http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eudn/2013/655

Commission Decision

of 13 November 2013

adjusting monthly from 1 August 2012 to 1 June 2013 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries

(2013/655/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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 259/681, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

The statistics available to the Commission show that for 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 applicable to 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 last laid down.

(2)

In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations in such case those weightings need to be adjusted monthly, with effect from 1 August, 1 October, 1 November, 1 December 2012 and 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2013, respectively,

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 countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains 10 monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable effective dates for each one of them.

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 Regulation2 and correspond to the relevant dates referred to in the tables from the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 November 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX

August 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity August 2012	Exchange rate August 20123	Weighting August 20124
Sudan (Khartoum)	4,584	6,20915	73,8

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

Brussels = 100.

October 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity October 2012	Exchange rate October 20125	Weighting October 20126
Nepal	84,89	110,17	77,1

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

Brussels = 100.

November 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity November 2012	Exchange rate November 20127	Weighting November 20128
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)	USD 2,057	USD 1,2962	158,7
Liberia	USD 1,528	USD 1,2962	117,9
Malawi	216,6	404,926	53,5

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

Brussels = 100.

December 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity December 2012	Exchange rate December 20129	Weighting December 201210
Venezuela	6,09	5,58047	109,1

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

Brussels = 100.

January 2013

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity January 2013	Exchange rate January 201311	Weighting January 201312
Belarus	6 723	11 320,0	59,4
Guinea (Conakry)	6 716	9 250,4	72,6
Sudan (Khartoum)	4,916	7,56599	65,0

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

Brussels = 100.

February 2013

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity February 2013	Exchange rate February 201313	Weighting February 201314
Congo (Brazzaville)	792,1	655,957	120,8
Cuba	0,9438	1,3541	69,7
Jordan	0,9175	0,960057	95,6
Serbia (Belgrade)	82,53	111,934	73,7
Timor Leste	1,583	1,3541	116,9
Uzbekistan	1 396	2 706,6	51,6
Venezuela	6,429	5,81539	110,6
Zambia	6,63	7,1868	92,3

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

Brussels = 100.

March 2013

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity March 2013	Exchange rate March 201315	Weighting March 201316
Angola	168,2	126,516	132,9
Kosovo (Pristina)	0,7227	1,0	72,3
Kyrgyzstan	48,69	62,3897	78,0
Malawi	238,5	479,834	49,7
Russia	46,33	40,024	115,8
Sierra Leone	6 785	5 663,73	119,8
South Africa	6,746	11,622	58,0
Sudan (Khartoum)	5,331	7,43654	71,7

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

Brussels = 100.

April 2013

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity April 2013	Exchange rate April 201317	Weighting April 201318
China	7,903	7,96	99,3
Djibouti	222,3	227,572	97,7
Ghana	2,025	2,4895	81,3
Japan	149,8	120,87	123,9
South Korea	1 534	1 425,03	107,6
Uzbekistan	1 467	2 611,71	56,2

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

Brussels = 100.

May 2013

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity May 2013	Exchange rate May 201319	Weighting May 201320
Belarus	7 086	11 230,0	63,1
Central African Republic	671,7	655,957	102,4
India	49,37	71,037	69,5
Tunisia	1,381	2,0925	66,0
Venezuela	6,839	8,25083	82,9

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

Brussels = 100.

June 2013

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity June 2013	Exchange rate June 201321	Weighting June 201322
Australia	1,439	1,3493	106,6
Belize	1,859	2,61469	71,1
Gambia	31,18	47,58	65,5
Nicaragua	18,39	31,8519	57,7
Turkey	2,242	2,4274	92,4
Uzbekistan	1 545	2 694,41	57,3
Vanuatu	145,8	122,435	119,1
Venezuela	7,195	8,14449	88,3

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

Brussels = 100.