A REDUCTION FOLLOWING THE UPDATING .
22 REGULATION NO 3085/78 FOLLOWED THAT PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , ADDING , HOWEVER , AFTER THE PROPOSED TRANSITIONAL PROVISION , A FURTHER TRANSITIONAL PROVISION : ' ' FROM THAT DATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NET AMOUNTS RESULTING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS REGULATION AND THOSE RECEIVED IN SEPTEMBER 1979 SHALL BE REDUCED BY 1/10 PER MONTH ' ' .
23 IT APPEARS FROM THE REPORT OF THE PARLIAMENT ' S COMMITTEE ON BUDGETS THAT THE PARLIAMENT WAS IN A POSITION TO ASSESS THE POSSIBLE IMPACT OF THE COMMISSION ' S INITIAL PROPOSAL ON PENSIONS AND TRANSFERS MADE UNDER ARTICLE 17 OF ANNEX VII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS AND THAT THE ASSURANCES GIVEN TO PARLIAMENT BY THE COMMISSION MUST BE UNDERSTOOD TO THE EFFECT THAT THE ' ' NEUTRALITY ' ' OF THE PROPOSAL CONCERNED THE ENTIRE REMUNERATION OF OFFICIALS AND THAT IN CERTAIN CASES THE COMMISSION ' S PROPOSAL MIGHT HAVE THE EFFECT OF INCREASING THE COST OF TRANSFERS .
24 IN FACT , THE REGULATION FINALLY ADOPTED CONFORMED TO THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE PARLIAMENT APART FROM THE SUBSTITUTION OF UPDATED EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE EUA AND THE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS INTENDED TO ALLEVIATE THE EFFECT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE REGULATION FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD WITH REGARD TO CERTAIN PENSIONERS . AS REGARDS THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE UPDATED EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE EUA , IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE RATES ADOPTED EXACTLY REFLECTED THE VALUE OF THE EUA IN TERMS OF NATIONAL CURRENCIES AS AT 1 APRIL 1978 , SO THAT THAT AMENDMENT TO THE INITIAL PROPOSAL CONSTITUTED IN REALITY A CHANGE OF METHOD RATHER THAN OF SUBSTANCE . AS REGARDS THE TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR THE BENEFIT OF CERTAIN PENSIONERS , IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THAT PROVISION CORRESPONDED BROADLY TO THE WISH EXPRESSED BY THE PARLIAMENT .
25 IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES , FURTHER CONSULTATION WITH THE PARLIAMENT REGARDING THE CONTESTED PROVISIONS WAS UNNECESSARY .
26 AS REGARDS THE ARGUMENT PUT FORWARD BY THE APPLICANT THAT THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS ARE INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 24 OF THE MERGER TREATY , AND THAT CONSULTATION WITH THEM IS AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF A REGULATION AMENDING THE STAFF REGULATIONS , IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITIES CONTAIN PROVISIONS SPECIFYING THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES . THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS ARE NOT AMONG THOSE INSTITUTIONS . ACCORDINGLY , CONSULTATION WITH THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS WAS NOT MANDATORY .
27 IT IS TRUE THAT , ACCORDING TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS , THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS ARE TREATED AS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS . THAT TREATMENT , THE OBJECT OF WHICH IS TO ENSURE THAT THE STAFF REGULATIONS ARE APPLIED TO THE OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS OF THOSE TWO BODIES