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 259/68(1), 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 1U.K.

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 Regulation(2) and correspond to the relevant dates referred to in the tables from the Annex hereto.

Article 2U.K.

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

ANNEXU.K.

August 2012

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity August 2012Exchange rate August 2012aWeighting August 2012b
Sudan (Khartoum)4,5846,2091573,8

October 2012

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity October 2012Exchange rate October 2012aWeighting October 2012b
Nepal84,89110,1777,1

November 2012

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity November 2012Exchange rate November 2012aWeighting November 2012b
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)USD 2,057USD 1,2962158,7
LiberiaUSD 1,528USD 1,2962117,9
Malawi216,6404,92653,5

December 2012

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity December 2012Exchange rate December 2012aWeighting December 2012b
Venezuela6,095,58047109,1

January 2013

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity January 2013Exchange rate January 2013aWeighting January 2013b
Belarus6 72311 320,059,4
Guinea (Conakry)6 7169 250,472,6
Sudan (Khartoum)4,9167,5659965,0

February 2013

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity February 2013Exchange rate February 2013aWeighting February 2013b
Congo (Brazzaville)792,1655,957120,8
Cuba0,94381,354169,7
Jordan0,91750,96005795,6
Serbia (Belgrade)82,53111,93473,7
Timor Leste1,5831,3541116,9
Uzbekistan1 3962 706,651,6
Venezuela6,4295,81539110,6
Zambia6,637,186892,3

March 2013

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity March 2013Exchange rate March 2013aWeighting March 2013b
Angola168,2126,516132,9
Kosovo (Pristina)0,72271,072,3
Kyrgyzstan48,6962,389778,0
Malawi238,5479,83449,7
Russia46,3340,024115,8
Sierra Leone6 7855 663,73119,8
South Africa6,74611,62258,0
Sudan (Khartoum)5,3317,4365471,7

April 2013

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity April 2013Exchange rate April 2013aWeighting April 2013b
China7,9037,9699,3
Djibouti222,3227,57297,7
Ghana2,0252,489581,3
Japan149,8120,87123,9
South Korea1 5341 425,03107,6
Uzbekistan1 4672 611,7156,2

May 2013

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity May 2013Exchange rate May 2013aWeighting May 2013b
Belarus7 08611 230,063,1
Central African Republic671,7655,957102,4
India49,3771,03769,5
Tunisia1,3812,092566,0
Venezuela6,8398,2508382,9

June 2013

a

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

b

Brussels = 100.

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENTEconomic parity June 2013Exchange rate June 2013aWeighting June 2013b
Australia1,4391,3493106,6
Belize1,8592,6146971,1
Gambia31,1847,5865,5
Nicaragua18,3931,851957,7
Turkey2,2422,427492,4
Uzbekistan1 5452 694,4157,3
Vanuatu145,8122,435119,1
Venezuela7,1958,1444988,3