SECONDLY , THAT THE EXCEPTION PROVIDED FOR IN FAVOUR OF CERTAIN PERSONS APPLIES ONLY TO CIRCUMSTANCES ARISING FROM WORK DONE BY THE ACTUAL OFFICIAL ENTERING THE SERVICE . THAT EXCEPTION ACCORDS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT ONLY TO PERSONS WHO WERE IN THE SERVICE OF ANOTHER STATE OR AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION BEFORE THEIR ENTRY INTO SERVICE , SO AS NOT TO PENALIZE THEM BY DEPRIVING THEM OF THE EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE AS A RESULT OF THEIR CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT WHERE THEY HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED A LASTING TIE WITH THE COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT . AN EXCEPTION OF THAT KIND TO A GENERAL RULE CANNOT THEREFORE BE EXTENDED TO ANYONE OTHER THAN THE PERSON SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED BY THE PROVISION IN QUESTION .
15 MOREOVER , IT MUST BE POINTED OUT THAT THE APPLICANT CANNOT RELY ON A DUTY TO ACCOMPANY HER HUSBAND ARISING FROM HER MARITAL STATUS IN ORDER TO COME WITHIN THE AFOREMENTIONED EXCEPTION PROVIDED FOR BY THE STAFF REGULATIONS . THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY RULES TAKE ACCOUNT OF ACTUAL RESIDENCE FROM THE TIME OF AN OFFICIAL ' S ENTRY INTO SERVICE , WHATEVER THE CAUSE THEREOF , WHETHER OR NOT LAID DOWN BY LAW .
16 IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS SUFFICIENT TO STATE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN RESIDING IN BRUSSELS SINCE 1970 , THAT IS TO SAY FOR LONGER THAN THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN THE PROVISION RELIED UPON . ACCORDINGLY , THE APPLICANT WAS NOT OBLIGED TO CHANGE HER RESIDENCE OR TO INCUR THE EXTRA EXPENSE AND SUFFER THE ADDITIONAL INCONVENIENCE RESULTING FROM TAKING UP EMPLOYMENT HERSELF . SINCE IT IS ALSO IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO RELY ON CIRCUMSTANCES ARISING FROM WORK DONE BY HER FOR ANOTHER STATE OR AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION , THE SUBMISSION ALLEGING AN ERROR IN THE STATEMENT OF REASONS MUST BE REJECTED .
17 AS REGARDS THE SUBMISSION ALLEGING A BREACH OF THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN OFFICIALS , IT IS NECESSARY TO STATE , AS THE COURT HAS ALREADY HELD IN ITS ABOVE-MENTIONED JUDGMENT OF 9 OCTOBER 1984 IN RELATION TO AN IDENTICAL SUBMISSION CONCERNING THE SAME ALTERATION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE OF THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS , THAT APART FROM THE FACT THAT NO PERSON MAY RELY , IN SUPPORT OF HIS CLAIM , ON AN UNLAWFUL ACT COMMITTED IN FAVOUR OF ANOTHER , IT CANNOT BE CONCLUDED IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS CASE THAT IN REFUSING TO GRANT THE EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE TO THE APPLICANT THE COMMISSION DEPARTED FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE WHICH WAS STILL IN FORCE AT THE TIME OF THE DECISION IN QUESTION . SINCE NO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE APPLICANT CAN THEREFORE BE ESTABLISHED , THIS SUBMISSION MUST ALSO BE REJECTED .
18 AS REGARDS THE FINAL SUBMISSION ALLEGING A BREACH OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL PAY FOR MEN AND WOMEN , IT MUST BE STATED IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT NEITHER THE WORDING OF THE PROVISION IN QUESTION NOR THE APPLICATION THEREOF BY THE COMMISSION PROVIDES THE SLIGHTEST INDICATION OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON THE SEX OF OFFICIALS . SECONDLY , THE