RAIL FARE WAS EQUITABLE .
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THE FACT THAT, IN OTHER CASES, HE SPECIFIED IN TRAVEL ORDERS ' PRIVATE CAR, 3 BELGIAN FRANCS PER KILOMETRE ', OR APPROVED STATEMENTS OF THIS KIND, CANNOT BE ADMITTED AS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE .
HAVING REGARD TO THE FOREGOING, THE CLAIMS OF THE APPLICANT RELATING TO THESE MISSIONS ARE UNFOUNDED .
( C ) THE MISSIONS LISTED UNDER NOS 5 AND 6 OF THE STATEMENT RELATED TO AN OUTWARD AND RETURN JOURNEY BETWEEN THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT ( LUXEMBOURG ) AND BRUSSELS AND, MOREOVER, OUTWARD AND RETURN JOURNEYS BETWEEN BRUSSELS AND THE HAGUE AND JOURNEYS WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL REGIONS OF WHICH BRUSSELS IS THE CENTRE .
THE DISPUTE RELATES EXCLUSIVELY TO THE OUTWARD AND RETURN JOURNEYS BETWEEN BRUSSELS AND THE HAGUE, AS THE HIGH AUTHORITY HAS REIMBURSED THE OTHER JOURNEYS AT THE RATE PER KILOMETRE .
IT IS NECESSARY, HOWEVER, TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE CLAIMS OF THE APPLICANT ARE FOUNDED, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE ILLOGICAL, FOR A GIVEN MISSION, TO REIMBURSE ONE PART OF THE EXPENSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RAIL FARE AND ANOTHER ON THE BASIS OF THE RATE PER KILOMETRE .
SUCH IS NOT THE CASE . HOWEVER, THE QUESTION WHETHER THE SUMS REIMBURSED COVER THE EXPENSES NORMALLY OCCASIONED BY THE USE OF A PRIVATE CAR, WITHIN THE LIMITS OBJECTIVELY ESTABLISHED BY THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS, CAN ONLY BE ASKED WITH REGARD TO THE USE OF THIS MEANS OF TRANSPORT WITHIN THE LIMITS AUTHORIZED AS CORRESPONDING TO THE INTEREST OF THE SERVICE .
THE JOURNEY BETWEEN BRUSSELS AND THE HAGUE WAS RIGHTLY NOT COVERED BY REIMBURSEMENT ON THE BASIS OF THE RATE PER KILOMETRE, BY REASON OF THE FACT THAT THE INTEREST OF THE SERVICE WOULD HAVE BEEN EQUALLY WELL SATISFIED BY THE USE ON THAT JOURNEY OF A LESS EXPENSIVE MEANS OF TRANSPORT, SUCH AS RAIL .
IF THE APPLICANT PREFERRED ALWAYS TO USE HIS PRIVATE CAR FOR REASONS OF HIS OWN CONVENIENCE, HE WAS FREE TO DO SO .
HE OUGHT HOWEVER TO HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, IN HIS ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSES, THE FACT THAT THE TOTAL OF THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE TRAVEL EXPENSES RESULTED FROM THE APPLICATION OF TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF CALCULATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORIZATION RECEIVED .
CONSEQUENTLY, THE APPLICANT'S CLAIM WITH REGARD TO THESE MISSIONS IS ALSO UNFOUNDED .
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HAVING REGARD TO THE FOREGOING, THE CLAIM RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF 4246 BELGIAN FRANCS MUST BE DISMISSED, WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF CALCULATING THE SUM TO WHICH THIS AMOUNT WOULD BE REDUCED ON THE BASIS OF THE APPLICANT'S DECLARATION SET OUT AT 1(A ) ABOVE .
B - MISSIONS RELATING TO NOS 10 TO 13 OF THE STATEMENT ( CLAIM FOR 2918 BELGIAN FRANCS, INCREASED TO 2968 BELGIAN FRANCS IN THE REPLY )
( A ) THE HIGH AUTHORITY STATES THAT, FROM ITS POINT OF VIEW, THE APPLICANT CAN ONLY CLAIM THE AMOUNT OF 2920 BELGIAN FRANCS, SINCE THE DISTANCES COVERED MUST BE CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OFFICIAL ROAD MAPS .
ACCORDING TO