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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-679/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/679",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) No 679/2013 of 15 July 2013 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and the weightings applicable from 1 July 2012 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-679",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EU) No 679/2013\nof 15 July 2013\nlaying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and the weightings applicable from 1 July 2012 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving 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 first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nIt is necessary to take account of changes in the cost of living in third countries and to determine accordingly the weightings applicable from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and from of 1 July 2012 to remuneration paid in the currency of the country of employment to officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the Union serving in third countries.\n(2)\nThe weightings in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of Council Regulation (EU) No 964/2011 may lead to retrospective upward or downward adjustments to remuneration.\n(3)\nProvision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the new weightings.\n(4)\nProvision 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 2011 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.\n(5)\nProvision 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,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 253, 29.9.2011, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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