SUBMISSIONS MAY BE DEALT WITH TOGETHER .
7 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7 OF ANNEX II TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS, THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE IS TO CONSIST OF THREE DOCTORS AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 9 OF ANNEX II, IT MAY EXAMINE, IN THE EXERCISE OF ITS POWERS, ANY REPORTS OR CERTIFICATES FROM THE OFFICIAL' S REGULAR DOCTOR OR FROM ANY MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WHOM HE MAY HAVE CONSULTED .
8 WITH REGARD TO THE NATURE OF THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE' S TASKS, ARTICLE 13 OF ANNEX VIII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS PROVIDES THAT IT IS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH WHETHER AN OFFICIAL IS SUFFERING FROM TOTAL PERMANENT INVALIDITY PREVENTING HIM FROM PERFORMING THE DUTIES CORRESPONDING TO A POST IN HIS CAREER BRACKET .
9 IT IS CLEAR FROM THE ACTUAL COMPOSITION OF THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE, AND FROM THE NATURE OF ITS TASKS, THAT IT HAS EXCLUSIVE POWERS REGARDING MEDICAL ASSESSMENT . ITS POWERS DO NOT EXTEND TO ANY CASES IN WHICH A LEGAL CLASSIFICATION IS CALLED FOR .
10 THE COURT HAS HELD ( JUDGMENT OF 12 JANUARY 1983 IN CASE 257/81 K . V COUNCIL (( 1983 )) ECR 1 ) THAT THE POWERS OF THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE ARE LIMITED TO DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE APPLICANT' S INCAPACITY FOR WORK AND TO VERIFYING WHETHER HIS PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION HAS "A SUFFICIENTLY DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH A SPECIFIC AND NORMAL RISK INHERENT IN THE DUTIES WHICH HE PERFORMED ". HOWEVER, THAT RISK CAN ONLY BE THAT INHERENT IN THE LAWFUL PERFORMANCE OF THOSE DUTIES .
11 IT IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ALONE TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE TO BE DRAWN FROM THE MEDICAL FINDINGS AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO ASCERTAIN, SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE COURT, WHETHER THE OFFICIAL' S INVALIDITY AROSE FROM CONDUCT INCONSISTENT WITH HIS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE STAFF REGULATIONS .
12 IN SO FAR AS THOSE ARE THE LIMITS OF THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE' S POWERS, THE COMMITTEE IN THIS CASE CANNOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE EXPRESSED AN OPINION GOING BEYOND THE FINDING THAT THERE IS A CAUSAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE APPLICANT' S INVALIDITY AND AN ILLNESS ARISING FROM CERTAIN EVENTS WHICH THE COMMITTEE WAS NOT, HOWEVER, EMPOWERED TO CLASSIFY FOR LEGAL PURPOSES . ACCORDINGLY, BOTH THE FIRST AND THE SECOND SUBMISSION MUST BE REJECTED, IN SO FAR AS THEY PRESUPPOSE THAT THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE IS ALSO EMPOWERED TO GIVE A LEGAL DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE .
13 WITH REGARD TO THE ARGUMENT THAT INADEQUATE REASONS ARE GIVEN FOR THE DECISION IN SO FAR AS IT IS NOT BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE FINDINGS OF THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE, IT MUST BE BORNE IN MIND THAT THE STATEMENT OF REASONS MUST ALSO BE ASSESSED IN THE LIGHT OF THE LETTER ACCOMPANYING THE DECISION, WHICH STATES THAT THE TERMS USED BY THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE DO NOT CORRESPOND TO ANY OF THE POSSIBILITIES REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 78 . IT IS QUITE CLEAR FROM THAT EXPLANATION THAT THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY CONSIDERED THAT THE APPLICANT' S ILLNESS WAS