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 second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

21.12.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 336/50 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION DECISION of 15 December 2010 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August 2009, 1 September 2009, 1 October 2009, 1 November 2009, 1 December 2009 and 1 January 2010 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries (2010/790/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 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 second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto, Whereas: (1) | In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were laid down by Council Regulation (EU) No 768/2010 (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 August 2009, 1 September 2009, 1 October 2009, 1 November 2009, 1 December 2009 and 1 January 2010, 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, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be adjusted for certain countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains six monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable dates for each one (1 August 2009, 1 September 2009, 1 October 2009, 1 November 2009, 1 December 2009 and 1 January 2010). The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the dates of application of the weightings. Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the month following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 15 December 2010. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Catherine ASHTON Vice-President * * * (1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. (2) OJ L 228, 31.8.2010, p. 1. * * * ANNEX AUGUST 2009 Place of employment | Economic parities August 2009 | Exchange rate August 2009 (*1) | Weightings August 2009 (*2) ---|---|---|--- Eritrea (1) | 11,28 | 21,6903 | 52,0 Georgia | 1,919 | 2,3805 | 80,6 Ghana (2) | 1,009 | 2,0935 | 48,2 Indonesia (Jakarta) (3) | 10 091 | 13 989,6 | 72,1 Indonesia (Banda Aceh) (4) | 7 989 | 13 989,6 | 57,1 Liberia (2) | USD 1,265 | USD 1,4053 | 90,0 Moldova | 9,558 | 15,9211 | 60,0 Montenegro | 0,6456 | 1 | 64,6 Serbia (Belgrade) (2) | 65,28 | 93,045 | 70,2 Sudan (Khartoum) (5) | 1,93 | 3,55881 | 54,2 SEPTEMBER 2009 Place of employment | Economic parities September 2009 | Exchange rate September 2009 (*3) | Weightings September 2009 (*4) ---|---|---|--- Egypt (7) | 3,272 | 7,9632 | 41,1 Gambia (8) | 24,07 | 38,05 | 63,3 Guinea (Conakry) | 4 456 | 6 793,48 | 65,6 Kazakhstan (Astana) (7) | 154,2 | 215,54 | 71,5 Sierra Leone | 3 745 | 5 088,7 | 73,6 Sudan (Khartoum) (6) | 2,035 | 3,63297 | 56,0 Timor-Leste (9) | USD 1,008 | USD 1,4364 | 70,2 Venezuela (10) | 2,94 | 3,08826 | 95,2 OCTOBER 2009 Place of employment | Economic parities October 2009 | Exchange rate October 2009 (*5) | Weightings October 2009 (*6) ---|---|---|--- Albania | 89,99 | 134,994 | 66,7 Australia (12) | 1,693 | 1,669 | 101,4 Cambodia | 4 435 | 6 186,5 | 71,7 Croatia | 6,345 | 7,2708 | 87,3 Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) (13) | USD 1,663 | USD 1,45490 | 114,3 Eritrea (11) | 12,34 | 22,4703 | 54,9 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (12) | 39,56 | 61,4321 | 64,4 Guinea-Bissau | 644,7 | 655,957 | 98,3 Mali | 593,6 | 655,957 | 90,5 New Caledonia | 141,4 | 119,332 | 118,5 Sri Lanka (12) | 107,3 | 169,169 | 63,4 Tajikistan | 3,715 | 6,3745 | 58,3 Tanzania | 1 287 | 1 894,85 | 67,9 Thailand | 28,36 | 48,906 | 58,0 Turkey (13) | 1,742 | 2,168 | 80,4 Uganda | 1 965 | 2 839,77 | 69,2 Ukraine | 7,579 | 11,746 | 64,5 Zambia (13) | 3 830 | 6 820,88 | 56,2 NOVEMBER 2009 Place of employment | Economic parities November 2009 | Exchange rate November 2009 (*7) | Weightings November 2009 (*8) ---|---|---|--- Algeria | 74,7 | 107,642 | 69,4 Chad | 751,4 | 655,957 | 114,6 Egypt (15) | 3,544 | 8,26565 | 42,9 Indonesia (Banda Aceh) (14) | 8 536 | 14 188,1 | 60,2 Israel | 5,351 | 5,5483 | 96,4 Kazakhstan (Almaty) | 172 | 226,55 | 75,9 Kazakhstan (Astana) (15) | 162,9 | 226,55 | 71,9 Kyrgyzstan | 48,82 | 64,4757 | 75,7 Laos (17) | 9 584 | 12 734 | 75,3 Lebanon | 1 638 | 2 229,29 | 73,5 Nepal (17) | 79,66 | 111,64 | 71,4 Russia | 40,41 | 43,1957 | 93,6 Venezuela (16) | 3,172 | 3,17543 | 99,9 DECEMBER 2009 Place of employment | Economic parities December 2009 | Exchange rate December 2009 (*9) | Weightings December 2009 (*10) ---|---|---|--- Congo (Brazzaville) | 725 | 655,957 | 110,5 Cuba | USD 1,105 | USD 1,4918 | 74,1 Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) (22) | USD 1,772 | USD 1,4918 | 118,8 Eritrea (18) | 13,43 | 22,8273 | 58,8 Gambia (21) | 25,54 | 40,1 | 63,7 Ghana (19) | 1,069 | 2,155 | 49,6 Guatemala | 8,18 | 12,3745 | 66,1 Haiti | 60,46 | 64,591 | 93,6 India | 38,84 | 69,5925 | 55,8 Liberia (19) | USD 1,38 | USD 1,4918 | 92,5 Madagascar | 2 140 | 2 907,57 | 73,6 Malawi | 158,9 | 213,936 | 74,3 Malaysia | 3,289 | 5,0587 | 65,0 Paraguay | 4 341 | 7 186,56 | 60,4 Saudi Arabia | 4,174 | 5,5885 | 74,7 Serbia (Belgrade) (19) | 69,83 | 94,412 | 74,0 Solomon Islands | 10,68 | 11,7695 | 90,7 Sudan (Khartoum) (20) | 2,19 | 3,52542 | 62,1 Suriname | 1,92 | 4,18 | 45,9 Turkey (22) | 1,831 | 2,283 | 80,2 Vietnam | 12 873 | 29 495,2 | 43,6 Zambia (22) | 4 038 | 6 974,14 | 57,9 JANUARY 2010 Place of employment | Economic parities January 2010 | Exchange rate January 2010 (*11) | Weightings January 2010 (*12) ---|---|---|--- Argentina | 3,219 | 5,4559 | 59,0 Australia (26) | 1,596 | 1,6036 | 99,5 Ethiopia | 14,33 | 18,2782 | 78,4 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (26) | 37,26 | 61,447 | 60,6 Iceland | 144,5 | 180,96 | 79,9 Indonesia (Jakarta) (23) | 9 550 | 13 511,5 | 70,7 Kosovo (Pristina) | 0,5854 | 1 | 58,5 Laos (27) | 8 875 | 12 174 | 72,9 Libya | 1,018 | 1,7683 | 57,6 Nepal (27) | 74 | 107,83 | 68,6 Niger | 593,3 | 655,957 | 90,4 Samoa | 2,891 | 3,61939 | 79,9 Sri Lanka (26) | 114,1 | 163,139 | 69,9 Timor-Leste (24) | USD 1,083 | USD 1,4338 | 75,5 Venezuela (25) | 3,357 | 3,0788 | 109,0 * * * (*1) EUR 1 = x units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste). (*2) Brussels = 100. (1) The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, October and December. (2) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August and December. (3) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August 2009 and January 2010. (4) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August and November. (5) The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, September and December. (*3) EUR 1 = x units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste). (*4) Brussels = 100. (6) The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, September and December. (7) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September and November. (8) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September and December. (9) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September 2009 and January 2010. (10) The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for September and November 2009 and January 2010. (*5) EUR 1 = x units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste). (*6) Brussels = 100. (11) The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, October and December. (12) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October 2009 and January 2010. (13) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October and December 2009. (*7) EUR 1 = x units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste). (*8) Brussels = 100. (14) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August and November. (15) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September and November. (16) The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for September and November 2009 and January 2010. (17) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for November 2009 and January 2010. (*9) EUR 1 = x units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste). (*10) Brussels = 100. (18) The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, October and December. (19) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August and December. (20) The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for August, September and December. (21) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September and December. (22) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October and December. (*11) EUR 1 = x units of local currency (USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Timor-Leste). (*12) Brussels = 100. (23) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for August 2009 and January 2010. (24) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for September 2009 and January 2010. (25) The weighting for this place is adjusted three times: for September and November 2009 and January 2010. (26) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for October 2009 and January 2010. (27) The weighting for this place is adjusted twice: for November 2009 and January 2010. * * *