COUNCIL REGULATION

(EC) No 453/2007

of 25 April 2007

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2006 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 two new Member States for a maximum period of 19 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 of the Council (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68(1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 27(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 2006 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials serving in third countries.

(2) The weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 351/2006(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 2006 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 2006, 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 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 date of application of the weightings.

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 of remuneration as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 July 2006 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 Luxembourg, 25 April 2007.

For the Council

The President

F.-W.

STEINMEIER

(1)

OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1

. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1895/2006 (

OJ L 397, 30.12.2006, p. 6

(2)

OJ L 59, 1.3.2006, p. 1

ANNEX

	Place of Employment	Weighting July 2006(1)
(2)	Afghanistan	0
	Albania	82,7
	Algeria	84,5
	Angola	113,5
	Argentina	56,4
	Armenia	105,7
	Australia	99,1
	Bangladesh	43,7
	Barbados	125,7
	Benin	92,3
	Bolivia	48,4
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77,7
	Botswana	62,1
	Brazil	76,2
	Bulgaria	76,4
	Burkina Faso	89,7
(2)	Burundi	0
	Cambodia	70,4
	Cameroon	110,1
	Canada	90,6
	Cape Verde	77,4
	Central African Republic	120,1
	Chad	131,2
	Chile	76,6
	China	76,7
	Colombia	63,2
	Congo	130,4
	Costa Rica	69,1
	Côte d’Ivoire	109,4
	Croatia	105,8
	Cuba	97,1
	Democratic Republic of Congo	132,4
	Djibouti	96,8
	Dominican Republic	71,9
	Ecuador	70,8
	Egypt	51,0
	El Salvador	86,4
	Eritrea	49,4
	Ethiopia	85,7
	Fiji	71,3
	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	69,7
	Gabon	116,6
	Gambia	55,8
	Georgia	95,1
	Ghana	79,9
	Guatemala	80,6
	Guinea	56,4
	Guinea-Bissau	100,7
	Guyana	60,6
	Haiti	109,5
	Honduras	74,9
	Hong Kong	101,3
	India	45,3
(2)	Indonesia (Banda Aceh)	0
	Indonesia (Jakarta)	83,9
(2)	Iraq	0
	Israel	109,6
	Jamaica	91,3
	Japan (Naka)	113,7
	Japan (Tokyo)	119,9
	Jordan	72,3
	Kazakhstan (Almaty)	125,2
(2)	Kazakhstan (Astana)	0
	Kenya	77,8
	Kyrgyzstan	80,3
	Laos	71,3
	Lebanon	90,8
	Lesotho	61,8
(2)	Liberia	0
	Madagascar	72,3
	Malawi	70,4
	Malaysia	74,8
	Mali	91,2
	Mauritania	67,7
	Mauritius	70,7
	Mexico	70,2
	Moldova	52,6
(2)	Montenegro	0
	Morocco	86,8
	Mozambique	69,3
	Namibia	72,8
	Nepal	68,8
	New Caledonia	134,5
	New Zealand	89,0
	Nicaragua	60,7
	Niger	89,3
	Nigeria	94,7
	Norway	131,7
	Pakistan	52,2
(2)	Panama	0
	Papua New Guinea	75,6
	Paraguay	70,8
	Peru	78,4
	Philippines	60,2
	Romania	62,7
	Russia	120,7
	Rwanda	87,1
	Saudi Arabia	88,8
	Senegal	80,7
	Serbia	61,1
	Sierra Leone	75,1
	Singapore	103,4
	Solomon Islands	88,7
(2)	Somalia	0
	South Africa	59,9
	South Korea	112,4
	Sri Lanka	55,4
	Sudan	52,1
	Suriname	51,9
	Swaziland	62,6
	Switzerland	116,3
	Syria	65,5
	Taiwan	89,9
	Tajikistan	70,2
	Tanzania	58,8
	Thailand	60,3
(2)	Timor Leste	0
	Togo	92,4
	Trinidad and Tobago	70,4
	Tunisia	71,8
	Turkey	83,7
	Uganda	55,5
	Ukraine	104,6
	United States (New York)	104,8
	United States (Washington)	100,5
	Uruguay	72,9
	Vanuatu	114,5
	Venezuela	60,9
	Vietnam	54,2
	West Bank — Gaza Strip	92,7
	Yemen	68,2
	Zambia	69,3
	Zimbabwe	47,2

(1) Brussels = 100 %

(2) Not available.