# Commission Decision of 13 November 2013 adjusting monthly from 1 August 2012 to 1 June 2013 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries (2013/655/EU)

EU Decision 2013/655 · adopted 13 November 2013

Commission Decision of 13 November 2013 adjusting monthly from 1 August 2012 to 1 June 2013 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries (2013/655/EU)

## Introductory text

Commission Decision
of 13 November 2013
adjusting monthly from 1 August 2012 to 1 June 2013 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries
(2013/655/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Whereas:
(1)
The statistics available to the Commission show that for 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 applicable to 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 last laid down.
(2)
In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations in such case those weightings need to be adjusted monthly, with effect from 1 August, 1 October, 1 November, 1 December 2012 and 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2013, respectively,
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 countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains 10 monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable effective dates for each one of them.
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 relevant dates referred to in the tables from the Annex hereto.

## 2 

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

## Signature

Done at Brussels, 13 November 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso

## 

August 2012
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity August 2012
Exchange rate August 2012
Weighting August 2012
Sudan (Khartoum)
4,584
6,20915
73,8
October 2012
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity October 2012
Exchange rate October 2012
Weighting October 2012
Nepal
84,89
110,17
77,1
November 2012
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity November 2012
Exchange rate November 2012
Weighting November 2012
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
USD 2,057
USD 1,2962
158,7
Liberia
USD 1,528
USD 1,2962
117,9
Malawi
216,6
404,926
53,5
December 2012
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity December 2012
Exchange rate December 2012
Weighting December 2012
Venezuela
6,09
5,58047
109,1
January 2013
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity January 2013
Exchange rate January 2013
Weighting January 2013
Belarus
6 723
11 320,0
59,4
Guinea (Conakry)
6 716
9 250,4
72,6
Sudan (Khartoum)
4,916
7,56599
65,0
February 2013
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity February 2013
Exchange rate February 2013
Weighting February 2013
Congo (Brazzaville)
792,1
655,957
120,8
Cuba
0,9438
1,3541
69,7
Jordan
0,9175
0,960057
95,6
Serbia (Belgrade)
82,53
111,934
73,7
Timor Leste
1,583
1,3541
116,9
Uzbekistan
1 396
2 706,6
51,6
Venezuela
6,429
5,81539
110,6
Zambia
6,63
7,1868
92,3
March 2013
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity March 2013
Exchange rate March 2013
Weighting March 2013
Angola
168,2
126,516
132,9
Kosovo (Pristina)
0,7227
1,0
72,3
Kyrgyzstan
48,69
62,3897
78,0
Malawi
238,5
479,834
49,7
Russia
46,33
40,024
115,8
Sierra Leone
6 785
5 663,73
119,8
South Africa
6,746
11,622
58,0
Sudan (Khartoum)
5,331
7,43654
71,7
April 2013
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity April 2013
Exchange rate April 2013
Weighting April 2013
China
7,903
7,96
99,3
Djibouti
222,3
227,572
97,7
Ghana
2,025
2,4895
81,3
Japan
149,8
120,87
123,9
South Korea
1 534
1 425,03
107,6
Uzbekistan
1 467
2 611,71
56,2
May 2013
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity May 2013
Exchange rate May 2013
Weighting May 2013
Belarus
7 086
11 230,0
63,1
Central African Republic
671,7
655,957
102,4
India
49,37
71,037
69,5
Tunisia
1,381
2,0925
66,0
Venezuela
6,839
8,25083
82,9
June 2013
1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste.
Brussels = 100.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Economic parity June 2013
Exchange rate June 2013
Weighting June 2013
Australia
1,439
1,3493
106,6
Belize
1,859
2,61469
71,1
Gambia
31,18
47,58
65,5
Nicaragua
18,39
31,8519
57,7
Turkey
2,242
2,4274
92,4
Uzbekistan
1 545
2 694,41
57,3
Vanuatu
145,8
122,435
119,1
Venezuela
7,195
8,14449
88,3

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/655 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-655
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