21 JANUARY 1981 CONCERNING HIS REQUEST TO BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN THE NETHERLANDS FOR THE DURATION OF HIS ILLNESS .
2.AN ORDER THAT THE COMMISSION :
PAY THE APPLICANT THE ARREARS OF REMUNERATION DUE , AMOUNTING , SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT TO ADJUST THE SUM DURING THE PROCEEDINGS , TO BFR 1 000 000 , TO BE INCREASED BY INTEREST AT SUCH RATE AS THE COURT REGARDS AS NORMAL ; AND PRO RATA AS REGARDS THE LENGTH OF TIME FOR WHICH SUCH PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING ;
REIMBURSE THE APPLICANT FOR EACH AND EVERY EXPENSE , INCLUDING PAYMENTS MADE TO THE DOCTOR SELECTED BY HIM TO TAKE PART IN THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE IN 1978 AND HIS OWN COSTS IN APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE .
2 MR GEIST TOOK UP DUTY ON 1 APRIL 1962 AT THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE AT PETTEN ( THE NETHERLANDS ) AS THE HEAD OF HYDRAULIC STUDIES AND IN 1963 WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF THE HYDRODYNAMICS AND MEASUREMENTS DIVISION . ON 1 JANUARY 1966 , AFTER A PERIOD OF SECONDMENT IN THE USA , HE WAS PROMOTED TO GRADE A 5 . FOLLOWING A CHANGE DECIDED UPON BY THE COUNCIL ON 15 JUNE 1965 IN THE 1962 RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR WHICH MR GEIST CARRIED OUT THE WORK IN HIS SPECIAL FIELD , HE WAS FORCED TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO NEW DUTIES DEFINED BY THE INSTITUTION . AFTER THE NEW CHANGE IN THE RESEARCH PROGRAMMES DECIDED UPON BY THE COUNCIL ON 22 AUGUST 1975 IT BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO USE MR GEIST ' S ABILITIES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AT PETTEN AND THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE CENTRE DECIDED ON 10 DECEMBER 1975 TO TRANSFER HIM AS FROM 1 MARCH 1976 TO THE HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID MECHANICS DIVISION AT THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE AT ISPRA .
3 MR GEIST BROUGHT AN ACTION FOR THE ANNULMENT OF THE DECISION TO TRANSFER HIM BUT THE ACTION WAS DISMISSED BY JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF 14 JULY 1977 ( CASE 61/76 ( 1977 ) ECR 1419 ).
4 THE APPLICANT IN FACT WORKED AT THE ESTABLISHMENT AT ISPRA ONLY FOR THE PERIOD FROM 8 MARCH TO 22 JUNE 1976 , SINCE HIS NEW POSTING REPRESENTED IN HIS EYES A PROGRESSIVE REDUCTION IN HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AND OCCURRED AT A DIFFICULT PERIOD IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE . HE FELL ILL AND PRODUCED MEDICAL CERTIFICATES TO THE EFFECT THAT HIS STATE OF HEALTH DID NOT ALLOW HIM TO WORK IN ITALY .
5 IN SEPTEMBER 1977 , HOWEVER , AFTER MR GEIST HAD BEEN ABSENT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR , THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE AT ISPRA REFERRED THE MATTER TO THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 59 ( 3 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS . ACCORDING TO THE OPINION GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE ON 26 JULY 1978 MR GEIST WAS FIT TO PERFORM HIS DUTIES . THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE STATED , HOWEVER , THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD ENDEAVOUR TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF A