IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITIES . THE COMMISSION ANSWERED THAT QUESTION IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THEN STATED THAT , IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES , IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO REFER THE CASE BACK TO THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE FOR RE-EXAMINATION .
8 THE APPLICANT THEN BROUGHT THIS ACTION , PRIMARILY FOR THE ANNULMENT OF THE DECISIONS OF THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE AND THE COMMISSION OF 27 NOVEMBER AND 11 DECEMBER 1981 RESPECTIVELY AND FOR AN ORDER REQUIRING THE COMMISSION TO PAY , WITH RETROACTIVE EFFECT TO 1 JANUARY 1982 , THE INVALIDITY PENSION AT THE RATE FIXED IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS . IN THE ALTERNATIVE , THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE COURT TO DECLARE THAT THAT PARAGRAPH ALSO APPLIES WHERE A PUBLIC-SPIRITED ACT HAS BEEN PERFORMED PRIOR TO ENTRY INTO THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITIES . HE ALSO ASKS THE COURT TO ORDER THAT A FRESH INVALIDITY COMMITTEE BE CONVENED . FINALLY , IN THE FURTHER ALTERNATIVE , THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE COURT , BEFORE DECIDING ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CASE , TO ORDER ALL MEASURES OF INQUIRY NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH WHETHER THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE QUESTION OF THE CAUSAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE APPLICANT ' S INVALIDITY AND HIS ACTIVITIES IN THE NETHERLANDS RESISTANCE DURING THE WAR OF 1940 TO 1945 .
9 IN SUPPORT OF HIS CONCLUSIONS , THE APPLICANT MAINTAINS THAT THE DISPUTED DECISIONS DO NOT CONTAIN AN ADEQUATE STATEMENT OF THE REASONS ON WHICH THEY ARE BASED AND THAT THEY ARE VITIATED EITHER BY A MISTAKE OF FACT OR BY A MISTAKE OF LAW . THE APPLICANT EMPHASIZES IN PARTICULAR THAT IT IS NOT CLEAR FROM THE INVALIDITY COMMITTEE ' S DECISION THAT IT CONSIDERED THE QUESTION OF THE CAUSAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED ACT AND THE APPLICANT ' S INVALIDITY .
10 FOR THE PURPOSES OF A DECISION IN THESE PROCEEDINGS , IT IS FIRST NECESSARY TO SETTLE THE INITIAL QUESTION RAISED BY THE COMMISSION IN ITS REPLY TO THE APPLICANT ' S COMPLAINT , CONCERNING THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS . IF IT MUST BE CONCLUDED THAT , IN ORDER TO CONFER ENTITLEMENT TO A PENSION UNDER THAT PARAGRAPH , THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED ACT MUST HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AFTER THE OFFICIAL HAS ENTERED THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITIES , THE APPLICANT ' S ACTION WILL , IN ANY EVENT , BE UNFOUNDED .
11 IN THAT RESPECT THE APPLICANT EMPHASIZES THAT THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS DOES NOT SPECIFY THAT THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED ACT MUST HAVE BEEN PERFORMED WHEN THE OFFICIAL WAS IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITIES AND HE CONSIDERS THAT A RESTRICTIVE INTERPRETATION OF THAT NATURE MUST BE REJECTED . IN THE FIRST PLACE , HE CLAIMS , THE WORDING OF THE PROVISION IS CLEAR AND SHOULD NOT THEREFORE BE SUBJECTED TO INTERPRETATION . SECONDLY , THE SAME PROVISION SPECIFIES , IN RESPECT OF ACCIDENTS , THAT THEY MUST OCCUR IN THE COURSE OF OR IN