Brussels, 7.4.2004
C(2004) 1318

COMMISSION DECISION of 7.4.2004

on the allowance for living conditions (Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations)

Article 10 of Annex X to the new Staff Regulations provides that the allowance for living conditions for places of employment in non member countries will be 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 or 40 %, depending on the points total in respect of the five parameters laid down, in accordance with the following table:

The allowance for living conditions will:

• go up, from 25% to 30%, for 9 countries: Cape Verde, Ethiopia, India, Laos, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia;
   
• go down, from 35% to 30%, for 9 countries: Albania, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Djibouti, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Mali and Pakistan;
   
• go up, from 35% to 40%, for 8 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Chad, Liberia, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone and Sudan.

The annexed table shows the allowance for living conditions for all places of employment in accordance with the new Staff Regulations.

Done at Brussels, 7.4.2004.