SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: Page 1 of 21 FROM TO LOCALITIES , 999

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1 THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OVERSEAS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 01 FEBRUARY 2013, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ARGENTINA, AUSTRIA, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BELIZE, BENIN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHILE, CONGO, COSTA RICA, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, GUYANA, HAITI, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JERUSALEM, JORDAN, KENYA, KOREA, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALI, MALTA, MONTENEGRO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGER, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, RWANDA, SENEGAL, SERBIA, SEYCHELLES, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, THAILAND, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA 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/ MAY BE LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE MESSAGE. SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: COUNTRY: (AT) AUSTRIA , 999 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM , 015, 018, 055, , N/C 040 COUNTRY: (BJ) BENIN COUNTRY: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Page 1 of 21

2 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL COUNTRY: (BG) BULGARIA 134 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BF) BURKINA FASO COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON 138 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA 142 N/C 033, 036, 053, 073, N/C 003, 025, 029, 044, N/C N/C 013, 037, 076, N/C 009, 081, N/C 069, 089 COUNTRY: (CF) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 156 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TD) CHAD 138 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CG) CONGO COUNTRY: (CR) COSTA RICA 130 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS N/C 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Page 2 of 21

3 COUNTRY: (DK) DENMARK , 003, 004, 025 COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT None N/C 001, 002, 003, 006, 007, 999 COUNTRY: (GQ) EQUATORIAL GUINEA COUNTRY: (EE) ESTONIA 132 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (FO) FAEROE ISLANDS COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE 150 N/C 016, 555, N/C 004, 009, 011, 014, 015, 025, 037, 201 COUNTRY: (GA) GABON CHANGE CODE(S): D, X COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY 126 N/C 019, 027, 039, 055, 059, 061, 063, 123, 129, 137, 153, 207, 227, 228, 301, 307, 311, 313, 317, 323, 329, 355, 359, 503, 603, 655, 663, 700, 741, , 169, 501, 531, N/C 067, 157, 203, 221, 224, 369, 407, 415, 425, 469, 539, 573, 703, 721, , N/C 201, 205, , 230, N/C 121, 139 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE , 015, None N/C N/C 001, 007 Page 3 of 21

4 COUNTRY: (HN) HONDURAS , 999 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY N/C 999 COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND COUNTRY: (IE) IRELAND , 999 COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL 144 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY CHANGE CODE(S): D, X 128 N/C 028, 073, N/C 035, N/C N/C N/C , N/L , 007, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, N/C , 066 Effective 01 February 2013, Udina IT072 is established for COLA. All personnel in Udina should be recoded Page 4 of 21

5 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN , , 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, , 033, 065, 067, 073, 077, , , 052, , , 106 COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM 144 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA 118 N/C 007, 010, 035, N/C 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 178, N/C 015, , N/C N/C N/C 177 COUNTRY: (XK) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (LV) LATVIA COUNTRY: (LT) LITHUANIA COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA 116 N/C 999 Page 5 of 21

6 COUNTRY: (ML) MALI 144 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA COUNTRY: (ME) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (NA) NAMIBIA 104 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS N/C 009, 025, N/C 001, 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 046, 065, 070, N/C 027, N/C 033 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND , COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA COUNTRY: (NE) NIGER COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 186 N/C 003, N/C 001, 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY , 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND , 005, 999 Page 6 of 21

7 COUNTRY: (PT) PORTUGAL 138 N/C N/C N/C 999 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA 148 N/C N/C N/C 004 COUNTRY: (SN) SENEGAL 134 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SC) SEYCHELLES None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SK) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA 118 N/C , N/C 999 COUNTRY: (ES) SPAIN 130 N/C 005, , 014, 018, , 008, 009, 016, 017, 022, 023, 027, 060 None N/C 004 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWAZILAND 120 N/C 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Page 7 of 21

8 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND , COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY N/C N/C 999 COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE , 999 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 140 N/C 003, 999 Page 8 of 21

9 SECTION B APPENDIX K, TABLE I - OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCES: NOTE: FOR MOST COUNTRIES, OHA TABLES ARE PUBLISHED IN LOCAL CURRENCY. ALL CURRENCY CHANGES ARE REPORTED IN SECTION C. COUNTRY: (AR) ARGENTINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES OTHER ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES OTHER COUNTRY: (AT) AUSTRIA COUNTRY: (BY) BELARUS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM COUNTRY: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BG) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 9 of 21

10 COUNTRY: (CR) COSTA RICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COSTA RICA: CR SAN JOSE OTHER COSTA RICA: CR SAN JOSE OTHER COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (DK) DENMARK RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER COUNTRY: (EE) ESTONIA Page 10 of 21

11 COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE COUNTRY: (GE) GEORGIA COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY CHANGE CODE(S): D, X GERMANY: 7/ DE BAUMHOLDER (INCL BOERFINK) (RP) 603 N/C 1400 N/C 1100 N/C N/C BONN (INCL KOLN/BONN AIRPORT) (NRW) 501 N/C N/C N/C 1935 N/C N/C BORGHOLZHAUSEN (NRW) 503 SAME AS OTHER NORTH RHINE WESTPHALIA BREMERHAVEN (INCL BREMEN AND NORDHOLTZ) N/C N/C COLOGNE (INCL DELLBRUECK, PORZ-WAHN) (NRW) 169 SAME AS BONN GARMISCH (B) N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C GEILENKIRCHEN (NRW) 531 N/C N/C 1250 N/C N/C N/C HAMBURG N/C N/C N/C HEIDELBERG (BW) 1/ 019 N/C N/C 1570 N/C N/C N/C HOHENFELS (B) 230 SAME AS OTHER BAVARIA KAISERSLAUTERN MILITARY COMMUNITY (RP) 3/ KALKAR 539 SAME AS OTHER NORTH RHINE WESTPHALIA MANNHEIM (INCL SANDHOFEN) (BW) 039 N/C N/C N/C NURNBERG (B) 137 N/C N/C N/C 900 N/C N/C OBERAMMERGAU (INCL OBERAMMERGAU MOD) (B) 139 SAME AS GARMISCH SCHWEINFURT (B) N/C N/C N/C N/C SPANGDAHLEM (RP) 741 SAME AS OTHER RHINELAND PALATINATE STUTTGART MILITARY COMMUNITY (BW) 4/ 055 N/C N/C N/C N/C VILSECK/GRAFENWOEHR 231 N/C N/C WIESBADEN (H) 5/ N/C 2350 N/C N/C N/C OTHER BAVARIA 8/ N/C N/C OTHER NORTH RHINE WESTPHALIA (INCL MUENSTER (NRW)) 8/ N/C N/C N/C N/C OTHER RHINELAND PALATINATE 8/ N/C Page 11 of 21

12 GERMANY: 7/ DE BAUMHOLDER (INCL BOERFINK) (RP) 603 N/C N/C N/C N/C BONN (INCL KOLN/BONN AIRPORT) (NRW) 501 N/C N/C N/C N/C BREMERHAVEN (INCL BREMEN AND NORDHOLTZ) N/C N/C N/C COLOGNE (INCL DELLBRUECK, PORZ-WAHN) (NRW) 169 SAME AS BONN GEILENKIRCHEN (NRW) N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C HAMBURG N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C HEIDELBERG (BW) 1/ N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C HOHENFELS (B) 230 SAME AS OTHER BAVARIA KAISERSLAUTERN MILITARY COMMUNITY (RP) 3/ N/C N/C MANNHEIM (INCL SANDHOFEN) (BW) 039 N/C NURNBERG (B) 137 N/C N/C N/C N/C SPANGDAHLEM (RP) 741 SAME AS OTHER RHINELAND PALATINATE STUTTGART MILITARY COMMUNITY (BW) 4/ N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C VILSECK/GRAFENWOEHR (B) N/C N/C WIESBADEN (H) / N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C OTHER BAVARIA 8/ N/C N/C N/C OTHER RHINELAND PALATINATE 8/ 655 N/C COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE COUNTRY: (HN) HONDURAS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ HONDURAS: HN TEGUCIGALPA OTHER HONDURAS: HN TEGUCIGALPA OTHER COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IE) IRELAND Page 12 of 21

13 COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY ITALY: IT UDINA CHANGE CODE(S): D, X ITALY: IT UDINA Effective 01 February 2013, Udina IT072 is established for OHA. The Utility Allowance is established at 905 Euro and MIHA Miscellaneous is established at 902 Euro. All personnel in Udina should be recoded COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ JS JERUSALEM JS JERUSALEM COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (XK) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (LV) LATVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ LV LATVIA LV LATVIA Page 13 of 21

14 COUNTRY: (LT) LITHUANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA COUNTRY: (ME) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ NI NICARAGUA NI NICARAGUA COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION OTHER PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION OTHER COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 14 of 21

15 COUNTRY: (PT) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SN) SENEGAL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SK) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (ES) SPAIN COUNTRY: (LK) SRI LANKA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 15 of 21

16 COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER COUNTRY: (AE) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CHANGE CODE(S): D UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: AE DUBAI N/C N/C N/C UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: AE DUBAI N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C Page 16 of 21

17 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER COUNTRY: (VI) VIRGIN ISLANDS CHANGE CODE(S): D VIRGIN ISLANDS: VI ST CROIX 1/ 001 N/C N/C N/C VIRGIN ISLANDS: VI ST CROIX 1/ 001 N/C Page 17 of 21

18 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: FROM TO ARGENTINA AUSTRIA BELARUS BELGIUM BENIN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BRAZIL BULGARIA (OHA) BULGARIA (COLA) BURKINA FASO CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CONGO COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (OHA) CYPRUS DENMARK EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA FAEROE ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GREECE HONDURAS HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN JERUSALEM KOREA Page 18 of 21

19 FROM TO KOSOVO LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MACEDONIA (COLA) MALI MALTA MONTENEGRO NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NORWAY PARAGUAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA (OHA) ROMANIA (COLA) RUSSIA SENEGAL SEYCHELLES SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SWAZILAND THAILAND TOGO TUNISIA TURKEY UKRAINE URUGUAY EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.) Page 19 of 21

20 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (BZ) BELIZE Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Belize based on data review. COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Cameroon based on data review. COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Chile based on data review. COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Cote D'Ivoire based on data review. COUNTRY: (DO) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Dominican Republic based on data review. COUNTRY: (GY) GUYANA Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Guyana based on data review. COUNTRY: (HT) HAITI Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Haiti based on data review. COUNTRY: (JO) JORDAN Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Jordan based on data review. COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Kenya based on data review. COUNTRY: (RW) RWANDA Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Rwanda based on data review. COUNTRY: (RS) SERBIA Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Serbia based on data review. COUNTRY: (SD) SUDAN Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Sudan based on data review. COUNTRY: (VE) VENEZUELA Effective 01 February 2013, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Venezuela based on data review. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) , OR joseph.oconnor@dtmo.pentagon.mil Page 20 of 21

21 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. Page 21 of 21