Opinion of Mr Advocate General Darmon delivered on 31 May 1988

1 Translated from the French.

2 Judgment of 11 July 1985 in Joined Cases 66 to 68 and 136 to 140/83 Hattet and Others v Commission [1985] ECR 2459.

3 Hattet, cited above, paragraph 25, my emphasis.

4 Hattet, cited above, paragraph 23.

5 Hattet, cited above, paragraph 22.

6 Judgment of 30 September 1986 in Case 264/83 Delhez and Others v Commission [1986] ECR 2749, paragraph 20.

7 Paragraph 23.

8 Judgment of 1 December 1983 in Case 190/82 Blomefield v Commission [1983] ECR 3981 ; judgment of 12 July 1984 in Case 17/83 Angelidis v Commission [1984] ECR 2907.

9 Judgment of 6 June 1985 in Case 146/84 De Santis v Court of Auditors [1985] ECR 1723.

10 Judgment of 21 January 1987 in Case 219/84 Powell v Commission [1987] ECR 339, paragraph 8.