Opinion of Advocate General Reischl DELIVERED ON 17 MARCH 1983

1 Translated from the German.

2 Translator's note: These arc: Case 31/76 Macevičiu v Parliament [1977] ECR 883. Kilsteri Parliament [1976] ECR 1685. Case 29/70 Marcalo v Commission [1971] ECR 2-13 and Joined Cases 35/62 and 16/63 Lemy v High Authority of the £CSC [1963] ECR 197.

3 Judgment of 14 July 1977 in Case 61/76 Jcan-Jacqum Geist v Commission of the European Communities [1977] ECR 1419.

4 Judgment of 14 July 1977 in Case 61/76 Jcan-Jacqum Geist v Commission of the European Communities [1977] ECR 1419.

5 Judgment of 17 December 1981 in Joined Cases 156/79 and 51/80 Pierre Gratreau v Commission of the European Communities [1981] ECR 3139.

6 Judgment of 5 June 1980 in Case 24/79 Dominique Noëlle Oberthiir v Commission of the European Communities [1980] ECR 1743.

7 Judgment of 14 July 1977 in Case 61/76 Jean-Jacques Geist v Commission of the European Communities [1977] ECR 1419.

8 Case 102/74 Kuno Ditterich v Commission of the European Communities, withdrawn.

9 Judgment of 12 October 1978 in Case 86/77 Kuno Ditterich v Commission of the European Communities [1978] ECR 1855.