
COMMISSION DECISION of 18 March 2009 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries (2009/295/EC) 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
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 (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied from 1 July 2007 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 624/2008.

(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 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2008, 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 or adjusted,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article 
The weightings applied 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 adjusted for certain countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains five monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the dates of application for each one (1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2008).
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 of application of the weightings.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 2009.
For the Commission
Benita FERRERO-WALDNER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

FEBRUARY 2008Place of employment Economic parityFebruary 2008 Exchange rateFebruary 2008 WeightingFebruary 2008
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 41,78 61,451 68,0
Saudi Arabia 4,505 5,5288 81,5
Argentina 2,504 4,6491 53,9
Costa Rica 542,1 736,035 73,7
India 32,24 58,1618 55,4
Lebanon 1 835 2 232,61 82,2
Nigeria 162,7 171,243 95,0
Serbia (Belgrade) 56,74 81,476 69,6
Sierra Leone 3 222 4 380,09 73,6
Sri Lanka 87,73 159,65 55,0
Syria 44,27 70,5 62,8
Tanzania 1 109 1 664,73 66,6
Ukraine 7,794 7,45128 104,6
Venezuela 2,186 3,18415 68,7






MARCH 2008Place of employment Economic parityMarch 2008 Exchange rateMarch 2008 WeightingMarch 2008
Belarus 1 945 3 181,1 61,1
Bolivia 5,432 11,4012 47,6
Bulgaria 1,688 1,9558 86,3
Solomon Islands 9,905 11,4748 86,3
Kyrgyzstan 48 55,0253 87,2
Laos 10 277 13 450 76,4
Sri Lanka 92,37 160,023 57,7
Tanzania 1 046 1 693,89 61,8






APRIL 2008Place of employment Economic parityApril 2008 Exchange rateApril 2008 WeightingApril 2008
Cameroon 713,8 655,957 108,8
Canada 1,234 1,608 76,7
Gambia 21,26 30,75 69,1
Guinea (Conakry) 3 799 6 851,17 55,5
Guinea-Bissau 760,7 655,957 116,0
Indonesia (Banda Aceh) 6 925 14 540,2 47,6
Central African Republic 728,4 655,957 111,0
Vanuatu 155,8 148,98 104,6




MAY 2008Place of employment Economic parityMay 2008 Exchange rateMay 2008 WeightingMay 2008
Armenia 331,6 482,2 68,8
Egypt 2,708 8,60965 31,5
Haiti 63,31 61,9632 102,2
Lesotho 6,059 11,8167 51,3
Madagascar 2 125 2 621,33 81,1
Peru 3,132 4,34275 72,1
Philippines 42,21 65,686 64,3
Suriname 1,743 4,2939 40,6




JUNE 2008Place of employment Economic parityJune 2008 Exchange rateJune 2008 WeightingJune 2008
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 45,35 61,3871 73,9
Egypt 2,913 8,44855 34,5
Ethiopia 12,12 15,2245 79,6
Gambia 22,41 32,7 68,5
Haiti 66,63 62,9246 105,9
Fiji 1,695 2,33508 72,6
Solomon Islands 10,81 12,0152 90,0
Jamaica 93,22 110,025 84,7
Kyrgyzstan 50,99 56,6834 90,0
New Caledonia 172,6 119,332 144,6
Uganda 1 835 2 563,8 71,6
Pakistan 44,72 107,615 41,6
Samoa 2,642 3,89332 67,9
Serbia (Belgrade) 61,51 80,7545 76,2
Sudan (Khartoum) 1,685 3,1984 52,7
Syria 46,93 72,09 65,1
Tanzania 1 165 1 873,39 62,2
Turkey 1,567 1,9039 82,3
Venezuela 2,075 3,34347 62,1
Yemen 182,6 310,909 58,7






