COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 768/2010

of 26 August 2010

laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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 of the European Communities and the Conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by Council 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 European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) It is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the Union and to determine accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2009 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 613/2009(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 from 1 July 2009 to 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 6 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 Union to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

With effect from 1 July 2009, the weightings applicable 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 as shown in the Annex.

The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be established in accordance with the rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(3) and shall correspond to 1 July 2009.

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 from 1 July 2009 to 31 August 2010.

Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall be restricted to a period of no more than 6 months preceding 31 August 2010. Recovery shall be spread over a period of 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, 26 August 2010.

For the Council

The President

S. VANACKERE

(1)

OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 181, 14.7.2009, p. 1

(3)

OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1

ANNEX

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT	Weighting July 2009
Afghanistan(1)	0
Albania	73,9
Algeria	76,5
Angola	115,8
Argentina	57,1
Armenia	68,7
Australia	102,3
Azerbaijan	93,7
Bangladesh	50,8
Barbados	111
Belarus	61,5
Belize	65,9
Benin	93,1
Bolivia	58,4
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka)	62,5
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)	73,2
Botswana	53,2
Brazil	87,4
Burkina Faso	95,8
Burundi(1)	0
Cambodia	71,5
Cameroon	95,6
Canada	74,6
Cape Verde	73,1
Central African Republic	106,7
Chad	122,8
Chile	61,9
China	85,6
Colombia	76
Congo (Brazzaville)	118,2
Costa Rica	75,1
Côte d'Ivoire	99,5
Croatia	92,3
Cuba	83,2
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)	125,3
Djibouti	97,1
Dominican Republic	64,4
Ecuador	70,3
Egypt	39,2
El Salvador	70,2
Eritrea	50,1
Ethiopia	83,8
Fiji	61,9
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	68,1
Gabon	104,4
Gambia	60,7
Georgia	86,5
Ghana	53,1
Guatemala	75,5
Guinea (Conakry)	63,5
Guinea-Bissau	107,7
Guyana	59,3
Haiti	107,4
Honduras	70,2
Hong Kong	95
India	54,5
Indonesia (Banda Aceh)	51,2
Indonesia (Jakarta)	74,3
Iraq(1)	0
Israel (Tel Aviv)	102,5
Jamaica	84,8
Japan (Tokyo)	126,3
Jordan	81,5
Kazakhstan (Almaty)	76,3
Kazakhstan (Astana)	68,1
Kenya	75,1
Kosovo (Pristina)	54,6
Kyrgyzstan	85,9
Laos	85,7
Lebanon	81,9
Lesotho	57,3
Liberia	90,8
Madagascar	83,9
Malawi	76
Malaysia	70,1
Mali	84,9
Mauritania	61,1
Mauritius	69,7
Mexico	65,1
Moldova	64,3
Montenegro	68,1
Morocco	76,1
Mozambique	73,4
Namibia	71,2
Nepal	77,7
New Caledonia	125,9
New Zealand	86,4
Nicaragua	55,5
Niger	85,9
Nigeria	87,5
Norway	125,2
Pakistan	43,9
Panama	57,6
Papua New Guinea	94,2
Paraguay	66,5
Peru	75,1
Philippines	62,7
Russia	97,1
Rwanda	84,6
Samoa	70,5
Saudi Arabia	85,2
Senegal	90,3
Serbia (Belgrade)	66,5
Sierra Leone	75,1
Singapore	97,3
Solomon Islands	90,3
South Africa	57,5
Southern Sudan (Juba)	91,6
South Korea	82,8
Sri Lanka	62,9
Sudan (Khartoum)	52,5
Suriname	45,9
Swaziland	58,2
Switzerland (Geneva)	109,5
Switzerland (Berne)	109
Syria	77,1
Taiwan	76,6
Tajikistan	56,9
Tanzania	67,6
Thailand	55,6
Timor Leste	67,8
Togo	87,9
Trinidad and Tobago	74,6
Tunisia	68,7
Turkey	76,6
Uganda	63,4
Ukraine	75,1
United States (New York)	92
United States (Washington)	87,4
Uruguay	71,3
Uzbekistan	50,9
Vanuatu	102,2
Venezuela	92,4
Vietnam	47,4
West Bank — Gaza Strip	100,7
Yemen	66,6
Zambia	49,2
Zimbabwe(1)	0

(1) Not available.