AUTHORITY PRESCRIBED BY THE DEFENDANT INSTITUTION UNDER ARTICLE 2 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS TO TAKE DECISIONS SUCH AS THAT NOW IN DISPUTE , THE APPLICANT CANNOT BE CRITICIZED , IN VIEW OF THE STATUS OF THE AUTHORITY WHICH NOTIFIED THE REFUSAL TO HER , FOR REGARDING THAT REFUSAL AS A DECISION OF THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY . MOREOVER , THE SECRETARY-GENERAL , WHO IS HIMSELF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY , CONFIRMED THE PREVIOUS DECISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION BY GIVING HIS DECISION UNDER ARTICLE 90 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS ON THE APPLICANT ' S COMPLAINT .
8 THE OBJECTION RAISED BY THE COUNCIL MUST THEREFORE BE DISMISSED .
SUBSTANCE
9 THE APPLICANT CLAIMS THAT SHE IS ENTITLED TO A HOUSEHOLD ALLOWANCE UNDER ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) ( C ) OF ANNEX VII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS SINCE SHE ACTUALLY ASSUMES FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES WITH RESPECT TO HER MOTHER , A FACT WHICH THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZED BY TREATING HER MOTHER AS IF SHE WERE A DEPENDENT CHILD . NO MARGIN OF DISCRETION THEREFORE REMAINS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THAT PROVISION . MOREOVER , A REFUSAL TO GRANT THE HOUSEHOLD ALLOWANCE WOULD LEAD TO DISCRIMINATION EITHER WITH RESPECT TO WIDOWED , DIVORCED , LEGALLY SEPARATED OR UNMARRIED OFFICIALS WITH ONE OR MORE DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND IN ADDITION ONE OR MORE PERSONS TREATED AS DEPENDENT CHILDREN , OR WITH RESPECT TO MARRIED OFFICIALS WHOSE SPOUSES WORK AND WITH RESPECT TO WHOM A DECISION HAS BEEN ADOPTED TREATING A RELATIVE AS IF HE WERE A DEPENDENT CHILD .
10 THE COUNCIL OBJECTS THAT ACCOUNT HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN OF THE INADEQUACY OF THE APPLICANT ' S FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN DECIDING TO TREAT HER MOTHER AS IF SHE WERE A DEPENDENT CHILD AND THAT SHE IS NOT ENTITLED , IN RESPECT OF THE SAME PERSON AND ON THE BASIS OF THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS , TO TWO DECISIONS ADOPTED ON AN EXCEPTIONAL BASIS , NAMELY THAT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) AND THAT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) ( C ) OF ANNEX VII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS . BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES IN THE NEEDS AND THE COMPOSITION OF FAMILIES COMPRISING ON THE ONE HAND AN OFFICIAL AND CHILDREN AND , ON THE OTHER , AN OFFICIAL AND DEPENDENT ADULTS , IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO GRANT A HOUSEHOLD ALLOWANCE IN THE LATTER CASE . NO DISCRIMINATION THEREBY ARISES SINCE , IN THE CASES TO WHICH THE APPLICANT REFERS , THE SITUATIONS ARE DIFFERENT AND DIFFERENT TREATMENT IS EXPRESSLY PRESCRIBED IN THE STAFF REGULATIONS .
11 ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) ( C ) AND ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) OF ANNEX VII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS PROVIDE FOR TWO DISTINCT , SPECIAL AND REASONED DECISIONS , ADOPTED ON THE BASIS OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS , FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRANTING ON THE ONE HAND THE HOUSEHOLD ALLOWANCE AND , ON THE OTHER , THE DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE TO OFFICIALS WHO DO NOT SATISFY THE CONDITIONS