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 MARCH 2013, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRIA, BAHRAIN, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CONGO, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, GRENADA, GUAM, HONDURAS, INDIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JERUSALEM, KENYA, KOREA, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALI, MALTA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MEXICO, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGER, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SENEGAL, SEYCHELLES, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SYRIA, TAIWAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TOGO, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY AND VENEZUELA 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, , COUNTRY: (BJ) BENIN COUNTRY: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Page 1 of 21

2 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL 132 N/C N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BG) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (BF) BURKINA FASO COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA , 036, 053, 073, , 025, 029, 044, , 037, 076, , 081, , 089 COUNTRY: (CF) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC COUNTRY: (TD) CHAD COUNTRY: (CG) CONGO COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS CHANGE CODE(S): D, X CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Page 2 of 21

3 COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC 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 COUNTRY: (FO) FAEROE ISLANDS COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE , 555, , 009, 011, 014, 015, 025, 037, 201 COUNTRY: (GA) GABON CHANGE CODE(S): D, X COUNTRY: (DE) 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, , 157, 203, 221, 224, 369, 407, 415, 425, 469, 539, 573, 703, 721, , , 205, , 230, , 139 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR Page 3 of 21

4 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE , 015, None N/C , 007 COUNTRY: (HN) HONDURAS 110 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA , 555, 556, 557, COUNTRY: (IE) IRELAND , 999 COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL 146 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY , 073, , , , , 007, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, , 066 Page 4 of 21

5 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN 138 N/C N/C 003, , 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, N/C N/C , 033, 065, 067, 073, 077, N/C 041, N/C 018, 052, N/C N/C 016, N/C 080, 106 COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM 146 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA , 010, 035, , 045, 047, 070, 176, 178, , , COUNTRY: (XK) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (LV) LATVIA COUNTRY: (LT) LITHUANIA COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA 118 N/C 999 Page 5 of 21

6 COUNTRY: (ML) MALI COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO 114 N/C 005, 015, 455, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, N/C 500 COUNTRY: (ME) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS , 025, , 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 046, 065, 070, , COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND 170 N/C 006, N/C 003 COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA 104 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NE) NIGER COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY , , 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY , 999 Page 6 of 21

7 COUNTRY: (PH) PHILIPPINES 122 N/C 003, 005, N/C 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND , 005, 999 COUNTRY: (PT) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA COUNTRY: (SN) SENEGAL 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 Page 7 of 21

8 COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN , 003, 999 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND , N/C 011 COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE 132 N/C 555, 999 COUNTRY: (AE) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , 024, N/C 014 COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM 122 N/C 153, , 388, , 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, N/C , , , COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 142 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 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES OTHER ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES OTHER Utility Allowance is revised to 3778 Pesos for all personnel in Argentina. COUNTRY: (AT) AUSTRIA 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: $ COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA CHANGE CODE(S): D COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C Page 9 of 21

10 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C Utility Allowance is revised to 1,113,000 Pesos for all personnel in Colombia. COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ 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 COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Utility Allowance is revised to 631 Euros and MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 669 Euros for all personnel in France. Page 10 of 21

11 COUNTRY: (GE) GEORGIA COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE COUNTRY: (HN) HONDURAS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ HONDURAS: HN TEGUCIGALPA OTHER HONDURAS: HN TEGUCIGALPA OTHER COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IE) IRELAND COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ JS JERUSALEM JS JERUSALEM Page 11 of 21

12 COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (XK) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (LV) LATVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ LV LATVIA LV LATVIA COUNTRY: (LT) LITHUANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA Page 12 of 21

13 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 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: (ME) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ NI NICARAGUA Page 13 of 21

14 NI NICARAGUA COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ NORWAY: NO BODO 007 SAME AS STAVANGER STAVANGER (INCL SOLA AS) 021 N/C N/C N/C N/C NORWAY: NO BODO 007 SAME AS STAVANGER STAVANGER (INCL SOLA AS) 021 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION COUNTRY: (PE) PERU Utility Allowance is revised to 1833 Nuevo Sol for all personnel in Peru. CHANGE CODE(S): D Page 14 of 21

15 COUNTRY: (PH) PHILIPPINES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ PHILIPPINES: PH METROPOLITAN MANILA (INCL RIZAL PROV)(FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) PHILIPPINES: PH METROPOLITAN MANILA (INCL RIZAL PROV)(FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PT) PORTUGAL PORTUGAL: PT LISBON 1/ 002 N/C N/C 2600 N/C N/C N/C PORTUGAL: PT LISBON 1/ N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (QA) QATAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SN) SENEGAL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SG) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SK) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA Page 15 of 21

16 COUNTRY: (ES) SPAIN COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) OTHER 011 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ 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 RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Utility Allowance is revised to 516 Pounds for all personnel in the United Kingdom. CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Page 16 of 21

17 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO COUNTRY: (VE) VENEZUELA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS OTHER VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS OTHER 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 BELGIUM BENIN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BRAZIL BULGARIA (OHA) BULGARIA (COLA) BURKINA FASO CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CONGO COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (OHA) CROATIA (COLA) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA FAEROE ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GIBRALTAR GREECE HONDURAS INDIA IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN JERUSALEM KENYA Page 18 of 21

19 FROM TO KOREA KOSOVO LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MACEDONIA (COLA) MALI MALTA MEXICO MONTENEGRO MOROCCO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NORWAY PARAGUAY PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR ROMANIA (OHA) ROMANIA (COLA) RUSSIA SENEGAL SEYCHELLES SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN TAIWAN THAILAND TOGO UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY VENEZUELA 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: (AG) ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Antigua and Barbuda based on data review. COUNTRY: (AR) ARGENTINA Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Argentina based on data review. COUNTRY: (BH) BAHRAIN Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Bahrain based on data review. COUNTRY: (CN) CHINA Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for China based on data review. COUNTRY: (FO) FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Federated States Of Micronesia based on data review. COUNTRY: (GD) GRENADA Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Grenada based on data review. COUNTRY: (GU) GUAM Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Guam based on data review. COUNTRY: (MH) MARSHALL ISLANDS Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Marshall Islands based on data review. COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Paraguay based on data review. COUNTRY: (SA) SAUDI ARABIA Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Saudi Arabia based on data review. COUNTRY: (SY) SYRIA Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Syria based on data review. COUNTRY: (TZ) TANZANIA Effective 01 March 2013, rental allowances are unchanged for Tanzania based on data review. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) , OR E- MAIL: 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