Regulation on the granting of foreign surcharges (Foreign Award Ordinance-AuslZuschlV)

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AuslZuschlV

Date of completion: 17.08.2010

Full quote:

" Foreign Award Ordinance of 17 August 2010 (BGBl. I p. 1177, 1244), as last amended by Article 1 of the Regulation of 9 June 2015 (BGBl. 929).

Status:

Last amended by Art. 1 V v. 9.6.2015 I 929

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On the basis of § 53 (7) of the Federal Law on Wages, which is defined by Article 2 (38) of the Law of 5 February 2009 (BGBl. 160), the Federal Foreign Office, in agreement with the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Defence, has been rearranged: Unofficial table of contents

§ 1 Tax base for the foreign surcharge and the assignment of the duty stations to the zone levels

(1) In the case of contenders, the foreign surcharge shall be paid instead of the basic salary according to the amount of the general contender and the prospect of a contender for the contender. In addition, Section 42 (2), second sentence, of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (Bundesbesoldungsgesetz) must be observed. (2) The duty stations, on which a representative of the Federal Republic of Germany is located, shall be assigned to the zone levels in accordance with the provisions of Appendix 1. The assignment of a duty station not listed in Appendix 1 depends on the assignment of the representation of the Federal Republic of Germany, in whose district the place of service is located. By way of derogation from the second sentence, the duty stations listed in Appendix 2 shall be assigned to the zone levels designated therein. Unofficial table of contents

§ 1a Life Partnership

The provisions of this Regulation, which relate to spouses or married couples, shall apply accordingly to life partners. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 supplement to the international surcharge pursuant to § 53 (1) sentence 5 of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz

(1) As a monthly supplement to the payment of exceptional material additional expenses or immaterial charges, additional to the foreign surcharge can be paid:

1.

up to 300 euros, if it is a place of service with an extraordinarly high rate of violent crime,

2.

up to EUR 400 if the place of service is affected by the effects of a local armed conflict or directly by a natural disaster, a man-made disaster or an epidemic,

3.

up to EUR 600 if the place of employment is affected by the effects of an armed conflict and if the state order is seriously affected or if the recipients of international service contracts at the place of employment are due to organised violent resistance or terror;

4.

up to EUR 700 if the place of employment is directly and currently affected by an armed conflict and the recipients of international service contracts, for example, by means of combat operations, air strikes or rocket fire are at risk,

5.

up to EUR 500 if the recipients of foreign service contracts at the place of work are affected by additional material burdens which occur in the short term.

The contract is awarded to civil servants, judges and soldiers only if they are entitled to foreign service remuneration for this place of employment. It shall not be paid during a home leave, holiday leave and any other absence from the place of employment, except in the case of special care measures for preventive health care of up to four consecutive calendar days. The surcharge increases by 10 per cent for each person eligible under Section 53 (4) of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (Bundesbesoldungsgesetz).

1.

provided that the person in the place of business for which the contract has been fixed is not only temporarily staying and

2.

as far as the supplement and the increase amount together do not exceed 700 Euro per month.

(2) In order to ensure the appropriate filling of a service post abroad, a surcharge of up to EUR 500 may be fixed on a monthly basis if the service item is due to exceptional material additional expenses, or cannot be filled with an appropriate applicant or a suitable candidate. The reasons for the award of the surcharge shall be documented. The surcharge shall be granted only to the person with which the post is occupied. It shall be paid, subject to budgetary resources, for as long as the person holds the post, but at the latest four years. It shall also be paid in the case of temporary absentia from the place of employment. (3) The surcharges referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may be granted side by side. Where the sum of the surcharges referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 exceeds the sum of EUR 700 per person and month, the surcharge referred to in paragraph 2 shall be reduced. The surcharges are subject to the buying-in force. (4) The top service authority shall set the surcharges in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 and the periods for which the surcharges are to be granted, in agreement with the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Finance. If a surcharge pursuant to paragraph 1 is fixed by the Federal Foreign Office in the case of a portfolio, other top service authorities may take over the fixed surcharge without re-obtaining the portfolio agreement for their business unit. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 External surcharge in the case of job division

If spouses are to be classified as having different grades or levels of experience in accordance with Annex VI to the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (Bundesbesoldungsgesetz), the amount of the Foreign surcharges pursuant to § 53 (3) sentence 3 of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (Bundesbesoldungsgesetz) according to the basic salary margin of the person or the person who is more or less paid. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 Increased foreign surcharge

(1) In accordance with § 53 (6) sentences 1 and 2 of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (Bundesbesoldungsgesetz), the following shall apply to the increased foreign surcharge:

1.

the basic salary,

2.

the maximum family allowance at level 1,

3.

the official and job allowances,

4.

the foreign surcharge for the recipients of foreign services and the first person to be taken into account in accordance with Section 53 (4) (1) or (3) of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (Bundesbesoldung gesetz).

(2) In the case of temporary use abroad, the sending service shall inform the body responsible for the determination of the remuneration if the period of the second sentence of § 53 (6) of the Federal Law on Remuneration is fulfilled. The periods of service provided before the entry into force of this Regulation shall be taken into account. Unofficial table of contents

§ 5 Increased foreign surcharge for married couples

(1) In the case of a married female recipient of a foreign service for which the Foreign Service Act applies, a 6% increase in the amount of his/her salary is given to a foreign surcharge if she or her spouse or her spouse is Have a common household and are entitled to the increased foreign surcharge pursuant to § 53 (2) sentence 2 or 3 sentence 3 of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (Bundesbesoldungsgesetz). (2) The salaries of the services include:

1.

the basic salary,

2.

the maximum family allowance at level 1,

3.

the official and job allowances,

4.

the foreign surcharge for the recipient or the recipient of foreign service salaries and for the first person to be taken into account in addition to the recipient or the recipient of foreign service remuneration in accordance with § 53 (4) (1) or (3) of the Federal law on law,

5.

the increased foreign surcharge in accordance with § 53 (6) sentences 1 and 2 of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (Bundesbesoldungsgesetz)

(3) If the spouse or spouse is in employment, the net income earned in the calendar year shall be credited to half of the increased foreign surcharge for that calendar year, as far as the 12-fold of the monthly salary limit for (§ 8 (1) (1) of the Fourth Book of the Social Code) or exceeds the corresponding amount in foreign currency. Net income of employment within the meaning of the first sentence is the sum of the income remaining after deduction of paid taxes on the income and labour shares of the statutory social security insurance:

1.

Agriculture and forestry (Section 2 (1), first sentence, point 1, in conjunction with Section 13 of the Income Tax Act),

2.

Industrial operations (Section 2 (1), first sentence, point 2, in conjunction with Section 15 of the Income Tax Act),

3.

independent work (Section 2 (1), first sentence, point 3, in conjunction with Section 18 of the Income Tax Act), and

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non-self-employed work (Section 2 (1), first sentence, point 4, in conjunction with Section 19 (1), first sentence, points 1 and 3 of the Income Tax Law).

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§ 6 Increased foreign surcharge for other beneficiaries

Recipients of international services for which the law on the External Action Service applies can also receive the increased foreign surcharge in accordance with § 5 for the persons referred to in § 53 (4) (3) of the Federal Law on Remuneration, to the extent that they participate in the service interest in the performance of duties of the diplomatic mission or of the recipients of international service related services. Unofficial table of contents

Section 7 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force with effect from 1 July 2010. Unofficial table of contents

Appendix 1 (to § 1 (2) sentence 1)

(Fundstelle: BGBl. I 2014, 803-809)

State Service Zone Level 123

Section 1 Europe
1	Albania	Tirana	11
2	Belgium	Brussels	2
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	10
4	Bulgaria	Sofia	9
5	Denmark	Copenhagen	1
6	Estonia	Tallinn	7
7	Finland	Helsinki	3
8	France	Paris	1
9		Bordeaux	1
10		Lyon	1
11		Marseille	2
12		Strasbourg	1
13	Greece	Athens	4
14		Thessaloniki	4
15	Ireland	Dublin	1
16	Iceland	Reykjavik	3
17	Italy	Rome	2
18		Milan	2
19	Kosovo	Pristina	12
20	Croatia	Zagreb	9
21	Latvia	Riga	7
22	Lithuania	Wilna	7
23	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1
24	Malta	Valletta	4
25	Macedonia	Skopje	10
26	Moldova	Chisinau	10
27	Montenegro	Podgorica	11
28	Netherlands	The Hague	1
29		Amsterdam	1
30	Norway	Oslo	3
31	Austria	Vienna	1
32	Poland	Warsaw	3
33		Breslau	4
34		Gdansk	4
35		Krakow	4
36		Doubling	5
37	Portugal:	Lisbon	2
38	Romania	Bucharest	9
39		Hermannstadt	10
40		Temeswar	9
41	Russia	Moscow	9
42		Jekaterinburg	11
43		Kaliningrad	11
44		Nowosibirsk	11
45		St. Petersburg	10
46	Sweden	Stockholm	2
47	Switzerland	Bern	1
48		Geneva	1
49	Serbia	Belgrade	10
50	Slovak Republic	Pressburg	3
51	Slovenia	Laibach	3
52	Spain	Madrid	2
53		Barcelona	2
54		Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	2
55		Malaga	2
56		Palma de Mallorca	2
57	Czech Republic	Prague	3
58	Turkey	Ankara	6
59		Antalya	6
60		Istanbul	6
61		Izmir	6
62	Ukraine	Kiev	10
63		Donetsk	11
64	Hungary	Budapest	3
65	United Kingdom	London	2
66		Edinburgh	2
67	Belarus	Minsk	10
68	Cyprus	Nicosia	5
Section 2 Africa
69	Egypt	Cairo	15
70	Algeria	Algiers	16
71	Angola	Luanda	19
72	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	18
73	Ethiopia	Addis Abeba	18
74	Benin	Cotonou	18
75	Botswana	Gaborone	16
76	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	18
77	Burundi	Bujumbura	18
78	Côte d' Ivoire	Abidjan	19
79	Djibouti	Djibouti	18
80	Eritrea	Asmara	20
81	Gabon	Libreville	18
82	Ghana	Accra	18
83	Guinea	Conakry	20
84	Cameroon	Hunting	17
85	Kenya	Nairobi	18
86	Congo	Brazzaville	20
87	Congo, Democratic Republic	Kinshasa	20
88	Liberia	Monrovia	20
89	Libya	Tripoli	17
90	Madagascar	Antananarivo	18
91	Malawi	Lilongwe	17
92	Mali	Bamako	19
93	Morocco	Rabat	14
94	Mauritania	Nouakchott	19
95	Mozambique	Maputo	17
96	Namibia	Windhuk	15
97	Niger	Niamey	19
98	Nigeria	Abuja	19
99		Lagos	19
100	Rwanda	Kigali	17
101	Zambia	Lusaka	16
102	Senegal	Dakar	16
103	Sierra Leone	Freetown	20
104	Zimbabwe	Harare	18
105	Sudan	Khartoum	20
106	South Africa	Pretoria	14
107		Cape Town	14
108	South Sudan	Dschuba	20
109	Tanzania	Daressalam	18
110	Togo	Lomé	19
111	Chad	N' Djamena	20
112	Tunisia	Tunis	14
113	Uganda	Kampala	16
Section 3 America
114	Argentina	Buenos Aires	11
115	Bolivia	La Paz	13
116	Brazil	Brasilia	12
117		Porto Alegre	12
118		Recife	12
119		Rio de Janeiro	12
120		São Paulo	12
121	Chile	Santiago de Chile	11
122	Costa Rica	San José	12
123	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	13
124	Ecuador	Quito	12
125	El Salvador	San Salvador	14
126	Guatemala	Guatemala City	13
127	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	16
128	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	14
129	Jamaica	Kingston	13
130	Canada	Ottawa	7
131		Montreal	7
132		Toronto	7
133		Vancouver	7
134	Colombia	Bogotá	12
135	Cuba	Havana	14
136	Mexico	Mexico City	12
137	Nicaragua	Managua	14
138	Panama	Panama	11
139	Paraguay	Asunción	12
140	Peru	Lima	12
141	Trinidad and Tobago	Port-of-Spain	13
142	Uruguay	Montevideo	11
143	Venezuela	Caracas	14
144	United States	Washington	7
145		Atlanta	8
146		Boston	7
147		Chicago	7
148		Houston	7
149		Los Angeles	7
150		Miami	8
151		New York	7
152		San Francisco	7
Section 4 Asia
153	Afghanistan	Kabul	20
154		Masar-e-Sharif	20
155	Armenia	Eriwan	16
156	Azerbaijan	Baku	17
157	Bahrain	Manama	14
158	Bangladesh	Dhaka	18
159	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	13
160	China	Beijing	13
161		Chengdu	14
162		Hong Kong	11
163		Canton	14
164		Shanghai	13
165		Shenyang	15
166	Georgia	Tiflis	17
167	India	New Delhi	16
168		Bangalore	16
169		Chennai (Madras)	16
170		Kalkutta	16
171		Mumbai (Bombay)	16
172	Indonesia	Jakarta	15
173	Iraq	Baghdad	20
174		Erbil	18
175	Iran	Tehran	18
176	Israel	Tel Aviv	12
177	Japan	Tokyo	11
178		Osaka-Kobe	11
179	Yemen	Sanaa	17
180	Jordan	Amman	13
181	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	17
182	Kazakhstan	Astana	17
183		Almaty	17
184	Qatar	Doha	13
185	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	18
186	Korea, Democratic Republic of	Pjöngjang	17
187	Korea, Republic of	Seoul	12
188	Kuwait	Kuwait	14
189	Laos	Vientiane	16
190	Lebanon	Beirut	15
191	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	13
192	Mongolia	Ulan Bator	16
193	Myanmar	Rangun	17
194	Nepal	Kathmandu	17
195	Oman	Mask	13
196	Pakistan	Islamabad	17
197		Karachi	17
198	Philippines	Manila	15
199	Saudi Arabia	Riad	15
200		Djidda	15
201	Singapore	Singapore	11
202	Sri Lanka	Colombo	15
203	Syria	Damascus	18
204	Tajikistan	Shower attachment	18
205	Thailand	Bangkok	14
206	Turkmenistan	Aschgabat	18
207	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	18
208	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	12
209		Dubai	12
210	Vietnam	Hanoi	16
211		Ho-Chi-Minh City	16
Section 5 Australia and New Zealand
212	Australia	Canberra	7
213		Sydney	6
214	New Zealand	Wellington	7
Section 6 Other duty stations
215		Ramallah (Palestinian Autonomous territory)	16
216		Taipei (Taiwan)	13

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Appendix 2 (to § 1 (2) sentence 3)

(Fundstelle: BGBl. I 2014, 810)

State Service Zone Level 123

Section 1 Europe
1	Belgium	Glons	3
2	France	Le Luc	3
3		Nancy	2
4	Italy	Decimomannu	4
4a		Giugliano	3
5	Netherlands	Icebergs	2
6		Nieuw Milligen	2
7	Turkey	Trabzon	7
Section 2 America
8	United States	Alamogordo	8
9		Albuquerque
10		Carlisle	8
11		El Paso	8
12		(dropped)
13		(dropped)
14		Fort Sill	8
15		Holloman	8
16		Kirtland	8
17		(dropped)
18		Sheppard	8
Section 3 Other duty stations
19		Neumayer-Station III (Antarctica)	11