Opinion of Mr Advocate General da Cruz Vilaça delivered on 7 October 1987

1 Translated from the Portuguese.

2 See, of the most recent case-law, inter aiia: judgment of 25 March 1982 in Case 98/81 Munk v Commission [1982] ECR 1155, in particular paragraph 8; judgment of 1 June 1983 in Joined Cases 36, 37 and 218/81 Selon v Commission [1983] ECR 1789, paragraph 13; judgment of 21 March 1985 in Case 263/83 Turner v Commission [1985] ECR 893, paragraph 16.

3 See Turner, cited above, paragraph 16.

4 Judgment of 6 February 1986 in Joined Cases 173/82, 157/83 and 186/84 Casalle y Commission [1986] ECR 497, paragraph 36.

5 Judgment of 9 July 1981 in Joined Cases 59 and 129/80 (cited above), paragraphs 40, 41 and 46.

6 Castille, cited above, paragraph 35.

7 Turner, judgment of 9 July 1981 (cited above), paragraphs 47 and 49.

8 Judgment of 10 June 1987 in Case 7/87 Vincent v European Parliament [1987] ECR 2473, paragraphs 25 and 26. See also my Opinion in the same case, delivered on 1 April 1987, paragraph 62.

9 Case 61/76 Geist v Commission [1977] ECR 1419.

10 Paragraph 47.

11 Judgment of 12 January 1984 in Case 266/82 Turner, cited above, paragraph 5.