COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 April 2008

adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February 2007, 1 March 2007, 1 April 2007, 1 May 2007 and 1 June 2007 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries

(2008/326/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(1), 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 2006 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 453/2007(2).

(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 2007, 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

With effect from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2007 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 those set out in the Annex hereto.

The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be established in accordance with the rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and shall correspond to the date referred to in the first paragraph.

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2008.

For the Commission

Benita

FERRERO-WALDNER

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1

. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 337/2007 (

OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 109, 26.4.2007, p. 22

ANNEX

Place of employment	Weighting February 2007
Angola	117,3
Barbados	127,5
Bulgaria	80,4
Cape Verde	82,3
South Korea	117,3
Costa Rica	70,8
Guinea (Conakry)	57,7
Haiti	114,8
Lebanon	92,3
Nepal	78,8
Uganda	65,1
Paraguay	78,8
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)	137,6
Sierra Leone	76,6
Sudan	61,6
Syria	70,6

Place of employment	Weighting March 2007
Argentina	53,5
Cameroon	103,5
Côte d’Ivoire	98,7
Guyana	61,3
India	47,6
Jordan	75,9
Kazakhstan (Almaty)	121,6
Kyrgyzstan	84,3
Madagascar	84,7
Uganda	69,4
Sri Lanka	53,2
Venezuela	64,1

Place of employment	Weighting April 2007
Angola	121,8
Botswana	58,1
Guinea (Conakry)	49,2
Mali	86,3
Sudan	55,1
Tajikistan	66,5
Zambia	56,3

Place of employment	Weighting May 2007
Argentina	54,9
Costa Rica	70,8
Ethiopia	87,1
Ghana	69,2
Indonesia (Jakarta)	79,5
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)	131,6
Trinidad and Tobago	68,6
Turkey	85,9
Yemen	76,0

Place of employment	Weighting June 2007
Canada	92,7
El Salvador	76,6
United States (New York)	103,1
Guatemala	79,0
Malawi	73,1
Moldova	58,5
Nicaragua	57,3
Rwanda	90,9
Tanzania	61,7