Consolidated Post Adjustment Circular

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1 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Consolidated Post Adjustment Circular ICSC/CIRC/PAC/488 Approved by: Kingston P. Rhodes Chairman Date: 1 August 2015 Copyright United Nations 2015

2 CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Description of data appearing in PAC circulars III. Nature des données figurant dans les circulaires PAC IV. Gap Closure Measure V. Completion of Gap Closure Measure VI. W40 Measure VII. Cost-of-living surveys VIII. Personal Transitional Allowance (PTA) IX. Consolidated post adjustment circular X. List of countries in French and English 2

3 I. INTRODUCTION A consolidated schedule of post adjustment classifications and threshold figures used for calculating rental subsidies (or deductions) is attached. Names of countries and areas, which appear in English alphabetical order, are indexed in French in the list attached to the schedule. In cases where only one post adjustment classification is shown for a country, normally for the capital city, that classification will be applicable for all duty stations within the country. This schedule is effective 1 August 2015, unless otherwise indicated, and supersedes any schedule previously published. It is available on the ICSC home page On trouvera ci-joint un barème mis à jour du classement des lieux d'affectation aux fins d'ajustements des indemnités de poste et des seuils aux fins du calcul des allocations (ou déductions) de logement. Les noms des pays et localités figurent par ordre alphabétique anglais. On trouvera à l'index annexé au barème les noms en français. Dans les cas où une seule classe est indiquée pour le pays, en général pour la ville capitale, cette classe s'applique à tous les lieux d'affectation dans le pays. Sauf indication contraire, le barème ci-joint entre en vigueur le 1er août 2015 et remplace tous les barèmes déjà parus. Il est disponible sur le site internet de la CFPI: 3

4 II. DESCRIPTION OF DATA APPEARING IN PAC CIRCULARS 1. Country or area - Name of country or area appears under this column. 2. Exchange rate - Latest exchange rate. 3. Post adjustment Index - The post adjustment index (PAI) used to determine the latest post adjustment multiplier. Mult. - Post adjustment multiplier. Chg. ind. - Change indicator. When revised post adjustment classification (PAC) is reported in the circular for the first time, a 'Y' will appear under this column. Eff. date - Effective date of PAC (multiplier). Reason for change- When the revised PAC is reported in the circular for the first time the reason for change is shown under this column. 4. Thresholds Dep. rate - Threshold percentage figure at the dependency rate. Sing. rate - Threshold percentage figure at the single rate. Calc. ind. - Calculation indicator. When a 'Y' appears in a column, all housing subsidies at the duty station must be recalculated effective the date shown in the next column. Eff. date - Effective date of threshold percentages shown in the circular. 4

5 III. NATURE DES DONNEES FIGURANT DANS LES CIRCULAIRES PAC 1. Pays ou localité - Le nom du pays ou de la localité figure dans cette colonne. 2. Taux de change - Taux de change le plus récent. 3. Indemnités de poste 4. Seuils Indice - L'indice de l'indemnité de poste sert à déterminer le plus récent multiplicateur. Mult. - Multiplicateur aux fins du calcul de l'indemnité de poste. Changement - Lorsque la circulaire signale pour la première fois un changement dans le classement du lieu d'affectation, la lettre 'Y' figurera dans cette colonne. Date eff - Date d'entrée en vigueur du classement du lieu d'affectation (avec indication du multiplicateur). Raison du - Lorsque c'est la première fois qu'une modification changement du classement d'un lieu d'affectation apparaît dans la circulaire la raison de cette modification est indiquée dans cette colonne. Avec charges - Pourcentage-seuil avec charges de famille. De famille Célibataire - Pourcentage-seuil sans charges de famille. Ind. Calc. - Indicateur de calcul. Lorsque la lettre 'Y' figure dans cette colonne, toutes les allocations logement payables au lieu d'affectation devront être recalculées à compter de la date indiquée dans la colonne prochaine. Date eff. - Date d'entrée en vigueur des seuils indiqués dans la circulaire. 5

6 IV. Gap Closure Measure 1. The Commission, at the request of the General Assembly, established procedures to be applied in situations where the implementation of a place-to-place survey results in a significantly lower post adjustment index (PAI) than the existing pay index. Details of these procedures are contained in the Commission s report of the work of its thirty-fifth session ICSC/35/R.17, para. 61 (d) and in the post adjustment circulars ICSC/CIRC/PAC/208 and ICSC/CIRC/PAC/281 of 6 April 1992 and 4 May 1998, respectively. 2. In accordance with the above-mentioned procedures, if the PAI resulting from a place-toplace survey is less than the prevailing pay index by more then 5 per cent, then a revised post adjustment multiplier (PAM) is implemented. 3. Under the gap closure measure the revised PAM is calculated by increasing the updated survey PAI by 5 per cent. This revised PAM is applicable for all staff members in the duty station. Existing staff members already at the duty station before the survey implementation date receive the revised PAM plus a personal transition allowance (PTA). 4. The PTA is the difference between the new PAM and the existing PAM. The PTA is adjusted every three months until it is phased out. During an adjustment month, the new PTA is calculated by taking the difference between the new pay index and the sum of the PTA and new pay index, and reducing this difference by 5 per cent. 5. The table below gives details of the PAI, multiplier and PTA effective 1 August 2015 for the duty station under the gap closure measure. Table 1: Duty station under gap closure measure based on survey effective 1 August 2015 Duty station Existing PAM Existing pay index Updated Survey PAI Updated Survey PAI plus 5% Revised PAM (2) (2)-(6) (4) x 1.05 (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (5) Comoros PTA 6

7 V. Completion of Gap Closure Measure 6. Personal transition allowance (PTA) is discontinued as of 1 August 2015 for Nepal (see below for details). Duty Stations Date Survey Reference Nepal November 2014 ICSC/CIRC/PAC/486 of 1 June This completes the implementation of the gap closure measure following the implementation of results of the most recent place-to-place survey conducted in Nepal. VI. W40 Measure 8. The waiver of the 40 percent of rent limit on rental subsidies is applicable for Ecuador, Israel, and The West Bank and Gaza Strip, effective 1 August VII. Cost-of-living surveys 9. The results of cost-of-living surveys for duty stations listed in Table 2 (below) are included in the attached Consolidated Post Adjustment Circular. Table 2: List of surveys by duty station for August 2015 Duty station Type of survey Date of survey Survey materials received Comoros Place-to-place March 2015 May 2015 Ecuador Housing March 2015 May 2015 Israel Housing March 2015 May 2015 Samoa Housing March 2015 May 2015 Saudi Arabia Housing March 2015 May 2015 Tanzania, United Rep. of Housing March 2015 May

8 VIII. Personal Transitional Allowance (PTA) Table 3: Summary of personal transitional allowances (PTAs), as of August 2015 Duty stations Applicable multiplier points Date of next revision Azerbaijan 20.1 October 2015 Belarus 12.6 October 2015 Burkina Faso 5.2 October 2015 Cameroon 12.5 October 2015 Central African Republic 22.9 October 2015 Chad 13.0 October 2015 Comoros 3.2 November 2015 Congo 13.5 October 2015 Equatorial Guinea 9.2 September 2015 Mali 5.2 October 2015 Nigeria 19.5 October 2015 Senegal 13.5 October

9 X. LIST OF COUNTRIES IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH LISTE DES PAYS EN FRANÇAIS ET EN ANGLAIS Afghanistan Afrique du Sud Albanie Algérie Allemagne Angola Arabie Saoudite Saudi Arabia Argentine Arménie Australie Autriche Azerbaïdjan Bahamas Bahreïn Bangladesh Barbade Bélarus Belgique Belize Bénin Bhoutan Bolivie Bosnie-Herzégovine Botswana Brésil Bulgarie Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodge Cameroun Canada Cap-Vert, Iles du Chili Chine Chypre Colombie Comores Congo République démocratique de Timor-Leste République démocratique de Congo Corée, République populaire démocratique Corée, Rèpublique de Costa Rica Côte d'ivoire Croatie Cuba Cyprus Danemark Djibouti Egypte El Salvador Emirats arabes unis Equateur Erythrée Estonie Espagne Afghanistan South Africa Albania Algeria Germany Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Butan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Chile China Cyprus Colombia Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Democratic Republic of Congo Korea, Democratic People's Rep. of Korea, Republic of Costa Rica Cote d'ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Denmark Djibouti Egypt El Salvador United Arab Emirates Ecuador Eritrea Estonia Spain Etats-Unis d'amérique Ethiopie Féderation de Russie Fidji Finlande France Français-Guyane Gabon Gambie Gaza Géorgie L'Allemagne Ghana Gréce Guatemala Guinée Guinée-Bissau Guinée équatoriale Guyana Haïti Honduras Hong Kong Hongrie Iles Salomon Inde Indonésie Iran Iraq Irlande Islande Israël Italie Jamahiriya Arabe Libyenne Jamaïque Japon Jordanie Kazakhstan Kenya Kirghizistan Kiribati Kowaït Lesotho Latvia L'ex-République Yougoslav de Macédoine Liban Liberia Lituanie Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malaisie Malawi Maldives Madagascar Malaisie Malawi Maldives Mali United States of America Ethiopia The Russian Federation Fiji Finland France French-Guiana Gabon Gambia Gaza Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Equatorial Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Solomon Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Iceland Israel Italy Libyan ArabJamahiriya Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Kiribati Kuwait Lesotho Latvia The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia Lebanon Liberia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malaysia Malawi Maldives Madagascar Malaysia Malawi Maldives Mali

10 Malte Maroc Maurice Mauritanie Mexique Monaco Mongolie Monténégro Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Népal Nicaragua Niger Nigéria Norvège Nouvelle-Calédonie Nouvelle-Zélande Oman Ouganda Ouzbékistan Pakistan Panama Papouasie-Nouvelle- Guinée Paraguay Pays-Bas Pérou Philippines Pologne Portugal Qatar République arabe syrienne République centrafricaine République dém. populaire lao République de Moldova République-Unie de Tanzanie Roumanie Rouyaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'irlande du Nord Rwanda Samoa Sao Tomé-et-Principe Serbie Sénégal Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovaquie Slovénie Singapour Somalie Swaziland Suède Soudan Sri Lanka Suisse Suriname Tadjikistan Malta Morocco Mauritius Mauritania Mexico Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway New Caledonia New Zealand Oman Uganda Uzbekistan Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Netherlands Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Syrian Arab Republic Central African Republic Lao, People's Dem. Republic Republic of Moldova Tanzania, United Republic of Romania United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland Rwanda Samoa Sao Tome & Principe Serbia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Republic Slovenia Singapore Somalia Swaziland Sweden Sudan Sri Lanka Switzerland Suriname Tajikistan Tchad Tchèque République Thaïlande Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinité-et-Tobago Tunisie Turkménistan Turquie Ukraine Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yémen Zambie Zimbabwe Chad Czech Republic Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkmenistan Turkey Ukraine Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe