# 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)

EU Decision 2012/465 · adopted 2 August 2012

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)

## Introductory text

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, 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)
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:

## 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.

## 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.

## Signature

Done at Brussels, 2 August 2012.
For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Catherine Ashton
Vice-President

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AUGUST 2010
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities August 2010
Exchange rate August 2010
Weightings August 2010
Egypt
4,398
7,40935
59,4
Eritrea
18,83
19,7388
95,4
SEPTEMBER 2010
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities September 2010
Exchange rate September 2010
Weightings September 2010
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
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities October 2010
Exchange rate October 2010
Weightings October 2010
Egypt
4,701
7,6041
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
3,75
61,5
Timor Leste
1,274
1,3611
93,6
NOVEMBER 2010
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities November 2010
Exchange rate November 2010
Weightings November 2010
Eritrea
21,8
21,4143
101,8
Ghana
1,359
2,00225
67,9
Guinea (Conakry)
5 200
8 493,73
61,2
Venezuela
4,745
5,9511
79,7
Zambia
5 547
6 444,62
86,1
DECEMBER 2010
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities December 2010
Exchange rate December 2010
Weightings December 2010
Angola
144,4
127,091
113,6
Egypt
5,034
7,7568
64,9
Nepal
79,72
98,97
80,5
Sierra Leone
5 458
5 730,45
95,2
Sudan
3,01
3,33921
90,1
JANUARY 2011
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities January 2011
Exchange rate January 2011
Weightings January 2011
Eritrea
23,16
20,2338
114,5
Ghana
1,427
1,8721
76,2
Pakistan
57,86
114,09
50,7
Sudan
3,186
3,48053
91,5
Zambia
5 852
6 178,44
94,7
FEBRUARY 2011
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities February 2011
Exchange rate February 2011
Weightings February 2011
Armenia
397,0
497,46
79,8
Ethiopia
17,59
22,7406
77,4
Ghana
1,564
1,9959
78,4
Guinea (Conakry)
5 487
8 205,25
66,9
Kosovo
0,641
1,0
64,1
Malawi
179,1
205,194
87,3
Mozambique
31,72
43,97
72,1
Uzbekistan
1 151
2 263,3
50,9
Serbia
74,8
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
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities March 2011
Exchange rate March 2011
Weightings March 2011
Saudi Arabia
3,427
5,0973
67,2
Belarus
2 793
4 099,94
68,1
Haiti
47,71
55,5912
85,8
Liberia
USD 1,398
USD 1,3762
101,6
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
USD 1,898
USD 1,3762
137,9
Timor Leste
USD 1,361
USD 1,3762
98,9
APRIL 2011
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities April 2011
Exchange rate April 2011
Weightings April 2011
Azerbaijan
1,151
1,11762
103,0
Barbados
3,13
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
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities May 2011
Exchange rate May 2011
Weightings May 2011
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
1 EURO = x units of national currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo and Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
Place of employment
Economic parities June 2011
Exchange rate June 2011
Weightings June 2011
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
43,287
78,7
Venezuela
5,38
6,12932
87,8
Yemen
213,9
305,135
70,1

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