21. 7. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 209/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 2187/89 ) of 18 July 1989 correcting the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities with effect from 1 July 1988 and adjusting the weightings applied thereto with effect from 1 January 1989 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, Having regard to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and in particular Article 13 thereof, Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European: Communities laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 ('), as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3982/88 (3, and in particular Articles 63, 64, 65 and 82 of the Staff Regulations and the first paragraph of Article 20 and Article 64 of the Conditions of Employment, Having regard to Council Decision 81/1061/Euratom, ECSC, EEC of 15 December 1981 amending the method of adjusting the remuneration of officials and other servants of the Communities (*), as last amended by Decision 87/530/Euratom, ECSC, EEC (¥, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3982/88 did not take accoun of the actual increase in remuneration in the Italian civil service ; whereas the figure for this increase is now available ; whereas the amounts laid down by Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3982/88 should therefore be corrected ; Whereas, since the cost-of-living increased substantially in certain countries in which officials and other servants of the Communities are employed in the second half of 1988, the weighting applicable to the remuneration and pensions- of -officials and other servants pursuant to Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3982/88 should be adjusted with effect - from 1 January 1989 or from.16 November 1988 in countries where the increase in the cost-of-living has been particularly high ; Whereas the Statistical Office of the European Communities has carried out checks on the level of the cost-of-living in-Spain, Greece .and Portugal ; Whereas these checks have revealed discrepancies in relation to the: current weighting levels ; whereas the weightings applicable in those countries. must therefore be:corrected, () OJ No L $6, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1. () OJ No L 354, 22. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 386, 31. 12. 1981, p. 6. (9 OJ No L 307, 29. 10. 1987, p. 40.