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 2001 fixed by the European Commission, respectively, 11.12.2000 and 5.2.2001.
PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT AND RATES OF ALLOWANCE FOR LIVING CONDITIONS
Effective date: 1 January 2001 (1.1.2000 for Naka-Japan)
| 35% | 25% | 20% | 15% | 10% | No allowance |
| Albania | Belize | Bolivia | Botswana | Argentina | Canada |
| Algeria | Benin | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Chile | Australia | Cyprus |
| Angola | Cape Verde | Bulgaria | Costa Rica | Barbados | U.S.A. (New York) |
| Bangladesh | China | Fiji | Hong Kong | Brazil | U.S.A. (Washington) |
| Burkina Faso | Colombia | Former Yugoslav Repuplic
of Macedonia | Israel (Tel Aviv) | Croatia | Malta |
| Burundi | Côte d'Ivoire | | Jamaica | Czech Republic | Norway |
| Cameroon | Egypt | Gabon | Japan (Tokyo) | Dominican Republic | Switzerland |
| Central African Rep. | Eritrea | Lesotho | Jordan | Estonia | |
| Chad | Gambia | Mexico | Lebanon | Hungary | |
| Comoros | Ghana | Romania | New Caledonia | Latvia | |
| Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Guatemala | South Korea | Senegal | Lithuania | |
| Congo (Rep.) | India | Swaziland | South Africa | Morocco | |
| Djibouti | Japan (Naka) | Thailand | Syria | Mauritius | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Kenya | Vanuatu | Turkey | Namibia | |
| Ethiopia | Madagascar | F.R. Yugoslavia (Belgrade) | Zimbabwe | 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) | | | | |
| Liberia | Sri Lanka | | | | |
| Mali | Suriname | | | | |
| Mauritania | Tanzania | | | | |
| Mozambique | Tonga | | | | |
| Niger | Ukraine | | | | |
| Nigeria (Abuja) | Venezuela | | | | |
| Nigeria (Lagos) | Vietnam | | | | |
| Papua New Guinea | West Bank - Gaza Strip | | | | |
| Rwanda | Zambia | | | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | | |
| Sierra Leone | | | | | |
| Sudan | | | | | |
| Togo | | | | | |
| Uganda | | | | | |
| F. R. Yugoslavia (Pristina) | |
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REST LEAVE FOR 2001
(Article 8 of Annex X)
Effective date: 1 January 2001BASED ON THE LIVING CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE:
|
Number of days and periods |
Country of employment |
Rest leave to be taken in |
| |
|
|
|
15 days maximum
or 3 periods
(LCA > or = 12 points) |
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) |
|
10 days maximum
or 2 periods
(LCA = 11 points) |
* Algeria |
Paris (France) |
|
Angola |
Windhoek (Namibia) |
|
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) |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
Dakar (Senegal) |
|
Kazakhstan |
Frankfurt (Germany) |
|
Nigeria (Abuja) |
Libreville (Gabon) |
|
Rwanda |
Mombasa (Kenya) |
|
Togo |
Libreville (Gabon) |
* see also additional period granted for the duration of the crisis in 2000
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 2000) |
Roma (Italia) |
| |
|
|
|
10 days maximum
or 2 periods |
* Burundi (LCA = 10 points, crisis 12 months in 2000) |
Mombasa (Kenya) |
| |
|
|
|
5 days maximum |
* Algeria (LCA = 11 points, crisis 12 months in 2000) |
Paris (France) |
|
Eritrea (LCA = 6 points, crisis 3 months in 2000) |
Mombasa (Kenya) |
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