APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .
8 IT FOLLOWS THAT THE STAFF REGULATIONS , IN ADDITION TO HAVING EFFECTS IN THE INTERNAL ORDER OF THE COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION , ARE BINDING ON MEMBER STATES IN SO FAR AS THEIR COOPERATION IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GIVE EFFECT TO THOSE REGULATIONS .
9 CONSEQUENTLY , WHERE A PROVISION OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS REQUIRES NATIONAL MEASURES FOR ITS APPLICATION , THE MEMBER STATES ARE BOUND UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF THE EEC TREATY TO ADOPT ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES , WHETHER THEY BE GENERAL OR PARTICULAR .
10 THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ALSO CLAIMS THAT ITS INTERPRETATION OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS IS CONFIRMED BY THE VERY WORDING OF ARTICLE 11 ( 2 ). THE FACT THAT ACCORDING TO THAT PROVISION AN OFFICIAL HAS A RIGHT TO THE TRANSFER INDICATES , ACCORDING TO THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT , THAT THE SOLE OBLIGATION WHICH CAN ARISE FROM THAT RIGHT IS THAT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES TO ACCEPT THE PAYMENT IN THEIR CAPACITY AS THE EMPLOYER OF THE PERSON CONCERNED WHERE SUCH A PAYMENT IS PERMITTED BY THE LEGISLATION OF THE STATE CONCERNED .
11 IT MUST BE STATED IN REPLY TO THAT ARGUMENT THAT ARTICLE 11 ( 2 ), BY ESTABLISHING FOR THE BENEFIT OF OFFICIALS A SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSFER OF PENSION RIGHTS , WAS INTENDED TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT FROM NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT , WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE , TO THE COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND THUS ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITIES HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE QUALIFIED STAFF WHO ALREADY POSSESS SUITABLE EXPERIENCE .
12 ARTICLE 11 ( 2 ) OF ANNEX VIII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS , WHICH IS INTENDED TO ENABLE THE COMMUNITY SCHEME TO BE COORDINATED WITH THE NATIONAL SCHEMES , SEEKS , MOREOVER , TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY OFFICIALS MAY RETAIN THE RIGHTS WHICH THEY HAVE ACQUIRED IN THEIR OWN STATE EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE LIMITED , OR EVEN CONDITIONAL OR FUTURE , OR INSUFFICIENT TO GIVE RISE TO THE IMMEDIATE AWARD OF A PENSION , AND ALSO TO ENSURE THAT ACCOUNT MAY BE TAKEN OF THOSE RIGHTS BY THE PENSION SCHEME TO WHICH THE PERSONS CONCERNED ARE AFFILIATED AT THE END OF THEIR CAREERS , IN THIS CASE THE COMMUNITY SCHEME .
13 FOR THOSE REASONS IT IS CLEAR THAT THE ' ' RIGHT ' ' MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 11 ( 2 ) OF ANNEX VIII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS IS INTENDED TO CONFER UPON OFFICIALS A RIGHT WHICH THEY MAY FREELY EXERCISE . THE EXERCISE OF THAT RIGHT WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED IF , AS THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS , THE MEMBER STATES WERE TO RETAIN THE RIGHT TO REFRAIN FROM ADOPTING THE MEASURES NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE PROVISION . INDEED , THE REFUSAL OF A MEMBER STATE TO LAY DOWN RULES FOR THE TRANSFER OF PENSION RIGHTS WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF DEPRIVING OFFICIALS OF THE COMMUNITIES OF THE VERY RIGHT TO EXERCISE THE OPTION GRANTED TO THEM BY THE STAFF REGULATIONS .
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