Council Regulation (EU) No 768/2010

of 26 August 2010

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union 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 259/681, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Having regard to the proposal from the European 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 613/20092 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 from 1 July 2009 to 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 6 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 12 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 Union,

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 Union serving in third countries payable in the currency of the country of employment shall be as shown in the Annex.

The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be established in accordance with the rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities3 and shall correspond to 1 July 2009.

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 from 1 July 2009 to 31 August 2010.

Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall be restricted to a period of no more than 6 months preceding 31 August 2010. Recovery shall be spread over a period of no more than 12 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, 26 August 2010.

For the Council

The President

S. Vanackere

ANNEX

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

WeightingJuly 2009

Afghanistan4

0

Albania

73,9

Algeria

76,5

Angola

115,8

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

Burundi4

0

Cambodia

71,5

Cameroon

95,6

Canada

74,6

Cape Verde

73,1

Central African Republic

106,7

Chad

122,8

Chile

61,9

China

85,6

Colombia

76

Congo (Brazzaville)

118,2

Costa Rica

75,1

Côte d'Ivoire

99,5

Croatia

92,3

Cuba

83,2

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)

125,3

Djibouti

97,1

Dominican Republic

64,4

Ecuador

70,3

Egypt

39,2

El Salvador

70,2

Eritrea

50,1

Ethiopia

83,8

Fiji

61,9

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

68,1

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

India

54,5

Indonesia (Banda Aceh)

51,2

Indonesia (Jakarta)

74,3

Iraq4

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

Kosovo (Pristina)

54,6

Kyrgyzstan

85,9

Laos

85,7

Lebanon

81,9

Lesotho

57,3

Liberia

90,8

Madagascar

83,9

Malawi

76

Malaysia

70,1

Mali

84,9

Mauritania

61,1

Mauritius

69,7

Mexico

65,1

Moldova

64,3

Montenegro

68,1

Morocco

76,1

Mozambique

73,4

Namibia

71,2

Nepal

77,7

New Caledonia

125,9

New Zealand

86,4

Nicaragua

55,5

Niger

85,9

Nigeria

87,5

Norway

125,2

Pakistan

43,9

Panama

57,6

Papua New Guinea

94,2

Paraguay

66,5

Peru

75,1

Philippines

62,7

Russia

97,1

Rwanda

84,6

Samoa

70,5

Saudi Arabia

85,2

Senegal

90,3

Serbia (Belgrade)

66,5

Sierra Leone

75,1

Singapore

97,3

Solomon Islands

90,3

South Africa

57,5

Southern Sudan (Juba)

91,6

South Korea

82,8

Sri Lanka

62,9

Sudan (Khartoum)

52,5

Suriname

45,9

Swaziland

58,2

Switzerland (Geneva)

109,5

Switzerland (Berne)

109

Syria

77,1

Taiwan

76,6

Tajikistan

56,9

Tanzania

67,6

Thailand

55,6

Timor Leste

67,8

Togo

87,9

Trinidad and Tobago

74,6

Tunisia

68,7

Turkey

76,6

Uganda

63,4

Ukraine

75,1

United States (New York)

92

United States (Washington)

87,4

Uruguay

71,3

Uzbekistan

50,9

Vanuatu

102,2

Venezuela

92,4

Vietnam

47,4

West Bank — Gaza Strip

100,7

Yemen

66,6

Zambia

49,2

Zimbabwe4

0

4

Not available.