64As is apparent from Case 81/72 Commission v Council, paragraphs 3 and 4; Case 70/74 Commission v Council [1975] ECR 795, paragraph 7; and Case 59/81 Commission v Council, paragraph 8, the Council decided, first of all, in 1972, to apply, as an experiment and for a period of three years, a system of adjustment of remuneration involving recourse to two specific indices, while rejecting the automatic application of an arithmetical mean between the two indices which were adopted. In the light of that approach, the Court held that, by its decision, the Council, acting within the framework of the powers relating to the remunerations of the staff conferred on it by Article 65 of the Staff Regulations, assumed obligations which it has bound itself to observe for the period it has defined (see Case 81/72 Commission v Council, paragraphs 8 and 9; Case 70/74 Commission v Council, paragraphs 20 to 22; and Case 59/81 Commission v Council, paragraph 8).
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