. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/BFA/W/112 
18 March 2004 
 (04-1221) 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  
   
 
ADJUSTMENT TO WTO DEPENDENCY ALLOWANCES 
 
 1. As set out in paragraphs 5.1-5.4 of documen t WT/BFA/W/80, the dependency allowances are 
based on the WTO net salary at the mid-point of grad e 9, which represents the average net salary level 
in the WTO. Following the adjustment of the WTO salary scale on 1 January 2004, salaries at grade 9 
have increased by 3.4%. The dependency allowan ces have therefore been recalculated, using the 
methodology set out in document WT/BFA/W/80, to reflect the new salary levels as of 1 January 
2004, and the results are as follows: 
 
Allowance Current amount Proposed amount 
(a) Spouse allowance (Staff Rule 106.14 (a)) 
 CHF 6,768 CHF 6,828 
(b) Child allowance (Staff Rule 106.14 (b) and (c)) 
(i) for dependent child 
(ii) for the first dependent child if the staff 
member is without spouse 
 CHF 4,944  
 
CHF 10,944 CHF 4,944 
 
CHF 11,100 
(c) Secondary dependant’s allowance 
(Staff Rule 106.14 (d)) 
 CHF 2,436 CHF 2,544 
 
 
2. The corresponding amendments to Annex 2 of  the WTO Staff Rules are attached. The 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration is  invited to recommend that the General Council 
approve the above amendments to the Staff Rules. 
3. It is proposed that future adjustments of th e dependency allowances be determined by the 
Director-General, in accordance with the methodolog y set out in WT/BFA/W/80, and reported to the 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration. Th e Committee is invited to recommend that the 
General Council approve the above change in procedure for the adjustment on the WTO dependency 
allowances. WT/BFA/W/112 
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DRAFT RECOMMENDATION 
 
The Committee recommends to the General Council:
 
 
(a) to approve the following amendments to Annex 2 of the WTO Staff Rules;  and  
 
  
WTO STAFF RULES 
 
Annex 2
 
Dependency Allowance Rates  
(effective 1 January 2004)  
 
(i) Spouse allowance  (Staff Rule  106.14(a)) 
 CHF 6,828 per year. 
(ii) Child allowance (Staff Rules 106.14(b) and (c))  
− CHF 4,944 per year;  or  
− CHF 11,100 per year for the first child, if the staff member is without a spouse. 
 (iii) Secondary dependant's allowance (Staff Rule 106.14(d))
 
 CHF 2,544 per year. 
  
 
(b) to approve the change in procedure so that future adjustments of the dependency 
allowances will be determined by the Di rector-General in accordance with the 
methodology set out in WT/BFA/W/80 and subsequently reported to the Committee on 
Budget, Finance and Administration . 
 
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