Opinion of Mr Advocate General da Cruz Vilaça delivered on 12 May 1987

1 Language of the Case: Portuguese.

2 Judgment of 7 May 1986 in Case 191/84 Barcena v Commission [1986] ECR 1541, paragraph II of the decision.

3 Judgment of 18 June 1981 in Case 173/80 Blasig v Commission [1981] ECR 1649 at p. 1658; judgment of 1 December 1983 in Case 190/82 Blomefield v Commission [1983] ECR 3981 at p. 3991.

4 Judgment of 15 May 1985 in Case 127/84 Esly v Commission [1985] ECR 1437, paragraphs 9 to 13 of the decision.

5 See the judgment of 1 April 1987 in Case 257/85 Dufay v European Parliament [1987] ECR 1561; see also the judgment of 25 June 1981 in Case 105/80 Desmedt v Commission [1981] ECR 1701 at p. 1711, which establishes that relations between officials and the institutions are governed exclusively by the Staff Regulations.

6 Judgment of 23 February 1983 in Joined Cases 225 and 241/81 Toledano Laredo and Garilli v Commission [1983] ECR 347 at p. 360, paragraph 6 of the decision. See also the judgment of 1 February 1979 in Case 17/81 Deshormes v Commmission [1981] ECR 189 at p. 203, and the judgment of 19 November 1981 in Case 106/80 Foamier v Commiiiion [1981] ECR 2759 at p. 2769.

7 Toledano Laredo, supra, at p. 360.

8 See the judgments cited above.

9 Toledano Laredo, supra, at p. 361, paragraph 12 of the decision.

10 Deshormes, supra, at p. 201, paragraph 38 of the decision; Foumier, supra, at p. 2768, paragraph 5 of the decision.

11 Toledano Laredo, lupra, at p. 363, paragraph 17 of the decision.