I samme retning har Domstolen senest i Del Cerro Alonso-dommen ligeledes fastslået, at artikel 137, stk. 5, EF kun undtager størrelsen af løn fra fællesskabslovgivers kompetenceområde 113.
In the same vein, the Court recently also clarified in Del Cerro Alonso that it is only the level of pay that is removed from the Community legislature’s competence by Article 137(5) EC.