Commission Decision

of 2 August 2012

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August 2010, 1 September 2010, 1 October 2010, 1 November 2010, 1 December 2010, 1 January 2011, 1 February 2011, 1 March 2011, 1 April 2011, 1 May 2011 and 1 June 2011 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries

(2012/465/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 and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, as laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council1, 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 2010 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 964/20112.
(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, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November, 1 December 2010 and 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2011 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 11 monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable dates for each one.

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 referred to in the first paragraph.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the month following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 2 August 2012.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Catherine Ashton

Vice-President

ANNEX

AUGUST 2010

Place of employment

Economic parities August 2010

Exchange rate August 20103
Weightings August 20104

Egypt

4,398

7,40935

59,4

Eritrea

18,83

19,7388

95,4

3

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

4

Brussels = 100.

SEPTEMBER 2010

Place of employment

Economic parities September 2010

Exchange rate September 20105
Weightings September 20106

Eritrea

19,78

19,4388

101,8

Sudan

2,827

3,15356

89,6

Venezuela

4,516

5,45421

82,8

Zambia

5 270

6 297,45

83,7

5

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

6

Brussels = 100.

OCTOBER 2010

Place of employment

Economic parities October 2010

Exchange rate October 20107
Weightings October 20108

Egypt

4,701

7,6041

61,8

Ethiopia

16,15

22,2107

72,7

Haiti

50,97

55,0818

92,5

Paraguay

3 677

6 399,74

57,5

Suriname

2,305

3,75

61,5

Timor Leste

1,274

1,3611

93,6

7

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

8

Brussels = 100.

NOVEMBER 2010

Place of employment

Economic parities November 2010

Exchange rate November 20109
Weightings November 201010

Eritrea

21,8

21,4143

101,8

Ghana

1,359

2,00225

67,9

Guinea (Conakry)

5 200

8 493,73

61,2

Venezuela

4,745

5,9511

79,7

Zambia

5 547

6 444,62

86,1

9

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

10

Brussels = 100.

DECEMBER 2010

Place of employment

Economic parities December 2010

Exchange rate December 201011
Weightings December 201012

Angola

144,4

127,091

113,6

Egypt

5,034

7,7568

64,9

Nepal

79,72

98,97

80,5

Sierra Leone

5 458

5 730,45

95,2

Sudan

3,01

3,33921

90,1

11

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

12

Brussels = 100.

JANUARY 2011

Place of employment

Economic parities January 2011

Exchange rate January 201113
Weightings January 201114

Eritrea

23,16

20,2338

114,5

Ghana

1,427

1,8721

76,2

Pakistan

57,86

114,09

50,7

Sudan

3,186

3,48053

91,5

Zambia

5 852

6 178,44

94,7

13

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

14

Brussels = 100.

FEBRUARY 2011

Place of employment

Economic parities February 2011

Exchange rate February 201115
Weightings February 201116

Armenia

397,0

497,46

79,8

Ethiopia

17,59

22,7406

77,4

Ghana

1,564

1,9959

78,4

Guinea (Conakry)

5 487

8 205,25

66,9

Kosovo

0,641

1,0

64,1

Malawi

179,1

205,194

87,3

Mozambique

31,72

43,97

72,1

Uzbekistan

1 151

2 263,3

50,9

Serbia

74,8

104,558

71,5

Suriname

2,454

4,59285

53,4

Tajikistan

4,004

6,03651

66,3

Venezuela

4,984

5,88797

84,6

15

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

16

Brussels = 100.

MARCH 2011

Place of employment

Economic parities March 2011

Exchange rate March 201117
Weightings March 201118

Saudi Arabia

3,427

5,0973

67,2

Belarus

2 793

4 099,94

68,1

Haiti

47,71

55,5912

85,8

Liberia

USD 1,398

USD 1,3762

101,6

Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)

USD 1,898

USD 1,3762

137,9

Timor Leste

USD 1,361

USD 1,3762

98,9

17

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

18

Brussels = 100.

APRIL 2011

Place of employment

Economic parities April 2011

Exchange rate April 201119
Weightings April 201120

Azerbaijan

1,151

1,11762

103,0

Barbados

3,13

2,83209

110,5

Russia

43,08

40,2462

107,0

Suriname

2,609

4,57925

57,0

Ukraine

8,031

11,2355

71,5

Vietnam

14 537

29 444,6

49,4

19

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

20

Brussels = 100.

MAY 2011

Place of employment

Economic parities May 2011

Exchange rate May 201121
Weightings May 201122

Argentina

3,496

6,03921

57,9

Belarus

2 955

4 444,18

66,5

Ethiopia

18,75

24,6099

76,2

Kenya

87,48

122,669

71,3

21

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

22

Brussels = 100.

JUNE 2011

Place of employment

Economic parities June 2011

Exchange rate June 201123
Weightings June 201124

Ghana

1,664

2,14365

77,6

Guinea (Conakry)

5 787

9 426,41

61,4

Laos

9 103

11 273,5

80,7

Nicaragua

17,64

31,8675

55,4

Uzbekistan

1 212

2 428,78

49,9

Serbia

78,61

97,3302

80,8

Sudan

3,359

4,00271

83,9

Thailand

34,07

43,287

78,7

Venezuela

5,38

6,12932

87,8

Yemen

213,9

305,135

70,1

23

1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.

24

Brussels = 100.