1. Ag.no.7 Intermediate Reports on CCs
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Ag.no.7 Intermediate Reports on CCs
Working Group on Article 64 and Article 65 of the Staff Regulations
Meeting in Luxembourg 26th & 27th March 2015

2. Content of this presentation
Methodology
Eurostat Intermediate Report May 2014
Intra-EU Jan 2014
Eurostat Intermediate Report April 2014
Extra-EU Aug 2013 – Jan 2014
Eurostat Intermediate Report September 2014
Extra-EU Feb 2014 – June 2014

3. Methodology – Intra-EU
Intermediate adjustment for all staff triggered if movement of PPP >= 3% for six month 1. July-1. January
If forecasted GSI < 0  take half of it into account
Forecast GSI: -0.4% => -0.2% taken into account
Joint Index June 2013 – December 2013: +0.7%  no adjustment for officials and pensioners in LU and BE

4. Active staff – Intra-EU
Rules as before
Product of Joint Index and change in economic parity
Threshold: 3%
Only one duty station affected: CY-Nicosia
Dec 2013: 83.7
Intermediate adjustment Jan 2014: 80.8
Official Journal 2014/C 180/07 13 June 2014

5. Pensioners – Intra-EU
Similar rules, but calculated not for duty station, but for country
usually a lower CC
Movement threshold exceeded in Denmark and Cyprus

6. Pensioners – Intra-EU Denmark Cyprus CC @ Dec 2013: 132.2
Intermediate adjustment Jan 2014: 126.3
Cyprus
Dec 2013: 86.9
Intermediate adjustment Jan 2014: 83.8
Not applicable (< 100)

7. Active staff – Extra-EU
Some additional rules (Annex X)
Two intermediate reports with monthly time series
August to January
February to June
Triggered if movement of PPP >= 5% since last value in force

8. Extra-EU CC Aug – Jan Covers 143 Extra-EU duty stations
New P2P surveys for 20 duty stations integrated
Movement of consumer price indices relative to BE HICP integrated
JBLI methodology not yet adopted
Official Journal 2014/C 180/08 13 June 2014

9. Extra-EU CC Aug – Jan CC > 100: 6 countries
(in brackets: values at July 2013)
Liberia, Monrovia: (Aug▼115.4)
Vanuatu, Port Vila: (Oct▼ 112.8)
Japan, Tokyo: (Nov▼112.6)
Benin, Cotonou (Nov▼ 100.3)
Cent. Afri. Rep., Bangui: (Aug▼ 101.7)
Dem. Rep. Congo, Brazzaville: (Dec▼ 121.9)

10. Extra-EU CC Aug – Jan Extra-EU staff CC <100: 23 countries
Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, Chile, Comoros, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Malawi, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Uruguay,
Uzbekistan (x3), Venezuela (x3)
Venezuela, Caracas: 99.1 (Dec.▲ 89.2)

11. Extra-EU CC Feb - June Covers 144 Extra-EU duty stations (+ Somalia)
New P2P surveys for 27 duty stations integrated
Movement of consumer price indices relative to JBLI
Official Journal 2014/C 444/02 12 Dec 2014

12. Extra-EU CC Feb - June Extra-EU staff CC >100: 13 countries