APPLY EVEN BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF THAT PERIOD IN THE EVENT OF A CHANGE IN THE SITUATION ON WHICH IT WAS BASED . THAT DECISION WAS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 17 OF ANNEX VII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS AND ARTICLE 5 OF THE IMPLEMENTING RULES . BY A MEMORANDUM OF 29 MAY 1982 ADDRESSED TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION , THE APPLICANT DECLARED HIMSELF SATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME BUT DREW ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE DECISION WAS APPARENTLY BASED ON ARTICLE 17 ( 2 ) ( C ) WHEREAS HIS REQUEST WAS EXPLICIT IN ASKING FOR THE APPLICATION OF SUBPARAGRAPH ( B ) OF ARTICLE 17 ( 2 ), ADDING THAT HE EXPECTED THE DECISION TO BE TACITLY EXTENDED AS LONG AS HIS JUSTIFICATION FOR THE REQUEST REMAINED VALID , THAT IS , AS LONG AS HE HAD MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS IN GERMAN MARKS .
8 IT IS CLEAR FROM SUBSEQUENT CORRESPONDENCE THAT THE REFERENCE TO EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN DECISION NO 211/82 WAS AN ALLUSION TO THE SITUATION REGARDING THE CONVERTIBILITY OF REMUNERATION AFTER THE BELGO-LUXEMBOURG EXCHANGE INSTITUTE SUSPENDED THE FULL CONVERTIBILITY OF THE SALARIES OF OFFICIALS PAID IN BELGIAN OR LUXEMBOURG FRANCS .
9 BY DECISION NO 629/82 OF 18 JUNE 1982 THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL , TAKING THE VIEW THAT THE SITUATION ON THE BASIS OF WHICH DECISION NO 211/82 HAD BEEN ADOPTED NO LONGER EXISTED , REVOKED WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1982 THE EXCEPTIONAL AUTHORIZATION GRANTED TO MR BRAUTIGAM ' IN SO FAR AS IT CONCERNS TRANSFERS IN GERMAN MARKS TO THE COMMERZBANK UNDER A MORTGAGE LOAN CONCLUDED IN BELGIUM ' . THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDED THAT ANY OTHER TRANSFERS THROUGH THE COUNCIL ' S GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF A PART OF MR BRAUTIGAM ' S REMUNERATION AUTHORIZED WITHIN THE TERMS OF ARTICLE 2 OF THE RULES LAYING DOWN THE PROCEDURE FOR TRANSFERS WOULD BE CONTINUED UP TO 35% OF HIS NET REMUNERATION .
10 BY A MEMORANDUM DATED 30 JUNE 1982 THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A REVIEW OF THAT DECISION IN THE LIGHT OF ARTICLE 17 ( 2 ) ( B ) OF ANNEX VII . IN THAT CONNECTION HE DREW PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT HIS REQUEST WAS UNRELATED TO THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE BELGO-LUXEMBOURG EXCHANGE INSTITUTE IN REGARD TO THE CONVERTIBILITY OF REMUNERATION . THE APPLICANT HAD NOT REQUESTED AN EXCEPTIONAL AUTHORIZATION UNDER ARTICLE 17 ( 2 ) ( C ) IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT HE HAD ALREADY OBTAINED PERSONAL AUTHORIZATION FROM THE BELGO-LUXEMBOURG EXCHANGE INSTITUTE ON 9 MARCH 1982 TO CONVERT MORE THAN 25% OF HIS SALARY AT THE CONTROLLED MARKET RATE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS . HIS SITUATION IN THE PERIOD WHEN THE RESTRICTIVE CONVERTIBILITY MEASURES WERE IN FORCE WAS THEREFORE NO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT HAD BEEN BEFORE .
11 ON 26 JULY 1982 THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL REPLIED IN A MEMORANDUM CONFIRMING THAT DECISION NO 211/82 DID INDEED CONSTITUTE AN EXCEPTIONAL MEASURE TO OFFSET THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE CONVERTIBILITY SITUATION AND THAT