COUNCIL REGULATION

(EC) No 613/2009

of 6 July 2009

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries

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 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 2008 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff serving in third countries.

(2) The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 624/2008(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 2008 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 12 months following that date, as is the case with the weightings applicable within the European 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 2008, the weightings applicable 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 as shown in the Annex hereto.

The exchange rates for the calculation of such 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 first 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 2008 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 12 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, 6 July 2009.

For the Council

The President

BILDT

(1)

OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 172, 2.7.2008, p. 1

ANNEX

	PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Weighting July 2008
(1)	Afghanistan	0
	South Africa	46,9
	Albania	78,5
	Algeria	87,5
	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	71,1
	Angola	112,8
	Saudi Arabia	79,1
	Argentina	54,7
	Armenia	71,1
	Australia	108,5
	Azerbaijan	72,9
	Bangladesh	45,4
	Barbados	105,5
	Belarus	62,7
	Benin	92,9
	Bolivia	49,5
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)	78,6
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka)	62,7
	Botswana	46
	Brazil	95,5
	Burkina Faso	96,5
(1)	Burundi	0
	Cambodia	62,7
	Cameroon	109,7
	Canada	78,9
	Cape Verde	74,4
	Chile	57,7
	China	74,6
	West Bank — Gaza Strip	103,1
	Colombia	79,2
	Congo (Brazzaville)	129,1
	South Korea	90,7
	Costa Rica	68,7
	Côte d’Ivoire	99,9
	Croatia	106,3
	Cuba	73,5
	Djibouti	85,4
	Egypt	33,8
	El Salvador	63,6
	Ecuador	57,9
	Eritrea	41,9
	United States (New York)	91,5
	United States (Washington)	85
	Ethiopia	77,8
	Gabon	110,4
	Gambia	70,3
	Georgia	99,7
	Ghana	54,3
	Guatemala	70,7
	Guinea (Conakry)	55,7
	Guinea-Bissau	114,6
	Guyana	53,5
	Haiti	104,2
	Honduras	60,3
	Hong Kong	83,4
	Fiji	72,2
	Solomon Islands	85,6
	India	50,9
	Indonesia (Banda Aceh)	49,5
	Indonesia (Jakarta)	69,1
(1)	Iraq	0
	Israel	118,9
	Jamaica	86,1
	Japan (Tokyo)	105
	Jordan	70
	Kazakhstan (Almaty)	75,6
	Kazakhstan (Astana)	71
	Kenya	73,8
	Kyrgyzstan	86,7
	Kosovo (Pristina)	57,5
	Laos	77,6
	Lesotho	47,3
	Lebanon	80
(1)	Liberia	0
	Madagascar	84,2
	Malaysia	65,8
	Malawi	63,6
	Mali	83,5
	Morocco	86,9
	Mauritius	72,6
	Mauritania	61,2
	Mexico	69,7
	Moldova	67,1
	Montenegro	68,9
	Mozambique	71,9
	Namibia	57,5
	Nepal	66
	Nicaragua	46,2
	Niger	85,7
	Nigeria	93
	Norway	131,2
	New Caledonia	140,4
	New Zealand	89,8
	Uganda	69,9
	Uzbekistan	45,4
	Pakistan	43,9
	Panama	52,2
	Papua New Guinea	73,5
	Paraguay	83,6
	Peru	67,4
	Philippines	61
	Central African Republic	113,1
	Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)	112,3
	Dominican Republic	58,2
	Russia	121,8
	Rwanda	82,7
	Samoa	65,5
	Senegal	88,1
	Serbia (Belgrade)	73,9
	Sierra Leone	68,9
	Singapore	95,8
	Sudan	50
	Sri Lanka	58,1
	Southern Sudan (Juba)	87,6
	Switzerland (Geneva)	112,2
	Switzerland (Berne)	108
	Suriname	39,7
	Swaziland	46,4
	Syria	66,8
	Tajikistan	61,2
	Taiwan	77,3
	Tanzania	61,4
	Chad	129,3
	Thailand	52,4
	Timor Leste	56,6
	Togo	87
	Tonga	85
	Trinidad and Tobago	61,6
	Tunisia	68,7
	Turkey	80,7
	Ukraine	109,4
	Uruguay	73,2
	Vanuatu	105,6
	Venezuela	61
	Vietnam	40,2
	Yemen	57
	Zambia	63,2
(1)	Zimbabwe	0

(1) Not available