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In order to ensure as far as possible that officials, enjoy equivalent purchasing power irrespective of their place of employment, the Council shall determine the weighting referred to in Article 12 every six months. The Council shall, by the written procedure within one month, act on a proposal from the Commission by the qualified majority provided for in the first eventuality set out in the second subparagraph of Article 148 (2) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and of Article 118 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. Should a Member State request formal examination of the Commission proposal, the Council shall act within two months. Where however, in the case of a given country, the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate is found to have exceeded 5 % since the last adjustment, the Commission shall decide on interim measures for adjusting the weighting and shall inform the Council thereof as soon as possible.