Opinion of Mr Advocate General da Cruz Vilaça delivered on 2 April 1987

1 Translated from the Portuguese.

2 Judgment of 14 December 1965 [1965] ECR 1033.

3 Judgment of 6 February 1986 [1986] ECR 459 at p. 473.

4 Judgment of 9 October 1974 in Joined Cases 112, 144 and 145/73 Campogrande v Commission [1974] ECR 957 at p. 983, paragraph 66 of the decision.

5 Paragraph 67 of the decision.

6 See Campogrande, supra, at p. 981; Judgment of 14 July 1983 in Case 144/82 Delti v Court of Justice [1983] ECR 2421 at p. 2436, paragraph 27 of the decision; judgment of 23 October 1986 in Joined Cases 322 and 323/85 Hoyer v Court of Auditors [1986] ECR 3215 at p. 3224, paragraphs 15 and 16 of the decision.

7 Paragraph 15 of the decision.

8 Campogrande, supra, at pp. 977 and 978.

9 See the judgment of 27 October 1976 in Case 130/75 Prais v Council [1976] ECR 1589 at p. 1599.

10 See the judgment of 16 October 1975 in Case 90/74 Deboeck v Commission [1975] ECR 1123 at p. 1137; judgment of 26 October 1978 in Case 122/77 Claes v Commission [1978] ECR 2085 at p. 2097; judgment of 30 November 1978 in Joined Cases 4, 19 and 28/78 Salerno v Commission [1978] ECR 2403 at p. 2414.

11 Judgment of 28 February 1980 in Case 89/79 Bonu v Council [1980] ECR 553 at pp. 562 and 563.

12 Bonu, supra, at p. 563.

13 Bonu, supra, at p. 563.

14 Judgment of 16 October 1975 in Case 90/74 Deboeck v Commission [1975] ECR 1123 at p. 1136.