FOR BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG , WHICH HAD BEEN 157.8 FROM 1 JULY 1976 , TO 100 .
10 THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT IT WAS NOT UNAWARE OF THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND DRAWBACKS WHICH MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN THE METHOD ADOPTED FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE WEIGHTING INTO THE SCALES OF BASIC SALARY . FOR THAT REASON THE DECISION OF 29 JUNE 1976 LAYING DOWN THE METHOD PROVIDED A REVIEW CLAUSE FOR DETERMINING POSSIBLE SUBSEQUENT IMPROVEMENTS AND ' ' RECTIFYING ANY DISTORTIONS ' ' . HOWEVER , THE COUNCIL WAS UNABLE TO FORESEE THE EXTENT OF THE INCREASES IN REMUNERATION WHICH CERTAIN OFFICIALS RECEIVED . REGULATION NO 160/80 DOES NOT SEEK TO ALTER A SALARY POLICY IN FAVOUR OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS WHICH WAS ACCEPTED ON THE ADOPTION OF THE METHOD OF INCORPORATION BUT ITS SOLE OBJECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF REASONS ON WHICH IT WAS BASED IS TO RECTIFY THE DISTORTIONS WHICH OCCURRED .
11 IT MUST BE OBSERVED THAT THE RECITALS IN THE PREAMBLE TO REGULATION NO 160/80 EXPRESSLY MENTION ' ' THAT UNINTENDED INCREASES IN REMUNERATION RESULTED FROM THE MANNER IN WHICH THE 157.8% WEIGHTING WAS INCORPORATED IN THE BASIC SALARY SCALES ' ' AND FOR THAT REASON ' ' THIS SITUATION SHOULD BE RECTIFIED BY ADJUSTING THE BASIC SALARY SCALES ' ' . THUS THE REGULATION ITSELF STATES IN THE RECITALS THERETO THAT IT IS INTENDED TO CORRECT A SITUATION WHICH APPEARED FOLLOWING THE REFORM OF 1976 AND IN WHICH INCREASES IN REMUNERATION WERE REVEALED WHICH DID NOT RELATE TO THAT REFORM .
12 THOSE CONSIDERATIONS CONSTITUTE A SUFFICIENT STATEMENT OF REASONS ON WHICH TO BASE THE OPERATING OF REVISING THE SALARY SCALES . IN PARTICULAR IT BY NO MEANS APPEARS FROM THE DECISIONS AND REGULATIONS PRIOR TO REGULATION NO 160/80 THAT THE COUNCIL , AS PART OF THE METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE REMUNERATION ADOPTED IN 1976 , INTENDED TO FAVOUR CERTAIN OFFICIALS AS AGAINST OTHERS RATHER THAN TO ARRANGE FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE WEIGHTING INTO THE SCALE IN A MANNER WHICH WOULD NECESSITATE SUBSEQUENT CORRECTION OF CERTAIN DISTORTIONS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHICH , MOREOVER , IT UNDER-ESTIMATED AT THE TIME .
13 THE SECOND SUBMISSION ALLEGES INFRINGEMENT OF RULES OF LAW INASMUCH AS THE COUNCIL DID NOT OBSERVE THE CRITERIA WHICH IT HAD ITSELF LAID DOWN IN ADOPTING THE DECISION OF 1976 IN RELATION TO THE METHOD FOR ADJUSTING REMUNERATION . WHEREAS REGULATION NO 3177/76 CONSTITUTED A CORRECT APPLICATION OF THE METHOD OF ADJUSTMENT DEFINED BY THAT DECISION REGULATION NO 160/80 WAS INTENDED TO CALL THAT APPLICATION IN QUESTION , IT IS CLAIMED , BY READJUSTING THE BASIC SALARIES AND THUS UNDERTAKINGS ENTERED INTO IN RELATION TO THE ADJUSTMENT OF REMUNERATION .
14 ACCORDING TO THE COUNCIL , THE OBJECTIVE PURSUED BY THE INCORPORATION OF THE WEIGHTINGS INTO THE SALARY SCALES WAS TO REDUCE THE WEIGHTING FOR BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG TO 100 IN ORDER TO GIVE THE WEIGHTINGS BACK THEIR TRUE FUNCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 64 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS , NAMELY TO