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Whereas the Statistical Office of the European Communities has conducted surveys to measure the level of the cost of living in certain places of employment in Germany; Whereas in its Judgment of 23 January 1992 in Case C-301/90, Commission v. Council, the Court of Justice held that: '. . . At the end of 1987 the cost of living in Munich was 8,3 % higher than in Bonn - the capital at that time - and that, in the absence of a specific weighting, such a significant difference reduced the purchasing power of officials serving in Munich in comparison with that of their colleagues serving in Bonn. In particular, in view of the wide discrepancy found in this case, the obligation to establish a specific weighting could not depend on the number of officials and other servants of the Communities concerned. Whereas as a result of these considerations the Regulation in question must be declared void insofar as it omits to fix a specific weighting for Munich with effect from 1 January 1988.'; Whereas the above Judgment should be acted on by fixing a specific weighting for Munich with effect from 1 January 1988 and updated from that date to 1 July 1991, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: