SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS ARE INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 24 OF THE MERGER TREATY , AND THAT CONSULTATION WITH THEM IS AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF A REGULATION AMENDING THE STAFF REGULATIONS , IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITIES CONTAIN PROVISIONS SPECIFYING THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES . THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS ARE NOT AMONG THOSE INSTITUTIONS . ACCORDINGLY , CONSULTATION WITH THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS WAS NOT MANDATORY .
27 IT IS TRUE THAT , ACCORDING TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS , THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS ARE TREATED AS COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS . THAT TREATMENT , THE OBJECT OF WHICH IS TO ENSURE THAT THE STAFF REGULATIONS ARE APPLIED TO THE OFFICIALS AND OTHER SERVANTS OF THOSE TWO BODIES AND TO IDENTIFY THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES , DOES NOT HOWEVER EXTEND TO THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATIES , SUCH AS ARTICLE 24 OF THE MERGER TREATY , RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF COMMUNITY REGULATIONS .
28 AS REGARDS THE ARGUMENT THAT THE STAFF COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSULTED , IT IS SUFFICIENT TO POINT OUT THAT ARTICLE 110 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS , WHICH IMPOSES THE OBLIGATION TO CONSULT THE STAFF COMMITTEE APPLIES ONLY TO THE GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR GIVING EFFECT TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS BY EACH INSTITUTION . CONSULTATION WITH THE STAFF COMMITTEE IS NOT THEREFORE NECESSARY FOR THE ADOPTION OF A REGULATION AMENDING THE STAFF REGULATIONS .
CONTENT AND EFFECTS OF THE REGULATIONS
29 THE APPLICANT IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE NEW SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING THE EXCHANGE RATES FOR TRANSFERS ENCROACHES UPON HIS VESTED RIGHTS . ON THE BASIS OF THE PROVISIONS IN FORCE UNTIL APRIL 1979 THE APPLICANT ENTERED INTO BINDING COMMITMENTS FROM WHICH HE COULD NOT BE DISCHARGED FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME . THE EXISTENCE FOR MANY YEARS OF THE FACILITY FOR TRANSFERRING REGULARLY A CERTAIN PART OF HIS MONTHLY REMUNERATION INDUCED HIM TO ENTER INTO THOSE COMMITMENTS AND HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD NOT BE CHANGED TO HIS DISADVANTAGE BEFORE HE WAS CLEAR OF COMMITMENTS , PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO LOANS . HE IS THEREFORE ENTITLED TO THE MAINTENANCE IN FORCE OF THE OLD TRANSFER SYSTEM , OR AT LEAST TO A TRANSITIONAL SYSTEM CONTINUING TO APPLY THE PREVIOUS EXCHANGE RATES UNTIL HE IS CLEAR OF HIS COMMITMENTS . THE COMMISSION GAVE A FORMAL UNDERTAKING TO THE PARLIAMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED WOULD BE STRICTLY ' ' NEUTRAL ' ' AND WOULD NOT AFFECT THE REAL VALUE OF THE PAYMENTS MADE TO OFFICIALS IN THE FORM OF REMUNERATION , PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES .
30 THE APPLICANT ' S ARGUMENTS ARE BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT HE IS ENTITLED TO HAVE THE EXCHANGE RATE APPLIED TO