IN FACT MADE FROM HER SALARY FOR MARCH AND AUGUST 1976 , AND AGAINST THE IMPLIED DECISION REJECTING HER COMPLAINT IN THIS RESPECT .
2 UNDER ARTICLE 67 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS , ' OFFICIALS IN RECEIPT OF FAMILY ALLOWANCES SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL DECLARE ALLOWANCES OF LIKE NATURE PAID FROM OTHER SOURCES ; SUCH LATTER ALLOWANCES SHALL BE DEDUCTED FROM THOSE PAID UNTER ARTICLES 1 , 2 AND 3 OF ANNEX VII ' .
3 ARTICLE 67 ( 1 ) PROVIDES THAT FAMILY ALLOWANCES SHALL COMPRISE A HOUSEHOLD ALLOWANCE , A DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE AND AN EDUCATION ALLOWANCE .
4 THE APPLICANT ' S HUSBAND , A TEACHER IN ANDERLECHT , IS ENTITLED AS SUCH TO FAMILY ALLOWANCES , IN PARTICULAR THE SO-CALLED ORDINARY FAMILY ALLOWANCE PAID UNDER BELGIAN LEGISLATION AND IT IS COMMON GROUND THAT THE PAYMENT OF THE ORDINARY FAMILY ALLOWANCE WAS DULY DECLARED TO THE ADMINISTRATION BY THE APPLICANT AND , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 67 ( 2 ), WAS DEDUCTED FROM THE DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE TO WHICH SHE WAS ENTITLED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS .
5 ON THE OTHER HAND THE APPLICANT CONSIDERED THAT THE HOLIDAY ALLOWANCE AND THE SPECIAL FAMILY ALLOWANCE PAID TO HER HUSBAND BY THE BELGIAN AUTHORITIES WERE NOT ' OF LIKE NATURE ' TO THE ALLOWANCES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 67 ( 1 ) AND NEVER DECLARED THE PAYMENT OF THOSE ALLOWANCES .
6 SHE MAINTAINS THAT THE DEDUCTION OF THOSE ALLOWANCES , WHICH WAS EFFECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1976 , IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORDING OF ARTICLE 67 AND REQUESTS THAT THE DEDUCTION BE ANNULLED .
7 FOR ITS PART THE COMMISSION , THE DEFENDANT , CONTENDS THAT THE BELGIAN ALLOWANCES IN DISPUTE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS INTENDED TO COVER SPECIFIC EXPENSES ENTAILED IN CARING FOR A CHILD , WHICH ARE THEREBY OF LIKE NATURE TO THE DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE AND THE EDUCATION ALLOWANCE PROVIDED FOR BY ARTICLE 67 ( 1 ).
8 IN PARTICULAR THE DEFENDANT CLAIMS THAT THE DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE IS INTENDED TO COVER THE EXPENSES INVOLVED NOT MERELY IN FEEDING , CLOTHING AND HOUSING CHILDREN BUT ALSO IN THEIR EDUCATION , LEISURE AND HOLIDAYS .
9 THE DEFENDANT STATES THAT WHILST IT IS CORRECT THAT THE ALLOWANCES WERE NOT DEDUCTED IN THE PAST , THE HEADS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS DECIDED AT A MEETING ON 5 FEBRUARY 1976 THAT THE PROVISIONS AGAINST OVERLAPPING BENEFITS IN ARTICLE 67 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS WERE APPLICABLE TO THE BELGIAN ALLOWANCES IN QUESTION .
10 IT IS THUS NECESSARY TO EXAMINE WHETHER THE BELGIAN ALLOWANCES IN QUESTION MUST BE CONSIDERED AS BEING OF LIKE NATURE TO THE ALLOWANCES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 67 ( 1 ).
11 WITH REGARD TO THE BELGIAN FAMILY HOLIDAY ALLOWANCE IT IS CLEAR FROM THE FILE THAT THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS RELATING TO FAMILY ALLOWANCES FOR EMPLOYED PERSONS ( ROYAL DECREE OF 19 DECEMBER 1939 EFFECTING THE CONSOLIDATION ,