Judgment_paragraph 10 · Françoise Mulfinger and Others v European Commission (C-249/87)

10Secondly, according to the Court's case-law (in particular, the judgments of 1 July 1982 in Case 109/81 Porta v Commission [1982] ECR 2469, of 20 June 1985 in Case 123/84 Klein v Commission [1985] ECR 1907, of 11 July 1985 in Case 43/84 Maag v Commission [1985] ECR 2581 and of 11 July 1985 in Case 111/84 Institut national d'assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants v Cantisani [1985] ECR 2671), the Staff Regulations and the Conditions, adopted by the Council under the first subparagraph of Article 24(1) of the Merger Treaty, do not constitute an exhaustive body of rules prohibiting the employment of persons otherwise than within the framework of those rules. On the contrary, the Commission's powers under Articles 211 and 181 of the EEC Treaty, Articles 6 and 42 of the ECSC Treaty and Articles 153 and 185 of the EAEC Treaty to conclude contracts governed by the law of a Member State extends to contracts of employment or contracts for the provision of services.