Opinion of Mr advocate-general Roemer delivered on 6 February 1964

1 Translated from the German.

2 Cf. Laws of 19.10.1946 and 28.4.1952, Ordonnances of 4.2.1959 and 4.6.1959; Plantey, Traité Pratique de la Fonction Publique, 1963, Vol. II, pp. 422, 434 et seq.

3 Statute of 2.10.1937, Arrêté Royal of 7.8.1939 in conjunction with Arrêté Royal of 2.10.1937; Vauthier, Précis du Droit Administratif de la Belgique, 1950, Vol. I, pp. 110 et seq.

4 Zanobini, Corso di Diritto Amministrativo, 1955, Vol. III, pp. 332 et seq., Vitta, Diritto Amministrativo, 1955, Vol. II, p. 324.

5 Bundesbeamtengesetz Ed. 1 October 1961, BGBl. i, 1801, § § 8 and 23; Reichsgrundsätze on installation, appointment and promotion, BGBl. 1951, i, p. 88; Bundeslaulbahnverordnung Ed. 2 August 1961, BGBl. I, 1173, § § 9, 27, 33.

6 Kommentar zum Bundesbeamtengesetz by Plog-Wiedow, note 4 to § 25, note 11 to § 8.

7 Article 13 (a) of the Algemeen Rijksambtenarenreglement of 12.6.1931 Ed. 26.7.1963, pub. Jeukens-van der Horst-Roelofs, Arnbtenarenrecht, Vol. II.