Opinion of Mrs Advocate General Rozès delivered on24 February 1983

1 Translated from the French.

2 This is universally accepted even though it does not appear expressly from any particular provision.

3 Case 24/79 Oberthür y Commission [1980] ECR 1743, at p. 1759.

4 Judgment given on 5 December 1963 by the First Chamber of the Court in Joined Cases 35/62 and 16/63 Leroy v High Authority [1963] ECR 197, at p. 207.

5 Most recently in a judgment given by the Third Chamber on 3 December 1981 in Case 280/80 d'Aloya, née Bakke, v Council [1981] ECR 2887, at p. 2898, paragraph 10 of the decision.

6 For exampie Judgment of 19 March 1964 in Case 27/63 Raponi v Commission [1964] ECR 129, at pp. 138 and 139.

7 Judgment of the Second Chamber of 18 December 1980 in Joined Cases 156/79 and 51/80 Gratreau v Commission [1980] ECR 3943, at pp. 3954 and 3955, paragraphs 22 and 23 of the decision.

8 Judgment of the Second Chamber on 30 September 1982 in Case 108/81 Amylum v Council [1982] ECR 3107, at paragraph 25 of the decision.

9 Article 3, third paragraph, of the General Provisions: The Committees' proceedings shall be secret.

10 Judgment of 30 september 1982, already cited.

11 Third recital in the preamble to the decision of 27 November 1980.