Opinion of Mr Advocate General da Cruz Vilaça delivered on 1 July 1987

1 Translated from the Portuguese.

2 Judgment of 21 February 1974 in Joined Cases 15 to 33. 52, 53, 57 to 109, 116, 117, 123, 132 and 135 to 137/73 Schots-Korlner and Others v Council, Commission and Parliament [1974] ECR 177, at p. 189.

3 Judgment of 16 October 1980 in Case 147/79 Hochstrass v Court of Justice [1980] ECR 3005, at p. 3018.

4 Judgment of 15 May 1985 in Case 127/84 Esly v Commission [1985] ECR 1437, paragraph 10 of the decision.

5 In capitals in the original text.

6 Judgment of 28 May 1970 in Joined Cases 19, 20, 25 and 30/69 Richez-Parisev Commission [1970] ECR 325 et seq.

7 Judgment of 15 July 1960 in Joined Cases 27 and 39/59 Campolongo v High Authority [1960] ECR 391, at p. 407.

8 Judgment of 20 February 1975 in Case 21/74 Airola v Commission [1975] ECR 221; judgment of 26 February 1976 in Case 101/74 Kurrer v Council [1976] ECR 259; judgment of 1 July 1976 in Case 58/75 Sergy v Commission [1976] ECR 1139; judgments of 13 October 1977 in Case 106/76 Deboeck v Commission [1977] ECR 1623, and in Case 14/77 Van den Branden v Commission [1977] ECR 1683.

9 Judgment of 16 March 1978 in Case 115/76 Leonardini v Commission [1978] ECR 735; judgment of 13 July 1978 in Case 114/77 Jacquemart v Commission [1978] ECR 1697; judgment of 16 October 1980 in Joined Cases 63 and 64/79 Boizard v Commission [1980] ECR 2975; judgment of 5 February 1981 in Case 40/79 P. v Commission [1981] ECR 361; judgment of 2 July 1981 in Case 185/80 Garganese v Commission [1981] ECR 1785; judgment of 18 March 1982 in Case 103/81 Chaumont-Barthel v Parliament [1982] ECR 1003; judgment of 6 October 1982 in Case 9/81 Williams v Court of Auditors [1982] ECR 3301; judgment of 5 May 1983 in Case 785/79 Pizziolo v Commission [1983] ECR 1343; judgment of 20 March 1984 in Joined Cases 75 and 117/82 Razzouk v Commission [1984] ECR 1509 et seq.; judgments of 15 January 1985 in Case 158/79 Roumengous v Commission, in Joined Cases 532, 534, 567, 600, 618, 660/79 and 543/79 Amesz and Others v Commission and in Case 737/79 Battaglia v Commission [1985] pp. 39, 56 and 72 respectively.

10 Judgments of 30 September 1986 in Cases 174, 175, 176, 233, 247 and 264/83 Ammann and Others [1986] ECR 2647.

11 See judgments in Jacquemart, Garganese, Chaumont-Barthel, Williams, Pizziolo, Razzouk and Roumengous.

12 See judgments in Sergy, Jacquemart, Pizziolo, Razzouk and Roumengous; it seems to me, however, that in this case it is necessary to take account of the dates on which the requests were submitted for the purposes of Article 90 (1) of the Staff Regulations, and not the dates of the complaints lodged under Article 90 (2).