OF WHICH DEDUCTIONS WERE IN FACT MADE FROM HER SALARY FOR JUNE , JULY AND AUGUST 1976 , AND AGAINST THE DECISION REJECTING HER COMPLAINT IN THIS RESPECT .
2 UNDER ARTICLE 67 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS , ' OFFICIALS IN RECEIPT OF FAMILY ALLOWANCES SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL DECLARE ALLOWANCES OF LIKE NATURE PAID FROM OTHER SOURCES ; SUCH LATTER ALLOWANCES SHALL BE DEDUCTED FROM THOSE PAID UNDER ARTICLES 1 , 2 AND 3 OF ANNEX VII ' .
3 ARTICLE 67 ( 1 ) PROVIDES THAT FAMILY ALLOWANCES SHALL COMPRISE A HOUSEHOLD ALLOWANCE , A DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE AND AN EDUCATION ALLOWANCE .
4 THE APPLICANT ' S HUSBAND , A PERSON EMPLOYED IN BELGIUM , IS ENTITLED AS SUCH TO FAMILY ALLOWANCES , IN PARTICULAR THE SO-CALLED ORDINARY FAMILY ALLOWANCE PAID UNDER BELGIAN LEGISLATION , AND IT IS COMMON GROUND THAT THE PAYMENT OF THE ORDINARY FAMILY ALLOWANCE WAS DULY DECLARED TO THE ADMINISTRATION BY THE APPLICANT AND , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 67 ( 2 ), WAS DEDUCTED FROM THE DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE TO WHICH SHE WAS ENTITLED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS .
5 ON THE OTHER HAND THE APPLICANT CONSIDERS THAT THE HOLIDAY ALLOWANCE AND THE SPECIAL FAMILY ALLOWANCE PAID TO HER HUSBAND BY THE BELGIAN AUTHORITIES ARE NOT ' OF LIKE NATURE ' TO THE ALLOWANCES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 67 ( 1 ); SHE MAINTAINS THAT THE DEDUCTION OF THOSE ALLOWANCES , WHICH WAS EFFECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1976 , IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORDING OF ARTICLE 67 AND REQUESTS THAT THE DEDUCTION BE ANNULLED .
6 FOR ITS PART THE COMMISSION , THE DEFENDANT , CONTENDS THAT THE BELGIAN ALLOWANCES IN DISPUTE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS INTENDED TO COVER THE SPECIFIC EXPENSES ENTAILED IN CARING FOR A CHILD , WHICH ARE THEREBY OF LIKE NATURE TO THE DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE AND THE EDUCATION ALLOWANCE PROVIDED FOR BY ARTICLE 67 ( 1 ).
7 IN PARTICULAR THE DEFENDANT CLAIMS THAT THE DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE IS INTENDED TO COVER THE EXPENSES INVOLVED NOT MERELY IN FEEDING , CLOTHING AND HOUSING CHILDREN BUT ALSO IN THEIR EDUCATION , LEISURE AND HOLIDAYS .
8 THE DEFENDANT STATES THAT WHILST IT IS CORRECT THAT THE ALLOWANCES WERE NOT DEDUCTED IN THE PAST , THE HEADS OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS DECIDED AT A MEETING ON 5 FEBRUARY 1976 THAT THE PROVISIONS AGAINST OVERLAPPING BENEFITS IN ARTICLE 67 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS WERE APPLICABLE TO THE BELGIAN ALLOWANCES IN QUESTION .
9 IT IS THUS NECESSARY TO EXAMINE WHETHER THE BELGIAN ALLOWANCES IN QUESTION MUST BE CONSIDERED AS BEING OF LIKE NATURE TO THE ALLOWANCES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 67 ( 1 ).
10 WITH REGARD TO THE BELGIAN FAMILY HOLIDAY ALLOWANCE IT IS CLEAR FROM THE FILE THAT THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS RELATING TO FAMILY ALLOWANCES FOR EMPLOYED PERSONS ( ROYAL DECREE OF 19 DECEMBER 1939 EFFECTING THE CONSOLIDATION , AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED