1. No document
Ag.no.9 Extra-Union Work
Working Group on Article 64 and Article 65 of the Staff Regulations
Meeting in Luxembourg 21st & 22nd March 2016

2. Content of this presentation
Place to Place surveys (P2P):
UN (United Nations):26
OECD ISRP (International Service for Remunerations and Pensions):11
BALKANS ECP (European comparison Program):5
Consumer Price Indexes (CPI):
UN HICP (ECP)
NSI / CB (Central Banks) IMF (International Monetary Fund)
Non capital city duty stations
2016 survey in Taiwan

3. 26 DS UN P2P surveys processed in 2015 (1 to 10/26)

4. UN P2P surveys processed in 2015 (11 to 20/26)

5. UN P2P surveys processed in 2015 (21 to 26/26)

6. Comments for 2 surveys processed in 2015
Zimbabwe:
The Zimbabwean dollar was demonetised in The PPPs are now expressed in United States dollar (One of the currencies now used for all transactions in Zimbabwe)
Venezuela:
P2P Venezuela rejected. Problem with Group 4, BH19 (Water), BH20 (Electricity), BH21 (Gas) & BH22 (solid Fuel), 2 covered but prices rejected, impossibility to estimate PPP on group 4.

7. 11 DS PPP using data from ESTAT ECP and OECD ISRP

8. 11 DS PPP OECD ISRP

9. +5 DS PPP BALKANS using ESTAT ECP

10. 5 DS PPP ECP BALKANS

11. How many CCs were updated using P2P or PPPs ?
26 DS covered by UN P2Ps
7 DS covered by OECD PPPs
4 DS covered by ESTAT ECP PPPs (EFTA+Turkey)
+5 DS covered by ESTAT ECP PPPs (Balkans)
Total:
42 DS, representing 1/3 of all the Extra-EU DS, have had their CC updated and adjusted.

12. P2P sources for CC: …
ESTAT /
ESTAT (new)
No current source

13. Consumer Price Indexes (CPI):
HICP

14. Currencies used (120) in Extra-EU:

15. Capital and non-capital city.
Staff regulation Chapter 4 Article 9:
request by the appropriate authorities of the Member State concerned, the administration of an institution of the Union or the representatives of officials of the Union in a given place of employment showing that the cost of living in that place is no longer significantly different (less than 2 %) from that in the capital of the Member State concerned. Such convergence should be sustainable and validated by Eurostat.

16. Duty Stations candidate:

17. CC Bosnia – Sarajevo / Banja-Luka (Distance 197Km)

18. CC Indonesia Jakarta / Banda Aceh (Distance 2600 Km)

19. CC Switzerland Geneva / Bern (Distance 160 Km)

20. CC USA Washington / New York (Distance 360 Km)

21. Conclusion for non-capital city selected
None of the duty stations presented here met the criteria where the cost of living would be any longer significantly different (less than 2%) from that in the capital of the MS concerned.
The case Switzerland was already debated. It is justified to have one CC common to Geneva and Bern.

22. New Extra-EU duty stations
Two new duty stations are added to the list of Extra-EU Delegations (Still subject to "delegated act" from the Commission, in accordance with Art 111 and 112 of the Staff Regulations)
Iran – Teheran (Capital city, delegated act will be validated)
Iraq – Erbil (Not capital city, delegated act pending)
There are now 145 Extra-EU duty stations

23. Survey in Taipei (Taiwan)
Taipei is one of the duty stations that:
Is not covered by UN or the ISRP
Was not surveyed since 2009.
A P2P had to be organised through a call for tender. The winner was EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit, based in London)
The P2P is being run, right now. Results should be entered in next Result Package (Feb>July 2016)

24. Conclusion Many thanks for your attention
Delegates are invited to comment on this presentation.