Page 1 of 19 SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDICES:

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1 THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OVERSEAS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 DECEMBER 2018, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BAHRAIN, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BOTSWANA, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, COLOMBIA, CONGO, COSTA RICA, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, HAITI, ICELAND, INDIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAMAICA, JAPAN, KENYA, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LESOTHO, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALI, MALTA, MEXICO, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGER, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAINT HELENA, SENEGAL, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, VIETNAM AND VIRGIN ISLANDS THE REVIEWS ARE GROUPED BY TYPE OF ALLOWANCE (SECTION A: COST-OF-LIVING; SECTION B: OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE; SECTION C: EXCHANGE RATES, SECTION D: NO CHANGES BASED ON REVIEW); THEREFORE, A COUNTRY/LOCALITY MAY BE LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE MESSAGE. SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDICES: Country: (AU) Australia Melbourne AU011 AU Canberra AU005 AU Queenscliff AU015 AU Narrabri AU027 AU RAAF Amberley AU030 AU Brisbane (incl Enoggera Barracks) AU039 AU Other (ADF Housing) AU099 AU Other (Non-ADF Housing) AU999 AU Alice Springs AU001 AU Exmouth (incl Harold E. Holt NAVCOMMSTA) AU009 AU Learmonth AU010 AU Richmond AU017 AU Sydney AU019 AU Glenbrook AU022 AU Newcastle AU035 AU Darwin AU037 AU RAAF Tindal AU100 AU Other New South Wales (Non-ADF Housing) AU199 AU Perth (incl Fremantle) AU025 AU Adelaide (incl Edinburgh) AU023 AU Nowra (incl Jervis Bay) AU013 AU Country: (AT) Austria Vienna AT005 AT Other AT999 AT Country: (BH) Bahrain Change Code(s): D Bahrain BH001 BH Page 1 of 19

2 Country: (BE) Belgium Zeebrugge (incl Oostende) BE002 BE Brabant Prov (incl Brussels) BE015 BE Florennes BE018 BE Antwerp BE055 BE Other BE999 BE Hainaut Province (incl Chievres and SHAPE) BE019 BE SHAPE Village BE030 BE Province of Limburg (Kleine Brogel) BE040 BE Country: (BJ) Benin Benin BJ999 BJ Country: (BA) Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina BA999 BA Country: (BW) Botswana Botswana BW999 BW Country: (BF) Burkina Faso Burkina Faso BF999 BF Country: (CM) Cameroon Cameroon CM999 CM Country: (CF) Central African Rep Central African Republic CF999 CF Country: (TD) Chad Chad TD999 TD Country: (CG) Congo Congo CG999 CG Country: (CI) Cote D'Ivoire Cote D'Ivoire CI999 CI Country: (CY) Cyprus Nicosia CY001 CY Akrotiri CY999 CY Country: (GQ) Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea GQ999 GQ Page 2 of 19

3 Country: (EE) Estonia Estonia EE999 EE Country: (FI) Finland Finland FI999 FI Country: (FR) France Lille FR016 FR Marseille FR555 FR Other FR999 FR Draguignan FR004 FR Montpellier FR009 FR Paris (City of and Environs) 4/ FR011 FR Toulouse FR014 FR Hyeres FR025 FR Le Luc FR201 FR Aix-En-Provence FR015 FR Toulon (incl St. Mandrier) FR037 FR Lorient FR100 FR Orleans FR102 FR Lyon FR101 FR Country: (GA) Gabon Gabon GA999 GA Country: (DE) Germany Kaiserslautern Military Community (incl Bann, Einsidlerhof, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl, Miesau, Pirmasens, Ramstein, Ruppertsweiler, Sembach, and Zweibruecken) (RP) DE700 DE Augsburg (Incl Ingolstadt) (B) DE103 DE Cologne (incl Dellbrueck, Porz-Wahn) (NRW) DE169 DE Landsberg (B) DE223 DE Bonn (incl Koln/Bonn Airport) (NRW) DE501 DE Geilenkirchen (NRW) DE531 DE Munchengladbach (incl Grefrath, Rheindahlen, and Herongen) (NRW) DE549 DE Other Rhineland-Palatinate DE655 DE Kalkar (NRW) DE539 DE Ansbach (B) DE228 DE Berlin DE201 DE Potsdam DE816 DE Bamberg (B) DE229 DE Vilseck/Grafenwoehr (B) DE231 DE Garmisch (B) DE121 DE Oberammergau (incl Oberammergau MOD) (B) DE139 DE Frankfurt Am Main (H) DE317 DE Hohenfels (B) DE230 DE Pfullendorf (incl Grossengstingen) (BW) DE721 DE Spangdahlem (RP) DE741 DE Stuttgart (BW) 6/ DE055 DE Wiesbaden (incl Bad Kreuznach and Wackernheim) (H) DE355 DE Heidelberg (BW) DE019 DE Page 3 of 19

4 Karlsruhe (incl Ettlingen) (BW) DE027 DE Mannheim (incl Sandhofen) (BW) DE039 DE Tubingen (BW) DE059 DE Ulm (incl Neu Ulm) (BW) DE061 DE Other Baden-Wuertemberg DE063 DE Giebelstadt (B) DE123 DE Kitzengen (incl Wuerzburg) (B) DE129 DE Nurnberg (B) DE137 DE Other Bavaria DE153 DE Other Saarland DE207 DE Schweinfurt (B) DE227 DE Babenhausen (H) DE301 DE Buedingen (incl Gelnhausen) (H) DE307 DE Darmstadt (H) DE311 DE Erlensee (H) DE313 DE Giessen (H) DE323 DE Hanau (H) DE329 DE Other Hesse DE359 DE Borgholzhausen (NRW) DE503 DE Baumholder (incl Boerfink) (RP) DE603 DE Dexheim (incl Gonsenheim and Russelsheim) (RP) DE663 DE All Other Landstates DE999 DE Munich (Incl. Furstenfeldbruck and Ober Pfaffenhofen) (B) DE133 DE Freiburg (BW) DE067 DE Leipzig (OS) DE157 DE Bremerhaven (incl Bremen and Nordholtz) DE203 DE Kiel (incl Eckernforde) (SH) DE221 DE Goettingen (LS) DE224 DE Other Mecklenburg-Vorpommern DE369 DE Hannover (incl Wunstorf) (LS) DE407 DE Jever AB (LS) DE415 DE Other Lower Saxony DE425 DE Wilhelmshaven (LS) DE469 DE Other North Rhine-Westphalia DE573 DE Other Schleswig Holstein DE703 DE Other Saxony DE939 DE Hamburg DE205 DE Country: (GI) Gibraltar Gibraltar MOD Housing GI001 GI Gibraltar non-mod Housing GI002 GI Country: (GR) Greece Attica Department 7/ GR003 GR Tanagra GR015 GR Thessaloniki GR017 GR Larissa (incl Tirnavos) GR011 GR Souda Bay GR001 GR Araxos GR007 GR Page 4 of 19

5 Country: (IN) India New Delhi IN001 IN Kolkata IN557 IN Other IN999 IN Mumbai IN050 IN Chennai IN555 IN Hyderabad IN556 IN Country: (IE) Ireland Dublin IE001 IE Other IE999 IE Country: (IT) Italy Change Code(s): D, X Istrana AB IT028 IT Vicenza (incl Longare) IT073 IT Sanremo IT090 IT Piedmont IT092 IT Other IT100 IT Livorno (incl Camp Darby) IT035 IT Pisa IT059 IT La Spezia (incl Varignano) IT031 IT Naples IT055 IT La Maddalena IT029 IT Florence IT022 IT Rome (incl Ciampino Airport) IT063 IT Gaeta IT025 IT Aviano IT001 IT Udine IT072 IT Bologna IT005 IT Brindisi (incl San Vito Dei Normanni) IT007 IT Ghedi IT027 IT Latina IT033 IT Parma IT054 IT Poggio Renatico IT062 IT Siena IT064 IT Taranto (incl Grottaglie) IT068 IT Trapani IT070 IT Verona IT071 IT Sigonella IT067 IT Milan IT038 IT Solbiate IT066 IT Country: (JM) Jamaica Kingston JM001 JM Other JM999 JM Page 5 of 19

6 Country: (JP) Japan Gifu (GI) JP009 JP Hamamatsu (SH) JP011 JP Hyakuri AB (IB) JP015 JP Komaki (AI) JP022 JP Nyutabaru AB (MI) JP029 JP Osaka-Kobe (OS & HY) JP031 JP Sapporo (HK) JP069 JP Kyoto (KY) JP072 JP Other Kyoto Pref JP034 JP Atsugi (incl Totsuka) (KA) JP041 JP Kamiseya (KA) JP049 JP Kawasaki (KA) JP016 JP Yokohama (KA) JP057 JP Country: (LT) Lithuania Lithuania LT999 LT Country: (LU) Luxembourg Luxembourg LU001 LU Country: (ML) Mali Mali ML999 ML Country: (MT) Malta Malta MT999 MT Country: (ME) Montenegro Montenegro ME999 ME Page 6 of 19

7 Country: (NL) Netherlands Province of Limburg (incl. Brunssum/Schinnen) NL015 NL Hague, The NL009 NL Valkenburg (Incl Leiden) NL025 NL Delft NL050 NL Den Helder NL001 NL Doorn NL003 NL Eindhoven NL007 NL Soesterberg AB NL021 NL Almelo NL041 NL Utrecht NL046 NL Arnhem NL065 NL Province of Friesland (incl Leeuwarden) NL070 NL Ermelo NL100 NL Other NL999 NL Rotterdam NL017 NL Volkel NL027 NL Coevorden NL035 NL Amsterdam NL033 NL Country: (NZ) New Zealand Wellington NZ006 NZ Other NZ999 NZ Country: (NE) Niger Niger NE999 NE Country: (NO) Norway Change Code(s): D Other NO003 NO Stavanger (incl Sola AS) NO021 NO Country: (PH) Philippines Bulacan PH003 PH Manila-without rental advance PH005 PH Manila-with rental advance PH701 PH Country: (PL) Poland Warsaw PL001 PL Krakow PL005 PL Other PL999 PL Country: (PT) Portugal Lisbon 10/ PT002 PT Azores PT015 PT Other PT999 PT Page 7 of 19

8 Country: (RU) Russia Moscow RU001 RU Yekaterinburg RU555 RU Other RU999 RU Saint Petersburg RU004 RU Country: (SN) Senegal Senegal SN999 SN Country: (SK) Slovakia Slovakia SK999 SK Country: (SI) Slovenia Slovenia SI999 SI Country: (ES) Spain Cadiz ES005 ES Rota ES019 ES Seville ES012 ES Granada ES014 ES Moron AB ES018 ES Other ES999 ES El Ferrol ES007 ES Barcelona ES008 ES Estartit ES009 ES Albacete ES016 ES Madrid ES017 ES San Javier ES022 ES Sonseca ES023 ES Zaragoza ES027 ES Valencia ES060 ES Country: (TH) Thailand Bangkok-without rental advance TH001 TH Bangkok-with rental advance TH075 TH Other TH011 TH Chiang Mai TH006 TH Country: (TG) Togo Change Code(s): D, X Togo TG999 TG Country: (TM) Turkmenistan Change Code(s): D Turkmenistan TM999 TM Page 8 of 19

9 Country: (GB) UK Cambridge (E) GB153 GB Lakenheath/Mildenhall (E) 19/ GB352 GB Fairford (E) 16/ GB251 GB Oxford (E) 21/ GB490 GB Aldermaston (E) GB011 GB Helston (E) GB318 GB Plymouth (E) 22/ GB496 GB Portland (E) 23/ GB508 GB Portsmouth (E) 24/ GB514 GB Rochester (E) 27/ GB517 GB Yeovilton (E) 30/ GB676 GB RAF Digby (E) 26/ GB865 GB Other England GB883 GB High Wycombe/Daws Hill (E) 18/ GB319 GB London (E) 12/ GB380 GB Salisbury/Wilton MOD Housing GB518 GB Salisbury/Wilton non-mod Housing GB521 GB Bath (E) 15/ GB058 GB St Mawgan MOD Housing GB497 GB St Mawgan non-mod Housing GB559 GB Scotland GB884 GB Wales GB885 GB Harrogate/Menwith Hill (E) 17/ GB313 GB Alconbury (E) 14/ GB001 GB Cheltenham (E) 31/ GB179 GB Page 9 of 19

10 SECTION B APPENDIX K, TABLE I - OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCES: Country: (AU) AUSTRALIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (AT) AUSTRIA Country: (BE) BELGIUM Change Code(s): D, X BRABANT PROV (INCL BRUSSELS) BE N\C N\C N\C Country: (BJ) BENIN Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (BG) BULGARIA Country: (BF) BURKINA FASO Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (CM) CAMEROON Rate of Exchange: $ LOCALITY LOCALITY CODE UTILITY CAMEROON CM Country: (CO) COLOMBIA Rate of Exchange: $ BOGOTA CO CARTAGENA CO OTHER CO Country: (CR) COSTA RICA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (HR) CROATIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC Rate of Exchange: $ Page 10 of 19

11 Country: (EE) ESTONIA Country: (FI) FINLAND Country: (FR) FRANCE Country: (GE) GEORGIA Country: (DE) GERMANY Country: (GI) GIBRALTAR Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (GR) GREECE Country: (HT) HAITI Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (IS) ICELAND Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (IN) INDIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (IE) IRELAND Country: (IL) ISRAEL Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (IT) ITALY Change Code(s): D, X GHEDI IT027 N\C N\C N\C N\C N\C N\C 900 Country: (JM) JAMAICA Rate of Exchange: $ Page 11 of 19

12 Country: (JP) JAPAN Rate of Exchange: $ LOCALITY LOCALITY CODE UTILITY ATSUGI (INCL TOTSUKA) (KA) JP CAMP FUJI (SH) JP CAMP ZAMA (KA) JP ETA JIMA ISLAND (INCL AKIZUKI) (HI) JP GIFU (GI) JP HAMAMATSU (SH) JP HYAKURI AB (IB) JP IWAKUNI (YA) JP KAMISEYA (KA) JP KAWASAKI (KA) JP KICHIJOJI (KA) JP KOMAKI (AI) JP KUMAMOTO JP KURE (HI) JP KYOTO (KY) JP MISAWA (AO) JP NYUTABARU AB (MI) JP OKINAWA (OK) JP OSAKA-KOBE (OS& HY) JP SAPPORO (HK) JP SASEBO (NA) JP SENDAI (MG) JP SHARIKI (AO) JP TOKYO (TO) 2/ JP YOKOHAMA (KA) JP YOKOSUKA (KA) JP YOKOTA (TO) JP OTHER CHIBA PREF JP OTHER KANAGAWA PREF JP OTHER KYOTO PREF JP OTHER SAITAMA PREF JP OTHER TOKYO PREF JP OTHER LOCATIONS JP Change Code(s): D, X Country: (KE) KENYA Rate of Exchange: $ KISUMU KE MOMBASA KE NAIROBI KE OTHER KE Country: (XK) KOSOVO Country: (LV) LATVIA Country: (LT) LITHUANIA Page 12 of 19

13 Country: (LU) LUXEMBOURG Country: (MK) MACEDONIA Country: (ML) MALI Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (MT) MALTA Country: (MX) MEXICO Rate of Exchange: $ CIUDAD JUAREZ MX GUADALAJARA MX HERMOSILLO MX MATAMOROS MX MERIDA MX MEXICO CITY MX MONTERREY MX NOGALES MX NUEVO LAREDO MX TIJUANA MX VERACRUZ MX OTHER MX Country: (ME) MONTENEGRO Country: (NL) NETHERLANDS Country: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (PK) PAKISTAN Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (PE) PERU Rate of Exchange: $ LIMA PE OTHER PE Country: (PH) PHILIPPINES Rate of Exchange: $ METROPOLITAN MANILA (INCL RIZAL PROV)(FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) PH Page 13 of 19

14 Country: (PL) POLAND Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (PT) PORTUGAL Country: (QA) QATAR Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (RO) ROMANIA Country: (RU) RUSSIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (SN) SENEGAL Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (RS) SERBIA Country: (SK) SLOVAKIA Country: (SI) SLOVENIA Country: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (ES) SPAIN Country: (CH) SWITZERLAND Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (TH) THAILAND Rate of Exchange: $ BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) TH Country: (TG) TOGO Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (TN) TUNISIA Rate of Exchange: $ Page 14 of 19

15 Country: (TR) TURKEY Rate of Exchange: $ ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) TR ANKARA TR ISTANBUL TR IZMIR TR OTHER TR Country: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (VI) VIRGIN ISLANDS Change Code(s): D ST THOMAS VI005 N\C N\C N\C N\C 2824 N\C N\C Page 15 of 19

16 SECTION C EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION: CHANGES TO ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON VALUE FLUCTUATIONS OF FOREIGN MONETARY UNITS IN RELATION TO THE U.S. DOLLAR. EXCHANGE RATES USED BY THE COMMITTEE FOLLOW: LOCALITY FROM TO AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM BENIN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BULGARIA (OHA) BURKINA FASO CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD COLOMBIA CONGO COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (COLA) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GIBRALTAR GREECE HAITI ICELAND INDIA IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN KENYA KOSOVO LATVIA LESOTHO LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MALI MALTA Page 16 of 19

17 MEXICO MONTENEGRO NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER PAKISTAN PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR ROMANIA (OHA) RUSSIA SAINT HELENA SENEGAL SERBIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SWAZILAND SWITZERLAND THAILAND TOGO TUNISIA TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM Page 17 of 19

18 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Effective 16 December 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Bosnia-Herzegovina based on data review. COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA Effective 16 December 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Colombia based on data review. COUNTRY: (EC) ECUADOR Effective 16 December 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Ecuador based on data review. COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE Effective 16 December 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for France based on data review. COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR Effective 16 December 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Gibraltar based on data review. COUNTRY: (XK) KOSOVO Effective 16 December 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Kosovo based on data review. COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO Effective 16 December 2018, COLA index is unchanged for Morocco based on data review. COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA Effective 16 December 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Slovenia based on data review. COUNTRY: (SD) SUDAN Effective 16 December 2018, COLA index is unchanged for Sudan based on data review. COUNTRY: (AE) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Effective 16 December 2018, COLA index is unchanged for United Arab Emirates based on data review. COUNTRY: (VN) VIETNAM Effective 16 December 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Vietnam based on data review. Page 18 of 19

19 ADDITIONAL NOTES: 1. ALLOWANCE CHANGES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM TWO OTHER SOURCES: THE NORMAL TRANSACTION FILE, DISPATCHED TO ALL DFAS FINANCE CENTERS VIA DEFENSE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DTMO) AND THE DTMO WEBSITE ( THOSE OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE CHANGES VIA EITHER MODE MENTIONED ABOVE SHOULD ACCESS THE DATA THROUGH THEIR NORMAL FINANCE CENTER ORGANIZATION OR PARENT AGENCY. 2. WHERE PRACTICAL, ONLY LOCALITIES WHICH WERE REVIEWED ARE LISTED. LOCALITIES NOT LISTED REMAIN UNCHANGED. NO LISTING IS DELETED UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED. 3. COST-OF-LIVING AND OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA) CHANGE CODE SYMBOLS ARE: 'D' (CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA), N (NO CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA) AND 'X' (CHANGES BASED ON A FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENT). 4. DATA CHANGES TO COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF RETAIL PRICE SCHEDULES RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OR FROM COMMANDS. 5. DATA CHANGES TO OHA RENTAL ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF DFAS FINANCE CENTER DATA AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FROM COMMANDS; CHANGES TO UTILITY/RECURRING MAINTENANCE AND TO MOVE-IN HOUSING (MIHA)/MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF HOUSING SURVEYS SUBMITTED BY PERSONNEL. 6. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) , OR joseph.oconnor.civ@mail.mil. Page 19 of 19