Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mischo delivered on 13 March 1990. # Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium. # Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Reduction in salaries paid to teachers seconded to the European schools. # Case C-6/89.

Opinion of the Advocate-General

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Mr Advocate General Mischo delivered his Opinion on 13 March 1990 . (*) He proposed that the Court should :

"uphold the Commission' s application and declare that by adopting Article 2 of Royal Decree No 471 of 24 October 1986, reducing by 50% the secondment pay or the salary allowance granted to members of the teaching staff seconded to the European Schools in circumstances which lead to an increase in the burden on the Community budget, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 5 of the EEC Treaty, and order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs ."

(*) Original language : French .