COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 May 2013

adjusting monthly from 1 August 2011 to 1 June 2012 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries

(2013/244/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 336 thereof,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, as laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council(1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Whereas:

(1) The statistics available to the Commission show that for 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 applicable to remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were last laid down;

(2) In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations in such case those weightings need to be monthly adjusted, with effect from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November, 1 December 2011 and 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2012,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union 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 11 monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable dates for each one.

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(2) and correspond to the relevant dates referred to in the first paragraph.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 7 May 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1)

OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1

ANNEX

August 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity August 2011	Exchange rate August 2011(1)	Weighting August 2011(2)
Belarus	3 838	7 116,11	53,9
Benin	639,0	655,957	97,4
Chad	756,5	655,957	115,3
Georgia	1,561	2,36590	66,0
India	44,31	62,8840	70,5
Kenya	83,54	129,752	64,4
Liberia	1,467	1,42600	102,9
Malawi	169,9	217,528	78,1
Mauritius	31,10	40,5968	76,6
Mozambique	30,25	38,5900	78,4
Nicaragua	16,76	32,1014	52,2
Sri Lanka	111,7	157,915	70,7
Sudan	3,610	3,99934	90,3
Syria	48,30	68,7600	70,2
Tanzania	1 277	2 238,61	57,0
Trinidad and Tobago	6,634	9,08750	73,0
Uruguay	23,84	26,4790	90,0
Venezuela	5,027	6,12417	82,1
Vietnam	14 308	29 354,2	48,7

September 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

September 2011

Exchange rate

September 2011(3)

Weighting

September 2011(4)

Albania

81,44

140,420

58,0

Belarus

4 171

7 268,69

57,4

October 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity October 2011	Exchange rate October 2011(5)	Weighting October 2011(6)
Bangladesh	55,17	101,524	54,3
Belarus	4 735	7 491,43	63,2
Sierra Leone	6 007	5 998,80	100,1
Uganda	2 199	3 815,54	57,6
Yemen	228,2	291,089	78,4

November 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity November 2011	Exchange rate November 2011(7)	Weighting November 2011(8)
Belarus	5 108	11 830,0	43,2
Senegal	625,1	655,957	95,3
Togo	542,5	655,957	82,7

December 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity December 2011	Exchange rate December 2011(9)	Weighting December 2011(10)
Belarus	5 507	11 670,0	47,2
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	35,27	61,5050	57,3
Turkey	2,072	2,46920	83,9

January 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity January 2012	Exchange rate January 2012(11)	Weighting January 2012(12)
Belarus	5 834	10 930,0	53,4
Guinea	6 191	9 155,86	67,6
Kenya	88,45	109,362	80,9

February 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity February 2012	Exchange rate February 2012(13)	Weighting February 2012(14)
Cape Verde	77,80	110,265	70,6
Eritrea	22,99	19,8798	115,6
Ghana	1,791	2,11115	84,8
Malawi	192,3	217,304	88,5
Syria	52,75	75,1350	70,2
Thailand	32,29	40,9030	78,9
Venezuela	5,464	5,63029	97,0

March 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity March 2012	Exchange rate March 2012(15)	Weighting March 2012(16)
Liberia	1,557	1,34540	115,7
Sudan	3,824	3,77329	101,3
Tanzania	1 359	2 088,03	65,1

April 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity April 2012	Exchange rate April 2012(17)	Weighting April 2012(18)
Morocco	7,934	11,1375	71,2
Nigeria	200,4	205,899	97,3
Syria	56,30	79,3900	70,9

May 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity May 2012	Exchange rate May 2012(19)	Weighting May 2012(20)
Central African Republic	707,5	655,957	107,9
Sri Lanka	117,5	173,829	67,6
Sudan	4,082	3,71019	110,0
Uganda	2 317	3 317,44	69,8

June 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Economic parity June 2012	Exchange rate June 2012(21)	Weighting June 2012(22)
Algeria	75,30	100,391	75,0
Angola	158,2	120,712	131,1
Ethiopia	20,54	22,2818	92,2
Ghana	1,894	2,32615	81,4
India	46,58	69,9420	66,6
Mali	669,2	655,957	102,0
Sierra Leone	6 350	5 403,82	117,5
Zambia	6 442	6 625,66	97,2

(1) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(2) Brussels = 100.

(3) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(4) Brussels = 100.

(5) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(6) Brussels = 100.

(7) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(8) Brussels = 100.

(9) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(10) Brussels = 100.

(11) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(12) Brussels = 100.

(13) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(14) Brussels = 100.

(15) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(16) Brussels = 100.

(17) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(18) Brussels = 100.

(19) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(20) Brussels = 100.

(21) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(22) Brussels = 100.