Opinion of Mr Advocate General da Cruz Vilaça delivered on 10 December 1986

1 Translated from che Portuguese.

2 Judgment of 27 June 1973 in Case 35/72 Ktty v Commission [1973] ECR 679, at p. 690, paragraph 29.

3 See, for example, judgments of 30 October 1974 in Case 188/73 Grass, v Council [1974] ECR 1099, at p. 1109, paragraph 26; of 3 December 1981 in Case 280/80 Bokkt-D'Aloya v Council [1981] ECR 2887, especially at p. 2898, paragraph 10; of 21 April 1983 in Case 282/81 Ragusa v Commission [1983] ECR 1245, especially pp. 1256 and 1257, parag raphs 9 and 13; of 14 July 1983 in Case 176/82 Nebe v Commission [1983] ECR 2475, especially p. 2486, paragraph 18; of 23 October 1986 in Case 26/85 Vaysse v Commission [1986] ECR 3131, paragraphs 26 and 27.

4 Sec judgment of 21 April 1983 in Ragusa, loc. cit., summary and paragraph 13

5 Judgment in Crassi, loc. cit., paragraph 12 at p. 1108.

6 See judgment in Grassi, loc. cit.

7 Judgment of 1 July 1976 in Case 62/75 De Wind v Commission [1976] ECR 1167, especially paragraph 17 ai p. 1176.

8 See, for example, judgments of 17 March 1983 in Case 280/81 Hoffmann v Commission [1983] ECR 889 et stq., especially paragraph 9 at p. 901; of 24 March 1983 in Case 298/81 Coltasi v Parliament [19831 ECR 1131 er seq., especially paragraph 22 at p. 1142; of 14 July 1983 in Case 9/82 Ohrgaard and Delvaux v Commission, [1983] ECR 2379 set seq* especially paragraph 17 at p. 2390.

9 See, for example, judgment of 17 December 1981 in Case 151/80 De Hoei Commission [1981] ECR 3161, especially paragraph 16 at p. 3175.

10 See judgment in Ragusa, loc. cit.

11 Loc. cit., at paragraph 15.

12 See, for example, judgment of 21 June 1984 in Case 69/83 Lux v Court of Auditors [1984] ECR 2447 et seq., especially paragraph 30 at p. 2465.