32Secondly, as the Commission stated in its observations, the Conditions of Employment were adopted by means of a Council regulation which, by virtue of the second paragraph of Article 249 EC, has general application, is binding in its entirety and is directly applicable in all Member States. It follows that, in addition to having effects within the Community administration, the Conditions of Employment are binding on Member States in so far as their cooperation is necessary in order to give effect to those measures (Case 186/85 Commission v Belgium [1987] ECR 2029, paragraph 21).
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