Weightings applicable in third countries
Articles 12 and 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations

In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 12 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the salary of officials serving in third countries may be paid in currency of the country of employment. In this case a weighting is applied to the part paid in local currency.

Since the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations on 1 May 2004 these provisions also apply to contract staff serving in third countries.

In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the Commission may decide to adjust the weighting when the change in the economic parity is found to have exceeded 5% since the last adjustment.

Having regard to all three points stated above, the Commission adopted a Decision adjusting the weightings applicable to certain places of employment, on 11 April 2008 ⁽¹⁾ . The Decision concerns the following months: from 1st February 2007, from 1st March 2007, from 1st April 2007, from 1st May 2007, and from 1st June 2007.

The tables at annex set out, for the places of employment concerned, the new economic parities, the corresponding exchange rates, the resulting weightings and the dates on which the changes in economic parity exceeding 5% took place.
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Footnotes
 
⁽¹⁾ OJ L 112, 24.4.2008, pages 26 to 28.