||

|| Georgia || 1.577 || 2.06140 || 76.5 ||

|| Ghana || 1.917 || 2.37345 || 80.8 ||

|| Guatemala || 7.980 || 9.75743 || 81.8 ||

|| Guinea (Conakry) || 6371 || 8684.29 || 73.4 ||

|| Guinea-Bissau || 615.5 || 655.957 || 93.8 ||

|| Guyana || 181.6 || 257.135 || 70.6 ||

|| Haiti || 47.18 || 52.3771 || 90.1 ||

|| Honduras || 20.20 || 24.1879 || 83.5 ||

|| Hong Kong || 10.43 || 9.63490 || 108.3 ||

|| Iceland || 154.8 || 157.970 || 98.0 ||

|| India || 46.98 || 70.6030 || 66.5 ||

|| Indonesia (Banda Aceh) || 8837 || 11762.5 || 75.1 ||

|| Indonesia (Jakarta) || 9639 || 11762.5 || 81.9 ||

(***) || Iraq || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

|| Israel || 5.052 || 4.90000 || 103.1 ||

|| Jamaica || 118.8 || 110.466 || 107.5 ||

|| Japan (Tokyo) || 158.7 || 98.6000 || 161.0 ||

|| Jordan || 0.8632 || 0.880436 || 98.0 ||

|| Kazakhstan (Astana) || 188.0 || 187.240 || 100.4 ||

|| Kenya || 91.29 || 105.306 || 86.7 ||

|| Kosovo (Pristina) || 0.6882 || 1.00000 || 68.8 ||

|| Kyrgyzstan || 46.34 || 58.5603 || 79.1 ||

|| Laos || 8978 || 10027.5 || 89.5 ||

|| Lebanon || 1650 || 1872.01 || 88.1 ||

|| Lesotho || 6.421 || 10.4610 || 61.4 ||

|| Liberia || USD 1.449 || USD 1.24180 || 116.7 ||

(***) || Libya || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

|| Madagascar || 2341 || 2760.59 || 84.8 ||

|| Malawi || 204.2 || 339.388 || 60.2 ||

|| Malaysia || 3.090 || 3.96760 || 77.9 ||

|| Mali || 668.9 || 655.957 || 102.0 ||

|| Mauritania || 236.2 || 371.485 || 63.6 ||

|| Mauritius || 31.40 || 38.4557 || 81.7 ||

|| Mexico || 12.21 || 16.9208 || 72.2 ||

|| Moldova || 10.36 || 15.2783 || 67.8 ||

|| Montenegro || 0.6372 || 1.00000 || 63.7 ||

|| Morocco || 7.859 || 11.0435 || 71.2 ||

|| Mozambique || 30.62 || 33.9600 || 90.2 ||

|| Namibia || 8.432 || 10.4610 || 80.6 ||

|| Nepal || 80.60 || 115.105 || 70.0 ||

|| New Caledonia || 134.1 || 119.332 || 112.4 ||

|| New Zealand || 1.771 || 1.57280 || 112.6 ||

|| Nicaragua || 17.49 || 29.2136 || 59.9 ||

|| Niger || 548.4 || 655.957 || 83.6 ||

|| Nigeria (Abuja) || 205.1 || 195.043 || 105.2 ||

|| Norway || 10.46 || 7.54650 || 138.6 ||

|| Pakistan || 63.76 || 117.995 || 54.0 ||

|| Panama || USD 0.8365 || USD 1.24180 || 67.4 ||

|| Papua New Guinea || 3.774 || 2.59471 || 145.4 ||

|| Paraguay || 3821 || 5699.86 || 67.0 ||

|| Peru || 3.115 || 3.29263 || 94.6 ||

|| Philippines || 44.10 || 52.6300 || 83.8 ||

|| Russia || 43.58 || 41.1430 || 105.9 ||

|| Rwanda || 702.6 || 766.389 || 91.7 ||

|| Samoa || 3.004 || 2.88925 || 104.0 ||

|| Saudi Arabia || 3.597 || 4.70810 || 76.4 ||

|| Senegal || 602.6 || 655.957 || 91.9 ||

|| Serbia (Belgrade) || 78.59 || 114.007 || 68.9 ||

|| Sierra Leone || 6407 || 5389.51 || 118.9 ||

|| Singapore || 2.039 || 1.58840 || 128.4 ||

|| Solomon Islands || 11.34 || 8.76972 || 129.3 ||

|| South Africa || 6.387 || 10.4610 || 61.1 ||

|| South Korea || 1637 || 1436.46 || 114.0 ||

(***) || Southern Sudan (Juba) || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

|| Sri Lanka || 119.5 || 166.548 || 71.8 ||

|| Sudan (Khartoum) || 4.248 || 6.32792 || 67.1 ||

|| Suriname || 2.707 || 4.09794 || 66.1 ||

|| Swaziland || 6.916 || 10.4610 || 66.1 ||

|| Switzerland (Berne) || 1.549 || 1.20100 || 129.0 ||

|| Switzerland (Geneva) || 1.565 || 1.20100 || 130.3 ||

|| Syria || 59.26 || 80.2250 || 73.9 ||

|| Taiwan || 34.33 || 37.1755 || 92.3 ||

|| Tajikistan || 4.099 || 5.91817 || 69.3 ||

|| Tanzania || 1402 || 1975.97 || 71.0 ||

|| Thailand || 32.81 || 39.5890 || 82.9 ||

|| Timor Leste || USD 1.487 || USD 1.24180 || 119.7 ||

|| Togo || 546.2 || 655.957 || 83.3 ||

|| Trinidad and Tobago || 6.886 || 7.83830 || 87.9 ||

|| Tunisia || 1.313 || 2.00650 || 65.4 ||

|| Turkey || 2.130 || 2.26910 || 93.9 ||

|| Uganda || 2405 || 3093.73 || 77.7 ||

|| Ukraine || 8.223 || 10.0218 || 82.1 ||

|| United States (New York) || 1.253 || 1.24180 || 100.9 ||

|| United States (Washington) || 1.213 || 1.24180 || 97.7 ||

|| Uruguay || 25.03 || 26.9856 || 92.8 ||

|| Uzbekistan || 1280 || 2340.48 || 54.7 ||

|| Vanuatu || 154.3 || 117.465 || 131.4 ||

|| Venezuela || 5.734 || 5.33310 || 107.5 ||

|| Vietnam || 14902 || 25966.0 || 57.4 ||

|| West Bank - Gaza Strip || 5.301 || 4.90000 || 108.2 ||

|| Yemen || 237.9 || 265.497 || 89.6 ||

|| Zambia || 6486 || 6453.46 || 100.5 ||

(***) || Zimbabwe || 0 || 0 || 0 ||

(*) || 1 EURO = x units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste).

(**) || Brussels = 100%.

(***)       Not available because of local instability or unreliable data.

N.B. || Economic parity or purchasing power parity (PPP) is:

|| Number of monetary units required to buy the same product compared with Brussels (per euro).

|| The figure provided in the first column (PPP) is the product of multiplying the exchange rate (TX) by the weighting (CC).

|| The mathematical formula used to calculate the CC is therefore: PPP (provided by Eurostat) divided by TX = CC.

|| The amounts due to staff are calculated by applying the invariable PPP established by this table - not by multiplying each time the CC by the TX of the date of the transaction, since this TX is variable and will produce a different (wrong) PPP.

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.           FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

1.1.        Title of the proposal/initiative

The proposal for Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and from 1 July 2012 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries.

1.2.        Policy area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB structure[4]

All areas and activities are potentially concerned, in particular the work of Delegations (external relations, trade, development, enlargement).

1.3.        Nature of the proposal/initiative

ý The proposal/initiative relates to a new action (periodical, adjusting the regulation in force)

1.4.        1.4.    Objectives

1.4.1.     Expected result(s) and impact

Specify the effects which the proposal/initiative should have on the beneficiaries/groups targeted.

The adjustment of weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, contract and temporary staff of the European Union posted in third countries will result in maintaining the purchasing power equivalence between different duty stations, as provided in the Staff Regulations.

1.5.        Grounds for the proposal/initiative

1.5.1.     Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term

To ensure, under Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, that in the event of a substantial change in the cost of living and exchange rates, the correction coefficients applicable to the remuneration of officials, contract and temporary staff of the European Union serving in third countries are adjusted, and if appropriate applied retrospectively.

1.6.        Duration and financial impact

ý Proposal/initiative of unlimited duration – implementation with a start-up periods from 1 July 2011 (until 30 June 2012) and 1 July 2012 followed by full scale operation.

1.7.        Management mode(s) envisaged[5]

ý Centralised direct management by the Commission: PMO.

2.           ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

2.1.        Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected

· Existing budget lines

Heading of multiannual financial framework || Budget line || Type of expenditure || Contribution

Number [Description………………………...…….] || Diff./non-diff ([6]) || from EFTA[7] countries || from candidate countries[8] || from third countries || within the meaning of Article 18(1)(aa) of the Financial Regulation

|| European Commission: XX-01.01.02, 08.01.05.01, 19.01.04.02, 19.01.04.03, 21.01.04.01, 21.01.04.10. European External Action Service: 1100, 3000, 3001. || non-diff. || NO || NO || NO || NO

2.2.        Estimated impact on expenditure

2.2.1.     Summary of estimated impact on expenditure

2.2.1.1.  For all budgets concerned: the European Commission and the EEAS

|| Estimated actual expenditure for the period August 2011 to June 2012 (inclusive) for staff concerned (a) || Estimated impact of proposed weightings from August 2011 to June 2012 (inclusive) (b) || Percentage change in relation to estimated actual expenditure [(b) : (a)]

Total || 7.183.219 € || 448.738 € || 6,25%

2.2.1.2.  For the European Commission

|| Estimated actual expenditure for the period August 2011 to June 2012 (inclusive) for staff concerned (a) || Estimated impact of proposed weightings from August 2011 to June 2012 (inclusive) (b) || Percentage change in relation to estimated actual expenditure [(b) : (a)]

Total || 3.054.123 € || 231.299 € || 7,57%

2.2.1.3.  For the EEAS

|| Estimated actual expenditure for the period August 2011 to June 2012 (inclusive) for staff concerned (a) || Estimated impact of proposed weightings from August 2011 to June 2012 (inclusive) (b) || Percentage change in relation to estimated actual expenditure [(b) : (a)]

Total || 4.129.097 € || 217.439 € || 5,27%

2.2.2.     Estimated impact on operational appropriations

ý      The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations

2.2.3.     Estimated impact on appropriations of an administrative nature

2.2.3.1.  Summary

ý The proposal/initiative requires the use of administrative appropriations, as explained below:

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

ANNEX

|| Year N[9] || Year N+1 || Year N+2 || Year N+3 || Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) || TOTAL

HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || || || || || || || ||

BGUEXX.010102 || 0,156 || || || || || || || 0,156

EEAS -3001 || 0,028 || || || || || || || 0,028

EEAS -3000 || 0,189 || || || || || || || 0,189

Subtotal HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || 0,374 || || || || || || || 0,374

Outside HEADING 5[10] of the multiannual financial framework || || || || || || || ||

BGUE- -08.010501 || 0,003 || || || || || || || 0,003

BGUE- 19.010402 || 0,000 || || || || || || || 0,000

BGUE- 19.010407 || 0,004 || || || || || || || 0,004

BGUE- 21.010401 || 0,008 || || || || || || || 0,008

BGUE- 21.010410 || 0,052 || || || || || || || 0,052

BGUE- 19.010403 || 0,004 || || || || || || || 0,004

BGUE- 21.010401 || 0,003 || || || || || || || 0,003

Subtotal outside HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || 0,075 || || || || || || || 0,075

TOTAL || 0,449 || || || || || || || 0,449

The administrative appropriations required will be met by the appropriations of the DG which are already assigned to management of the action and/or which have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.

2.2.3.2.  Estimated requirements of human resources

ý      The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources

2.2.4.     Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework

ý      The proposal/initiative is compatible the current multiannual financial framework.

2.2.5.     Third-party contributions

ý      The proposal/initiative does not provide for co-financing by third parties

2.3.        Estimated impact on revenue

ý      Proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.

[1]               OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.

[2]               OJ L 253, 29.9.2011, p. 1–7.

[3]               OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p.1.

[4]               ABM: Activity-Based Management – ABB: Activity-Based Budgeting.

[5]               Details of management modes and references to the Financial Regulation may be found on the BudgWeb site: http://intracomm.ec.testa.eu/budg/bud/bud-fr.html??

[6]               Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-Diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations

[7]               EFTA: European Free Trade Association.

[8]               Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidate countries from the Western Balkans.

[9]               Year N is the year in which implementation of the proposal/initiative starts.

[10]             Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.