52Such an interpretation of paragraph 6(b) of the GIP of the EESC needs to be compatible with higher rules and, primarily, with Article 9(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations (see, to that effect, judgment of 12 September 2006 in De Soeten v Council, F‑86/05, EU:F:2006:87, paragraph 42 and the case law cited), which brings the Tribunal to examine first the ratio legis of that latter provision.
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