Europa 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 occurring in the capital of the state in question, to determine separate weightings.
The wordings 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.
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C-158/79, [1982] EUECJ C-158/79
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See Also – Roumengous Carpentier v Commission ECJ 15-Jan-1985
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Updated: 21 May 2022; Ref: scu.132928