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.

Where the economic parity for a given country is found to have varied by more than 5% since the last adjustment, Article 13 of Annex X requires the Commission to adopt an interim measure adjusting the weighting.

Since the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations on 1 May 2004 (Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 of 22 March 2004), these weightings have also applied to contract staff serving in third countries in accordance with the arrangements laid down in 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 application of Annex X (rules applicable to staff working outside the Community) to be extended 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 in accordance with Annex XI, but also in accordance with Annex X to the Staff Regulations.

The Commission adopted the decision adjusting the weightings applicable to certain places of employment from 1 February 2005, 1 March 2005, 1 April 2005, 1 May 2005 and 1 June 2005, on 16 January 2006⁽¹⁾ .

The enclosed tables show the new economic parities, corresponding exchange rates and resulting weightings for these places of employment on the relevant dates.
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FOOTNOTES

⁽¹⁾ OJ L 21/17, 25.1.2006, p. 17