Thus, the Court concludes that the Council has no margin of discretion allowing it to decide upon a salary adjustment different to that proposed by the Commission on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 3 of Annex XI of the Staff Regulations alone, except under the special procedure provided for by Article 10 of that Annex.

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The Trade Union Majority negotiated the statutory changes necessary for the establishment of the EEAS and note the results of the negotiation. Never since the euro, has the confrontation between the Community and the intergovernmental approach been as lively. In full financial, budgetary and political crisis, it’s necessary to count on ALL personnel of the European institutions to make this new service work.

ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT TO ESTABLISH A WORKING FRAMEWORK AND OUR PRIORITIES. THE TRADE-UNION MAJORITY INVITES YOU TO A MEETING WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER BETWEEN 12,30 AND 15,00 IN THE LARGE MEETING ROOM OF THE CENTRAL STAFF COMMITTEE RUE DE LA LOI 80 – 2nd FLOOR.

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You have all received a few days ago an email by the Director General of Human Resources informing you (and the broad public via a press release) that this year despite an inflation rate of 2.7% in Belgium, salaries would be adapted only by +0.4% in Brussels/Luxemburg and even negatively in most other sites. HR declares that this would be according to the method laid down in our Staff Regulation. R&D will continue to fight for an improved result of the method for 2010/2011

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