70Lastly, as regards whether Mr Escribano Vindel receives, after application of the salary reduction at issue in the main proceedings, a level of remuneration commensurate with the importance of the duties he performs, it must be noted that the order for reference contains no precise information regarding the amount of Mr Escribano Vindel’s salary. In its observations, the Commission maintains, in essence, that, according to the report of the Ministry of Justice, after application of the salary reduction, the level of remuneration received by a judge sitting as a single judge in Barcelona, such as Mr Escribano Vindel, who is on pay grade 4, is sufficient, in the light of the socio-economic context of that city and the average remuneration of Spanish civil servants, which that report also refers to, to protect him against any external interference or pressure that might undermine the neutrality of the judicial decisions he must take.
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