REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE-WORK-FATHERLAND
DECREE No. 2024/512 OF 30 OCT 2024 to lay down the rules applicable to consular officer salary, travel expenses and installation allowance for State personnel serving abroad
# THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,
Mindful of the Constitution;
Mindful of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961;
Mindful of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 22 April 1963;
Mindful of Decree No. 75/459 of 26 July 1975 to lay down the system of remuneration of civil and military personnel;
Mindful of Decree No. 78/484 of 9 November 1978 to lay down the common provisions applicable to State employees governed by the Labour Code;
Mindful of Decree No. 94/199 of 7 October 1994 to lay down the General Rules and Regulations of the Public Service, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2000/287 of 12 October 2000;
Mindful of Decree No. 98/221 of 14 September 1998 to increase the basic salary of administrative and service personnel of diplomatic missions and consular posts;
Mindful of Decree No. 2003/81 of 16 April 2003 to lay down the system of specialization and advanced training for National Security Officers and subsequent amendments thereto;
Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018;
Mindful of Decree No. 2012/079 of 9 March 2012 to lay down regulations governing the devolution of State personnel and payroll management,
# HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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# ARTICLE 1:
(1) This decree lays down the rules applicable to consular officer salary, travel expenses and installation allowance for State personnel serving abroad.
(2) The personnel referred to in (1) above shall comprise:
- personnel of diplomatic missions and personnel ranking as such, as well as the administrative and service personnel of diplomatic missions and consular posts;
- State personnel with duty posts within international organizations linked to Cameroon by special agreements stipulating that the salary to which they are entitled shall be paid by the country of origin;
- State personnel on study leave abroad and whose special rules and regulations grant them consular officer salary.
(3) The consular officer salary of the personnel referred to in (2) above shall be managed by the ministry in charge of foreign affairs.
# ARTICLE 2:
For the purposes of this decree, the following definitions shall apply:
- Diplomatic personnel: personnel of the diplomatic corps;
- Personnel ranking as such: State employees from other corps of the Public Service or governed by the Labour Code, whose ranking as diplomats as a result of their appointment, transfer or designation to a diplomatic mission or consular post. Such personnel include:
- officials in the security, trade, communication, higher education, finance and tourism sectors;
- any official managing or coordinating a sector of activity not falling within the abovementioned sectors.
# ARTICLE 3:
Administrative and service personnel may include the following:
- executive secretary;
- administrative officer;