SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: 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 16 AUGUST 2012, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHILE, CHINA, CONGO, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JERUSALEM, KOREA, KOSOVO, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LESOTHO, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALI, MALTA, MEXICO, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGER, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SENEGAL, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWAZILAND, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY 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: (AR) ARGENTINA , 999 COUNTRY: (AS) AUSTRALIA , 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, , 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA 140 N/C 005, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM , 015, 018, 055, 999

2 130 N/C 019, N/C 040 COUNTRY: (BN) BENIN 120 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA COUNTRY: (BC) BOTSWANA 118 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL 128 N/C N/C N/C N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA 124 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (UV) BURKINA FASO 128 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON 130 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CT) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC COUNTRY: (CD) CHAD 130 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE , 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CF) CONGO COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE

3 COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA 118 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS N/C 999 COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK 150 N/C 001, 003, 004, 025 COUNTRY: (EK) EQUATORIAL GUINEA 140 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FO) FAEROE ISLANDS COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE 140 N/C 016, 555, N/C 004, 009, 011, 014, 015, 025, 037, 201 COUNTRY: (GB) GABON 140 N/C 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X

4 COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY , 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, , 139 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR 128 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE , 015, N/C 011 None N/C N/C 001, 007 COUNTRY: (HO) HONDURAS 112 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA 106 N/C 001, 555, 556, 557, N/C 050 COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND , 999 COUNTRY: (IS) ISRAEL 134 N/C 001

5 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY , 073, N/C 035, N/C N/C N/C , N/C N/C , 007, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, N/C 038, 066 COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN , N/C 009, 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, N/C , 033, 065, 067, 073, 077, N/C , N/C 018, 052, , N/C 080, 106 COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM 136 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA , 010, 035, , 045, 047, 070, 176, 177, 178, , , COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (KU) KUWAIT 132 N/C 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X CHANGE CODE(S): D, X

6 COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA 136 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (LT) LESOTHO COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA 132 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA 110 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (ML) MALI 136 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA 130 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO , 015, 455, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO 104 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO 128 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (WA) NAMIBIA 108 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS 128 N/C , 025, , 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 046, 065, 070, N/C 027, CHANGE CODE(S): D

7 COUNTRY: (NG) NIGER COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY , , 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL 128 N/C COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA 116 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA 140 N/C N/C N/C 004 COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL 126 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA 128 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA 126 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA 122 N/C N/C 005, COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN 122 N/C 005, N/C 012, 014, 018, N/C 007, 008, 009, 016, 017, 022, 023, 027, 060 None N/C 004 COUNTRY: (WZ) SWAZILAND 124 N/C 999

8 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND , 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN 144 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND 136 N/C 001, COUNTRY: (TO) TOGO 122 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA 104 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM , N/C 251, 388, N/C 318, 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, N/C N/C 518, N/C N/C 497, N/C 884, COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY , 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X CHANGE CODE(S): D, X

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: (AS) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

10 COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ CHILE: CI SANTIAGO GREATER VALPARAISO AREA OTHER CHILE: CI SANTIAGO GREATER VALPARAISO AREA OTHER COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE COUNTRY: (GG) GEORGIA COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY Utility Allowance is revised to 703 Euros for all personnel in Germany COUNTRY: (GH) GHANA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE CHANGE CODE(S): D, X

11 COUNTRY: (HO) HONDURAS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ HONDURAS: HO TEGUCIGALPA OTHER HONDURAS: HO TEGUCIGALPA OTHER COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND COUNTRY: (IS) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Utility Allowance is revised to 905 Euros and MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 902 Euros for all personnel in Italy. COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Utility Allowance is revised to Yen and MIHA Miscellaneous is revised to Yen for personnel in JA027 Okinawa. Utility Allowance is revised to Yen and MIHA Miscellaneous is revised to Yen for personnel in all other locations in Japan. COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ JS JERUSALEM JS JERUSALEM

12 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Utility Allowance is revised to Won for all personnel in Korea COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (KU) KUWAIT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ CHANGE CODE(S): D, X COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ LG LATVIA LG LATVIA COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ MEXICO: MX CUIDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY MONTERREY NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER

13 MEXICO: MX CUIDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY MONTERREY NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS COUNTRY: (CQ) NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS CHANGE CODE(S): D NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS: CQ SAIPAN 001 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 N/C N/C N/C N/C NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS: CQ SAIPAN 001 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL

14 COUNTRY: (RQ) PUERTO RICO CHANGE CODE(S): D PUERTO RICO 1/: RQ AGUADILLA (INCL CG AS BORINQUEN) 001 SAME AS OTHER ARECIBO 005 SAME AS OTHER CAGUAS 015 SAME AS SAN JUAN CAYEY 025 SAME AS SAN JUAN FAJARDO 030 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS GUAYNABO 045 SAME AS SAN JUAN HUMACO 050 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS ISABELA 053 SAME AS OTHER LUQUILLO 055 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS ROOSEVELT ROADS 070 N/C N/C N/C N/C SABANA SECA 075 SAME AS SAN JUAN SAN JUAN (INCL BAYAMON, CAROLINA, AND FORT BUCHANAN) 080 N/C N/C N/C N/C VEGA BAJA 085 SAME AS SAN JUAN OTHER PUERTO RICO 1/ : RQ AGUADILLA (INCL CG AS BORINQUEN) 001 SAME AS OTHER ARECIBO 005 SAME AS OTHER CAGUAS 015 SAME AS SAN JUAN CAYEY 025 SAME AS SAN JUAN FAJARDO 030 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS GUAYNABO 045 SAME AS SAN JUAN HUMACO 050 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS ISABELA 053 SAME AS OTHER LUQUILLO 055 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS ROOSEVELT ROADS 070 N/C N/C N/C N/C 1900 N/C N/C SABANA SECA 075 SAME AS SAN JUAN SAN JUAN (INCL BAYAMON, CAROLINA, AND FORT BUCHANAN) 080 N/C N/C N/C N/C VEGA BAJA 085 SAME AS SAN JUAN OTHER N/C N/C COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA

15 COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN 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: (TO) TOGO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY CHANGE CODE(S): D TURKEY: TU ANKARA 003 N/C N/C N/C TURKEY: TU ANKARA 003 N/C COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

16 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO COUNTRY: (VQ) VIRGIN ISLANDS CHANGE CODE(S): D VIRGIN ISLANDS: VQ ST CROIX 1/ N/C N/C N/C ST THOMAS VIRGIN ISLANDS: VQ ST CROIX 1/ N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C ST THOMAS N/C N/C

17 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 AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM BENIN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BULGARIA (OHA) BULGARIA (COLA) BURKINA FASO CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CONGO COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (OHA) CROATIA (COLA) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA FAEROE ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GHANA GIBRALTAR GREECE HONDURAS HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA IRELAND

18 FROM TO ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN JERUSALEM KOREA KOSOVO KUWAIT LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MACEDONIA (COLA) MALI MALTA MEXICO MONTENEGRO MOROCCO NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NIGER NORWAY PORTUGAL ROMANIA (OHA) ROMANIA (COLA) RUSSIA SENEGAL SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SWAZILAND SWITZERLAND TAIWAN THAILAND TOGO TUNISIA UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)

19 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (CH) CHINA CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 16 August 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for China based on data review. COUNTRY: (HO) HONDURAS CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 16 August 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Honduras based on data review. COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 16 August 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for New Zealand based on data review. COUNTRY: (UP) UKRAINE CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 16 August 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Ukraine based on data review. COUNTRY: (VQ) VIRGIN ISLANDS CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 16 August 2012, COLA index is unchanged for Virgin Islands based on data review. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) , OR joseph.oconnor@dtmo.pentagon.mil

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 ( Allowance_Changes/ ). THOSE OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE CHANGES VIA EITHER MODES 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. RS 14 Aug 2012