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Operative part

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1 . Member States - Obligations - Article 5 of the EEC Treaty - Unilateral national measure reducing the national salaries paid to teachers seconded to the European Schools - Interference with the system adopted for financing the Community and apportioning financial burdens among the Member States - Not acceptable

( EEC Treaty, Art . 5 )

2 . Member States - Obligations - Failure to fulfil obligations - Justification - Not acceptable

( EEC Treaty, Art . 169 )

Operative part

( 1 ) Declares that by adopting Article 2 of Royal Decree No 471 of 24 October 1986, reducing by 50% the secondment pay or the salary allowance granted to members of the teaching staff seconded to the European Schools, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 5 of the EEC Treaty;

( 2 ) Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs .