Parties
In Case C-6/89
Commission of the European Communities, represented by Sean van Raepenbusch, a member of its Legal Department, acting as Agent, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the office of Georgios Kremlis, also a member of its Legal Department, Wagner Centre, Kirchberg,
applicant,
v
Kingdom of Belgium, represented by Jan Devadder, Deputy Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Aid, acting as Agent, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Belgian Embassy, 4 rue des Girondins,
defendant,
APPLICATION for a declaration 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 in circumstances which lead to an increase in the burden on the Community budget, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 5 of the EEC Treaty,
THE COURT
composed of : O . Due, President, Sir Gordon Slynn, C . N . Kakouris and F . A . Schockweiler ( Presidents of Chambers ), G . F . Mancini, R . Joliet and G . C . Rodríguez Iglesias, Judges,
( the grounds of the judgment are not reproduced )
hereby :
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 .