22It should also be remembered that the Conditions of Employment, like the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities (‘the Staff Regulations’), were adopted by means of a Council regulation, Regulation No 259/68, 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 EU administration, the Conditions of Employment are also binding on Member States in so far as their cooperation is necessary in order to give effect to those conditions (judgments in Commission v Belgium, EU:C:1981:237, paragraphs 7 and 8; Commission v Belgium, 186/85, EU:C:1987:208, paragraph 21; and Kristiansen, EU:C:2003:652, paragraph 32).
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