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.

Since the new Staff Regulations entered into force 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 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 351/2006⁽¹⁾ laying down these weightings applicable from 1 July 2005, on 27 February 2006.

The enclosed table shows the new economic parity, corresponding exchange rate and resulting weighting for July 2005 for these places of employment.

Another administrative notice will be circulated shortly listing places of employment for which an interim adjustment has been applied.
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FOOTNOTES

⁽¹⁾ OJ L 59, 01.03.2006, p. 1.