VIEW IN PARTICULAR OF THE ARRANGEMENTS ALREADY MADE BY THE APPLICANT WITH REGARD TO HIS RESIDENCE, THE LATTER WAS SECONDED FROM ISPRA TO BRUSSELS ON MISSION PENDING SUBSEQUENT REGULARIZATION IN ORDER TO PERFORM THERE IN THAT ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION THE DUTIES ALLOTTED TO HIM .
7 THE APPLICANT TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN BRUSSELS FROM AUGUST 1968 AND HAD HIS FURNITURE AND PERSONAL EFFECTS MOVED THERE .
8 THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF HIS SECONDMENT HE RECEIVED DAILY SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES GRANTED UNDER ARTICLES 11 AND 13 OF ANNEX VII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS TO STAFF TRAVELLING ON MISSION .
9 ALTOGETHER HE RECEIVED MORE THAN BFRS 300 000 ON THAT ACCOUNT .
10 AS FROM 1 APRIL 1970, HE WAS PERMANENTLY TRANSFERRED TO DIRECTORATE-GENERAL XVII AND REQUESTED AT THAT TIME REIMBURSEMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF HIS REMOVAL IN 1968 ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE 9 OF ANNEX VII .
11 ARTICLE 20 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS PROVIDES THAT AN OFFICIAL SHALL RESIDE EITHER IN THE PLACE WHERE HE IS EMPLOYED OR AT NO GREATER DISTANCE THEREFROM AS IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROPER PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES .
12 ARTICLE 9 OF ANNEX VII TO THOSE REGULATIONS PRESCRIBES THAT THE EXPENSES INCURRED IN RESPECT OF REMOVAL OF FURNITURE AND PERSONAL EFFECTS SHALL BE REIMBURSED TO AN OFFICIAL WHO IS OBLIGED TO CHANGE HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE SAID ARTICLE 20 AND WHO HAS NOT BEEN REIMBURSED IN RESPECT OF THE SAME EXPENSES FROM ANOTHER SOURCE .
13 THE APPLICANT WAS REFUSED THAT REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE GREATER BRUSSELS AREA SINCE AUGUST 1968 SO THAT THE REMOVAL IN QUESTION COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS BEING THE RESULT OF THE TRANSFER WHICH TOOK PLACE IN 1970 .
14 SINCE THE REMOVAL IN 1968 CANNOT BE THE RESULT OF A TRANSFER WHICH WAS DECIDED ON IN 1970, IT CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS THE RESULT OF OBLIGATIONS ARISING OUT OF THAT TRANSFER .
15 HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT CLAIMS THAT THAT REMOVAL MUST BE CONSIDERED ON THE GROUNDS OF NATURAL JUSTICE AS CLOSELY LINKED TO HIS TRANSFER SINCE THE LATTER ONLY AMOUNTED TO THE REGULARIZATION OF MISTAKES CONCERNING HIM MADE IN 1968, SO THAT THE EXPENSES INCURRED IN 1968 MUST STILL BE REIMBURSED ON THE OCCASION OF HIS OFFICIAL TRANSFER IN 1970 .
16 THE GROUNDS OF NATURAL JUSTICE RELIED UPON BY THE APPLICANT DO NOT JUSTIFY THE INTERPRETATION WHICH HE SUGGESTS .
17 ARTICLE 9 OF ANNEX VII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS AIMS TO INDEMNIFY OFFICIALS FOR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES FOLLOWING A TRANSFER IN THE INTERESTS OF THE SERVICE AS APPEARS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PRODUCTION OF AN ESTIMATE FOR APPROVAL BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND FROM THE CONDITION THAT THE OFFICIAL IS NOT REIMBURSED IN RESPECT OF THE SAME EXPENSES FROM ANOTHER SOURCE .
18 ALTHOUGH THAT PROVISION MUST BE INTERPRETED WIDELY AN OFFICIAL WHO HAS ALREADY CHANGED HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE PENDING HIS ESTABLISHMENT OR TRANSFER MUST NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM THE APPLICATION THEREOF, SUCH AN