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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 APRIL 2016, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, ARMENIA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BAHRAIN, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHILE, CHINA, CONGO, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, FIJI, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, GRENADA, GUAM, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, KOSOVO, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MAURITANIA, MOLDOVA, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NIGER, NORWAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAINT HELENA, SENEGAL, SERBIA, SEYCHELLES, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN AND ZIMBABWE 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 INDEXES: COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRALIA , 013, 015, 027, 030, 039, 099, , 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, 100, COUNTRY: (AT) AUSTRIA , 999 COUNTRY: (BH) BAHRAIN 134 N/C 001 Page 1 of 20

2 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM , 015, 018, 055, , COUNTRY: (BJ) BENIN COUNTRY: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL None N/C 001 None N/C 015 None N/C 005 None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BN) BRUNEI COUNTRY: (BF) BURKINA FASO COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA , 036, 053, 073, , 025, 029, 044, , 037, 076, , 081, COUNTRY: (CF) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC COUNTRY: (TD) CHAD Page 2 of 20

3 COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE , 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CG) CONGO COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT None N/C 001, 002, 003, 006, 007, 999 COUNTRY: (GQ) EQUATORIAL GUINEA COUNTRY: (EE) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FJ) FIJI , 999 COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND CHANGE CODE(S): D, X CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Page 3 of 20

4 COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE , 555, , 009, 011, 014, 025, , COUNTRY: (GA) GABON COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY , 169, 223, 501, 531, 549, , , , , 027, 039, 059, 061, 063, 123, 129, 137, 153, 207, 227, 301, 307, 311, 313, 323, 329, 359, 503, 603, 663, , 157, 203, 221, 224, 369, 407, 415, 425, 469, 573, 703, COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR , 002 COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG 144 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND COUNTRY: (IE) IRELAND , 999 Page 4 of 20

5 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY , 073, 090, 092, , , , , 007, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, , 066 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN N/C 003, N/C 009, 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, , 033, 065, 073, 077, N/C , , 052, N/C , , N/C 067 COUNTRY: (XK) KOSOVO None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (KW) KUWAIT COUNTRY: (LV) LATVIA COUNTRY: (LT) LITHUANIA COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG Page 5 of 20

6 COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA , 999 COUNTRY: (ML) MALI COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA COUNTRY: (MR) MAURITANIA COUNTRY: (ME) MONTENEGRO None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO , 999 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS , 025, , 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 046, 065, 070, , COUNTRY: (NE) NIGER COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY , , 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY , 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND None , 005, Page 6 of 20

7 COUNTRY: (PT) PORTUGAL N/C COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (SH) SAINT HELENA 114 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SN) SENEGAL COUNTRY: (RS) SERBIA None N/C 060, 999 COUNTRY: (SC) SEYCHELLES None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SG) SINGAPORE COUNTRY: (SK) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (ES) SPAIN , , 014, 018, , 008, 009, 016, 017, 022, 023, 027, 060 None N/C 004 COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN , 003, 999 Page 7 of 20

8 COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND , 009, COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND , 075 None N/C COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA COUNTRY: (AE) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 142 N/C 001, 024, N/C 014 COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM , , , 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, , , , COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 102 N/C 003, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Page 8 of 20

9 SECTION B APPENDIX K, TABLE I - OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCES: COUNTRY: (AR) ARGENTINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES OTHER COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (AT) AUSTRIA COUNTRY: (BH) BAHRAIN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BY) BELARUS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM CHANGE CODE(S): D, X O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 BELGIUM: 1/ BE HAINAUT PROV (INCL CHIEVRES AND SHAPE) 019 N/C 1730 N/C N/C N/C N/C ZEEBRUGGE (INCL OOSTENDE) 002 SAME AS HAINAUT PROV COUNTRY: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BN) BRUNEI RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 9 of 20

10 COUNTRY: (BG) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (BF) BURKINA FASO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 CHILE: CL SANTIAGO GREATER VALPARAISO AREA OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 CHILE: CL SANTIAGO GREATER VALPARAISO AREA OTHER COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 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 Page 10 of 20

11 LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 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 COUNTRY: (FJ) FIJI RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE COUNTRY: (GE) GEORGIA COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IE) IRELAND COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 11 of 20

12 COUNTRY: (XK) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (KW) KUWAIT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LV) LATVIA COUNTRY: (LT) LITHUANIA COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (ML) MALI RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA COUNTRY: (MD) MOLDOVA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (ME) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION Page 12 of 20

13 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PT) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SN) SENEGAL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (RS) SERBIA COUNTRY: (SG) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SK) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (ES) SPAIN COUNTRY: (LK) SRI LANKA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) Page 13 of 20

14 COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER COUNTRY: (AE) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 14 of 20

15 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO Page 15 of 20

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 ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BAHRAIN BELARUS BELGIUM BENIN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BRAZIL BRUNEI BULGARIA (OHA) BURKINA FASO CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CONGO COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (OHA) CROATIA (COLA) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GIBRALTAR GREECE HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY JAPAN KOSOVO Page 16 of 20

17 LOCALITY FROM TO KUWAIT LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MALAYSIA MALI MALTA MAURITANIA MOLDOVA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO NETHERLANDS NIGER NORWAY PARAGUAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA (OHA) ROMANIA (COLA) RUSSIA SAINT HELENA SENEGAL SERBIA SERBIA SEYCHELLES SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SRI LANKA SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THAILAND TOGO TUNISIA TURKEY UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.) Page 17 of 20

18 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (DZ) ALGERIA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Algeria based on data review. COUNTRY: (AM) ARMENIA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Armenia based on data review. COUNTRY: (BH) BAHRAIN Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Bahrain based on data review. COUNTRY: (BF) BURKINA FASO Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Burkina Faso based on data review. COUNTRY: (KH) CAMBODIA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Cambodia based on data review. COUNTRY: (CN) CHINA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for China based on data review. COUNTRY: (EE) ESTONIA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Estonia based on data review. COUNTRY: (FJ) FIJI Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Fiji based on data review. COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for France based on data review. COUNTRY: (GE) GEORGIA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Georgia based on data review. COUNTRY: (GD) GRENADA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Grenada based on data review. COUNTRY: (GU) GUAM Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Guam based on data review. COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Iceland based on data review. COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for India based on data review. COUNTRY: (IE) IRELAND Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Ireland based on data review. COUNTRY: (MH) MARSHALL ISLANDS Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Marshall Islands based on data review. Page 18 of 20

19 COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Morocco based on data review. COUNTRY: (PG) PAPUA NEW GUINEA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Papua New Guinea based on data review. COUNTRY: (SN) SENEGAL Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Senegal based on data review. COUNTRY: (SG) SINGAPORE Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Singapore based on data review. COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Sweden based on data review. COUNTRY: (SY) SYRIA Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Syria based on data review. COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Taiwan based on data review. COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Togo based on data review. COUNTRY: (UZ) UZBEKISTAN Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Uzbekistan based on data review. COUNTRY: (ZW) ZIMBABWE Effective 01 April 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Zimbabwe based on data review. Page 19 of 20

20 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 20 of 20