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Brussels, 29.6.2010

COM(2010)342 final

2010/0189 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No …/….

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 3019/87 of 5 October 1987 amended the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities by adding an Annex X laying down special and exceptional provisions applicable to officials 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 euros 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 paid in local currency is subject to a weighting.

The first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X required the Council to determine the weightings for third countries every six months.

Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2175/88 of 18 July 1988 laid down the initial weightings applicable from 10 October 1987.

This system of remuneration has also applied to contract staff since the new Staff Regulations entered into force on 1 May 2004 (Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004).

The first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the new Staff Regulations requires the Council to set the weightings applicable in third countries annually.

The most recent weightings, which took effect on 1 July 2008, were laid down by the Council in Regulation (EC) No 613/2009 of 6 July 2009.

The attached proposal sets the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries.

The budgetary impact is minimal: an increase of €85 283.51, which makes a difference of only +0.0483% compared with the previous situation. See the Financial Statement provided.

Under Article 64 of the Staff Regulations, the remuneration system for staff serving in countries outside the Union is based on purchasing power parity of remuneration paid in local currency compared to that paid in Brussels.

To apply this principle Eurostat calculates the economic parities. The weighting is the factor obtained by dividing the economic parity by the exchange rate . This means that implementation of the weighting system primarily involves calculating economic parities by comparing Brussels and the other places of employment.

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 table in the Annex sets out the weightings derived from the parities communicated by Eurostat for July 2009 for all places of employment.

2010/0189 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No …/….

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities 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 of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities 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 Commission,

Whereas:

(1) It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the Union and to determine accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff serving in third countries.

(2) The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 613/2009[2] may lead to retrospective upward or downward adjustments to remuneration.

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

(4) Provision should be made 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 2009 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

(5) Provision should be made 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 and for its effects to be spread over a period of no more than twelve months following that date, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the European Union to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2009, the weightings applicable 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 as shown 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.

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 Annex.

2. The institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 July 2009 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 no more than 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

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT | Weighting July 2009 |

Afghanistan (***) | 0 |

South Africa | 57.5 |

Albania | 73.9 |

Algeria | 76.5 |

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 68.1 |

Angola | 115.8 |

Saudi Arabia | 85.2 |

Argentina | 57.1 |

Armenia | 68.7 |

Australia | 102.3 |

Azerbaijan | 93.7 |

Bangladesh | 50.8 |

Barbados | 111 |

Belarus | 61.5 |

Belize | 65.9 |

Benin | 93.1 |

Bolivia | 58.4 |

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka) | 62.5 |

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) | 73.2 |

Botswana | 53.2 |

Brazil | 87.4 |

Burkina Faso | 95.8 |

Burundi (***) | 0 |

Cambodia | 71.5 |

Cameroon | 95.6 |

Canada | 74.6 |

Cape Verde | 73.1 |

Chile | 61.9 |

China | 85.6 |

West Bank - Gaza Strip | 100.7 |

Colombia | 76 |

Congo (Brazzaville) | 118.2 |

South Korea | 82.8 |

Costa Rica | 75.1 |

Côte d'Ivoire | 99.5 |

Croatia | 92.3 |

Cuba | 83.2 |

Djibouti | 97.1 |

Egypt | 39.2 |

El Salvador | 70.2 |

Ecuador | 70.3 |

Eritrea | 50.1 |

United States (New York) | 92 |

United States (Washington) | 87.4 |

Ethiopia | 83.8 |

Gabon | 104.4 |

Gambia | 60.7 |

Georgia | 86.5 |

Ghana | 53.1 |

Guatemala | 75.5 |

Guinea (Conakry) | 63.5 |

Guinea-Bissau | 107.7 |

Guyana | 59.3 |

Haiti | 107.4 |

Honduras | 70.2 |

Hong Kong | 95 |

Fiji | 61.9 |

Solomon Islands | 90.3 |

India | 54.5 |

Indonesia (Jakarta) | 74.3 |

Indonesia (Banda Aceh) | 51.2 |

Iraq (***) | 0 |

Israel (Tel Aviv) | 102.5 |

Jamaica | 84.8 |

Japan (Tokyo) | 126.3 |

Jordan | 81.5 |

Kazakhstan (Almaty) | 76.3 |

Kazakhstan (Astana) | 68.1 |

Kenya | 75.1 |

Kyrgyzstan | 85.9 |

Kosovo (Pristina) | 54.6 |

Laos | 85.7 |

Lesotho | 57.3 |

Lebanon | 81.9 |

Liberia | 90.8 |

Madagascar | 83.9 |

Malaysia | 70.1 |

Malawi | 76 |

Mali | 84.9 |

Morocco | 76.1 |

Mauritius | 69.7 |

Mauritania | 61.1 |

Mexico | 65.1 |

Moldova | 64.3 |

Montenegro | 68.1 |

Mozambique | 73.4 |

Namibia | 71.2 |

Nepal | 77.7 |

Nicaragua | 55.5 |

Niger | 85.9 |

Nigeria | 87.5 |

Norway | 125.2 |

New Caledonia | 125.9 |

New Zealand | 86.4 |

Uganda | 63.4 |

Uzbekistan | 50.9 |

Pakistan | 43.9 |

Panama | 57.6 |

Papua New Guinea | 94.2 |

Paraguay | 66.5 |

Peru | 75.1 |

Philippines | 62.7 |

Central African Republic | 106.7 |

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) | 125.3 |

Dominican Republic | 64.4 |

Russia | 97.1 |

Rwanda | 84.6 |

Samoa | 70.5 |

Senegal | 90.3 |

Serbia (Belgrade) | 66.5 |

Sierra Leone | 75.1 |

Singapore | 97.3 |

Sudan (Khartoum) | 52.5 |

Southern Sudan (Juba) | 91.6 |

Sri Lanka | 62.9 |

Switzerland (Geneva) | 109.5 |

Switzerland (Berne) | 109 |

Suriname | 45.9 |

Swaziland | 58.2 |

Syria | 77.1 |

Tajikistan | 56.9 |

Taiwan | 76.6 |

Tanzania | 67.6 |

Chad | 122.8 |

Thailand | 55.6 |

Timor Leste | 67.8 |

Togo | 87.9 |

Trinidad and Tobago | 74.6 |

Tunisia | 68.7 |

Turkey | 76.6 |

Ukraine | 75.1 |

Uruguay | 71.3 |

Vanuatu | 102.2 |

Venezuela | 92.4 |

Vietnam | 47.4 |

Yemen | 66.6 |

Zambia | 49.2 |

Zimbabwe (***) | 0 |

(***) Not available.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1. TITLE OF THE PROPOSAL:

Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries.

2. BUDGET LINES:

XX-01.01.02-01 and XX-01.02.02-01

3. LEGAL BASIS

Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations.

4. FINANCIAL IMPACT

4.1 Estimated actual expenditurefor 2010 (1) €176 567 000 (1)

4.2 Estimated impact of weightingsfrom July 2009 to June 2010 (inclusive): + €85 283.51 (2)

4.3 Impact in terms of estimatedactual expenditure [(2) : (1)] + 0.048300623%

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