24.4.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 112/26


COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 April 2008

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February 2007, 1 March 2007, 1 April 2007, 1 May 2007 and 1 June 2007 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries

(2008/326/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 259/68 (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied from 1 July 2006 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 453/2007 (2).

(2)

Some of these weightings need to be adjusted in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, with effect from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2007, since the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

With effect from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2007 the weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be those set out in the Annex hereto.

The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be established in accordance with the rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and shall correspond to the date referred to in the first paragraph.

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2008.

For the Commission

Benita FERRERO-WALDNER

Member of the Commission


(1)   OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 337/2007 (OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 1).

(2)   OJ L 109, 26.4.2007, p. 22.


ANNEX

Place of employment

Weighting February 2007

Angola

117,3

Barbados

127,5

Bulgaria

80,4

Cape Verde

82,3

South Korea

117,3

Costa Rica

70,8

Guinea (Conakry)

57,7

Haiti

114,8

Lebanon

92,3

Nepal

78,8

Uganda

65,1

Paraguay

78,8

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)

137,6

Sierra Leone

76,6

Sudan

61,6

Syria

70,6


Place of employment

Weighting March 2007

Argentina

53,5

Cameroon

103,5

Côte d’Ivoire

98,7

Guyana

61,3

India

47,6

Jordan

75,9

Kazakhstan (Almaty)

121,6

Kyrgyzstan

84,3

Madagascar

84,7

Uganda

69,4

Sri Lanka

53,2

Venezuela

64,1


Place of employment

Weighting April 2007

Angola

121,8

Botswana

58,1

Guinea (Conakry)

49,2

Mali

86,3

Sudan

55,1

Tajikistan

66,5

Zambia

56,3


Place of employment

Weighting May 2007

Argentina

54,9

Costa Rica

70,8

Ethiopia

87,1

Ghana

69,2

Indonesia (Jakarta)

79,5

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)

131,6

Trinidad and Tobago

68,6

Turkey

85,9

Yemen

76,0


Place of employment

Weighting June 2007

Canada

92,7

El Salvador

76,6

United States (New York)

103,1

Guatemala

79,0

Malawi

73,1

Moldova

58,5

Nicaragua

57,3

Rwanda

90,9

Tanzania

61,7