Weightings applicable in third countries
Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff
Regulations
Article 12 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations allows officials serving
in third countries to be paid all or part of their remuneration in the
currency of the country of employment. Where that is done a weighting is
applied to the portion payable in local currency.
Article 13 of Annex X to the old Staff Regulations required the Council to
determine the weightings for third countries every six months.
The most recent weightings set by the Council are those that came into
effect on 1 January 2004.
Since the new Staff Regulations entered into force on 1 May 2004, these
weightings have also applied to contract staff serving in third countries
according to the provisions of Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Annex X to the
Staff Regulations.
Article 33(4) of the Treaty on the accession of the ten new Member States
created a legal basis authorising the extension of the application of
Annex X of the Staff Regulations (provisions applicable to staff serving
in a third country) to officials remaining in post in the new Member
States for a maximum period of fifteen months after accession. Therefore
weightings should be set for these new Member States not only under Annex
XI, but also under Annex X of the Staff Regulations.
Article 13 of Annex X to the new Staff Regulations now requires the
Council to set the weightings applicable in third countries annually.
The Council adopted regulation No 257/2005(1)
laying down these weightings applicable from 1 July 2004, on 4 February
2005.
The enclosed table shows the new economic parity, corresponding exchange
rate and resulting weighting for July 2004 for these places of employment.
Another administrative notice will be circulated shortly listing places of
employment for which an interim adjustment has been applied.
Annex
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Footnotes
(1) OJ L 46, 17.02.2005, p. 1. |