THE DIFFICULTIES EXPRESSED BY THE APPLICANTS SUFFICIENTLY GRAVE TO TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SERVICE .
36 IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND HERE THAT BOTH THE APPLICANTS WERE RECRUITED ORIGINALLY AT THE INSTITUTION ' S HEADQUARTERS , THE FIRST TO WORK FOR THE HIGH AUTHORITY IN LUXEMBOURG AND THE SECOND TO WORK FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE EC IN BRUSSELS , AND THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED TO SECRETARIAL DUTIES IN THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE TWO INSTITUTIONS . THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INFORMATION AND ASSIGNED TO THE ROME OFFICE IN 1968 AS PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION WHICH FOLLOWED THE MERGER OF THE EUROPEAN EXECUTIVES . THEIR ASSIGNMENT TO ROME CONTINUED FOR A LENGTHY PERIOD WHICH FAR EXCEEDED THAT CONSIDERED IN THE ROTATION DECISION TO BE A NORMAL PERIOD HAVING REGARD TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SERVICE .
37 AGAINST THEIR TRANSFER BOTH APPLICANTS HAVE RAISED OBJECTIONS OF A PERSONAL AND FAMILY NATURE , TO WHICH IS ADDED , FOR THE SECOND APPLICANT , A DIFFICULTY REGARDING THE EDUCATION OF HER CHILD .
THE NATURE OF THOSE OBJECTIONS IS SUCH THAT , EVEN LEAVING ASIDE ANY QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE , THE ADMINSTRATION CANNOT BE CRITICIZED FOR HAVING ALLOWED THE INTERESTS OF THE SERVICE TO OVERRIDE THEM . AS REGARDS IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT OWING TO THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY THE INSTITUTIONS AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , THEIR SOLUTION SHOULD NOT RAISE ANY INSUPERABLE PROBLEMS FOR THE FAMILIES OF EUROPEAN OFFICIALS .
38 THEREFORE THE OBJECTIONS PLEADED BY THE APPLICANTS BASED ON THEIR BELONGING TO CATEGORY C AND ON THE EXISTENCE OF PERSONAL DIFFICULTIES MUST ALSO BE REJECTED .
THE SECOND SUBMISSION : INADEQUACY OF THE STATEMENT OF REASONS
39 RELYING ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH IN ARTICLE 25 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS , THE APPLICANTS FURTHER CLAIM THAT THE DECISIONS TO TRANSFER THEM LACKED ANY STATEMENT OF THE REASONS ON WHICH THEY WERE BASED .
40 IN THIS REGARD IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IN THE LETTERS SENT TO THE APPLICANTS ON 17 DECEMBER 1979 THE ADMINISTRATION EXPRESSLY REFERRED TO THE ROTATION DECISION . THE ATTENTION OF THE APPLICANTS WAS THEREFORE DRAWN BOTH TO THE STATEMENT OF REASONS ON WHICH THAT MEASURE WAS BASED , WHICH ARE SUMMARIZED ABOVE , AND TO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PRESENT ANY OBJECTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE . IN VIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE DISPUTED DECISIONS WERE MADE AND OF WHICH THE APPLICANTS WERE WELL AWARE THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THOSE DECISIONS TO CONTAIN SPECIFIC STATEMENTS OF REASONS .
41 THAT SUBMISSION MUST ACCORDINGLY BE REJECTED .
THE THIRD SUBMISSION : MISUSE OF POWERS
42 IN THEIR REPLY , AND MORE EXPLICITLY IN THE ORAL PROCEDURE , THE APPLICANTS ALLEGED MISUSE OF POWERS BY THE COMMISSION , BASED ON THE CLAIM THAT IN THE COURSE OF THE PROCEDURE IT HAD BECOME APPARENT THAT THEIR TRANSFER , ORIGINALLY PRESENTED AS AN EXCHANGE OF OFFICIALS BETWEEN THE