Opinion of Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered on 17 November 1987

1 Translated from the German.

2 See the judgment of 14 July 1983 in Case 144/82 Delti v Court of Justice [1983] ECR 2421, at p. 2436.

3 See the judgment in Case 144/82, quoted above.

4 Opinion of 21 January 1987 in Case 307/85, Gavanas v C£S[1987] ECR 2435 at 2444.

5 Judgment of 11 March 1986 in Case 294/84 Adams and Others v Commission [1986] ECR 977.

6 See the judgment of 16 October 1975 in Case 90/74 Deboeckv Commission [1975] ECR 1123.

7 Judgment of 4 December 1975 in Case 31/75, Costacurta v Commission [1975] ECR 1563.

8 Judgment of 30 November 1978 in Joined Cases 4, 19 and 28/78, Salerno and Others v Commission [1978] ECR 2403.

9 Judgment of 28 February 1980 in Case 89/79 Bonu v Council [1980] ECR 553.

10 Judgment of 26 November 1981 in Case 195/80 Michel v European Parliament [1981] ECR 2861.

11 Judgment of 9 June 1983 in Case 225/82 Verzyck v Commission [1983] ECR 1991.

12 Judgment of 21 March 1985 in Case 108/84 De Santis v Court of Auditors [1985] ECR 947.

13 Judgment of 27 March 1985 in Case 12/84 Kypreos v Council [1985] ECR 1005.

14 See paragraph 5 above.

15 See the minutes of the Selection Board's meetings of March/April 1986 and Annex IV thereto, and the answers given to tne questions put by the Court.