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Summary

Keywords

1 . OFFICIALS - REMUNERATION - WEIGHTINGS - DETERMINATION - CRITERIA THEREFOR - LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE VARIOUS PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT - CONCEPT OF THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT - CORRESPONDING OBLIGATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS

( STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS , PARAGRAPH 1 OF ART . 64 )

2 . OFFICIALS - REMUNERATION - ADJUSTMENT IN THE EVENT OF A SUBSTANTIAL RISE IN THE COST OF LIVING - ADJUSTMENT OF WEIGHTINGS - DUTY OF COUNCIL - SCOPE

( STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS , ART . 65 ( 2 ))

Summary

1 . IN ORDER THAT THE RULE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 64 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS TO THE EFFECT THAT ACCOUNT MUST BE TAKEN OF LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE VARIOUS ' ' PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT ' ' MAY BE OBSERVED , THAT EXPRESSION MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AS MEANING NOT ONLY THE CAPITALS OF THE MEMBER STATES BUT THE EXACT PLACES WHERE THE DUTIES OF A SUFFICIENTLY LARGE NUMBER OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE PERFORMED .

THEREFORE IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS IN CASES IN WHICH THE COST OF LIVING IN SUCH A PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT UNDERGOES FLUCTUATIONS GREATER THAN THOSE OCCURING IN THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE IN QUESTION TO DETERMINE SEPARATE WEIGHTINGS .

2.THE WORDING OF ARTICLE 65 ( 2 ) PRECLUDES ANY INTERPRETATION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE COUNCIL IS NOT OBLIGED TO ADJUST THE WEIGHTINGS WITHIN A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS FOLLOWING ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE COST OF LIVING . THE COUNCIL ' S POWER IN THIS RESPECT IS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE COST OF LIVING AND , IF THERE HAS , TO DRAW THE APPROPRIATE CONCLUSIONS . ANY OTHER INTERPRETATION WOULD RUN COUNTER TO THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROVISION IN QUESTION WHICH IS TO GUARANTEE TO ALL OFFICIALS THE SAME PURCHASING POWER WHATEVER THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT .