Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 351/2006 of 27 February 2006 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2005 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months after accession
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1.3.2006
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 59/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 351/2006
of 27 February 2006
laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2005 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months after accession
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Having regard to the 2003 Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the Community, and to determine accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2005 to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and to certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months starting on 1 May 2004.
(2)
The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 257/2005 (2) may lead to retrospective upward or downward adjustments to remuneration.
(3)
Provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the new weightings.
(4)
Provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remuneration as a result of the new weightings for the period between 1 July 2005 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
(5)
Provision should be made for any such recovery to be restricted to a period of no more than six months preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation and for its effects to be spread over a period of no more than twelve months following that date, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the Community to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
With effect from 1 July 2005, the weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and to certain officials remaining in post in the ten new Member States for a maximum period of fifteen months starting on 1 May 2004, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and shall correspond to the date referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 2
1. The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex.
2. The institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 July 2005 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall be restricted to a period of no more than six months preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Recovery shall be spread over no more than twelve months from that date.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 February 2006.
For the Council
The President
U. PLASSNIK
(1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 31/2005 (OJ L 8, 12.1.2005, p. 1).
(2) OJ L 46, 17.2.2005, p. 1.
ANNEX
Place of Employment
Weightings July 2005
Afghanistan (1)
0
Albania
86,2
Algeria
89,3
Angola
126,5
Argentina
63,3
Armenia
104,9
Australia
105,3
Bangladesh
53,3
Barbados
127,4
Benin
92,8
Bolivia
52,2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
73,4
Botswana
62,8
Brazil
76,8
Bulgaria
73,9
Burkina Faso
87,7
Burundi (1)
0
Cambodia
67,6
Cameroon
101,3
Canada
84,6
Cape Verde
74,2
Central African Republic
117,6
Chad
130,6
Chile
79,4
China
78,5
Colombia
71,3
Congo
129,8
Costa Rica
72,4
Côte d’Ivoire
111,2
Croatia
101,8
Cuba
93
Cyprus
101,3
Czech Republic
82,1
Democratic Republic of Congo
138,6
Djibouti
101,1
Dominican Republic
84,8
Ecuador
70,5
Egypt
56,9
El Salvador
81,7
Eritrea
51
Estonia
77,7
Ethiopia
81,1
Fiji
78,4
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
69,9
Gabon
116,1
Gambia
51,1
Georgia
96,1
Ghana
79,4
Guatemala
84,9
Guinea
59,8
Guinea-Bissau
139,2
Guyana
60,6
Haiti
100,8
Honduras
75,9
Hong Kong
87,6
Hungary
78,1
India
51,6
Indonesia
78,7
Israel
91,5
Jamaica
91,5
Japan (Naka)
125,6
Japan (Tokyo)
132,9
Jordan
76
Kazakhstan
112,8
Kenya
88,2
Kyrgyzstan
84,6
Laos
74,7
Latvia
71,2
Lebanon
105,7
Lesotho
74,3
Liberia (1)
0
Lithuania
73,8
Madagascar
71,9
Malawi
76,4
Malaysia
73,9
Mali
98,8
Malta
97,9
Mauritania
71,7
Mauritius
75
Mexico
77,9
Moldavia (1)
0
Morocco
86,1
Mozambique
72,7
Namibia
79,5
Nepal
72,7
New Caledonia
120,4
New Zealand
106,7
Nicaragua
67,5
Niger
91,8
Nigeria
86,1
Norway
132,5
Pakistan
52,9
Papua New Guinea
77,3
Paraguay
66
Peru
86,5
Philippines
51,4
Poland
78
Romania
56,4
Russia
110
Rwanda
87,7
Saudi Arabia
86,4
Senegal
78,2
Serbia and Montenegro
61,7
Sierra Leone
72
Singapore
97,6
Slovakia
87,4
Slovenia
76,4
Solomon Islands
85,4
Somalia (1)
0
South Africa
66,6
South Korea
108,2
Sri Lanka
60,8
Sudan
43,4
Suriname
54,7
Swaziland
69,7
Switzerland
118,7
Syria
67,5
Taiwan
96,2
Tajikistan
73
Tanzania
61,7
Thailand
61,8
Togo
95
Trinidad and Tobago
73,8
Tunisia
72,6
Turkey
93,2
Uganda
75,6
Ukraine
101,1
United States (New York)
106,8
United States (Washington)
103,7
Uruguay
74,8
Vanuatu
124,1
Venezuela
59,9
Vietnam
52,7
West Bank — Gaza Strip
91,3
Yemen
75,8
Zambia
55,9
Zimbabwe
62,7
(1) Not available.