Commission Decision of 18 March 2009 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries (2009/295/EC)
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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
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, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied from 1 July 2007 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 624/2008.
(2) Some of these weightings need to be adjusted in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, with effect from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2008, since the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be adjusted for certain countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains five monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the dates of application for each one (1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2008). The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the dates of application of the weightings.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 2009. For the Commission Benita Ferrero-Waldner Member of the Commission
ANNEX
ANNEX FEBRUARY 2008 MARCH 2008 APRIL 2008 MAY 2008 JUNE 2008
Place of employment Economic parity February 2008 Exchange rate February 2008 Weighting February 2008 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 41,78 61,451 68,0 Saudi Arabia 4,505 5,5288 81,5 Argentina 2,504 4,6491 53,9 Costa Rica 542,1 736,035 73,7 India 32,24 58,1618 55,4 Lebanon 1835 2232,61 82,2 Nigeria 162,7 171,243 95,0 Serbia (Belgrade) 56,74 81,476 69,6 Sierra Leone 3222 4380,09 73,6 Sri Lanka 87,73 159,65 55,0 Syria 44,27 70,5 62,8 Tanzania 1109 1664,73 66,6 Ukraine 7,794 7,45128 104,6 Venezuela 2,186 3,18415 68,7 Place of employment Economic parity March 2008 Exchange rate March 2008 Weighting March 2008 Belarus 1945 3181,1 61,1 Bolivia 5,432 11,4012 47,6 Bulgaria 1,688 1,9558 86,3 Solomon Islands 9,905 11,4748 86,3 Kyrgyzstan 48 55,0253 87,2 Laos 10277 13450 76,4 Sri Lanka 92,37 160,023 57,7 Tanzania 1046 1693,89 61,8 Place of employment Economic parity April 2008 Exchange rate April 2008 Weighting April 2008 Cameroon 713,8 655,957 108,8 Canada 1,234 1,608 76,7 Gambia 21,26 30,75 69,1 Guinea (Conakry) 3799 6851,17 55,5 Guinea-Bissau 760,7 655,957 116,0 Indonesia (Banda Aceh) 6925 14540,2 47,6 Central African Republic 728,4 655,957 111,0 Vanuatu 155,8 148,98 104,6 Place of employment Economic parity May 2008 Exchange rate May 2008 Weighting May 2008 Armenia 331,6 482,2 68,8 Egypt 2,708 8,60965 31,5 Haiti 63,31 61,9632 102,2 Lesotho 6,059 11,8167 51,3 Madagascar 2125 2621,33 81,1 Peru 3,132 4,34275 72,1 Philippines 42,21 65,686 64,3 Suriname 1,743 4,2939 40,6 Place of employment Economic parity June 2008 Exchange rate June 2008 Weighting June 2008 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 45,35 61,3871 73,9 Egypt 2,913 8,44855 34,5 Ethiopia 12,12 15,2245 79,6 Gambia 22,41 32,7 68,5 Haiti 66,63 62,9246 105,9 Fiji 1,695 2,33508 72,6 Solomon Islands 10,81 12,0152 90,0 Jamaica 93,22 110,025 84,7 Kyrgyzstan 50,99 56,6834 90,0 New Caledonia 172,6 119,332 144,6 Uganda 1835 2563,8 71,6 Pakistan 44,72 107,615 41,6 Samoa 2,642 3,89332 67,9 Serbia (Belgrade) 61,51 80,7545 76,2 Sudan (Khartoum) 1,685 3,1984 52,7 Syria 46,93 72,09 65,1 Tanzania 1165 1873,39 62,2 Turkey 1,567 1,9039 82,3 Venezuela 2,075 3,34347 62,1 Yemen 182,6 310,909 58,7