COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 August 2012

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August 2010, 1 September 2010, 1 October 2010, 1 November 2010, 1 December 2010, 1 January 2011, 1 February 2011, 1 March 2011, 1 April 2011, 1 May 2011 and 1 June 2011 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries

(2012/465/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) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied from 1 July 2010 to the 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 laid down by Council Regulation (EU) No 964/2011(2).

(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 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November, 1 December 2010 and 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2011 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,

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 and correspond to the dates referred to in the first paragraph.

Article 2

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

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 2 August 2012.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President

Catherine ASHTON

Vice-President

(1)

OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 253, 29.9.2011, p. 1

ANNEX

AUGUST 2010

Place of employment	Economic parities August 2010	Exchange rate August 2010(1)	Weightings August 2010(2)
Egypt	4,398	7,40935	59,4
Eritrea	18,83	19,7388	95,4

SEPTEMBER 2010

Place of employment	Economic parities September 2010	Exchange rate September 2010(3)	Weightings September 2010(4)
Eritrea	19,78	19,4388	101,8
Sudan	2,827	3,15356	89,6
Venezuela	4,516	5,45421	82,8
Zambia	5 270	6 297,45	83,7

OCTOBER 2010

Place of employment	Economic parities October 2010	Exchange rate October 2010(5)	Weightings October 2010(6)
Egypt	4,701	7,60410	61,8
Ethiopia	16,15	22,2107	72,7
Haiti	50,97	55,0818	92,5
Paraguay	3 677	6 399,74	57,5
Suriname	2,305	3,75000	61,5
Timor Leste	1,274	1,36110	93,6

NOVEMBER 2010

Place of employment	Economic parities November 2010	Exchange rate November 2010(7)	Weightings November 2010(8)
Eritrea	21,80	21,4143	101,8
Ghana	1,359	2,00225	67,9
Guinea (Conakry)	5 200	8 493,73	61,2
Venezuela	4,745	5,95110	79,7
Zambia	5 547	6 444,62	86,1

DECEMBER 2010

Place of employment	Economic parities December 2010	Exchange rate December 2010(9)	Weightings December 2010(10)
Angola	144,4	127,091	113,6
Egypt	5,034	7,75680	64,9
Nepal	79,72	98,9700	80,5
Sierra Leone	5 458	5 730,45	95,2
Sudan	3,010	3,33921	90,1

JANUARY 2011

Place of employment	Economic parities January 2011	Exchange rate January 2011(11)	Weightings January 2011(12)
Eritrea	23,16	20,2338	114,5
Ghana	1,427	1,87210	76,2
Pakistan	57,86	114,090	50,7
Sudan	3,186	3,48053	91,5
Zambia	5 852	6 178,44	94,7

FEBRUARY 2011

Place of employment	Economic parities February 2011	Exchange rate February 2011(13)	Weightings February 2011(14)
Armenia	397,0	497,460	79,8
Ethiopia	17,59	22,7406	77,4
Ghana	1,564	1,99590	78,4
Guinea (Conakry)	5 487	8 205,25	66,9
Kosovo	0,6410	1,00000	64,1
Malawi	179,1	205,194	87,3
Mozambique	31,72	43,9700	72,1
Uzbekistan	1 151	2 263,30	50,9
Serbia	74,80	104,558	71,5
Suriname	2,454	4,59285	53,4
Tajikistan	4,004	6,03651	66,3
Venezuela	4,984	5,88797	84,6

MARCH 2011

Place of employment	Economic parities March 2011	Exchange rate March 2011(15)	Weightings March 2011(16)
Saudi Arabia	3,427	5,09730	67,2
Belarus	2 793	4 099,94	68,1
Haiti	47,71	55,5912	85,8
Liberia	USD 1,398	USD 1,37620	101,6
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)	USD 1,898	USD 1,37620	137,9
Timor Leste	USD 1,361	USD 1,37620	98,9

APRIL 2011

Place of employment	Economic parities April 2011	Exchange rate April 2011(17)	Weightings April 2011(18)
Azerbaijan	1,151	1,11762	103,0
Barbados	3,130	2,83209	110,5
Russia	43,08	40,2462	107,0
Suriname	2,609	4,57925	57,0
Ukraine	8,031	11,2355	71,5
Vietnam	14 537	29 444,6	49,4

MAY 2011

Place of employment	Economic parities May 2011	Exchange rate May 2011(19)	Weightings May 2011(20)
Argentina	3,496	6,03921	57,9
Belarus	2 955	4 444,18	66,5
Ethiopia	18,75	24,6099	76,2
Kenya	87,48	122,669	71,3

JUNE 2011

Place of employment	Economic parities June 2011	Exchange rate June 2011(21)	Weightings June 2011(22)
Ghana	1,664	2,14365	77,6
Guinea (Conakry)	5 787	9 426,41	61,4
Laos	9 103	11 273,5	80,7
Nicaragua	17,64	31,8675	55,4
Uzbekistan	1 212	2 428,78	49,9
Serbia	78,61	97,3302	80,8
Sudan	3,359	4,00271	83,9
Thailand	34,07	43,2870	78,7
Venezuela	5,380	6,12932	87,8
Yemen	213,9	305,135	70,1

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