Allowance for living conditions and entitlement to rest leave
Officials serving outside the European Union
Allowance for living conditions and entitlement to rest leave
Articles 8 and 10 of Annex X of the Staff Regulations
According to paragraph 1 of article 10 of Annex X, the living conditions fixed for each place of employment are reviewed annually. As a result of this exercise, living conditions allowances are fixed as a percentage of a reference amount as defined at the first paragraph of this article.
Under article 8 of Annex X, an official rest leave may exceptionnally be granted where living conditions are particularly difficult.
The annexed tables indicate the percentages of living conditions allowances and the exceptionnal entitlement to rest leave with effect from 1 January 2000 fixed by the European Commission, respectively, 21.12.1999 and 24.2.2000.
REST LEAVE FOR 2000(Article 8 of Annex X)
Effective date: 1 January 2000
BASED ON THE LIVING CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE:
| Number of days and periods | Country of employment | Rest leave to be taken in |
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15 days maximu
or 3 periods (LCA > or = 12 points) | Algeria | Paris (France) |
| Bangladesh | Phuket (Thailand) |
| Central African Rep. | Libreville (Gabon) |
| Chad | Dakar (Senegal) |
| Liberia | Dakar (Senegal) |
| Papua New Guinea | Darwin (Australia) |
| Sierra Leone | Dakar (Senegal) |
| Sudan | Mombasa (Kenya) |
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10 days maximum
or 2 periods (LCA = 11 points) | Angola | Windhoek (Nami-bia) |
| Comoros | Antananarivo (Madagascar) | |
| *Congo (Rep.) | Libreville (Gabon) |
| Congo (Rep. dem.) | Libreville (Gabon) |
| Georgia | Vienna (Austria) |
| Equatorial Guinea | Libreville (Gabon) |
| Guinea (Conakry) | Dakar (Senegal) |
| Mauritania | Casablanca (Morocco) |
| Niger | Libreville (Gabon) |
| Nigeria (Lagos) | Libreville (Gabon) |
|
5 days maximum
(LCA = 10 points) | Burundi | Mombasa (Kenya) |
| Cameroon | Libreville (Gabon) |
| Ethiopia | Mombasa (Kenya) |
| Kazakhstan | Frankfurt (Germany) |
| Nigeria (Abuja) | Libreville (Gabon) |
| Rwanda | Mombasa (Kenya) |
| Togo | Libreville (Gabon) |
| Vietnam | Phuket (Thailand) |
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* see also additional period granted for the duration of the crisis in 1999
BASED ON THE DURATION OF THE CRISIS IN 2000:
| Number of days and periods | Country of employment | Rest leave to be taken in |
|
15 days maximum
or 3 periods | Albania
(LCA = 9 points, crisis 12 months in 99) | Roma (Italia) |
| Eritrea
(LCA = 6 points, crisis 12 months in 99) | Mombasa (Kenya) |
| Guinea Bissau
(LCA = 9 points, crisis 10 months in 99) | Dakar (Senegal) |
|
10 days maximum
or 2 periods | F.R. Yugoslavia (Belgrade)
(LCA = 4 points, crisis 7,5 months in 99) | Brussels (Belgium) |
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| 5 days maximum | *Congo (Rep.)(LCA = 11 points, crisis 3 months in 99) | Libreville (Gabon) |
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PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT AND RATES OF ALLOWANCE FOR LIVING CONDITIONS
Effective date: 1 January 2000 (1.1.1999 for Indonesia and 1.7.1999 for Fed. Rep. Yugoslavia/Pristina)
| 35% | 25% | 20% | 15% | 10% | No allowance |
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| Albania | Belize | Bolivia | Botswana | Argentina | Canada |
| Algeria | Benin | Bulgaria | Chile | Australia | Cyprus |
| Angola | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Fiji | Costa Rica | Barbados | U.S.A. (New York) |
| Bangladesh | Cape Verde | Former Yugoslav
Repuplic
of Macedonia | Hong Kong | Brazil | U.S.A. (Washington) |
| Burkina Faso | China | | Israel (Tel Aviv) | Croatia | Malta |
| Burundi | Colombia | Gabon | Jamaica | Czech Republic | Norway |
| Cameroon | Côte d'Ivoire | Japan (Naka) | Japan (Tokyo) | Dominican Republic | Switzerland |
| Central African Rep. | Egypt | Lesotho | Jordan | Estonia | |
| Chad | Eritrea | Mexico | Lebanon | Hungary | |
| Comoros | Gambia | Romania | New Caledonia | Latvia | |
| Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Ghana | Swaziland | Senegal | Lithuania | |
| Congo (Rep.) | Guatemala | Thailand | South Africa | Morocco | |
| Djibouti | India | Vanuatu | South Korea | Mauritius | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Kenya | F.R.Yugoslavia (Belgrade) | Syria | Namibia | |
| Ethiopia | Madagascar | | Turkey | Netherlands Antilles | |
| Georgia | Malawi | | | Poland | |
| Guinea | Nicaragua | | | Slovakia | |
| Guinea Bissau | Pakistan | | | Slovenia | |
| Guyana | Peru | | | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Haiti | Philippines | | | Tunisia | |
| Indonesia | Russia | | | Uruguay | |
| Kazakhstan | Solomon (islands) | | | Zimbabwe | |
| Liberia | Sri Lanka | | | | |
| Mali | Suriname | | | | |
| Mauritania | Tonga | | | | |
| Mozambique | Ukraine | | | | |
| Niger | Venezuela | | | | |
| Nigeria (Abuja) | West Bank - Gaza Strip | | | | |
| Nigeria (Lagos) | Zambia | | | | |
| Papua New Guinea | | | | | |
| Rwanda | | | | | |
Sao Tome and
Principe | | | | | |
| Sierra Leone | | | | | |
| Sudan | | | | | |
| Tanzania | | | | | |
| Togo | | | | | |
| Uganda | | | | | |
| Vietnam | | | | | |
| F.R.Yugoslavia (Pristina) | | | | | |
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